Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 June 2010 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 33059, 1 April 2010 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Amendment To The Compulsory Specification For Motor Vehicles Of Category N2/3 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

1.1 This specification covers the requirements for motor vehicle models of category N2 and N3, not previously registered or licensed in South Africa, designed or adapted for operation on a public road.
1.2 The requirements of this specification shall, in so far as the parts already incorporated are concerned, apply in respect of an incomplete motor vehicle model supplied for further manufacture by one manufacturer to another and the entire specification shall apply to the vehicle after completion thereof by the last-mentioned manufacturer.
1.3 This specification does not apply to experimental or to prototype vehicles constructed or imported by the original manufacturers or importers for the purpose of testing, assessment or development, or to a type "A" military vehicle, or to special purpose vehicles of the type covered by National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996), or to agricultural tractors.
1.4 The relevant requirements of this specification shall effect on the dates specified in schedule 1. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

3.3 Requirements for brakes and braking equipment
3.3.1 Braking equipment shall be fitted to a vehicle and shall comply with the relevant requirements
given in SABS ECE R 13, Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles of categories M, N and 0 with regard to braking, to the level of ECE R 13.08.
3.3.2 For vehicles fitted with anti-lock braking systems, the braking equipment shall, in terms of braking performance, at least comply with the braking performance requirements for the vehicles with non anti-lock braking systems fitted.
3.3.3 For the purposes of this specification, the following requirements of SABS ECE R13 are
excluded:
a) the fitment of automatic brake adjustment devices;
b) the compulsory fitment of anti-lock braking systems; and
c) anti-lock specific brake test procedure and its requirements (paragraph 5 of annex 13 of SABS ECE R13). 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 3.3.1 - 3.3.3 (b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Brakes and braking equipment 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries