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

3.6 Requirements for seats and seat anchorages
A vehicle shall be fitted with seats and seat anchorages that comply with the relevant requirements given in SABS 1429: 1987, Motor vehicle safety specification for strength of seats and of their anchorages, as published by Government Notice no. 1878 of 4 September 1987. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 3.6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Seats and seat anchorages 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries