Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

20 February 1998 

Publication where the measure is specified

Supplement to the Republic of Zambia Government Gazette dated 20/02/1998. statutory Instrument No 22 of 1998,the weights and Measures Act 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The weights and Measures (assize) regulations, 1998 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

33. (1) A dry measure of capacity—
(a) shall be of aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, nickel, sheet iron, steel, tin plate, or an approved material;
(b) may be protected by electroplating, galvanisation or an approved process; or
(c) if 50 litres or under, shall be cylindrical in form with the internal diameter not differing by more than five percent from the depth.
(2) The capacity of the dry measure of capacity shall be defined by the brim of the measure.
(3) A dry measure of capacity shall be tested either with water or in the following manner with fine seed:
(a) the standard shall be filled with seed passed through a hopper, a distance of 150 mm being left between the bottom of the hopper and the top of the standard; or
(b) the seed in the standard shall then be passed into the measure being tested, a distance of 150 mm being left between the bottom of the standard and the top of the measure.
(4) The limit of error allowed on a dry measure of capacity specified in the first column of Table 7 in the First Schedule is that specified opposite thereto in the second column of Table 7 of that Schedule.
(5) The stamp of assize shall be stamped near the brim of the measure directly above the position where the capacity is marked.
(6) An assizer shall refuse to assize a dry measure of capacity not specified in paragraph 1 of Part II of the Third Schedule. 

Reference of the measure

Part VI Section 33 ( 3-6) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Dry Measure of capacity 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries