Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

05 April 2010 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette NO.32916, 5 February 2010 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Amendment To The Compulsory Specification For Motor Vehicles Of Category O1/O2(Caravans And Light Trailers) 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

1.1 This specification covers the requirements for vehicle models of categories 0 1 and O2 designed or adapted for operation on a public road at speeds greater than 40 kph, including new vehicle models and vehicle models that have not previously been registered or licensed in South Africa.
1.2 The requirements of this specification, in so far as the vehicle parts already incorporated are concerned, apply in respect of an incomplete vehicle supplied for further manufacture by one manufacturer to another and the entire specification applies to the vehicle after completion thereof by the last-mentioned manufacturer.
1.3 This specification does not apply to experimental vehicles or to prototype vehicles constructed or imported by the original manufacturer or importers for the purpose of testing, assessment or development, or to agricultural trailers, unless they are subsequently sold for use on a public road in South Africa.
1.4 The relevant requirements of this specification shall take effect on the dates as specified in schedule 1.
1.5 Where a South African National Standard, including an International Standard or a UN ECE regulation adopted by South Africa as a National Standard, is incorporated by reference into this specification, only the technical requirements of the specifications for the commodity, and the tests to verify compliance apply. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

4.2 Information plates
4.2.1 Data plates
A trailer shall have a data plate or data plates permanently affixed to it, or to the trailer drawbar, in a conspicuous position and visible from the left-hand side of the trailer. The information stated in the relevant regulations of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996) and the wording "For public road operation" shall be legibly and permanently imprinted or stamped on the data plate(s).
4.2.2 Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
4.2.2.1 General
A trailer shall have a vehicle identification number that complies with the relevant requirements given in SANS 377911S0 3779 (SASS ISO 3779:1983), Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number (VIN)Content and structure, and in SANS 4030/lS0 4030 (SABS ISO 4030:1983), Road vehicles - Vehicle identification number (VIN) - Location and attachment, except for clause 5 of the said SANS 4030, which shall be amended in accordance with the requirements in 4.2.2.2 to 4.2.2.4.
4.2.2.2 The VIN shall be marked directly on an integral part of the vehicle; it may be either on the frame or, for integral frame body units, on a part of the body not easily removed or replaced.
4.2.2.3 The VIN shall also be marked on the data plate.
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4.2.2.4 The height of the roman letters and the arabic numerals of the VIN shall be as follows:
a) at least 7 mm if marked in accordance with 4.2.2.2 (frame, body, etc.) on trailers; and
b) at least 3 mm if marked in accordance with 4.2.2.3 (data plates).
4.2.3 Axle data
4.2.3.1 Each axle on a trailer shall be provided with a data plate as given in 4.2.3.2 or 4.2.3.3, where relevant. The particulars of the information on the data plate shall be permanently and legibly imprinted or stamped and the data plate shall be permanently affixed in a conspicuous position on the axle.
4.2.3.2 Each axle of a trailer shall have a data plate that gives the following information:
a) the axle make and serial number;
b) the load capacity of the axle; and
c) the maximum rolling radius.
4.2.3.3 Where a braking system is fitted, the axle(s) of a trailer shall have a data plate that gives the information given in 4.2.3.2 and the following information:
a) the type/size of the shoe/pad, and the grade of the brake lining material, and
b) in the case of cam brakes operated by air, the brake chamber size and the brake lever length.
4.3 Measuring units
All gauges, indicators and instruments that are fitted to a trailer shall be calibrated in units as prescribed by the current applicable regulations promulgated under the Measuring Units and National Measuring Standards Act, 1973 (Act 76 of 1973). 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 4.2 and 4.3 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Trailers in category O1/O2
Category O1 are single-axled trailers, other than semi-trailers, with a maximum mass not exceeding 0,75 t
Category O2 are trailers other than category OJ, with a maximum mass not exceeding 3,5 t 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries