Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

22 January 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 39613, 22 January 2016 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Durum Wheat Intended For Sale In The Republic Of South Africa 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

2. (1) No person shall sell a consignment of wheat in the Republic of South Africa --
(e) unless the containers or sale documents, as the case may be, are marked in accordance with the marking requirements set out in regulation 8.
8. (1) Every container or the accompanying sale documents of a consignment of wheat shall be marked or endorsed by means of appropriate symbols specified in sub-regulation (2), with --
(a) the class of the wheat; and
(b) the grade.
(2) The symbols referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall appear in the order of class and grade.
(3) The symbols used to indicate the different --
(a) classes shall be --
(i) D in the case of Durum Wheat; and
(ii) O in the case of Other Wheat;
(b) grades shall be --
(i) 1 in the case of Grade 1;
(ii) 2 in the case of Grade 2;
(iii) 3 in the case of Grade 3, and
(iv) 4 in the case of Grade 4. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 2(e) and 8 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Durum wheat 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries