Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

21 June 2013 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 32190, 8 May 2009 

Regulation where the measure is specified

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

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

The rationale of the measure

2. These regulations are the minimum standards applicable to maize that are destined for sale in the Republic of South Africa but does not include
(a) maize in retail quantities; and
(b) maize for seed production purposes. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

SAMPLING
Obtaining sample
10. (1 ) A sample of a consignment of maize shall
(a) in the case of maize delivered in bags and subject to regulation 11, be obtained by sampling at least ten per cent of the bags, chosen from that consignment at random. with a bag probe: Provided that at least 25 bags in a consignment shall be sampled and where a consignment consists of less than 25 bags. all the bags in that consignment shall be sampled; and
(b) in the case of maize delivered in bulk and subject to regulation 10, be obtained by sampling that consignment throughout the whole depth of the layer. in at least six different places. chosen at random in that bulk quantity. with a bulk sampling apparatus.
(2) The collective sample obtained in subregulation (1) (a) or (b) shall
(a) have a total mass of at least 10 kg; and
(b) be thoroughly mixed by means of dividing before further examination.
(3) If it is suspected that the sample referred to in subregulation (1)(a) is not representative of that consignment, an additional five per cent of the remaining bags, chosen from that consignment at random, shall be emptied into a suitable bulk container and sampled in the manner contemplated in sub regulation (1)(b).
(4) A sample taken in terms of these regulations shall be deemed representative of the consignment from which it was taken. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 10 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Maize 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries