Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

08 January 2016 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 39580, 8 January 2016 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations Relating To The Grading, Packing And Marking Of Sorghum 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

Obtaining of sample
9. (1) A sample of a consignment of sorghum shall --
(a) in the case of sorghum delivered in bags and subject to regulation 10, 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 sorghum 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 sub-regulation (1) (a) or (b) shall--
(a) have a total mass of at least 10 kg; and
(b) be thoroughly mixed before further examination.
(3) If it is suspected that the sample referred to in sub-regulation (1 )(a) is not representative of that consignment, an additional five percent 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 subregulation (1 )(b).
(4) A sample taken in terms of these regulations shall be deemed to be representative of the consignment from which it was taken. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 9 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Sorghum 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries