Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

10 July 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Gazette No. 37818, 10 July 2014 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Regulations To Phase-Out The Use Of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Materials And Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs) Contaminated Materials 

Country/Region applying the measure

South Africa 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

Testing and labelling
7. (1) Any person who possesses articles must draw samples from all their articles, excluding sealed units and have them tested for PCB content by an Accredited Laboratory the results of which must be kept until the year 2023.
(2) A person contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must conduct the sampling and testing of the articles in accordance with SANS 290.
(4) The PCB equipment identified in the PCB inventory submitted in terms of regulation 6(2) of these Regulations that are still in the registered owner's possession, must after the completion of the phase-out plan be tested for PCBs by an Accredited Laboratory and the results must be submitted to the Director-General as part of the audit report. 

Reference of the measure

Regulations 7(1)-(2) and (4) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) materials and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs) contaminated materials 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries