Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

18 December 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

TZS 1683:2014 

Regulation where the measure is specified

TZS 1683:2014, Incineration plant for destruction of hospital waste — Method for specifying purchasers’ requirements 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

The rationale of the measure

The objective of this measure is to identifies the information which should be supplied by the purchaser to the
Manufacturer, and the form in which this information should be presented. 

Coded list of objectives

E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

This measure details a method for specifying requirements for incinerators for the destruction of hospital waste manufactured to specifiers' requirements 

Reference of the measure

Reference clause, 3 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Notes

The testing of incineration plant, after the completion of installation and setting to work is essential in order to establish that the specified performance and test criteria have been attained in any given installation.
This measure does not cover other items of plant such as charging machine, chimneys, flues, etc. 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Incineration plant for destruction of hospital waste. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.