Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

05 June 1981 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 271 of 1981 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Zimbabwe Standard Specification for Cast-iron pipes and pipe fittings for use above ground drainage installations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

Ring bend test The design of the assembly that applies the force shall be such that the knife edge makes contact over the full width of the ring, and the line of action of the applied force lies along a diameter of the central plane of the ring. 

Reference of the measure

Article 7.2.1, p.11 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

cast-iron pipes 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.