Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B82: Testing requirement 
Date when the measure came into force
07 October 1977 
Publication where the measure is specified
Statutory Instrument 70 of 1977 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Zimbabwe Standard Specification for Hardwood poles, droppers, laths, guardrail posts and spacer blocks 
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
Measurement of defects in the case of gum pockets, measure the length to the nearest 10 mm and measure the width (at widest point) and the depth to the nearest milimetre 
Reference of the measure
Article 7.2, p.20 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
4404 Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwo Yes Hardwood poles, droppers, guardrail posts and spacer blocks    
4408 Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 m Yes laths of hardwood    
Description
Hardwood poles, droppers, laths, guardrail posts and spacer blocks 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world