Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B82: Testing requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

28 January 1977 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 70 of 1977 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Zimbabwe Standard Specification for Steel Fencing Material 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health, B: Protection of life and health of animals and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

Tensile strength tests on single strand wire may be done with the barbs in their fixed positions. In the case of of double strand wire, untwist the line wires and remove the barbs making certain that the line wires do not get deformed 

Reference of the measure

Article 1.5, p. 9 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Steel fencing 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.