Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

24 March 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 57 of 2014 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Zimbabwe Standard Specification for Liquefied Petroleum Gas Installations Involving Gas Storage containers of Individual Water Capacity not Exceeding 500l and a Combined Water Capacity Not Exceeding 3 000l per Installation 

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, C: Protection of life and health of plants and E: Protection of the environment 

Description of the measure

A gas-air mixture that contains approximately 1,5% to 10% of LPG is flammable. If a large enough volume of gas is so dispersed in the atmosphere as to reach flammable proportions throughout, ignition of the mixture will result in a rate of combustion of a near explosive force 

Reference of the measure

Article 3. c), p. 9 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Liquefied Petroleum Gas 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.