Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B83: Certification requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

13 April 2017 

Publication where the measure is specified

Metrology Act, 2017 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Metrology Act 2017 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

24. (5) The Executive Director may, without prejudice to subsection (3), consider test reports and type approval certificates from other countries that are OIML compliant as evidence of compliance of the submitted measuring instrument against the requirements of the relevant regulations provided for in section 23.
(6) Where the Executive Director is satisfied with the make, marking, model or design and the general performance of an instrument, the Executive Director shall issue a type approval certificate for that type or pattern that is valid for the specified model and is not transferable to measuring instruments that have been modified in any way or technically upgraded, whether by the manufacturer or another person.
30(5) An importer of a pre-packaged commodity shall be registered by the Agency after providing evidence of marks of conformity affixed under the relevant legal metrology regulations of the country of origin or under conformity marking systems set up by accredited certification bodies, samples of the pre-packaged commodities to be imported for testing, or other evidence acceptable to the Executive Director, that the pre-packaged commodities comply with this Act and other standards applicable to the specific products 

Reference of the measure

PART VI: Section 24 (5,6)
PART VII: Section 30 (5) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Measuring Instrument 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.