Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1985 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 262 of 1984 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Hazardous Substances and Articles (Transportation by and Labelling of Road Tnkers) Regulations, 1984. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

3. (1) These regulations shall apply in all cases relating to the conveyance by road of a hazardous substance where
it is necessary to convey such hazardous substances by means of a road tanker, except-
(a) where the substance being conveyed is solely meant for the immediate operation of that vehicle as a means of transport; and
(b) where the road tanker is being used solely for conveying a hazardous substance from another road tanker
which-
(i) has been damaged as a result of an accident occuring on a road; or
(ii) has broken down on a railway other than a siding on which it was loaded; and the road tanker is being escorted by a vehicle used for police or fire service purposes; and
(c) where the road tanker b engaged in an international transport operation and complies in every respect with the requirements relating to vehicles of that type contained in any regulations in force in the country
of origin of that tanker:
Provided that where the road tanker is entering Zimbabwe from n country which has no regulations similar to these regulations, then such tanker shall be labeled in accordance with these regulations. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

6. (1) Where a road tanker is being used for the conveyance of a multi-load in circumstances other than those mentioned in subsection (4), the operator of that road tanker shall ensure that it is provided with, and displays hazard-warning panels in accordance with section 7 and such panels shall show the following
particulars-
(a) the appropriate multi-load emergency action code; and
(b) the word "multi-load"; and
(c) the appropriate hazard-warning sign; and
(d) the telephone number or other text approved by the Board indicating where specialist advice on the hazardous substances can be obtained at all times.
(2) The provisions of subsection (2) of section 4 relating to hazard-warning panels for a single load shall mutatis mutandis,apply to compartment labels prescribed in terms of subsection (3).
(3) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), the operator shall ensure that each tank, or compartment of a tank,containing a hazardous substance is labelled with compartment labels in accordance with section 1 and those labels shall show the following particulars-
(a) the appropriate substance identification number; and
(b) where any other tank or compartment contains a hazardous substance of a different hazard, the appropriate hazard-warning sign.
(4) Where. by virtue of paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule, a. [-000 tanker Is being treated as conveying a. single
load. this section and section 7 shall not apply. but sections 4 and 5 shall apply with the modification that the substance identification number and the emergency action code shall be ascertained
from the said paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule. 

Reference of the measure

Art 6 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Hazardous substance i.e. any substance specified in column I or Pan I or the firs! Schedule or In terms
of paragraph 3 of Part I of the same Schedule. These are:
Acetic acid, glacia1 and over 90 % by weight
Air, refrigerated liquid
Alcohol, industrial
Ammonia., anhydrous, liquefied and ammonia solutions having a density (specific gravity) of less than 0,880 at 15ͦC in water, containing over 50 % ammonia
Ammonia solutions having a density (specific gravity) of less than 0,880 15ͦC in water containing than 35% and not above 50% ammonia
Benzene(Benzol),
Butadiene, inhibited
Butylene (Butene)
Butane or butane mixture
Carbon dioxide (Carbonic anhydride) refrigerated liquid
Caustic alkali liquids, n.o.s
Cyanide solutions
Decahydronaphthalene (decalin)
n-Decane
Ethanol (Ethyl alcohol)
Gas oil
Hazardous waste , liquid containing acid
Hazardous waste, solid or sludge, containing, alkali
Hazardous waste, flammable liquid, flashpoint below 23 ͦC
Hazardous waste, flammable liquid, flashpoint 23 ͦC to 60.5 ͦC
Hazardous waste, flammable solid or sludge, n.o.s
Hazardous waste, solid or sludge, n.o.s
Hazardous waste, solid or liquid, n.o.s
Hazardous waste, solid or sludge, toxic, n.o.s
Hazardous waste , liquid toxic, n.o.s
Hazardous waste , liquid containing inorganic cyanides
Hazardous waste, solid or sludge agrochemical , toxic, n.o.s
Hazardous waste, liquid agrochemical , toxic, n.o.s
Hydrochloric acid in solution
Hydrocarbon gases and mixtures of such gases , liquefied, n.o.s
Kerosene (Paraffin)
Methanol (MethylalcohoI, Wood alcohol, Columbian spirits)
Naptha (Coal, tar, crude and solvent)
Nitric acid, other than red fuming nitric acid
Nitric acid, red fuming
Nonane and its isomers
Octane and its isomers
Oxygen , refrigerated liquid
Petrol
Petroleum distillers, n.o.s, Benzene content less than 5% (see Note 1)
Petroleum fuel n.o.s (see note 2)
Petroleum gases, liquefied
Petroleum spirit, (Benzolene, Lythene, Petroleum other)
Propane 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries