 /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/28
24 April 2003
(03-2196)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Trade and Industry
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
South Africa WTO/TBT Enquiry Point,
Standards Information Centre
Standards South Africa, a Division of SABS
Private Bag X 191Pretoria0001South Africa,
Tel:  +27 12 428 6835, Fax:  +27 12 428 6928, E-mail:  info@sabs.co.za, Web site:
www.sabs.co.za
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS: 87.03  CCCN:
ICS: 43.100
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Motor vehicles of
Category M1 (16 Pages, in English)
6. Description of content:  This specification covers the requirements for motor vehicle
models of category M1, motor vehicle models not previously registered or licensed in
South Africa, and motor vehicle models assembled from new bodies and used parts fromearlier designs of motor vehicle models, designed or adapted for operation on a public road.
The requirements of this specification shall, in so far as the parts already incorporated are
concerned, apply in respect of an incomplete motor vehicle model supplied for further
manufacture by one manufacture to another, and the entire specification shall apply to thevehicle after completion thereof by the last-mentioned manufacturer. In addition, the
requirements shall apply to designs of bodies sold for the purposes of incorporating new or
used parts of motor vehicle models previously homologated (or previously produced) by
other manufacturers.G/TBT/N/ZAF/28
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents:   VC 8022, Government Gazette No. 24623, Notice No. R. 453,
Date:  4 April 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }N/a
10. Final date for comments:   4 June 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: