WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.546
30September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4072)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SOUTH AFRICA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: South African Department ofTrade andIndustry
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
ICS: 29.129.40
HS:85.36
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Manually Operated
Switches forFixed Installations (14pages, available inEnglish andAfrikaans)
6. Description ofcontent: Covers manually operated general purpose switches fora.c
only, witharated voltage intherange 50Vto440Vandarated current notexceeding
63A,andintended forfixed electrical installations, either indoors oroutdoors.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents: Compulsory Specification VC8003 (Draft)
GN: 878
GG: 18079: 27June1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:30November 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 27August 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Note: Toreplace VC8003:1965 inpartandtobeidentical toIEC669-1.