WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.355
28 July 1999
(99-3180)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SOUTH AFRICA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   South African Department of Trade and Industry
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
ICS: 43.080.20 HS: 87.02
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   New motor vehicles
of category M 2 and M 3 (2 pages, in English and Afrikaans)
6. Description of content:   Covers the requirements for new motor vehicles of category M 2
and M 3,  including minibuses, urban buses, inter-urban buses, touring buses, bus-trains and
semi-trailer buses, and any motor vehicle not previously registered or licensed inSouth Africa, designed or adapted for operation on a public road. [Amends
subclause 3.7(b)]
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents:   Compulsory Specification VC 8023 Amendment
GN:  R 535 GG:  20005:  1999-05-14
9. Proposed date of adoption:  14 May 1999
Proposed date of entry into force:  14 July 1999
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           