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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/13
16 May 2002
(02-2715)
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:   South African 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, SABS Information Centre, Tel.:  + 27 12 428 6835,
Fax:  + 27 12 428 6928, e-mail:  nfo@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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   ICS: 65.160; 97.180
HS:  96.13
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Compulsory
specification for lighters (2 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This specification establishes requirements for lighters to ensure a
reasonable degree of safety for the normal use or reasonable foreseeable misuse of suchlighters by users.
This specification applies to all flame-producing products commonly known as cigarette
lighters, cigar lighters and pipe lighters.
This specification does not apply to matches, or to other flame-producing products intended
solely for igniting materials other than cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.
NOTE 1  Lighters, being flame-producing devices, can, as do all flame sources, present a
potential hazard to users
NOTE 2  The safety provisions given in this specification cannot eliminate all hazards, but
are intended to reduce potential hazards.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To safeguard the safety of the public;  harmonization of the national standards with
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8. Relevant documents:   VC 8076, SABS ISO 9994
Government Gazette No.23340, Regulation No.R.495, Date:  26 April 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }n/a
10. Final date for comments:   26 June 2002
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:           