WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/19
24 October 2002
(02-5849)
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:
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point, Tel: +27 12 428 6835
Standards Information Centre Fax: +27 12 428 6928
Private Bag X 191 E-mail: info@sabs.co.za
Pretoria 0001 Web site: www.sabs.co.za
0001South Africa
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):   HS: 03.06  CCCN:
ICS: 67.120.30 National Tariff Heading:
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:
Frozen lobster and frozen lobster products (44 Pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   Covers requirements for the handling, preparation, processing,
packaging, freezing, storage and quality of fr ozen lobster tails, frozen whole lobster (cooked
or raw)or any other frozen lobster product derived from lobsters of the families Palinuridae
and Scyllaridae, and of the family Nephropidae (genera Homarus, Nephrops and
Metanephrops, or any other species of lobster), intended for human consumption. It also
covers requirements for factories and employees involved in the production.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents:   VC 8020, Government Gazette No. 23903, Regulation No.R 1228,
Date: 2002-10-11
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }n/a
10. Final date for comments:   11 December 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: