. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/22
25 March 2003
(03-1697)
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
Private Bag X 191
Pretoria 0001
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, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
HS: 87.16  CCCN:  ICS: 43.080.10
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Category O3 and O4
vehicles (trailers) (12 Pages, English)
6. Description of content:   This specification covers the requirements for vehicles of category
O3 and O4 designed or adapted for the conveyance of goods and for operation on a public
road, including any category O3 and O4 vehicle not previously registered in South Africa.
Note:  New vehicles of category O3 and O4 designed and constructed for the purpose of the
carriage of passengers, as in a semi-trailer bus, are also subject to the relevant requirementsfor category M2 and M3 motor vehicles (buses).
The requirements of the specification shall, in so far as the parts already incorporated are
concerned, apply in respect of an incomplete vehicle supplied for further manufacture by
one manufacturer to another, and the entire specification shall apply to the vehicle after
completion thereof by the last-mentioned manufacturer.G/TBT/N/ZAF/22
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety
8. Relevant documents:   VC 8027, Government Gazette No.24941, Regulation No. R273,
Date 28 February 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }n/a
10. Final date for comments:   30 April 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: