RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/CS/N/4
22May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1350)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
Under paragraph CoftheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption and
Application ofStandards contained inAnnex 3totheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers to
Trade, "Standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from thisCode shallnotify thisfact
totheISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva." Thefollowing notification conveyed tothe
Secretariat from theISO/IEC Information Centre isbeing circulated fortheinformation of
Members.
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH COFTHE WTO TBT CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
(Notification ofacceptance oftheWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice)
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement: SOUTH AFRICA
Name ofstandardizing body: South African Bureau ofStandards
Address ofstandardizing body: South African Bureau ofStandards
Private BagX191
PRETORIA 0001
Telephone: (27)12428-7911 Telefax: (27)12344-1568 Telex: 321-308 SA
E-mail: N.A.
Type ofstandardizing body:
[]central governmental []local governmental [X]non-governmental
Scope ofcurrent andexpected standardization activities: SABS current activities involve
thepreparation andupdating, testandinspections, product andquality system certification.
WealsohaveaStandards Information andStandards Sales Centre which serves theneeds,
nationally andinternationally, ofSouh Africa 'sindustry andgeneral public concerning
standards.
Date: 14April 1995