. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/7
13 July 2001
(01-3479)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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:   National Department of Agriculture, Directorate Plant Health and
Quality
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 African
TBT Enquiry Point
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):   Dry Beans (for the
purpose of sale in the Republic of South Africa also applicable to imported dry beans),
(HS:  0713)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Regulations
Relating to the Grading, Packaging and Marking of Dry Beans, Intended for sale in the
Republic of South Africa (23 pages, in English and 23 pages in Afrikaans)
6. Description of content:   The regulations seeks to facilitate the sale of dry beans in the
Republic of South Africa by setting technical standardised norms for dry beans with regard
to quality, grading, packing and marking and which will also apply to imported dry beans.
The norms for quality are set taking into consideration the CODEX standards for pulses.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
See above
8. Relevant documents:   Draft Regulations relating to the grading, packaging and marking of
dry beans, intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa published in terms of the
Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990).
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 December 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date of its publication in the Government
Gazette of South Africa
10. Final date for comments:   90 days from publication by WTOG/TBT/N/ZAF/7
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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:
Directorate Plant Health and Quality,
Private Bag X258,Pretoria, 0001,
Republic of South Africa
Fax: +27 12 319 6055
Email: pelserm@nda.agric.za
Web: http://www.nda.agric.za