WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/ZAF/15
5 August 2002
(02-4302)
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
Private Bag X 191
Pretoria
0001
South Africa  Tel:  + 27 12 428 6835  Fax:  + 27 12 428 6928E-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: 9401.20  CCCN:
ICS: 43.040.80; 97.190 National Tariff Heading:  Seats of a kind used in motor vehicles
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Child restraints for
use in motor vehicles (84 Pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   Applies to child restraints that are suitable for installation in
power-driven vehicles that have three or more wheels and meet the requirements of SABS
1429, Motor vehicle safety - Strength of seats and their anchorages, and SABS 1430, Motor
vehicle safety - Anchorages for restraining devices in motor vehicles, and that are not
intended for use with folding (tip-up) seats or with side-facing seats.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To safeguard the safety of the public, and harmonization of safety requirements.
8. Relevant documents:   VC 8033, Government Gazette 23622, Regulation no. R.953,
2002-07-19.  Based on ECE R44:1998
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }n/a
10. Final date for comments:   19 September 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: