The National Conformity Assessment Infrastructure and Trade Facilitation in Zambia

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1 The National Conformity Assessment Infrastructure and Trade Facilitation in Zambia Haggai Chomba Head Management Systems Certifications Acting Head Import Quality Monitoring Division Zambia Bureau of Standards- ZABS Zambia Bureau of Standards

2 Outline of Presentation INTRODUCTION ZABS FUNCTIONS WHAT IS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT WHY DOES CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT MATTER WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT NATIONAL CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ENFORCING STANDARDS BACKGROUND TO IQMS WTO TBTs REQUIREMENTS WAY FORWARD CONCLUSION/ QUESTIONS Zambia Bureau of Standards

3 Introduction Who is ZABS? The Zambia Bureau of Standards It was established under the Standards Act, Cap 416 of the Laws of Zambia in 1994 It is a quasi-government body under the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry- MCTI ZABS regulates Trade and Industry sectors based on the Standards Act, Statutory Instruments and other legislation including standards and technical regulations Zambia Bureau of Standards

4 ZABS Functions Preparation of National Standards Maintenance of National Measurement Standards Calibration of instruments Testing of products Certification- Product, e.g. Bottled drinking water ( Aquasavana, Manzi) Management Systems, e.g. ISO 9001, ISO Personnel Inspection Local products- DQMS, Domestic Quality Monitoring Scheme Imported products- IQMS, Import Quality Monitoring Scheme Export products- Timber Training and consultancy Sale of world standards Zambia Bureau of Standards

5 WHAT IS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT? Conformity assessment is the name given to the processes that are used to demonstrate that a product (tangible) or a service or a management system or body meets specified requirements. These requirements are contained in standards and guides. The processes that need to be followed to be able to demonstrate that they meet the requirements are also contained in ZABS standards and guides. The use of ISO standards in conformity assessment procedures allows for harmonization throughout the world and this, in turn, not only facilitates international trade between countries but also facilitates trade within countries by giving the purchaser of the product or service confidence that it meets the requirements. Zambia Bureau of Standards

6 WHAT CONSTITUTES CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT Conformity assessment can cover one or more of the following activities: Testing of a product/service to determine if it complies or performs in accordance with the specified requirements. Inspecting the manufacturing process of a product to ensure that it is manufactured in a safe manner and according to regulations (e.g. fire extinguishers). Certification of a management system to ensure that products/services are produced or delivered by an organization in a consistent manner and meet customers' requirements and exceed their expectations. e.g. ISO Zambia Bureau of Standards

7 WHY DOES CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT MATTER Products and services are like promises. Business customers, consumers, users and public officials have requirements and expectations about products and services relating to features like quality, ecology, safety, economy, reliability, compatibility, interoperability, efficiency and effectiveness. Conformity assessment means evaluating and confirming such features as defined in standards, regulations and other specifications. In this way, conformity assessment makes sure that products and services deliver on their promises. Zambia Bureau of Standards

8 Reference Standard Action Deliverable

9 Conformity Assessment is a risk management based based operation and it takes into account the following; the safety hazards inherent to the specific product (such as mechanical, electrical, thermal, fire or explosion, chemical, biological or radiation hazards) the severity of hazards the homogeneity of the consignment the reliability of the manufacturer / exporter the final buyer and end use

10 NATIONAL CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Figure: 2 Accreditation body Laboratory ISO Certification Body Inspection body ISO ISO 65 ISO Testing Measurement ISO Inspection Certification of products Certification of MS Certification of persons source: swedac 10

11 ZAMBIA S CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM Zambia s conformity assessment system is yet to be developed. However, the Ministry of commerce has now finalized the National Quality Policy and cabinet has since approved the same. There are a lot of proposed changes to re-align Zambia s Quality Infrastructure including the Conformity Assessment System to best international practice and WTO principles with regard to facilitating trade. Thus most conformity assessment activities like inspection, certification, measurement and testing will be done by the private sector. Zambia Bureau of Standards

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14 Background to Import Quality Monitoring Changes in the economic policy of Zambia led to introduction of an open market economy around Resulted in an influx of different products on the Zambian market from all over the world. No scheme in place to check the quality of imported products until April 2003 The absence of procedures to check the quality and safety of imports resulted in the presence of inferior quality and un-safe products on the local market. Hence the Import Quality Monitoring Scheme and establishment of ZABS Border offices Introduction of the Import Quality Monitoring Scheme The scheme was introduced in April 2003 under Statutory Instrument No. 41/2003 Targeted selected imports due to limitations on testing capacity Involves inspection of goods at points of entry (Borders) Scheme s effectiveness in controlling the quality and safety of imports can be enhanced by better coordination with other government/ regulatory agencies

15 (a) (b) (ii) Standards Act, Cap 416 of the Laws of Zambia Under Part II Section 5 of the Act, the functions of the Bureau are specified and two of these include: To promote and require the adoption of standards in industry and commerce with a view to improving quality of commodities, industrial efficiency and productivity and after sale support services and all aspects of quality assurance of commodities To make arrangements or provide facilities for the examination and testing of: (i) commodities to which standards apply; and (ii) The material or substance from which a commodity may be produced, manufactured, processed, treated or finished Import Quality Monitoring Regulation The current regulation on import quality monitoring is SI 41 of 2003, SI 78 of 2003, SI 120 of 2006, SI 33 of 2009

16 World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade / Phyto-sanitary measures agreements require that a member ; Refers to International standards when appropriate (art 2.4) Recognises other Conformity assessment (art 6) Takes into account accreditation as an indication of adequate technical competence of conformity assessment bodies Signs agreements on such programs

17 From the foregoing, it is imperative that the current cooperation and synergy between ZABS, ZRA and other government border agencies be maintained and enhanced with the aim of serving the country better while promoting and facilitating international trade With the advent of One Stop Border Posts around the country, such partnerships can only get better

18 1 ZS 011 ASBESTOS CEMENT PRESSURE PIPES 2 ZS 004 ASBESTOS ROOFING SHEETS 3 ZS 438 BISCUITS 4 ZS 388 BOTTLED WATER 5 ZS 202 CANNED PINEAPPLES 6 ZS 019 CATTLE FEED 7 ZS;EN 197 PORTLAND CEMENT 8 ZS 430 CLEAR BEER 9 ZS 431 COMPOUND FERTILIZER 10 ZS 233 CRUDE VEGETABLE OIL 11 ZS 264 HAIR CREAMS

19 12 ZS 263 HAIR OILS 13 ZS 106 HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 14 ZS 274 HOUSEHOLD AND DISH WASHING LIQUID 15 ZS 432 INCANDESCENT LAMPS 16 ZS JAMS, JELLIES AND MARMALADES 17 ZS 058 LAUNDRY SOAP 18 ZS 005 LEAD ACID BATTERIES 19 ZS 193 MARGARINE 20 ZS 201 PAINT 21 ZS 063 PETROLEUM JELLY 22 ZS 018 PIG FEED 23 ZS 437 PNEUMATIC TYRES 24 ZS 017 POUTRY FEED

20 25 ZS 436 PRIMARY DRY BATTERIES 26 ZS 065 PURE GLYCERINE 27 ZS 234 REFINED EDIBLE VEGETABLE OIL 28 ZS 286 RUBBER CONDOMS 29 ZS 119 SAFETY BELTS AND HARNESSES 30 ZS 073 SAFETY FOOTWEAR 31 ZS074 SHOE POLISH 32 ZS 056 TOILET SOAP 33 ZS 295 VARNISHES 34 ZS 435 WHEAT FLOUR 35 ZS 106 SAFETY OF HOUSEHOLD & SIMILAR ELETRICAL APPLIANCES 36 ZS 206 REFLEX-REFLECTING VEHICLE NUMBER PLATES 37 ZS 321 OPAQUE BEER 38 ZS 388 BOTTLE WATER

21 39 ZS 436 PRIMARY DRY BATTERIES 40 ZS 554 FRUIT FLAVOURED DRINKS 41 ZS 558 PLUGS AND SOCKET OUTLETS,ADAPTORS AND CONNECTION UNITS PART 1- SPECIFICATIONS FOR REWIREABLE AND REWIREABLE 13A FUSED PLUGS 42 ZS 558 PLUGS AND SOCKET OUTLETS,ADAPTORS AND CONNECTION UNITS PART 2- SWITCHED AND UNSWITCHED SOCKETS- OUTLETS 43 ZS 558 PLUGS AND SOCKET OUTLETS,ADAPTORS AND CONNECTION UNITS PART 3- SPECIFICATION FOR ADAPTORS 44 ZS 559 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE CRETERIA FOR USED TEXTILES PRODUCTS SALAULA 45 ZS 560 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR INSPECTION AND TESTING OF USED MOTOR VEHICLES FOR ROAD WORTTHINESS 46 ZS 605 FERTILIZER- UREA 47 ZS 606 FERTILIZERS AMMONIA NITRATE 48 ZS 607 FERTILIZERS- CALCIUM AMMONIA NITRATE 49 ZS 608 FERTILIZERS- AMMONIA SULPHATE 50 ZS 369 AUTOMOTIVE GAS OIL (DIESEL FUEL) 51 ZS 380 ILLUMINATING KEROSENE 52 ZS 395 UNLEADED PETROL (GAS OIL) FOR MOTOR VEHICLES 53 ZSEN 197 CEMENT:COMPOSITION,SPECIFICATION AND CONFORMITY CRITERIA FOR COMMON CEMENTS

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