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WTO notification · TBT

BotswanaProposed measure, open for comments

Pipes and fittings – Botswana

Official title

BOS 78:2013 Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC-U) soil, waste and vent pipes and pipe fittings — Specification

Botswana notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 15 September 2026. Comments are open until 14 November 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Plastics Pipes and Accessories

Notifying member
Botswana
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • National security requirements
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of animal or plant life or health
  • Protection of the environment
  • Quality requirements
  • Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BWA/210
ICS classification
  • 23.040.20 Plastics pipes

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 14 November 2026
Proposed adoption
Six months
Proposed entry into force
6 months from adoption

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 14 November 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/BWA/210 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Botswana.

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What the notification says

This Botswana Standard specifies requirements for unplasticized poly vinyl chloride (PVC-U) pipes (including vent pipes) and pipe fittings of nominal sizes 40 mm to 160 mm intended for above-ground non-pressure applications for the conveyance of soil (human excrement or faeces) and waste water where continuous temperatures in excess of 60 °C are not encountered. The standard specifies requirements for fittings manufactured predominantly by the injection-moulding process but does not cover fittings produced by fabrication. The standard also gives guidance on jointing of pipes by means of solvent cement and by means of rubber joint rings.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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