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Member to Agreement notifying: NIGERIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
Plot 13/14 Northern Business District
Victoria Arobieke Street, Off Admiralty Way
Lekki Peninsula Phase 1, Lekki
Lagos, Nigeria
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:
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): All electrical and electronic products (e.g. household appliances, IT products, lighting products, medical electrical equipment); used motor vehicles; motor vehicle tyres; automotive glass; vehicle spare parts; motor vehicle batteries; gas appliances; toys; galvanised steel, steel bars, sheets.
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Standards Organisation of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Program (SONCAP) (14 pages, in English)
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Description of content: A conformity assessment program executed under the authority of SON to ensure consumer protection through the prevention of the placing on the Nigerian market of unsafe and substandard products.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Protection of health, safety, the environment and prevention of deceptive practices.
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Relevant documents: SONCAP Procedures and Guidelines for exporting consumer products to Nigeria. This document will shortly be available from www.soncap.com and will be refined on an ongoing basis as deemed necessary to meet the objectives of SONCAP.
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Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
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1 March 2005
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Final date for comments: 28 February 2005
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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:
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