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The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Memorandum of Understanding on Standardisation, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAM MoU) was signed by SADC Member States in 2000. The SADC SQAM MoU provided for five (5) structures to facilitate the implementation of SADC Trade Protocol with regards to Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment issues and these are;
- SADC Expert Group on Standardization, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SQAMEG),
- SADC Cooperation in Legal Metrology (SADCMEL),
- SADC Cooperation in Measurement and Traceability (SADCMET),
- SADC Cooperation in Standardization (SADCSTAN), and
- SADC Cooperation in Accreditation (SADCA).
The SADC SQAM MoU was succeeded by the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Annex to the SADC Protocol on Trade which made provision for the establishment of the two (2) other Committees namely; the SADC Technical Regulations Liaison Committee (SADCTRLC) and the SADC Technical Barriers to Trade Stakeholder Committee (SADCTBT SC).
The SADC Technical Regulations Liaison Committee (SADCTRLC), has been established to promote and facilitate the implementation of the SADC Technical Regulation Framework.
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The SADC Technical Regulations Liaison Committee (SADCTRLC), has been established to promote and facilitate the implementation of the SADC Technical Regulation Framework.