This update is about prescribing the Implementation of Conformity Assessment of the Ghana Standards Authority. This Conformity Assessment Programme is to ensure consumer protection through the prevention of unsafe and substandard products on the Ghanaian market. This Notification supersedes G/TBT/N/GHA/1.
High Risk Goods:
1. Toys, Games and Sports equipment
2. Electrical and Electronics
3. Automotive Products (including new and used vehicles)
4. Chemical Products
5. Mechanical Materials and Gas Appliances
6. Pulp of wood, paper and paperboard
7. Furniture (Wood and Metal articles)
8. Safety (Personal Protective Equipment)
9. Food and Food Products
10. Construction Materials
11. Selected Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals
12. Fuel/Petroleum Products
13. Textile, Textile Articles and Leatherwear incl. African Prints
14. Selected Used Products (Used clothes and footwear)
Relevant documents: GSA G-CAP Procedures for Exporting Consumer Products to Ghana.
Proposed date of adoption: 1 September 2014
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 October 2014
Final date for comments: 30 days from notification