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Manufacturers or importers must apply to the regulator for registration of their manufacturing facility to ensure compliance with NAMS/EN 197-1 and NAMS/EN 197-2 standards. The application must include details of the cement type, manufacturing facility, a recent cement test report, and packaging information. The regulator will assess the application. Importing or trading cement from an unregistered facility is an offense, punishable by a fine of up to N$5,000, imprisonment for up to six months, or both.

4. (1) A manufacturer, or an importer on behalf of a manufacturer, must apply to the regulator, on a form obtainable from the regulator and pay the prescribed fee, for registration of the manufacturing facility to ensure conformity to the standards set out in the NAMS/EN 197-1 and NAMS/EN 197-2.

(2) The application referred to in subregulation (1) must include the following -

(a) details of the type and class of cement to be manufactured in the facility for which registration is sought, and the standards to which it conforms;

(b) details of the manufacturing facility for which registration is sought;

(c) a copy of a recent cement test report which must be generated by a laboratory that meets the requirements of the latest edition of the ISO/IEC 17025: International Standard on General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories, and which report must not be older than two months; and

(d) markings and other information to be printed on the package of the cement with a breakdown of any codes indicating the factory or packing plant of origin and the date of packaging, including the requirements of Annexure 1.

(3) On receipt of an application, the regulator must assess such application in terms of regulation 5 or 6.

(4) A manufacturer or an importer who imports or trades in cement that is from a manufacturing facility that is not registered in terms of these regulations commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding N$5 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.