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INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN

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extended to two land borders (Beitbridge
and Johannesburg dry port).
Port name

Way forward
The training will resume in the 2016/17
financial year for the land borders.

Date of the training

Number officials trained

Durban

25-27 November 2014

50

Durban

12-13 October 2015

19

Port Elizabeth

15 October 2015

20

East London

16 October 2015

5

Cape Town

20-21 October 2015

32

Johannesburg dry port

11-12 November 2015

26

Beitbridge

18-19 November 2015

18

Train the trainer in Pretoria

26 November 2015

26

3

Sea ports of entries

Land borders and train the trainer

Table 1: Dates and number of trainees at different ports and land borders.
Trainees were provided with the following
materials:
• UNEP Training Manual for Customs and
Enforcement Officers (Third edition)
• UNEP booklet: Risk Assessment of illegal
trade in HCFCs
• Customs Officers Quick Tool for
screening ODS
• Writing pad and pen.
After the training, portable analysers were
handed over to the various customs offices,
ITAC and DEA Compliance Monitoring Unit.
These will be used at the ports of entries
and at the importers/exporters premises for
compliance monitoring purposes.
Port

Number of
analysers

Durban

2

Cape Town

2

East London

1

Port Elizabeth

1

JHB

1

Beitbridge

1

ITAC

to receive 1

DEA compliance

1

Table 2: Analysers handed over to
different ports of entries and government
institutions.

Grobblersdal, Kopfontein, Lebombo and
OR Tambo will be trained from May 2016
onwards. This will ensure that customs is well
equipped when facilitating refrigerants
trade all over the country. The trained ports
will also be revisited to provide technical
support and strengthen the confidence
of the customs and enforcement officers
when handling and monitoring ODSs and
non-ODS refrigerant imports and exports.
The National Regulators for Compulsory
Specifications (NRCS) and Department of
Labour (DoL) will also be trained in future.
Acknowledgement
The Department would like to
acknowledge the following organisations
and institutions for making the training
possible:
✤✤ DEA Chemicals Management,
Green Scorpions and Enforcement
Unit
✤✤ Customs head office and regional
offices
✤✤ UNIDO
✤✤ ITAC
✤✤ DAFF
✤✤ A-Gas
✤✤ SARACCA
✤✤ SAQCC Gas

Environmental crime line

2

For anonymous tip-off lines on any
suspicious illegal activities contact the
Department of Environmental Affairs
Environmental Crime Line:

0027 (0)800 205 005.
After the training, portable analysers
were handed over to the various
customs offices, ITAC and DEA
Compliance Monitoring Unit. These will
be used at the ports of entries and at
the importers/exporters premises for
compliance monitoring purposes.
*About the author
Lubabalo Maweni is the deputy director:
Ozone Depleting Substances (National
Ozone Unit) at the Department of
Environmental Affairs (DEA). He’s been
driving the HCFC stakeholder meetings
and actively involved in the local phase
out process of these ozone depleting
substances. CLA

COLD LINK AFRICA • May | June 2016

1. Refrigerant analyser kits.
2. Trainee testing at Beit Bridge.

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