Request For Comments on Draft Standard for Portable Metallic and Plastic Containers for Consumer Use for Storage of Petroleum Products

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) is a statutory body responsible for regulating the energy sector and derives its mandate from the Energy Regulation Act No.12 of 2019.

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) is the statutory national standards body established under an Act of Parliament, the Standards Act No. 4 of 2017, for the preparation and promulgation of Zambian Standards.

Section 4(h) of the Energy Regulation Act provides that the ERB, in collaboration with the Zambia Bureau of Standards, design standards with regard to the quality, safety, and reliability of the supply of energy. In this regard, the ERB, in consultation with ZABS and other stakeholders, have revised the standard:

DZS 1308; Portable Metallic and Plastic Containers for Petroleum Products for Consumer Use – Specifications

This standard provides specifications for portable metallic and plastic containers for petroleum products for consumer use. This standard applies to both portable metallic and plastic containers.

This notice serves to invite the public, interested and affected parties to submit comments on the abovementioned Draft Zambian Standard. Copies of the draft standard can be obtained from the ERB and/or ZABS offices at the addresses indicated below.

Stakeholders wishing to respond to the ‘call for public comments’ should follow the four steps below:

Step 1

Download the Draft Standard DZS 1308 (Draft for Public Comments) and the Public Enquiry Comment Form (SDF.SP-008) below, or collect physically from the ERB or ZABS offices.

DZS 1308 – Draft Standard Portable Containers

Comment Form

Then, respond to the ‘call for public comments’ as described in Step 2 and Step 3 below.

Step 2

Please fill in your comments or proposed changes in the Public Enquiry Comment Form that you downloaded in Step 1.

The following is a quick guide on how you could use the Public Enquiry Comment Form to provide your comments or proposed changes:

1. In the first column of the Public Enquiry Comment Form, identify the Clause Number or Sub-clause Number of the Draft Standard on which you have a comment or proposed change;
2. In the second column, identify the Paragraph, Figure, or Table on which you have a comment or proposed change;
3. In the third column, indicate the type of comment or proposed change you would like to make. Indicate te for technical, ge for genera,l or ed for editorial comments;
4. In the fourth column, give a reason for your comment or proposed change (Justification for change); and
5. Finally, in column five, indicate the proposed change.

Step 3

Upon completion of filling in the Public Enquiry Comment Form with all your comments or proposed changes, kindly submit the Form to the Director General, ERB, or the Executive Director ZABS no later than 15^th October 2025 to the following addresses:

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For clarifications or details, please contact the Energy Regulation Board at:

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Or contact the Zambia Bureau of Standards at:

Head Office, Lechwe House, Freedom Way – South End,

P.O. Box 50259, Lusaka

Tel: +260 211 231385, Fax: +260 211 238483, Website: www.zabs.org.zm  Email: info@zabs.org.zm