BOBS moves to cut compliance redtape

Handling, storage, distribution and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas are some of the changes effected by BOBS
Handling, storage, distribution and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas are some of the changes effected by BOBS

As a way to eliminate duplicated efforts and to cut the cost of regulatory compliance, the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) has converted four of its standards specifications from being compulsory to voluntary.

According to BOBS public relations officer, Kagisano Makonyela this is the first time that the bureau has changed the status on standards specifications from being mandatory to voluntary.

“The standards have only changed their status from compulsory to voluntary,” she told Mmegi Business this week.

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