KS 2512:2013 Packaging — Flexible packaging material —Determination of residual solvents by dynamic headspace gas chromatography —Absolute method (6 pages in English)

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Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014

<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">D</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">escribes methods for the quantitative determination of residual solvents in flexible packaging by dynamic headspace chromatography where the chemical identities of the residual solvents to be determined are known before commencing the analysis.</span></span></span>

Products Covered: Packaging materials (HS: 481920; ICS: 85.060)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food standards Packaging

KS 2512:2013 Packaging — Flexible packaging material —Determination of residual solvents by dynamic headspace gas chromatography —Absolute method (6 pages in English)

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Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014

<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">D</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">escribes methods for the quantitative determination of residual solvents in flexible packaging by dynamic headspace chromatography where the chemical identities of the residual solvents to be determined are known before commencing the analysis.</span></span></span>

Products Covered: Packaging materials (HS: 481920; ICS: 85.060)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Food standards Packaging

KS 2516:2013 Shellac varnish — Specifications (12 pages in English)

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Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014

<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">P</span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-face:Arial;"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">rescribes the requirement and methods of sampling and test for shellac <span>&nbsp;</span>varnish used for protection and decoration of wooden surfaces</span></span>

Products Covered: Varnishes (HS: 3208; ICS: 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

KS 2516:2013 Shellac varnish — Specifications (12 pages in English)

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Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 27 January 2014

<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">P</span></span><span style="font-size:small;font-face:Arial;"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">rescribes the requirement and methods of sampling and test for shellac <span>&nbsp;</span>varnish used for protection and decoration of wooden surfaces</span></span>

Products Covered: Varnishes (HS: 3208; ICS: 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

; ; ;The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that the first revision (1R) of Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 040 "Welding of steel structures" of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN), notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/40/Add.1 of 4 September 2009, was issued pursuant to Resolution No. 13 375 of 22 October 2013 of the Under-Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 124 of 15 November 2013. ; ;Text available from: ;Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) ;Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) ;Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación (National Notification Authority) ; ;Contact person: Marlon Martínez B. ;Yánez Pinzón No. 26-12 y Av. Colón, Edf. Rigel ;Quito, Ecuador ;Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 ;Email: [email protected]; [email protected] ; ;

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Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 07 May 2025

Products Covered: HS tariff subheadings 3810.90.10.00;  3810.90.20.00;  8311.10.00.00;  8311.20.00.00;  8311.30.00.00;  8311.90.00.00

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

; ; ;The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that the first revision (1R) of Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 040 "Welding of steel structures" of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (INEN), notified in document G/TBT/N/ECU/40/Add.1 of 4 September 2009, was issued pursuant to Resolution No. 13 375 of 22 October 2013 of the Under-Secretariat for Quality of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity, published in Official Journal No. 124 of 15 November 2013. ; ;Text available from: ;Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) ;Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) ;Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación (National Notification Authority) ; ;Contact person: Marlon Martínez B. ;Yánez Pinzón No. 26-12 y Av. Colón, Edf. Rigel ;Quito, Ecuador ;Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358/2255 ;Email: [email protected]; [email protected] ; ;

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Distribution date: 28 November 2013 | Final date for Comment: 07 May 2025

Products Covered: HS tariff subheadings 3810.90.10.00;  3810.90.20.00;  8311.10.00.00;  8311.20.00.00;  8311.30.00.00;  8311.90.00.00

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

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Distribution date: 03 December 2013 | Final date for Comment: 05 January 2014

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals: Pesticide/feed additive: Ethoxyquin.

Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09) - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04 and 03.06) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) - Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Maximum residue limits (MRLs) Pesticides Food safety

Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)

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Distribution date: 03 December 2013 | Final date for Comment: 05 January 2014

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals: Pesticide/feed additive: Ethoxyquin.

Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09) - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS Codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04 and 03.06) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14) - Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10) - Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08) - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06) - Cacao and cacao preparations (HS Code: 18.01)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Human health Maximum residue limits (MRLs) Pesticides Food safety

Dangerous substances and mixtures: Classification, labelling, marking and packaging (44 pages, in Hebrew).

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Distribution date: 03 December 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2014

<p style="margin-top:6pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-size:9pt;"><span>Revision of the partially mandatory standard SI 2302 part 1 dealing with d</span></span></span>angerous substances and mixtures<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">. This draft standard revision is based, with a few changes and national deviations on the UN document "</span></span><em>Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)</em>"<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"><span>.</span>&nbsp; This regulation is gradually replacing the 2 European directives which were the base for the standard's earlier edition (67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC) and that should&nbsp;be cancelled on 1 June 2015. The UN regulation's parts dealing with </span></span>substances had already entered into force in Europe in2010 and the regulation's parts dealing with mixtures should enter into force in 2015.</p><p style="margin-top:6pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Among the major </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">differences&nbsp;introduced in&nbsp;this new revised draft standard we wish to emphasise the replacement of the R-phrases (risk phrases) and S</span></span>-phrases&nbsp;(safety phrases) in Hazard Statements (H) and in the precautionary statements (P).</p>

Products Covered: Dangerous substances and mixtures

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Dangerous substances and mixtures: Classification, labelling, marking and packaging (44 pages, in Hebrew).

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Distribution date: 03 December 2013 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2014

<p style="margin-top:6pt;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-size:9pt;"><span>Revision of the partially mandatory standard SI 2302 part 1 dealing with d</span></span></span>angerous substances and mixtures<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">. This draft standard revision is based, with a few changes and national deviations on the UN document "</span></span><em>Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)</em>"<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"><span>.</span>&nbsp; This regulation is gradually replacing the 2 European directives which were the base for the standard's earlier edition (67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC) and that should&nbsp;be cancelled on 1 June 2015. The UN regulation's parts dealing with </span></span>substances had already entered into force in Europe in2010 and the regulation's parts dealing with mixtures should enter into force in 2015.</p><p style="margin-top:6pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Among the major </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">differences&nbsp;introduced in&nbsp;this new revised draft standard we wish to emphasise the replacement of the R-phrases (risk phrases) and S</span></span>-phrases&nbsp;(safety phrases) in Hazard Statements (H) and in the precautionary statements (P).</p>

Products Covered: Dangerous substances and mixtures

Regulation Type: Regular notification

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