Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for regular socks and stockings. This Standard is not applicable to athletic, compression, diabetic and hiking/trekking socks and stockings.

Products Covered: Pantyhose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. graduated compression hosiery [e.g., stockings for varicose veins] and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted (excl. for babies) (HS code(s): 6115); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for athletic socks also known as sports socks.

Products Covered: Pantyhose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. graduated compression hosiery [e.g., stockings for varicose veins] and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted (excl. for babies) (HS code(s): 6115); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for athletic socks also known as sports socks.

Products Covered: Pantyhose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, incl. graduated compression hosiery [e.g., stockings for varicose veins] and footwear without applied soles, knitted or crocheted (excl. for babies) (HS code(s): 6115); Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods of sampling and test of various types of copper in the form of refinery shapes.

Products Covered: Copper ores and concentrates (HS code(s): 2603); Copper products (ICS code(s): 77.150.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 04 July 2022

This Draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods of sampling and test of various types of copper in the form of refinery shapes.

Products Covered: Copper ores and concentrates (HS code(s): 2603); Copper products (ICS code(s): 77.150.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 03 July 2022

The Environmental Protection Administration is proposing to revise to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act to establish a resilient system that can react quickly to impacts of climate change and expedite the transition to net zero emission by introducing carbon tax and incentives for development of low carbon technology.  Below is the summary of the revisions:-          To rename the Act to be “Climate Change Response Act;”-          To include the goal of net zero emissions by 2050;-          To enhance the level of climate governance,  designate the body for coordinating related affairs, and assign the responsibilities to different sectors;-          To introduce climate change adaptation chapter, including basic capacity building, science-based risk assessment of climate change, and establishment of climate change governance and coordination mechanism between all levels of government,  together with the existing mitigation chapter to make climate strategies complete;-          To introduce the graded verification system according to the scope of emissions and the type of entities, in response to the rising demand for verification;-          To introduce GHG emissions performance standards for certain equipment or industrial processes;-          To draw up permissible GHG emissions or mitigation requirements for the manufacture, importation, selling of motor vehicles;-          To impose carbon fee in stages on the direct and indirect GHG emissions, with the revenue being earmarked for GHG reduction, development of low carbon and negative emission technologies and industries, subsidies and awards for investments in GHG reduction technologies, to promote GHG reduction and low carbon economy development;-          To draw up regulations for imports: entities who import certain goods shall purchase reduction credits according to the differences in carbon emission; and-          To prohibit or restrict the manufacture, import, export, selling, use or emission of high global warming potential GHGs regulated by international environmental conventions, as well as products made with such GHGs.The EPA will announce the products subject to the control after adoption of the amendments. Such announcements will also be notified for Members' comments during the public hearing stage.

Products Covered: Mixtures containing perfluorocarbons "PFCs" or hydrofluorocarbons "HFCs", but not containing chlorofluorocarbons "CFCs" or hydrochlorofluorocarbons "HCFCs" (HS code(s): 382478); Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) (HS code(s): 8703); Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab (HS code(s): 8704)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 May 2022 | Final date for Comment: 03 July 2022

The Environmental Protection Administration is proposing to revise to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act to establish a resilient system that can react quickly to impacts of climate change and expedite the transition to net zero emission by introducing carbon tax and incentives for development of low carbon technology.  Below is the summary of the revisions:-          To rename the Act to be “Climate Change Response Act;”-          To include the goal of net zero emissions by 2050;-          To enhance the level of climate governance,  designate the body for coordinating related affairs, and assign the responsibilities to different sectors;-          To introduce climate change adaptation chapter, including basic capacity building, science-based risk assessment of climate change, and establishment of climate change governance and coordination mechanism between all levels of government,  together with the existing mitigation chapter to make climate strategies complete;-          To introduce the graded verification system according to the scope of emissions and the type of entities, in response to the rising demand for verification;-          To introduce GHG emissions performance standards for certain equipment or industrial processes;-          To draw up permissible GHG emissions or mitigation requirements for the manufacture, importation, selling of motor vehicles;-          To impose carbon fee in stages on the direct and indirect GHG emissions, with the revenue being earmarked for GHG reduction, development of low carbon and negative emission technologies and industries, subsidies and awards for investments in GHG reduction technologies, to promote GHG reduction and low carbon economy development;-          To draw up regulations for imports: entities who import certain goods shall purchase reduction credits according to the differences in carbon emission; and-          To prohibit or restrict the manufacture, import, export, selling, use or emission of high global warming potential GHGs regulated by international environmental conventions, as well as products made with such GHGs.The EPA will announce the products subject to the control after adoption of the amendments. Such announcements will also be notified for Members' comments during the public hearing stage.

Products Covered: Mixtures containing perfluorocarbons "PFCs" or hydrofluorocarbons "HFCs", but not containing chlorofluorocarbons "CFCs" or hydrochlorofluorocarbons "HCFCs" (HS code(s): 382478); Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702) (HS code(s): 8703); Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, incl. chassis with engine and cab (HS code(s): 8704)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 May 2022

The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu would like to notify that the "List of Ingredients Prohibited in Cosmetic Products," as per G/TBT/N/TPKM/479 on 7 January 2022, was promulgated on 27 April 2022 and will come into effect on 1 July 2022.

Products Covered: Cosmetics

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 02 May 2022

The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu would like to notify that the "List of Ingredients Prohibited in Cosmetic Products," as per G/TBT/N/TPKM/479 on 7 January 2022, was promulgated on 27 April 2022 and will come into effect on 1 July 2022.

Products Covered: Cosmetics

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 27 April 2022 | Final date for Comment: 27 May 2022

The test for abnormal toxicity (“test for freedom from abnormal toxicity”) will be deleted from monographs for “Freeze-Dried Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine”, “Pneumoniae Vaccine Polyvalent”, “Pneumococcal 10-valent conjugate vaccine”, “Freeze-Dried Haemophilus Type b Vaccine (Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate)”.

Products Covered: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification