Draft Regulation on private pest control services

Distribution date: 02 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 02 March 2015
This draft Regulation, notified on 5 December 2014 in document G/SPS/N/DOM/59, seeks to establish the technical, logistical and sanitary requirements to be met by the operators, establishments and staff engaged in the provision of private pest control services, including phytosanitary treatment application services and structural pest control services. Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/DOM/15_0586_00_s.pdf.
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Draft Regulation on private pest control services

Distribution date: 02 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 02 March 2015
This draft Regulation, notified on 5 December 2014 in document G/SPS/N/DOM/59, seeks to establish the technical, logistical and sanitary requirements to be met by the operators, establishments and staff engaged in the provision of private pest control services, including phytosanitary treatment application services and structural pest control services. Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/DOM/15_0586_00_s.pdf.
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of Agricultural Chemical Residue Standards).

Distribution date: 03 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 April 2015
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Veterinary drug/Feed additive - Lasalocid
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, 03.06 and 03.07) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of Agricultural Chemical Residue Standards).

Distribution date: 03 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 April 2015
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Veterinary drug/Feed additive - Lasalocid
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, 03.06 and 03.07) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Code: 05.04) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of Agricultural Chemical Residue Standards).

Distribution date: 03 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 April 2015
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide - Flumioxazin
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) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Codes: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 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: 09.04, 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, 12.05, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of Agricultural Chemical Residue Standards).

Distribution date: 03 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 April 2015
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: Pesticide - Flumioxazin
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) - Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08) - Products of animal origin (HS Codes: 05.04) - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14) - Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 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: 09.04, 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, 12.05, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) - Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 139/Permentan/PD.410/12/2014 concerning Importation of Carcasses, Meat and/or Its Processed Products Into the Territory of the Republic of Indonesia

Distribution date: 18 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 May 2025
The regulation is based on Law No. 18 of 2009 concerning Livestock and Animal Health, and seeks to optimize the importation services on carcasses, meat and/or its products into the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. It is deemed necessary to rearrange the importation of animal products by stipulating the regulation on importation of carcasses, meat and/or its products into the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. The regulation is intended to be the legal basis to conduct importation, with the aim to: protect public health, animal health and environmental health; ensure fulfilment of the requirements linked to safety and health-related concerns, as well as legal obligations; ensure imported carcasses, meat and/or its processed products are free from zoonoses and animal infectious diseases, chemical and physical hazards; provide certainty in importation of carcasses, meat and/or its processed products. The scope of this regulation includes: a. Import requirements b. Import Procedures c. Control d. Veterinary import requirements for poultry meat, meat and its processed products e. Types of meat from cattle, carcass and/or meat other than cattle, and processed meat products that can be imported into the territory of the Republic of Indonesia f. Other provisions
Products Covered: Carcasses, meat and/or its processed products
Regulation Type: Regular notification
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">Notice of Intent to Amend the Prescription Drug List (PDL): Mometasone furoate</span></span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">The proposed amendment notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/435 (dated 11 December 2014) was adopted on 9 February 2015.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">The purpose of this Notice of Intent to Amend is to notify that, as a result of consultation, Health Canada will revise the listing for Adrenocortical hormones on the Prescription Drug List (PDL) to exempt </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Mometasone furoate. Health Canada has conducted a scientific review of Mometasone furoate against the set of established and publicly available criteria outlined in section C.01.040.3 of the <em>Food and Drug Regulations</em>. The wording <span style="text-decoration:underline;">has changed</span> from what was proposed in the 27 November 2014 Notice of Consultation.<em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">This revision will be in effect six months from the date of this Notice </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">through a Notice of Amendment posted on the Health Canada website.</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;">The full text of the adopted measure can be downloaded from the Internet addresses indicated below:</span></p><p><span style="color:black;font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/pdl-ord/pdl_ldo_noi_adi_mometasone-eng.php">http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/pdl-ord/pdl_ldo_noi_adi_mometasone-eng.php</a> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">(English)</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p><p><span style="color:black;font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/pdl-ord/pdl_ldo_noi_adi_mometasone-fra.php">http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodpharma/pdl-ord/pdl_ldo_noi_adi_mometasone-fra.php</a></span></span><span style="color:black;font-size:small;font-face:Helv;"><span style="font-family:Helv, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">(French)</span><span style="color:black;font-size:small;font-face:Helv;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">or requested from:</span></span></p><p>Canadas Notification Authority and Enquiry Point<br />Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada<br />Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB)<br />111 Sussex Drive<br />Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2<br />Canada<br />Telephone: (343)203-4273<br />Fax: (613)943-0346<br />Email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;"></span></span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;"></span></span></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;"></span></span></span></p>

Distribution date: 20 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 May 2025
Products Covered: Prescription status of medicinal ingredients for human use (ICS: 11.120; HS: 3004.90)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Notification of the Ministry of Commerce Regarding Volatile Alkyl Nitrate Substance to Require Import Permit for Importation into the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2557(2014) (2 pages, in Thai)

Distribution date: 23 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 May 2025
<span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">Volatile alkyl nitrate substance 6 items (Amyl nitrate, c</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">yclohexyl nitrite</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">, e</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">thyl nitrite</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">, i</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">sobutyl nitrite</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">, i</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;">sopropyl nitrite and n-butyl nitrite) are required import permit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
Products Covered: Volatile alkyl nitrate (HS: 2920.90.90, ICS: 71)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
<p>La República de Ecuador da a conocer el Addendum No. 1 referente al Reglamento Técnico RTE INEN 229 "Artículos para fuegos artificiales", notificado mediante el documento identificado con la signatura G/TBT/N/ECU/260 del 23 de junio de 2014. Éste Addendum No. 1 ha sido expedido mediante la Resolución N° 15 024 del 26 de enero de 2015, emitida por la Subsecretaría de la Calidad del Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, publicada en el Registro Oficial Nº 439 de lunes 18 de febrero de 2015.</p><p>Texto disponible en el Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, Subsecretaría de la Calidad, Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación:</p><p>Responsable:Marlon Martínez B.<br />Yánez Pinzón No. 26-12 y Av. Colón. Edf. Rigel<br />Quito - Ecuador<br />Telf.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext.2358 / 2255<br />Punto de Contacto: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> / <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p><p></p>

Distribution date: 24 February 2015 | Final date for Comment: 04 May 2025
Products Covered: 3604.10.00 and 3604.90.00 ;
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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