Distribution date: 10 October 2024

Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE No. 061 (2R): "Paints" The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that Ecuadorian Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 061 (2R): "Paints" will enter into force on 4 April 2025. 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained. G/TBT/N/ECU/529/Add.1 - 2 - It should be noted that, with respect to this Regulation, Ecuador has followed all the transparency and notification guidelines determined by the WTO. Thus, on 4 June 2024, in document G/TBT/N/ECU/529, the draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 061: "Paints" was notified for 60 days on the WTO ePing platform for comments. No comments were received during this period. Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries) Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) TBT enquiry point: Primary enquiry point: Patricio Fernando Alvarez Chávez Secondary enquiry point: Cristian Eduardo Yépez Jaramillo Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera; Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Quito EC170522 Tel.: (+593 2) 394 8760; Ext. 2254; Ext. 2252 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Website: http://www.produccion.gob.ec __________

Products Covered: Pinturas y barnices a base de polímeros sintéticos o naturales modificados, dispersos o disueltos en un medio no acuoso; disoluciones en disolventes orgánicos volátiles de productos citados en las partidas 3901 a 3913, con una proporción de disolvente > 50% del peso de la disolución (exc. disoluciones a base de poliésteres o de polímeros acrílicos o vinílicos, así como disoluciones en colodiones) (Código(s) del SA: 320890); Pinturas y barnices a base de polímeros sintéticos o naturales modificados, dispersos o disueltos en un medio acuoso (Código(s) del SA: 3209); Las demás pinturas y barnices; pigmentos al agua preparados de los tipos utilizados para el acabado del cuero (Código(s) del SA: 3210); Pigmentos, incl. el polvo y laminillas metálicos, dispersos en medios no acuosos, líquidos o en pasta, de los tipos utilizados para la fabricación de pinturas; hojas para el marcado a fuego de los tipos utilizados para encuadernaciones o guarniciones interiores de sombreros; tintes y demás materias colorantes, n.c.o.p., presentados en formas o envases para la venta al por menor (Código(s) del SA: 3212); Colores para pintura artística, la enseñanza, la pintura de carteles, para matizar o para entretenimiento y colores simil., en pastillas, tubos, botes, frascos, o en formas o envases simil. (Código(s) del SA: 3213)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 10 October 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 December 2024

Draft technical regulations for vanilla to be marketed on the domestic market and/or for export (12 pages, in French). This draft Order concerns all forms of vanilla (pods, seeds and powder) belonging to the species Vanilla fragrans (Salisbury) Ames syn. Vanilla planifolia Andrews. It establishes the physico-chemical requirements to be met by each of these forms of vanilla, including water content, vanillin content and pod length. It also provides guidance on packaging, packing, storage, sampling and controls. The list of applicable definitions and the test methods are contained in the annexes. G/TBT/N/MDG/1 - 2 -

Products Covered: Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code: 09); Vanilla (HS code: 09051000): General considerations. Terminology. Standardization. Documentation (ICS code: 01); Agriculture (ICS code: 65)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 October 2024

Fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 006 "Portable fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents" 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final measure/change to the measure/interpretative guidance can be obtained. G/TBT/N/ECU/528/Add.1 - 2 - The Republic of Ecuador hereby advises that the fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation (RTE) No. 006 "Portable fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents" will enter into force on 4 April 2025. It should be noted that, with respect to this Regulation, Ecuador has followed all the transparency and notification guidelines determined by the WTO. Thus, on 3 June 2024, in document G/TBT/N/ECU/528, the draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation (PRTE) No. 006 "Portable fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing agents" was notified for 60 days on the WTO ePing platform for comments. Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries) Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) TBT enquiry point: Primary enquiry point: Patricio Fernando Alvarez Chávez Secondary enquiry point: Cristian Eduardo Yépez Jaramillo Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera; Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Quito EC170522 Tel.: (+593 2) 394 8760; Ext. 2254; Ext. 2252 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Website: http://www.produccion.gob.ec __________

Products Covered: PRODUCTOS DIVERSOS DE LAS INDUSTRIAS QUÍMICAS (Código(s) del SA: 38); REACTORES NUCLEARES, CALDERAS, MÁQUINAS, APARATOS Y ARTEFACTOS MECÁNICOS; PARTES DE ESTAS MÁQUINAS O APARATOS (Código(s) del SA: 84)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 10 October 2024

OSHA is correcting several inadvertent errors in its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) which were published in the Federal Register on 20 May 2024 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1697/Add.4). The agency has identified several errors in the regulatory text and appendices to the HCS which pertain to the classification of hazardous chemicals and information presented on labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs). The agency believes these errors, although minor and primarily typographical in nature, should be addressed expeditiously to avoid confusion or unnecessary costs in the regulated community due to incorporation of errors on labels and SDSs. OSHA is continuing its review of the regulatory text and will issue another correction document to address additional minor errors at a later date.  9 October 2024 89 Federal Register (FR) 81829, Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-09/html/2024-23144.htmhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-09/pdf/2024-23144.pdf This final rule; correction and technical amendment and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1697 are identified by Docket Number OSHA-2019-0001. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/OSHA-2019-0001/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.

Products Covered: Chemicals

Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 09 October 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 December 2024

This Draft Uganda Standard addresses food safety requirements for foods based on edible insects and their products. Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.

Products Covered: Insects, fit for human consumption (HS code(s): 041010); Other standards related to farming and forestry (ICS code(s): 65.020.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 October 2024 | Final date for Comment: 08 December 2024

This Draft Uganda Standard addresses food safety requirements for foods based on edible insects and their products

Products Covered: Insects, fit for human consumption (HS code(s): 041010); Other standards related to farming and forestry (ICS code(s): 65.020.99)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 October 2024

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.447/2024 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 7895  for “named vegetable oils” (partial amendment in 1 page, in Arabic). It should be noted that  the Egyptian Standard ES 7985/2013 for "edible vegetable oils "and its Ministerial Decree No. 693 for the year 2015 was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/65/Rev.1 dated 4 December 2015 and Ministerial decree No. 522/2021 was formally notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/65/Rev.1/Add.1 dated 18 March 2022. This standard is technical identical with Codex Stan. 210/1999 .Revised in 2001, 2003, 2009, 2017, 2019. Amended in 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023. Adopted in 1999. Revised in 2001, 2003, 2009, 2017, 2019. Worth mentioning is that this standard includes a partial amendment in one page, (in Arabic) in the following items:Table 1: Fatty acid composition of vegetable oils as determined by gas liquid chromatography from authentic samples (expressed as percentage of total fatty acids)Sunflower seed oil - change fatty acid (C18:1) to be "14.0- 43.0"- change fatty acid (C18:2) to be "45.4 – 74.0"Table 2: Chemical and physical characteristics of crude vegetable oilsSunflower seed oil - change Refractive index(ND 40ºC)to be “1.461- 1.475”.- change Saponification value (mg KOH/g oil ) to be “187 - 194”.- change Relative density (x ºC/water at 20ºC) to be “0.916-0.923”.Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: 7 September 2024Proposed date of entry into force: 3 October 2024

Products Covered: Edible fats and oil

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 04 October 2024

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:Pesticide: Fenpropidin.

Products Covered: Natural honey (HS code: 04.09)Edible fruit (HS codes: 08.03 and 08.11)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 October 2024 | Final date for Comment: 03 December 2024

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:Pesticide: Mandipropamid.

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, 04.08 and 04.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14)Edible fruit and peel of citrus fruit (HS codes: 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)Mate and spices (HS codes: 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS codes: 12.01, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)Cacao and cacao preparations (HS code: 18.01)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 04 October 2024 | Final date for Comment: 03 December 2024

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:Pesticide: Cartap, Thiocyclam and Bensultap.

Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.08 and 02.09)Dairy produce and natural honey (HS codes: 04.01 and 04.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10 and 07.14)Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit (HS codes: 08.02, 08.05, 08.06, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)Tea, mate and spices (HS codes: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)Cereals (HS codes: 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08)Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS codes: 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification