Public Notice under the Commodity Inspection Act (2 pages in Chinese, English translation available)

Distribution date: 04 October 2011 | Final date for Comment: 03 December 2011
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are the precursor of ozone formation. The VOC emissions of the paints for buildings are approximately 5.64% of national pollutant discharge amount. The solvents, benzene, toluene, xylene and styrene which are used for manufacture of paints for buildings are harmful for health. For protecting the environment and the safety of consumers, the BSMI, after having consulted with interested parties, intends to regulate paints for buildings.
Products Covered: Paints for buildings (HS Chapter 32).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Public Notice under the Commodity Inspection Act (2 pages in Chinese, English translation available)

Distribution date: 04 October 2011 | Final date for Comment: 03 December 2011
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are the precursor of ozone formation. The VOC emissions of the paints for buildings are approximately 5.64% of national pollutant discharge amount. The solvents, benzene, toluene, xylene and styrene which are used for manufacture of paints for buildings are harmful for health. For protecting the environment and the safety of consumers, the BSMI, after having consulted with interested parties, intends to regulate paints for buildings.
Products Covered: Paints for buildings (HS Chapter 32).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Disposable fire extinguishers (20 pages in Hebrew).

Distribution date: 30 September 2011 | Final date for Comment: 29 November 2011
Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1153. The major difference between the old version and this new revised draft standard is that it adds to the list of extinguishing material: water and water-based extinguishing material, including foam and liquid chemicals.
Products Covered: Disposable fire extinguishers (ICS: 13.220.10 and 13.220.20; HS: 8424.10).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Disposable fire extinguishers (20 pages in Hebrew).

Distribution date: 30 September 2011 | Final date for Comment: 29 November 2011
Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1153. The major difference between the old version and this new revised draft standard is that it adds to the list of extinguishing material: water and water-based extinguishing material, including foam and liquid chemicals.
Products Covered: Disposable fire extinguishers (ICS: 13.220.10 and 13.220.20; HS: 8424.10).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Modificación de la fecha límite para la presentación de observaciones sobre el Proyecto de Ley notificado mediante el documento G/TBT/N/PER/37 ; ; Después de examinar las solicitudes de los interlocutores comerciales, el organismo responsable de Perú ha aceptado ampliar hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2011 el plazo de presentación de observaciones al Proyecto de Decreto Supremo que aprueba el Reglamento sobre Etiquetado de Alimentos Genéticamente Modificados, notificado mediante el documento G/TBT/N/PER/37. ; ; Por lo tanto, se comunica a los Miembros que el plazo de presentación de observaciones se amplía hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2011. ; ; Este addendum se refiere a: ; ; [X] La modificación de la fecha límite para la presentación de observaciones ; [ ] La notificación de la adopción, publicación o entrada en vigor del reglamento ; [ ] La modificación del contenido y/o el ámbito de aplicación de un proyecto de reglamento previamente notificado ; [ ] El retiro del reglamento propuesto ; [ ] La modificación de la fecha propuesta de adopción, publicación o entrada en vigor ; [ ] Otros (hágase una breve descripción) ; ; Período de presentación de observaciones: 30 de septiembre de 2011 ; ; Organismo o autoridad encargado de tramitar las observaciones: [X] Organismo nacional encargado de la notificación, [X] Servicio nacional de información, o dirección, número de telefax y dirección de correo electrónico (si la hay) de otra institución: ; ; Servicio Nacional de Información y Tramitación de la Información de la OMC ; Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR ; Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Perú ; Teléfono: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8040 ; Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8002 ; Correo electrónico: [email protected] ; ; Texto disponible en: [X] Organismo nacional encargado de la notificación, [X] Servicio nacional de información, o dirección, número de telefax y dirección de correo electrónico (si la hay) de otra institución: ; ; Servicio Nacional de Información y Tramitación de la Información de la OMC ; Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR ; Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Perú ; Teléfono: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8040 ; Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8002 ; Correo electrónico: [email protected] ;

Distribution date: 26 September 2011
Products Covered: 1108.12.00.00: Maize (corn) starch. 1201.00.90.00: Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1205.10.90.00: Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, other than for sowing. 1205.90.90.00: Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1207.20.90.00: Cotton seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1208.10.00.00: Flours and meals of soya beans. 1209.10.00.00: Sugar beet seed. 1212.91.00.00: Sugar beet. 1214.90.00.00: Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets. 1302.19.20.00: Soyabean extract, whether or not in powder. 1507.10.00.00: Crude soyabean oil, whether or not degummed. 1507.90.10.00: Refined soyabean oil, containing added denaturalizing substances not exceeding 1 per cent. 1507.90.90.00: Soyabean oil, refined, other than containing added denaturalizing substances not exceeding 1 per cent. 1512.21.00.00: Crude cottonseed oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed. 1512.29.00.00: Other cottonseed oil, other than crude, whether or not gossypol has been removed. 1514.11.00.00: Low erucic acid rape or colza oil, crude. 1514.19.00.00: Other low erucic acid rape or colza oil, other than crude. 1515.21.00.00: Maize (corn) oil, crude. 1515.29.00.00: Maize (corn) oil, other than crude. 1701.12.00.00: Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter. 1701.91.00.00: Refined cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter. 1701.99.90.00: Other cane or beet sugar, in solid form. 2005.80.00.00: Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen. 2103.10.00.00: Soya sauce. 2106.10.11.00: Soya protein concentrate, containing 65 per cent to 75 per cent protein on a dry basis. 3203.00.16.00: Colouring matter of purple maize/corn (anthocyanin)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Modificación de la fecha límite para la presentación de observaciones sobre el Proyecto de Ley notificado mediante el documento G/TBT/N/PER/37 ; ; Después de examinar las solicitudes de los interlocutores comerciales, el organismo responsable de Perú ha aceptado ampliar hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2011 el plazo de presentación de observaciones al Proyecto de Decreto Supremo que aprueba el Reglamento sobre Etiquetado de Alimentos Genéticamente Modificados, notificado mediante el documento G/TBT/N/PER/37. ; ; Por lo tanto, se comunica a los Miembros que el plazo de presentación de observaciones se amplía hasta el 30 de septiembre de 2011. ; ; Este addendum se refiere a: ; ; [X] La modificación de la fecha límite para la presentación de observaciones ; [ ] La notificación de la adopción, publicación o entrada en vigor del reglamento ; [ ] La modificación del contenido y/o el ámbito de aplicación de un proyecto de reglamento previamente notificado ; [ ] El retiro del reglamento propuesto ; [ ] La modificación de la fecha propuesta de adopción, publicación o entrada en vigor ; [ ] Otros (hágase una breve descripción) ; ; Período de presentación de observaciones: 30 de septiembre de 2011 ; ; Organismo o autoridad encargado de tramitar las observaciones: [X] Organismo nacional encargado de la notificación, [X] Servicio nacional de información, o dirección, número de telefax y dirección de correo electrónico (si la hay) de otra institución: ; ; Servicio Nacional de Información y Tramitación de la Información de la OMC ; Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR ; Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Perú ; Teléfono: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8040 ; Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8002 ; Correo electrónico: [email protected] ; ; Texto disponible en: [X] Organismo nacional encargado de la notificación, [X] Servicio nacional de información, o dirección, número de telefax y dirección de correo electrónico (si la hay) de otra institución: ; ; Servicio Nacional de Información y Tramitación de la Información de la OMC ; Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo - MINCETUR ; Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Perú ; Teléfono: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8040 ; Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100 Extensión 8002 ; Correo electrónico: [email protected] ;

Distribution date: 26 September 2011
Products Covered: 1108.12.00.00: Maize (corn) starch. 1201.00.90.00: Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1205.10.90.00: Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, other than for sowing. 1205.90.90.00: Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1207.20.90.00: Cotton seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1208.10.00.00: Flours and meals of soya beans. 1209.10.00.00: Sugar beet seed. 1212.91.00.00: Sugar beet. 1214.90.00.00: Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets. 1302.19.20.00: Soyabean extract, whether or not in powder. 1507.10.00.00: Crude soyabean oil, whether or not degummed. 1507.90.10.00: Refined soyabean oil, containing added denaturalizing substances not exceeding 1 per cent. 1507.90.90.00: Soyabean oil, refined, other than containing added denaturalizing substances not exceeding 1 per cent. 1512.21.00.00: Crude cottonseed oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed. 1512.29.00.00: Other cottonseed oil, other than crude, whether or not gossypol has been removed. 1514.11.00.00: Low erucic acid rape or colza oil, crude. 1514.19.00.00: Other low erucic acid rape or colza oil, other than crude. 1515.21.00.00: Maize (corn) oil, crude. 1515.29.00.00: Maize (corn) oil, other than crude. 1701.12.00.00: Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter. 1701.91.00.00: Refined cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter. 1701.99.90.00: Other cane or beet sugar, in solid form. 2005.80.00.00: Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen. 2103.10.00.00: Soya sauce. 2106.10.11.00: Soya protein concentrate, containing 65 per cent to 75 per cent protein on a dry basis. 3203.00.16.00: Colouring matter of purple maize/corn (anthocyanin)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: CooperVision, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petitions ; ; AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ; ; ACTION: Correction ; ; SUMMARY: In proposed rule document C1-2011-16089 appearing on page 49707 in the issue of Thursday, 11 August 2011, make the following correction: ; On page 49707, in the first column, in the nineteenth line, methacryloxyethyl)phenlyamino] should read methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]. ; ; URLs: ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-07/html/C2-2011-16089.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-07/pdf/C2-2011-16089.pdf ;

Distribution date: 23 September 2011
Products Covered: Contact lenses (Color Additives) (HS 9001.30; ICS 11.120, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: CooperVision, Inc.; Filing of Color Additive Petitions ; ; AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ; ; ACTION: Correction ; ; SUMMARY: In proposed rule document C1-2011-16089 appearing on page 49707 in the issue of Thursday, 11 August 2011, make the following correction: ; On page 49707, in the first column, in the nineteenth line, methacryloxyethyl)phenlyamino] should read methacryloxyethyl)phenylamino]. ; ; URLs: ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-07/html/C2-2011-16089.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-07/pdf/C2-2011-16089.pdf ;

Distribution date: 23 September 2011
Products Covered: Contact lenses (Color Additives) (HS 9001.30; ICS 11.120, 71.100)
Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Request for Data and Information Regarding Dosage Forms; Extension of Comment Period ; ; AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services ; ; ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; request for data and information; extension of comment period ; ; SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that published on 17 June 2011. The ANPRM is requesting data and information on certain dosage forms of over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products marketed without approved applications. The comment period for that ANPRM will end on 15 September 2011. This document extends the comment period to 17 October 2011. ; ; DATES: Submit either electronic or written data and information by 17 October 2011. ; ; URLs: ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-14/html/2011-23479.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-14/pdf/2011-23479.pdf ; ;

Distribution date: 19 September 2011
Products Covered: Lip make-up preparations (HS code(s): 330410); Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or sun tan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care powders, incl. baby powders) (HS code(s): 330499)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Request for Data and Information Regarding Dosage Forms; Extension of Comment Period ; ; AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services ; ; ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; request for data and information; extension of comment period ; ; SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that published on 17 June 2011. The ANPRM is requesting data and information on certain dosage forms of over-the-counter (OTC) sunscreen drug products marketed without approved applications. The comment period for that ANPRM will end on 15 September 2011. This document extends the comment period to 17 October 2011. ; ; DATES: Submit either electronic or written data and information by 17 October 2011. ; ; URLs: ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-14/html/2011-23479.htm ; http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-14/pdf/2011-23479.pdf ; ;

Distribution date: 19 September 2011
Products Covered: Lip make-up preparations (HS code(s): 330410); Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or sun tan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care powders, incl. baby powders) (HS code(s): 330499)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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