Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption: Sodium hypochlorite (8 pages in Hebrew and 46 pages in English).

Distribution date: 11 June 2010 | Final date for Comment: 10 August 2010
Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 5438 part 3. This draft standard revision adopts the European Standard EN 901: March 2007 with the following changes that appear in the Hebrew section: ; Adds new requirement to paragraph 4.4 to limit type 1 sodium bromide. ; Adds new test method for sodium bromide content as detailed in paragraph 5.2.2.2. ; Changes the limitation of "chemical parameters" from type 2 in the old standard to type 1. ;
Products Covered: Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human consumption (ICS: 71.100.80; HS: 2805.11).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Mandatory Implementation of Indonesia National Standard for Fertilizers ; ; Addendum of mandatory implementation of Indonesia National Standard for Fertilizers under G/TBT/N/IDN/4, dated 23 April 2002 and G/TBT/N/IDN/4/Add.1, dated 28 April 2009. The regulation has been revised to Regulation of Minister of Industry No. 37/M-IND/PER/3/2010, stipulated on 18 March 2010. ; ; The revision covers some aspects, inter alia: ; Chemicals under similar HS Number as mentioned in article 2 point 1 of the implementation of SNI for Fertilizer, which are used for raw materials or auxiliary materials for industry process must obtain technical consideration from particular Director General. ; Revision of requirement for conformity assessment procedures (articles 7). ; ; Texts available from: ; Center for Cooperation on Standardization ; National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) ; Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th floor ; Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Senayan ; Jakarta 10270 Indonesia ; Telephone: +(62-21) 5747043, 5747044 ; Facsimile: +(62-21) 5747045 ; E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] ; Website: http//www.bsn.go.id ; ; And can also be downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/idn/10_2292_00_x.pdf

Distribution date: 10 June 2010
Products Covered: Fertilizer
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Photographic gelatine

Distribution date: 03 June 2010
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EEC/355 (18 August 2009) has been adopted as "Commission Decision of 25 May 2010 amending Decision 2004/407/EC as regards authorising imports of photographic gelatine into the Czech Republic" (OJ L 128, 27 May 2010, pp. 9-11). http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:128:0009:0011:EN:PDF http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:128:0009:0011:FR:PDF http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:128:0009:0011:ES:PDF or http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2298_00_e.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2298_00_f.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/EEC/10_2298_00_s.pdf
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Draft Regulation on sanitary surveillance and control of food (49 pages, in Spanish).

Distribution date: 27 May 2010 | Final date for Comment: 26 July 2010
The notified Regulation establishes the following: (a) General hygiene standards, together with the sanitary conditions and requirements governing the manufacture, storage, retail packaging, processing, transport and sale, as well as the importation and exportation, of food and food additives for human consumption in order to facilitate their traceability and guarantee food safety by means of an integrated system; (b) the conditions, requirements and procedures for obtaining, amending, suspending or cancelling food health registration; (c) the conditions, requirements and procedures for the sanitary certification of processed foods and food additives and the authorization of food establishments; (d) standards relating to the sanitary surveillance of activities and services related to the manufacture, retail packaging, storage, transport, processing and sale of food; (e) sanitary safety measures, as well as offences and the applicable penalties.
Products Covered: Chapter 04: Dairy produce; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included Chapter 05: Heading 0504: Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, salted, in brine, dried or smoked Chapter 07: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers Chapter 09: Coffee, tea, maté and spices Chapter 11: Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten Chapter 13: Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts Chapter 15: Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes Chapter 16: Preparations of meat Chapter 17: Sugars and sugar confectionery Chapter 18: Cocoa and cocoa preparations Chapter 19: Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products Chapter 20: Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants Chapter 21: Miscellaneous edible preparations Chapter 22: Beverages, spirits and vinegar Chapter 25: Heading 2501: Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anticaking or freeflowing agents; sea water Chapter 28: Subheading 2836.30: Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) Chapter 29: Subheading 2916.19: Sorbic acid and its salts Subheading 2916.31: Sodium benzoate Subheading 2918.14: Citric acid Subheading 2929.90: Sodium cyclamate Subheading 2934.99: Acesulfame potassium Chapter 33: Subheading 3302.10: Of a kind used in the food or drink industries Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
Regulation Type: Regular notification
La República de Colombia comunica con relación al proyecto de resolución del Ministerio de de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Por la cual se expide el Reglamento Técnico aplicable a componentes del sistema de frenos para uso en vehículos automotores o en sus remolques, que se fabriquen, importen o comercialicen en Colombia, notificado el 3 de junio de 2009 por la Organización Mundial del Comercio mediante el documento identificado con la signatura G/TBT/N/COL/132, que éste ha sido expedido el 23 de abril de 2010, mediante la Resolución N° 1001 del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo. ; ; Texto disponible en el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, Dirección de Regulación, Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación. ; ; El documento está disponible en el sitio Web: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntoc/vern.php ; ; Punto de Contacto: ; Responsable: Daniel Héctor Rico R. ; Correo electrónico: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; Calle 28 N° 13A 15, tercer piso ; Bogotá, D.C., Colombia ; Tel.: (+57-1) 6067676, Ext.1690 ; Fax: (+57-1) 6064777 ; ; Y esta disponible aquí: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/tbt/col/10_2148_00_e.pdf ;

Distribution date: 26 May 2010
Products Covered: Brake fluids, hoses, cylinder sleeves, rubber seals, friction material, drums, master cylinders, wheel cylinders and discs (3819000000, 4009320000, 4016992900, 6813200000, 6813810000, 8708301000, 8708302100, 8708302390 and 8708302500)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food Additive N,2,3-Trimethyl-2-Isopropyl Butyramide

Distribution date: 07 May 2010 | Final date for Comment: 20 May 2010
This standard specifies the requirements, testing methods for food additive N,2,3-trimethyl-2-isopropyl butyramide.
Products Covered: Food additive N,2,3-trimethyl-2-isopropyl butyramide (HS Code: 2924 2990 90; ICS Code: 71.100.60)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food Additive Sunset Yellow

Distribution date: 06 May 2010 | Final date for Comment: 20 May 2010
This standard applies to the production, circulation, supervision and management of food additive sunset yellow. The standard specifies the scope, requirements, and testing methods of sunset yellow.
Products Covered: Food additive Sunset yellow
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food Additive Aluminium Ammonium Sulphate

Distribution date: 06 May 2010 | Final date for Comment: 20 May 2010
This standard applies to the production, circulation, supervision and management of food additive aluminium ammonium sulphate. It specifies the scope, requirements and testing methods of aluminium ammonium sulphate.
Products Covered: Food additive Aluminium ammonium sulphate (ICS Code: 67.220.20; HS Code: 2833 3090)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food Additives Titanium Dioxide

Distribution date: 05 May 2010 | Final date for Comment: 20 May 2010
This standard applies to the production, circulation, supervision and management of food additive titanium dioxide. It specifies the scope, requirements and testing methods.
Products Covered: Food additives Titanium dioxide (ICS Code: 67.220.20)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
National Food Safety Standard: Food Additive Calcium

Distribution date: 05 May 2010 | Final date for Comment: 20 May 2010
This standard specifies requirements and testing method for calcium L-threnate.
Products Covered: Calcium L-threnate
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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