"Portaria" Nº 42, issued on 5 March 2008, published in the "Diário Oficial da União" Nº 46 (Federal Official Journal) from 7 March 2008, section 1, pages 4 to 8 (available only in Portuguese). The text may be downloaded from the following Internet site: http://extranet.agricultura.gov.br/sislegis-consulta/consultarLegislacao.do?operacao=visualizar&id=18505
Distribution date: 31 March 2008 | Final date for Comment: 07 April 2008
The notified regulation opens a 30-days period for public consultation on the draft normative instruction that approves the definitions and standards on the specifications, guarantees, tolerances, registration, packaging and labeling of organic fertilizers - simple, mixed, compounds, mineral-organic fertilizers and biofertilizers for agriculture.
Products Covered: Organic fertilizers - simple, mixed and compounds, mineral-organic fertilizers and biofertilizers for agriculture
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Medida de carácter sanitario, requisitos fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos que deben cumplir los productos de la pesca
Distribution date: 31 March 2008
La República de Colombia comunica con relación al proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos fisicoquímicos y microbiológicos que deben cumplir los productos de la pesca, en particular pescados, moluscos y crustáceos para el consumo humano", notificado el 2 de abril de 2007 por la Organización Mundial del Comercio mediante el documento identificado con la signatura G/SPS/N/COL/136, que éste ha sido expedido mediante la Resolución Nº 0776 del Ministerio de la Protección Social, el 3 de marzo de 2008. Texto disponible en el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, Dirección de Regulación, Organismo Nacional encargado de la Notificación: Punto de Contacto: Responsable: Daniel Héctor Rico R. Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Correo electrónico: [email protected] Tel: +(571) 606 7676, Ext.1690 Fax: +(571) 241 0480
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de plantas de protea (Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador of protea plants) (2 pages, in Spanish).
Distribution date: 28 March 2008
Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Ecuador from New Zealand of protea (Protea sp.) plants rooted in artificial substrate for seed.
Products Covered: Protea (Protea sp.)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Specification, Scope and Application Standards of Food Additives: Magnesium Silicate (Synthetic)
Distribution date: 19 March 2008
The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu proposed amendments to the Specification, Scope and Application Standards of Food Additives: Magnesium silicate (synthetic) on 26 November 2007 (G/SPS/N/TPKM/120). The final amendment has entered into force on 11 March 2008. For further information or copies of the final amendment, please contact the National Enquiry Point: Bureau of Food Safety, Department of Health, 12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan; Tel: +(886 2) 2321-0151 ext 104; Fax: +(886 2) 2392-9723; E-mail: [email protected] http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_0828_00_e.pdf
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Specification, Scope and Application Standards of Food Additives: Steviol Glycoside
Distribution date: 19 March 2008
The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu proposed amendments to the Specification, Scope and Application Standards of Food Additives: Steviol glycoside on 5 December 2007 (G/SPS/N/TPKM/121). The final amendment has entered into force on 11 March 2008. For further information or copies of the final amendment, please contact the National Enquiry Point: Bureau of Food Safety, Department of Health, 12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan; Tel: +(886 2) 2321-0151 ext 104; Fax: +(886 2) 2392-9723; E-mail: [email protected] http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_0829_00_e.pdf
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerance
Distribution date: 11 March 2008 | Final date for Comment: 05 May 2008
This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of flumioxazin in or on alfalfa, forage at 3 ppm; alfalfa, hay at 8 ppm; asparagus at .02 ppm; bean, dry seed at .05 ppm; bushberry subgroup 13-07B at .02 ppm; melon, subgroup 9A at .02 ppm; nut, tree, group 14 at .02 ppm; okra at .02 ppm; and vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at .02 ppm. This regulation is effective 5 March 2008. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before 5 May 2008, and may be identified by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0308. This notice can be found at: Federal Register: 5 March 2008 (Volume 73, Number 44)Rules and Regulations Page 11826-11831 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2008/March/Day-05/p4102.htm This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of 27 June 2007, in which the Agency announced the receipt of a petition requesting the above changes. No comments were received in response to this petition. This notice can be found at: Federal Register: 27 June 2007 (Volume 72, Number 123)Notices Page 35237-35242 http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2007/June/Day-27/p12036.htm
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Proyecto de Decreto "Por el cual se reglamenta la fabricación, comercialización, envase, rotulado o etiquetado, régimen de registro sanitario, de control de calidad, de vigilancia sanitaria y control sanitario de los productos de uso específico y se dictan otras disposiciones"
Distribution date: 29 February 2008
La República de Colombia comunica con relación al Decreto Nº 3249 del 18 de septiembre de 2006 "Por el cual se reglamenta la fabricación, comercialización, envase, rotulado o etiquetado, régimen de registro sanitario, de control de calidad, de vigilancia sanitaria y control sanitario de los suplementos dietarios, se dictan otras disposiciones y se deroga el Decreto N° 3636 de 2005" del Ministerio de la Protección Social, notificado mediante el documento identificado con la signatura G/TBT/N/COL/65/Add.2 del 3 de noviembre de 2006, que éste ha sido modificado en su artículo 52, mediante el Decreto Nº 4857 del 18 de diciembre de 2007 del Ministerio de la Protección Social. Texto disponible en el Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, Dirección de Regulación, Organismo Nacional encargado de la notificación:
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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Decree of Minister of Industry No. 92/M-IND/PER/11/2007 on Mandatory Implementation of Indonesia National Standard for 5 industry products (5 pages, in Indonesian language)
Distribution date: 05 February 2008
Products Covered: Tank Steel for LPG (HS:7311.00.91.00; 7311.00.99.00); Valve of Tank Steel for LPG (HS.8481.80.21.00); LPG Stove of One Tank with Mechanic Burning (HS: 7321.11.00.00; HS: 7321.81.00.00 and HS: 7321.90.90.00) Low Pressure Regulator for LPG Tank Steel (
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Decree of Ministry of Industry on Mandatory Indonesia National Standard for Helmet for Drivers and Passengers Motor Cycle, SNI 1811:2007 (5 pages, in Indonesia language); (This standard has complied to International Standards such as JIS T 8133:2000, E/ECE/324. E/ECE/TRANS/505 Regulation No. 22).
Distribution date: 05 February 2008
Products Covered: Helmet for Drivers and Passengers of Motor Cycles (HS: 6505.10.10.00)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale of engine coolant and antifreeze, A 3638 (2 pages, in English)
Distribution date: 04 February 2008
Requires that any engine coolant or antifreeze that contains more than ten percent ethylene glycol shall only be sold if it contains 30 ppm of denatonium benzoate as a bittering agent to render it unpalatable.
Products Covered: Antifreeze (HS: 3820.00; ICS: 71.100)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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