Distribution date: 31 July 2007

Following the notification G/SPS/N/EEC/103/Add.15 (dated 6 July 2006), the regulation announced has been published as "Commission Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 of 28 June 2007 amending Annexes I, II, VII, VIII, X and XI to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the placing on the market of certain animal by-products " (Official Journal L191, 21 July 2007, pp.1-99). The full text can be downloaded from the internet address indicated below: English: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_191/l_19120070721en00010099.pdf French: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/fr/oj/2007/l_191/l_19120070721fr00010099.pdf Spanish: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/es/oj/2007/l_191/l_19120070721es00010099.pdf The notified document can be obtained from the EC Enquiry Point: [email protected]

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Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 31 July 2007

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to adopt amendments to Ch. 152 intended to address volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer products. The proposed amendments will add approximately 18 categories of regulated consumer products and will place limits on certain toxic compounds in some consumer product categories. The amendments also modify the date-coding requirements.

Products Covered: HS:  Chapter 29;   ICS:  13.020

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 30 July 2007 | Final date for Comment: 28 September 2007

Establishment of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for veterinary drug, ceftiofur, in foods.

Products Covered: Cattle (other edible offal*), Pig (other edible offal), other terrestrial mammals (muscle, fat, liver, kidney and other edible offal) * "Other edible offal" refers to all edible parts, except muscle, fat, liver, and kidney

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 26 July 2007

Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for Cumyluron.

Products Covered: ・ Fish and crustaceans (HS: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06, 03.07) ・ Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.13, 07.14) ・ Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.14) ・ Coffee, mate and spices (HS: 09.01, 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09, 09.10)　 ・ Cereals (HS: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.07, 10.08) ・ Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.14)

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 20 July 2007

Products Covered: Pharmaceutical Products (HS 300000)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 July 2007

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the analytical tests which must be carried out by the regulatory authority to verify the quality of medicines. The provisions of this Regulation apply to all medicines imported into or manufactured in Central American countries.

Products Covered: Medicines for human use (International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 11.120.01;  HS tariff heading 30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 July 2007

The purpose of this Regulation is to establish the general specifications that must be met by vegetable, animal and marine oils and fats and their edible by-products, which are pre-packaged and processed so as to be suitable for human consumption and which are marketed within the Central American area. The specifications and parameters contained in this Regulation apply to the above-mentioned pre-packaged refined oils and fats. When an oil or fat has been subjected to some process of chemical change or to geographical or climatic variations, supplementary or reference criteria may, for those reasons, be used, in order to confirm that they comply with the Regulation.

Products Covered: Fats and oils. International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.020. HS heading 15

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 July 2007

This Regulation establishes the physico-chemical specifications that must be met by anhydrous fuel ethanol and denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol to be used or marketed as fuel in the Central American States Parties. It applies to anhydrous fuel ethanol and denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol obtained by means of alcoholic fermentation, if the two products are to be used or marketed as fuel for spark-ignition engines either in their pure form in engines designed or adapted for such use or blended with gasoline in spark-ignition engines.

Products Covered: Etanol carburante anhidro y etanol carburante anhidro desnaturalizado y sus mezclas con gasolina (Anhydrous fuel ethanol and denatured anhydrous fuel ethanol and its mixtures with gasoline) (International Classification for Standards) (ICS) code 75.160.20) HS headings 2207.10 and 2207.20

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 19 July 2007

Proposes a national reactivity-based volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions regulation for the aerosol coatings (aerosol spray paints) category under section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The proposed standards implement section 183(e) of the CAA, as amended in 1990, which requires the Administrator to control VOC emissions from certain categories of consumer and commercial products for purposes of minimizing VOC emissions contributing to ozone formation and causing non-attainment. This regulation will establish a nationwide reactivity-based standard for aerosol coatings. States have promulgated rules for the aerosol coatings category based upon reductions of VOC by mass; however, the Agency believes that a national rule based upon the relative reactivity approach may achieve more reduction in ozone formation than can be achieved by a mass-based approach for this specific product category. EPA believes that this rule will better control a product's contribution to ozone formation by encouraging the use of less reactive VOC ingredients, rather than treating all VOC in a product alike through the traditional mass-based approach. EPA is also proposing to revise EPA's regulatory definition of VOC exempt compounds for purposes of this regulation in order to account for all the reactive compounds in aerosol coatings that contribute to ozone formation. Therefore, compounds that would not be VOC under the otherwise applicable definition will count towards a product's reactivity limits under this proposed regulation. The initial listing of product categories and schedule for regulation was published on March 23, 1995 (60 FR 15264). This proposed action announces EPA's final decision to list aerosol coatings for regulation under group III of the consumer and commercial product category for which regulations are mandated under section 183 (e) of the Act.

Products Covered: Aerosol spray coatings (HS:  29;  ICS:  87.040, 87.060, 71.100, 71.080, 13.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 July 2007 | Final date for Comment: 31 August 2007

To establish sanitation standard for food use detergents

Products Covered: Food Use Detergents

Regulation Type: Regular notification