Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 24 June 2005

This Technical Standard establishes the physico-chemical requirements for regular petrol for use in motor vehicles. It applies to the petroleum derivative known as regular petrol, which is formed from a complex mixture of different types of hydrocarbons (paraffinic, naphthenic, olefinic and aromatic) and has a distillation (boiling) range of between 30°C and 225°C.

Products Covered: HS tariff heading 2710;  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 June 2005

This Technical Standard establishes the physico-chemical requirements for regular petrol for use in motor vehicles. It applies to the petroleum derivative known as regular petrol, which is formed from a complex mixture of different types of hydrocarbons (paraffinic, naphthenic, olefinic and aromatic) and has a distillation (boiling) range of between 30°C and 225°C.

Products Covered: HS tariff heading 2710;  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 June 2005

The notified regulation will establish the maximum allowable level of phytotoxic agents, pathogenic to human, animals and plants, toxic heavy metals, plagues and weeds, to be contained in fertilizers, soil correctives, inoculants and biofertilizers. It establishes a 60 days period for comments on the draft law.

Products Covered: Fertilizers, Soil Correctives, Inoculants and Biofertilizers.

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 June 2005

The notified regulation will establish the maximum allowable level of phytotoxic agents, pathogenic to human, animals and plants, toxic heavy metals, plagues and weeds, to be contained in fertilizers, soil correctives, inoculants and biofertilizers. It establishes a 60 days period for comments on the draft law.

Products Covered: Fertilizers, Soil Correctives, Inoculants and Biofertilizers.

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 June 2005

On 5 September 2000, EPA issued a proposed rule, in response to a petition filed under section 313(e)(1) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), to add a diisononyl phthalate (DINP) category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under EPCRA section 313 and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). EPA proposed to add this chemical category to the EPCRA section 313 toxic chemical list pursuant to its authority to add chemicals and chemical categories because EPA believes this category meets the EPCRA section 313(d)(2)(B) toxicity criterion. The purpose of today's action is to inform interested parties that, in an effort to ensure adequate opportunities for input from all affected parties, EPA is making available for public comment a revised hazard assessment for DINP.

Products Covered: Chemicals (HS:  Chapter 2912;  ICS:  71)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 June 2005

On 5 September 2000, EPA issued a proposed rule, in response to a petition filed under section 313(e)(1) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), to add a diisononyl phthalate (DINP) category to the list of toxic chemicals subject to the reporting requirements under EPCRA section 313 and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). EPA proposed to add this chemical category to the EPCRA section 313 toxic chemical list pursuant to its authority to add chemicals and chemical categories because EPA believes this category meets the EPCRA section 313(d)(2)(B) toxicity criterion. The purpose of today's action is to inform interested parties that, in an effort to ensure adequate opportunities for input from all affected parties, EPA is making available for public comment a revised hazard assessment for DINP.

Products Covered: Chemicals (HS:  Chapter 2912;  ICS:  71)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 06 June 2005

Purpose, scope, definitions, manufacturing requirements, marketing, forms of presentation, declarations of nutritional and health qualities, certificate of good manufacturing practice, sanitary registration, packaging, marking or labelling, advertising, system of sanitary surveillance and control, sanitary safety measures, procedures and penalties.

Products Covered: Products which, without meeting or satisfying the requirements laid down for the definition of food products, medicines, phytotherapeutic products or pharmaceutical preparations based on natural resources, or alcoholic beverages, contain elements or compounds which may be aids to maintaining the metabolic processes of the organism and which contain ingredients such as vitamins, proteins, fibre, minerals, natural products, carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, plants, herbs or algae, among others.

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 06 June 2005

Purpose, scope, definitions, manufacturing requirements, marketing, forms of presentation, declarations of nutritional and health qualities, certificate of good manufacturing practice, sanitary registration, packaging, marking or labelling, advertising, system of sanitary surveillance and control, sanitary safety measures, procedures and penalties.

Products Covered: Products which, without meeting or satisfying the requirements laid down for the definition of food products, medicines, phytotherapeutic products or pharmaceutical preparations based on natural resources, or alcoholic beverages, contain elements or compounds which may be aids to maintaining the metabolic processes of the organism and which contain ingredients such as vitamins, proteins, fibre, minerals, natural products, carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, plants, herbs or algae, among others.

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2005

EPA is proposing to revoke 34 exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance that are associated with 31 inert ingredients because these substances are no longer contained in active Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) pesticide product registrations. These ingredients are subject to reassessment by August 2006 under section 408(q) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). Upon the issuance of the final rule revoking the tolerance exemptions, the 34 tolerance exemptions will be counted as "reassessed'' for purposes of FFDCA's section 408(q).

Products Covered: Pesticides (HS Chapter 3808);  (ICS 65)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2005

EPA is proposing to revoke 34 exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance that are associated with 31 inert ingredients because these substances are no longer contained in active Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) pesticide product registrations. These ingredients are subject to reassessment by August 2006 under section 408(q) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). Upon the issuance of the final rule revoking the tolerance exemptions, the 34 tolerance exemptions will be counted as "reassessed'' for purposes of FFDCA's section 408(q).

Products Covered: Pesticides (HS Chapter 3808);  (ICS 65)

Regulation Type: Regular notification