Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for finished leather to be used in shoe uppers.

Products Covered: Footwear with uppers of leather or composition leather (excl. with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear) (HS code(s): 640510); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for finished leather to be used in shoe uppers.

Products Covered: Footwear with uppers of leather or composition leather (excl. with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear) (HS code(s): 640510); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for finished leather to be used in shoe uppers.

Products Covered: Footwear with uppers of leather or composition leather (excl. with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear) (HS code(s): 640510); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for finished leather to be used in shoe uppers.

Products Covered: Footwear with uppers of leather or composition leather (excl. with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather, orthopaedic footwear and toy footwear) (HS code(s): 640510); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for protective leather gloves used for general purpose. It excludes specialised gloves used for protection against medical, chemical and electrical purpose.

Products Covered: Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves) (HS code(s): 420329); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for protective leather gloves used for general purpose. It excludes specialised gloves used for protection against medical, chemical and electrical purpose.

Products Covered: Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves) (HS code(s): 420329); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for protective leather gloves used for general purpose. It excludes specialised gloves used for protection against medical, chemical and electrical purpose.

Products Covered: Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves) (HS code(s): 420329); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for protective leather gloves used for general purpose. It excludes specialised gloves used for protection against medical, chemical and electrical purpose.

Products Covered: Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves) (HS code(s): 420329); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for protective leather gloves used for general purpose. It excludes specialised gloves used for protection against medical, chemical and electrical purpose.

Products Covered: Gloves, mittens and mitts, of leather or composition leather (excl. special sports gloves) (HS code(s): 420329); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2025

The draft Order has been developed to regulate the procedure for issuing or refusing to issue permits for parallel import of medicines, aligning the procedures for ensuring the compliance of medical immunobiological products with national and international standards, and conducting pharmacovigilance in accordance with the legislation on parallel import of medicines.The draft Order provides for the approval of the Procedure for granting permits for parallel import of medicines, which outlines a detailed mechanism for issuing or refusing to issue permits for parallel import of medicines, amending, suspending, renewing, cancelling, and terminating the validity of such permits by the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control.As Ukrainian legislation on medicines specifies that all medicines imported into Ukraine for sale (trade) or use in the production of finished medicines are subject to state quality control, the draft Order proposes amendments to several regulatory acts of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine regarding the regulation parallel import of medicines. A list of the relevant regulatory acts is provided in item 8 of the notification. 

Products Covered: Medicines

Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification