Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 03 June 2026

The draft amendments to the Rules for registration and examination of safety, quality and effectiveness of medical devices provides for the possibility of suspending the validity of the marketing authorization in the event that there is no valid report on the results of inspection in the marketing authorization application of a medical device in order to prevent the release into circulation of a poor quality medical product.

Products Covered: Cotton wool, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, bandages, Band-Aids, poultices), im pregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or packaged in forms or packages for retail sale, intended for use in medicine, surgery, dentistry or veterinary medicine (HS 3005); Devices and instruments used in medicine, surgery, dentistry or veterinary m edicine, including scintigraphic equipment, other electro-medical equipment and vision testers (HS 9018); Equipment based on the use of X-ray, alpha, beta or gamma radiation, intended or not intended for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary use, including X-ray or radiotherapy equipment, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high-voltage generators, shields and control panels, screens, tables, chairs and similar products for examination or treatment (HS 9022); Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical devices, dental chairs); barber chairs and similar chairs with devices for rotating and simultaneously for tilting and lifting; parts of the above-mentioned products (HS Code 9402).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 02 August 2026

This draft regulation establishes Guidelines for the Implementation of the Halal Assurance System (HAS) for cosmetic products. The guidelines are intended to assist business operators, halal supervisors, halal auditors, halal product assurance inspectors, and other stakeholders in implementing the Halal Assurance System in accordance with Indonesia's Halal Product Assurance Law and Government Regulation No. 42 of 2024.The regulation provides guidance on the criteria for the Halal Assurance System applicable to cosmetic products and identifies critical halal control points throughout the production process to ensure the continuity of halal compliance. The guidelines aim to facilitate consistent implementation of halal requirements, support compliance with applicable regulations and standards, and ensure that cosmetic products meet halal requirements in accordance with Islamic principles.

Products Covered: Cosmetic product 

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 02 August 2026

This Working Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for biochar. The standard applies to biochar produced from biomass through thermochemical conversion processes such as pyrolysis or gasification under limited oxygen conditions. This standard does not apply to charcoal used as fuel or biochar produced from hazardous or contaminated feedstock. Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.

Products Covered: Fertilisers (HS code(s): 31); Agriculture (ICS code(s): 65.080); Biochar

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 June 2026

Kazakhstan has notified in G/SPS/N/KAZ/172 (20 February 2024) a letter from the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the import of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, meat for import and transit through the territory of Kazakhstan from the territories of the municipalities of Varde and Vordinborg in Denmark of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 ° C), feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game), used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and butchering birds.The notified measure was modified by the Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.

Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs, fluff and feathers, poultry meat, and all types of poultry products that have not undergone proper heat treatment, feed and feed additives for birds, excluding feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis, hunting trophies and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and butchering birds 

Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)

Distribution date: 02 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 01 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard defines the terms relating to the cosmetic industry.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 01 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard defines the terms relating to the cosmetic industry.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 01 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard defines the terms relating to the cosmetic industry.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 01 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard defines the terms relating to the cosmetic industry.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 01 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard defines the terms relating to the cosmetic industry.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 June 2026 | Final date for Comment: 01 August 2026

This Draft East African Standard defines terms used in the test methods for oils and fats for cosmetic industry.This standard does not deal with the specifications of the oils or fats.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification