Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 28 August 2024

The amendments of the maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the agricultural chemical: 2,4-D. Commodity (for feed)          Proposed MRL(mg/kg)    Current MRL(mg/kg)Oats                                          2                                             0.5Barley                                       2                                             0.5Wheat                                      2                                             0.5Maize                                       0.05                                        0.05Milo                                          2                                              0.5Rye                                           2                                              0.5Hay                                          400                                          260 Note:- Residue definition for enforcement: Sum of 2,4-D and its salts and esters expressed as 2,4-D - Hay includes hay and fodder (dry), straw, forage (green) and silage. The MRL is set as 90% dry matter base.- Regarding the name, "2,4-D" was changed to "2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid".

Products Covered: Wheat and meslin (HS code(s): 1001); Rye (HS code(s): 1002); Barley (HS code(s): 1003); Oats (HS code(s): 1004); Maize or corn (HS code(s): 1005); Grain sorghum (HS code(s): 1007); Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets. (HS code(s): 1213); Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets (HS code(s): 1214)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 28 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 27 October 2024

The notified draft Regulations implementing Legislative Decree No. 1570 approving the Law on the Comprehensive Management of Chemical Substances seek to protect human health and the environment through the adoption of mechanisms to reduce risks associated with the handling of chemical substances throughout their life cycle. The Law is being operationalized through the establishment of nine sections, 15 chapters, 72 articles, five final supplementary provisions, three transitional supplementary provisions and one annex. The draft Regulations establish mechanisms to implement four instruments for the management of chemical substances, namely: 1. Mandatory implementation of the GHS; 2. Implementation of the National Registry of Chemical Substances (RENASQ), which is managed by MINAM and linked to the National Environmental G/TBT/N/PER/163 - 2 - Information System (SINIA) with a view to producing a national inventory of chemical substances imported into and manufactured in the country; 3. Application of specific measures to reduce and manage risks to health and/or the environment associated with substances that, according to their hazard classification, are carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic or environmentally hazardous; and 4. Submission of health and environmental risk assessments in order to gather more information on the effects associated with exposure to chemical substances of particular interest and those for which there is insufficient information to ensure their proper management.

Products Covered: Chapter 28 or 29 of the Customs Tariff 2022

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies the product classification and coating hazard marking, requirements, testing methods, inspection rules, packaging and labelling, and implementation of documents related to the allowable limits of substances harmful to human health and the environment in industrial coatings and their accessory materials.This document applies to various industrial coatings and their accessory materials that are applied on-site or in factories, for the decoration, protection, and other functions of substrates such as wood, metal, plastic, concrete, and composite materials.

Products Covered: Industrial coatings  (HS code(s): 3208; 3209; 3211; 3214; 3814); (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies the safety technical requirements and related test methods for building waterproof coatings.This document applies to flexible waterproof coatings, cement-based waterproof materials, and other supporting waterproof materials used in construction projects.

Products Covered: Waterproof coatings (HS code(s): 271490; 320890; 350691; 382440; 390931; 681189); (ICS code(s): 91.120.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies classification of product, requirements, testing methods, inspection rules, packaging and labelling related to the allowable limits of substances harmful to human health and the environment in architectural coatings and their accessory materials.This document applies to all types of wall coatings and their accessory materials used in construction, which are directly applied on-site to decorate and protect the interior and exterior surfaces of buildings based on cement-based and other non-metallic materials (excluding wooden materials), and have other special functions (such as mold prevention, algae prevention, insulation, etc.).It also applies to various floor coatings and accessory materials that can be directly applied on-site to decorate, protect, and have other special functions (such as anti-static, corrosion-resistant, anti-skid, etc.) on cement mortar, concrete, stone, plastic or steel substrates.  

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 3205; 3208; 3209; 3212; 3214); (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies the chemical name, molecular formula and relative molecular weight of ammonium chloride, specifies the technical requirements, sampling, inspection rules, labeling, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life of ammonium chloride as a feed additive, and describes test methods.This document applies to feed additive ammonium chloride, which is produced by combined-soda process using sodium chloride, ammonia (NH3) and carbon dioxide as raw materials, or which is produced by ion exchange method using ammonium salt compound and potassium chloride as raw materials, or which is produced by recrystallization method using industrial or agricultural ammonium chloride produced by above-mentioned process as raw material.

Products Covered: Ammonium chloride (HS code(s): 230990); (ICS code(s): 65.120)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies the general safety requirements for children's ride-on and  activity articles, including mechanical and physical properties, thermal hazard and flame retardant requirements, chemical safety, electrical safety, product identification, radiation safety, etc.This document applies to all children's ride-on and activity articles designed or intended for children under 14 years of age. 

Products Covered: Children's ride-on and  activity articles. The specific products include but are not limited to children's bicycles, children's tricycles, unicycles, children's electric scooters, variant child tricycle, unicycle for training, etc. (HS code(s): 8712; 9503); (ICS code(s): 97.190)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies the chemical name, molecular formula, relative molecular weight and chemical formula of chromium nicotinate, specifies the technical requirements, sampling, inspection rules, labeling, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life of chromium nicotinate as a feed additive, and describes corresponding test methods.This document applies to the feed additive chromium nicotinate produced by the reaction of chromium trichloride with nicotinic acid.

Products Covered: Chromium nicotinate  (HS code(s): 230990); (ICS code(s): 65.120)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 27 August 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 October 2024

This document specifies the chemical name, molecular formula, relative molecular weight and chemical structure of bile acids, specifies the technical requirements, sampling, inspection rules, labeling, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life of bile acids as a feed additive, and describes the test methods.This document applies to the feed additive bile acids produced by saponification, decolorization, acidification, purification, drying and other processing of technologies from pig bile paste after extraction of bilirubin. It mainly consists of hyocholic acid, hyodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid.

Products Covered: Bile acids (HS code(s): 230990); (ICS code(s): 65.120)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 26 August 2024

The purpose of the notified Decree is to prohibit the registration, importation, exportation, manufacture, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, repacking, repackaging, handling, sale, blending and use of raw materials and formulated products containing the active ingredient chlorothalonil.

Products Covered: 2926907074

Regulation Type: Regular notification