Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 22 November 2023 | Final date for Comment: 21 January 2024

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical pesticide: Tebufenpyrad

Products Covered: ・Natural honey (HS: 04.09)・Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS: 07.02, 07.07, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14)・Edible fruit and nuts, peel of citrus fruit (HS: 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)・Tea, mate and spices (HS: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)・Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS: 12.07)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 21 November 2023

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like  to inform the WTO Members that the Draft East Africa Standard; DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition, notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, and G/SPS/N/UGA/229 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 25 August 2023  as East Africa Standard, EAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition. This specification can be purchased by contacting the TBT NEP through nep@tbs.go.tz 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 November 2023

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like  to inform the WTO Members that the Draft East Africa Standard; DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition, notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, and G/SPS/N/UGA/229 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 25 August 2023  as East Africa Standard, EAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition. This specification can be purchased by contacting the TBT NEP through nep@tbs.go.tz 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 November 2023

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like  to inform the WTO Members that the Draft East Africa Standard; DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition, notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, and G/SPS/N/UGA/229 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 25 August 2023  as East Africa Standard, EAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition. This specification can be purchased by contacting the TBT NEP through nep@tbs.go.tz 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 November 2023

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like  to inform the WTO Members that the Draft East Africa Standard; DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition, notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, and G/SPS/N/UGA/229 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 25 August 2023  as East Africa Standard, EAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition. This specification can be purchased by contacting the TBT NEP through nep@tbs.go.tz 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 November 2023

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like  to inform the WTO Members that the Draft East Africa Standard; DEAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition, notified in  G/SPS/N/BDI/33, G/SPS/N/KEN/189, G/SPS/N/RWA/26, G/SPS/N/TZA/227, and G/SPS/N/UGA/229 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 25 August 2023  as East Africa Standard, EAS 801:2022, Soya protein products - Specification, Second Edition. This specification can be purchased by contacting the TBT NEP through nep@tbs.go.tz 

Products Covered: Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, n.e.s.; hide powder, whether or not chromed (excl. organic or inorganic compounds of mercury whether or not chemically defined) (HS code(s): 3504); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 November 2023 | Final date for Comment: 20 January 2024

The draft regulation states that all of the Clothing produced within the country or imported, distributed, and marketed in the country shall fulfil the Technical Specification requirements. The producers who produce these products therefore shall comply with those requirements proven by having a Product Certificate for Using Conformity Mark.The product certificate on conformity marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body which has been accredited by KAN and appointed by the Minister of Industry through testing of the conformity of the products' quality against Technical Specification requirements.Directorate of the Textile, Leather and Footwear Industry, Ministry of Industry is the institution that is responsible for the implementation of this decree and shall provide a technical guidance of the decree, which covers the procedure of Product Certification and Conformity Marking.Products that are distributed in the domestic market that originated domestically and are imported shall meet requirements listed in Annex II of the Technical Specification of Apparel.

Products Covered: HS code(s): 6101; 6102; 6103; 6104; 6106; 6107; 6108; 6109; 6110; 6112; 6113; 6114; 6202; 6203; 6204; 6205; 6206; 6207; 6208; 6210; 6211. As indicated in the Annex I

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 November 2023 | Final date for Comment: 16 January 2024

La finalidad de esta norma técnica es establecer los requisitos y la documentación a presentar para solicitar el registro sanitario y además, entregar elementos para la vigilancia de hemoderivados de uso humano para asegurar la calidad, seguridad y eficacia de estos productos, reforzar la importancia de las buenas prácticas de manufactura, así como incorporar definiciones completas y actualizadas que sirvan de guía para reguladores y regulados de manera de otorgar transparencia y mayor conocimiento.

Products Covered: Productos Farmacéuticos

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 November 2023

The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) was registered in Norway. In this regard, since 20 October 2023, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from Norway 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 (except for feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis), hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game), the former used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and butchering birds susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI), as well as transit through the territory of Kazakhstan of live birds. 

Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and butchering birds

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 08 November 2023 | Final date for Comment: 07 January 2024

The document is to strengthen the supervision of inspecting for cosmetics, and safeguard the consumers’ health.

Products Covered: Cosmetics (HS code(s): 33); (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification