Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 12 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 11 July 2025

This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, sampling and test method for gaseous oxygen that is intended to be used for medical applications.This Tanzania Standard does not apply to oxygen for industrial, electronic or other applications 

Products Covered: Oxygen (HS code(s): 280440); Gases for industrial application (ICS code(s): 71.100.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 11 July 2025

This Tanzania Standard describes the requirements, sampling, and test methods for gaseous oxygen (technical grade) intended for industrial uses e.g. welding and cutting operations.This Tanzania Standard doesn’t cover oxygen intended for aviation and medical or inhalation uses. 

Products Covered: Oxygen (HS code(s): 280440); Gases for industrial application (ICS code(s): 71.100.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 11 July 2025

This draft Malawi Standard specifies dimensional and cross-sectional tolerances for cold rolled steel sections produced on roll-forming machines.It applies to cold-rolled sections for general use (standard sections) produced from steels conforming to EN 10025, EN 10142 and EN 10147 and in the form of rectangular L, U, C, Z and Omega cross sections as well as split tubes (see Figures 1 to 6).It also applies to cold rolled sections for special applications (special sections) produced from steels listed in clause 5 with other radii, tolerances and shapes. 

Products Covered: - Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished: (HS code(s): 72166); Steel profiles (ICS code(s): 77.140.70)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 May 2025

Products covered:  Equipments and parts which can be fitted and/ or be used on wheeled vehicles (Door locks, Headlights (Lanterns), Light bulbs, Speedometers, Pneumatic tires, Brakes, Horns, Exhaust purifiers, Indirect vision devices (mirrors)) This addendum concerns the notification of:Minister of Industry and Transport Decree No. 112/2025 (1 page, in Arabic) which cancels the obligation to comply with the standards on Equipments and parts which can be fitted and/ or be used on wheeled vehicles (engineering goods and products) specified in List 44 of Ministerial Decree No. 32 / 2010 (3 pages, in Arabic).Based on this update Decree No. 148/2025 (2 pages, in Arabic) of the Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade was issued to amend Item No. (11) of Annex (3) attached to the Executive Regulation of Law No. 118 for year 1975 on import and export issued by Ministerial Decree No. 770/2005 which formerly required compliance with these standards as a condition for import clearance of those goods. Ministerial Decree No.148/2025 now specifies the conditions for visual inspection of the specified goods and products subject to the provisions of the Agreement concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, equipments and parts which can be fitted and/ or be used on wheeled vehicles. Minister of Industry and Transport Decree No. 112/2025Date of adoption: 8 April 2025.Date of entry into force: 12 May 2025.Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Decree No. 148/2025Date of adoption: 9 April 2025.Date of entry into force: 23 April 2025. Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:National Enquiry PointEgyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - EgyptE-mail: eos@eos.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.egWebsite: http://www.eos.org.egTel: + (202) 22845528Fax: + (202) 22845504  Agreements and Foreign Trade Sector- Ministry of Investment and Foreign TradeNew Administrative Capital, Cairo- Egypt

Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 12 May 2025

Products covered: ICS: 85.060 (Paper and board)This addendum concerns the notification of the draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 4567 for" paper and board for recycling “(30 pages, in Arabic).It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No.1308/2017 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.13 dated 21 February 2018, mandated among others the earlier version of this standard.Worth mentioning is that this draft standard complies with the following :EN 643/2014 IS 17317/2019Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.Date of adoption: to be determinedDate of entry into force: to be determinedAgency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:National Enquiry PointEgyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - EgyptE-mail: eos@eos.org.eg , eos.tbt@eos.org.egWebsite: http://www.eos.org.egTel: + (202) 22845528Fax: + (202) 22845504

Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 09 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 08 July 2025

This Draft Uganda Standard covers the requirements for welded stainless steel pipes and tubes for general applications.The standard does not specify requirements of welded stainless steel pipes and tubes intended for distinct purposes, which are covered by separate Uganda Standards.

Products Covered: Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles "e.g., open seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed", of iron or steel (excl. of cast iron, seamless tubes and pipes and tubes having internal and external circular cross-sections and an external diameter of > 406,4 mm) (HS code(s): 7306); Stainless steels (ICS code(s): 77.140.20)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 08 July 2025

This Draft Ordinance on unique identifiers and anti-tampering devices establishes rules for the mandatory implementation of safety features to prevent falsified medicines from entering the legal supply chain in Switzerland. A unique identifier in the form of a 2D Data Matrix code on the outer packaging ensures the identification of each individual package by uploading the relevant information into a database hosted by the Swiss Medicines Verfication Organisation (SMVO). Additionally, an anti-tampering device, such as a tamper-evident seal, indicates whether a package has been opened. These measures help verify the authenticity of medicines, ensuring that counterfeit products are identified before they reach patients. The ordinance mandates the establishment of an “end-to-end” verification system for safety features, supplemented by risk-based checks at the wholesale level. In practice, the safety features placed on a medicine pack by the manufacturer or marketing authorization holder are systematically verified for authenticity at the end of the supply chain, before that pack is dispensed to a patient (e.g.: by pharmacies or hospitals). Furthermore, the ordinance regulates the setting up, management and supervision of a repositories system where legitimate unique identifiers are stored. This system, managed by stakeholders under the supervision of the competent authorities, serves as a reference for verifying the authenticity of medicinal products. In Switzerland, the operation of the database system will be entrusted to a non-profit private organization, the SMVO, which has been founded by the manufacturers and marketing authorization holders of medicinal products labeled with unique identifiers.

Products Covered: Medicinal products for human use

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 27 June 2025

This standard describes the properties of common medical gases, medical gas containers, and safe practices and handling of these gases.

Products Covered: Nitrogen (HS code(s): 280430); Oxygen (HS code(s): 280440); Carbon dioxide (HS code(s): 281121)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 09 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 27 June 2025

This code of good manufacturing practices for medical gases provides requirements for the production, storage and distribution of medical gases namely for Oxygen; Nitrogen; Carbon dioxide; Nitrous Oxide; Compressed Air and any other medical gases, classified as drugs. The standard is not intended to be used in hospitals or at home for personal use. Atmospheric air contains a large variety of trace constituents. It is impractical to set individual limits for many of these; however, this specification qualifies certain grades of air by limiting the concentrations of specific trace constituents. 

Products Covered: HS Codes 280440; 281121; 280430

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 08 May 2025 | Final date for Comment: 07 July 2025

This measure will amend Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (“the Cosmetics Regulation”) as it applies in Great Britain to restrict the use of benzophenone-3 in a number of cosmetic products.

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

Regulation Type: Regular notification