Distribution date: 10 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2017

<p><span lang="EN-GB">This Draft Uganda standard</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB">specifies the requirements and test methods for men's closed shoes made from all types of materials and of all constructions and designs.&nbsp;It will assist footwear manufacturers and merchants in getting value for their products. In addition, it will give the general consumers of the product bases to choose the products from an informed state.&nbsp;The main purpose of this draft standard therefore is to provide a basis for evaluating the quality of men's closed shoes.</span></p><br />

Products Covered: Men's closed shoes

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2017

<span style="line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:7.5pt;"></span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">This Draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements and test methods for men's open shoes made from all types of materials and of all constructions and designs. The draft Standard intends to give specifications for men's open shoes. It will assist footwear manufacturers and merchants in getting value for their products. In addition, it will give the general consumers of the product bases to choose the products from an informed state. The main purpose of this standard therefore is to provide a basis for evaluating the quality of men's open shoes.</span><br />

Products Covered: Men's open shoes

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 11 March 2017

<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">This Draft Uganda standard </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">specifies the requirements and test methods for ladies closed shoes made from all types of materials and of all constructions and designs. </span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">The draft Standard intends to give specifications for ladies' closed shoes. It will assist footwear manufacturers and merchants in getting value for their products. In addition, it will give the general consumers of the product bases to choose the products from an informed state. The main purpose of this draft standard therefore is to provide a basis for evaluating the quality of ladies' closed shoes.</span><br />

Products Covered: Ladies closed shoes

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 13 March 2017

<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;"><span>The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) proposes to revise the inspection standards for static converters, power supplies, accumulators and battery chargers to take into account technology advances and consistency of regulatory management. Below are summaries of the proposed requirements:</span></span></span></p><ol><li><span lang="EN-GB">To adopt the most recent version of national standards for electrical motorcycles, which involve those for static converters (CNS 15425-1), power supplies (CNS 15425-1) and accumulators (CNS 15424-1, 15424-2 and&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color:red;"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;">15387</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">);</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">To provide alternative inspection standards for <st1:chmetcnv hasspace="False" negative="False" numbertype="1" sourcevalue="3" tcsc="0" unitname="C" w:st="on">3C</st1:chmetcnv> battery </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color:#ffffff;">chargers</span><span lang="EN-GB"> (CNS 13783-1, 60335-1 and 60335-2-29; and</span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB">To require marking of presence conditions of 6 hazardous substances (Section 5 of CNS 15663, accumulators being exempted from such marking).</span></li></ol><p><span style="font-size:9pt;">The conformity assessment procedure for products subject to this notified measure remains the same, i.e. Registration of Product Certification.</span><br /></p>

Products Covered: 7 items of electrical and electronic products (HS Chapter 85)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 13 March 2017

This draft Decree states that all Packaged Drinking Water products produced within the country and imported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfil SNI requirements. The producer and or importers therefore shall have a product certificate for the use of SNI Marking and Comply the requirement of SNI. The Product Certificate on SNI Marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body which has been accredited by National Accreditation Body of Indonesia namely Komite Akreditasi Nasional (KAN) or appointed by The Minister of Industry, through : ; a. Testing of the conformity of the products quality SNI requirement; ; b. Audit on the implantation of the Quality management System (QMS) SNI 19-9001-2001/ISO 9001-2000 or its revision; or other recognized Quality management System ; The testing shall be carried out by testing laboratories which have been accredited by KAN or accredited by an accreditation body which has signed Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with KAN, and have the bilateral or multilateral agreement on Technical regulation between Indonesia and particular country. Directorate General of Agro and Chemical, 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 Procedure of Product Certification and SNI Marking. Packaged Drinking Water product which is distributed in domestic market that originated domestically and imported shall meet requirements covered by SNI 3553-2006 (HS.2201.10.00.00; HS. 2201.90.90.00). These standards specifies scope, term and definition, quality requirements, sampling, testing method, testing acceptance, marking requirement and packaging (the standard is available in Indonesian language). ;

Products Covered: Packaged Drinking Water (HS Ex 2201.10.00.00; HS Ex 2201.90.90.00)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 18 March 2017

One of the main problems that may arise in the event of a train derailment is the spillage of hazardous materials and waste. The substances involved may be liquids, solids or gases, and be volatile or reactive. This means that certain types of substances may, when leaking from the area in which they are contained, react with oxygen in the air or any other chemical element present nearby. Such reactions can be violent (explosion) or non-violent, but risk polluting the surrounding land, water or air. They may, in extreme cases, lead to the death of living organisms. Hazardous materials are classified by the United Nations as explosives (substances producing a pyrotechnic effect), gases (liquefied, compressed or dissolved under pressure), liquids (including mixtures of liquids or liquids containing solids that can give off a flammable vapour at low temperatures), solids (substances liable to spontaneous combustion or which, on contact with water emit flammable gases), oxidizing substances, toxic substances, radioactive material, corrosive substances or miscellaneous dangerous substances. Since trains may be composed of units carrying different types of substances, care must be taken to ensure the appropriate train formation and segregation of substances depending on the contents of each wagon, so as to prevent any reaction between the substances concerned.

Products Covered: Trains composed of rail haulage units (tariff heading 8705.90)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 18 March 2017

In order to support and guide rolling stock, the track structure must withstand lateral, vertical and longitudinal forces at the same time. As part of the track structure, the sleepers, along with the fasteners, receive the load from the rails and distribute it to the ballast and the underlying subgrade (under SCT standards, the subgrade is the top layer of earth). The characteristics of the other components of the track structure will therefore affect the design of the sleepers. If concrete sleepers are used, the track's different operating conditions must be taken into consideration. If they are properly designed and their components are correctly connected, installed and maintained, railways tracks with concrete sleepers can be of a higher quality.

Products Covered: Concrete railway sleepers (tariff heading: 2523)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 19 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025

The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the technical requirements governing the appellation of origin "Arroz del Estado de Morelos" (rice from the State of Morelos), which is owned by the Mexican State under the Industrial Property Law. This draft Standard has been issued pursuant to the requirements of Article 2 of the General Declaration of Protection of the Appellation of Origin "Rice from the State of Morelos", published in the Mexican Official Journal on 16 February 2012, and the provisions of sub-paragraph XV of Article 40 of the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization. The municipalities in the State of Morelos that are covered by the appellation of origin are listed in the Standard.

Products Covered: Rice (HS tariff subheading 1006.10)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 19 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025

Products Covered: Combination products (HS: 3004, 9018.11-90) (ICS: 71.100, 13.020)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 23 January 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025

Products Covered: 3006700000 ;

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification