SI 1248 - Beverage powders having fruity or other flavours
Distribution date: 29 May 2017 | Final date for Comment: 28 July 2017
The existing Mandatory Standard, SI 1248, dealing with beverage powders having fruity or other flavours, shall be declared voluntary. This declaration is done to reduce the regulatory burden of manufacturers and importers and remove duplicate technical regulations.
Products Covered: Beverage powders having fruity or other flavours
Regulation Type: Regular notification
SI 54 - Bases for preparation of drinks
Distribution date: 29 May 2017 | Final date for Comment: 28 July 2017
The existing Mandatory Standard, SI 54, dealing with bases for preparation of drinks, shall be declared voluntary. This declaration is done to reduce the regulatory burden of manufacturers and importers and remove duplicate technical regulations.
Products Covered: Bases for preparation of drinks
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Decision of Energy Regulatory Commission exempting parties licensed to transport, store, distribute and sell petroleum products to the public from having to submit the outcome of evaluations on compliance with petroleum product quality specifications pursuant to Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-005-CRE-2015: "Quality specifications for petroleum products" in order to prove the fulfilment of their obligations in 2016 On 30 October 2015, the Energy Regulatory Commission published in the Official Journal (DOF), on the basis of the texts mentioned, Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-005-CRE-2015: "Quality specifications for petroleum products", which was amended pursuant to Resolution RES/898/2015, published in the DOF on 20 January 2016. Any comments should be addressed to: Secretaría de Economía Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244 Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas Email: [email protected] and [email protected] Text available at: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5483863&fecha=23/05/2017
Distribution date: 30 May 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
Products Covered: Petroleum products (headings 27.01 to 2901.10) ;
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Proyecto de Resolución Directoral para el establecimiento de requisitos fitosanitarios de necesario cumplimiento en la importación de Rhizobium radiobacter strain GV 3101 de origen y procedencia Alemania (Draft Directorial Resolution establishing the mandatory phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Peru of Rhizobium radiobacter strain GV 3101 originating in and coming from Germany)
Distribution date: 01 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
The notified draft Directorial Resolution sets out the phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Peru of Rhizobium radiobacter strain GV 3101 originating in and coming from Germany, following the completion of the relevant pest risk analysis.
Products Covered: HS tariff subheading 3002.90.10.00: Rhizobium radiobacter strain GV 3101
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Pharmacists' Regulations (Cosmetics) 5777-2017 The draft regulations, notified in G/TBT/N/ISR/709, dated 23 October 2013, have been replaced by the Israel Ministry of Health. This new draft lowers trade barriers and simplifies import procedures. The full text of the revised regulations is available online at:
Distribution date: 07 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
Products Covered: Cosmetics (HS: Chapter 33; ICS: 71.100.70).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Proyecto de Reglamento sobre etiquetado de alimentos genéticamente modificados (Draft Regulation on the labelling of genetically modified foods) (12 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 09 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 06 September 2017
The notified draft Regulation establishes the rules governing the labelling of packaged foods, domestically produced and imported, that contain genetically modified ingredients and are available to consumers at points of final sale in the national territory. It seeks to protect consumers' right to information, pursuant to Article 37 of Law No. 29571 (Consumer Protection and Defence Code).
Products Covered: 1108.12.00.00: Maize (corn) starch. 1201.00.90.00: Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1205.10.90.00: Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, other than for sowing. 1205.90.90.00: Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1207.20.90.00: Cotton seeds, whether or not broken, other than for sowing. 1208.10.00.00: Flours and meals of soya beans. 1209.10.00.00: Sugar beet seed. 1212.91.00.00: Sugar beet. 1214.90.00.00: Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets. 1302.19.20.00: Soya bean extract, whether or not in powder. 1507.10.00.00: Crude soya bean oil, whether or not degummed. 1507.90.10.00: Refined soya bean oil, containing added denaturalizing substances not exceeding 1%. 1507.90.90.00: Soya bean oil, refined, other than containing added denaturalizing substances not exceeding 1%. 1512.21.00.00: Crude cotton seed oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed. 1512.29.00.00: Other cotton seed oil, other than crude, whether or not gossypol has been removed. 1514.11.00.00: Low erucic acid rape or colza oil, crude. 1514.19.00.00: Other low erucic acid rape or colza oil, other than crude. 1515.21.00.00: Maize (corn) oil, crude. 1515.29.00.00: Maize (corn) oil, other than crude. 1701.12.00.00: Raw beet sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter. 1701.91.00.00: Refined cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter. 1701.99.90.00: Other cane or beet sugar, in solid form. 2005.80.00.00: Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen. 2103.10.00.00: Soya sauce. 2106.10.11.00: Soya protein concentrate, containing 65% to 75% protein on a dry basis. 3203.00.16.00: Colouring matter of purple maize/corn (anthocyanin).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Sanitation Standard for Food Cleansers
Distribution date: 13 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu announces that the Draft of Sanitation Standard for Food Cleansers Amend to Article 5, dated 5 September 2016 (G/SPS/N/TPKM/410) has now been finalized. The final version of the Standard has entered into force on 12 June 2017. http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/TPKM/17_2661_00_x.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/TPKM/17_2661_00_e.pdf
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Animal feed materials
Distribution date: 26 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/35/Add.1 (7 February 2013) is now amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1017 of 15 June 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials (Text with EEA relevance) [OJ L 159, 21 June 2017, p. 48]. The Regulation will enter into force on 11 July 2017. http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_2852_00_e.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_2852_00_f.pdf http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/EEC/17_2852_00_s.pdf
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the draft Uganda standard; DUS 1754:2017, Standard Practice for Sampling Industrial Chemicals; that was notified by Uganda in G/TBT/N/UGA/668 was adopted on 20 June 2017.
Distribution date: 27 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
Products Covered: Industrial Chemicals.
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the draft Uganda standard; DUS 1755:2017, Standard Test Method for Water in Organic Liquids by Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration; that was notified by Uganda in G/TBT/N/UGA/669 was adopted on 20 June 2017.
Distribution date: 27 June 2017 | Final date for Comment: 30 April 2025
Products Covered: Organic Liquids.
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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