Draft Commission Implementing Decision on the identification of benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid 1,2 anhydride (trimellitic anhydride, TMA) as a substance of very high concern according to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Distribution date: 04 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 03 December 2017
This draft Commission Decision aims at identifying TMA as a substance of very high concern due to its respiratory sensitisation properties according to Article 57(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH)
Products Covered: Chemical substance benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid 1,2 anhydride (trimellitic anhydride, TMA) (EC No. 209-008-0, CAS No. 552-30-7, HS code 2917.39)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Steviol Glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni as a Sweetener – Reference Number: NOM/ADM-0102
Distribution date: 04 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 12 November 2017
Health Canada's Food Directorate received a food additive submission requesting that the permitted steviol glycosides content of this sweetener be expanded to include all the steviol glycosides in the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant (stevia plant). Canada had previously permitted steviol glycosides from the stevia plant to comprise one or more of ten named steviol glycosides, singly or in any combination, provided that the total steviol glycosides content is at least 95%. As no safety concerns were raised through Health Canada's assessment the Department has enabled the expanded use of the food additive steviol glycosides to comprise all the steviol glycosides in the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant described in the information document below by updating the List of Permitted Sweeteners, effective 30 August 2017. The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Department's decision in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries or for those wishing to submit any new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.
Products Covered: Steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (ICS Code: 67.220.20)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de resolución del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual se establecen los requisitos para el registro de productor, productor por contrato, envasador, importador, unidades de evaluación agronómica de ensayos de eficacia de bioinsumos para uso agrícola. Así mismo se establecen los requisitos para el registro de bioinsumos para uso agrícola y se establecen otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) "Laying down registration requirements for producers, contract producers, packers, importers, and agronomic assessment units conducting agricultural bio-input efficacy trials. It also establishes registration requirements for bio-inputs for agricultural use, and other provisions")
Distribution date: 11 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 09 December 2017
Establishes registration requirements for bio-inputs for agricultural use. The notified Draft resolution covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Registration of producers, contract producers, packers, importers and agronomic assessment units conducting agricultural bio-input efficacy trials; Procedures; Technical verification visits; Issue of registration, period of validity of registration, changes to registration, cancellation of registration; Documents needed for the approval of efficacy trials; Efficacy trial formalities; Protocol approval; Conducting of trials; Experiments on bio-inputs for agricultural use with the aim of registration; Importation of samples for experiments with the aim of registration; Requirements for the registration of bio-inputs for agricultural use; Procedures, issue, period of validity, modification and cancellation of the registration of bio-inputs for agricultural use; Obligations; Prohibitions; Annexes; Official control; Transitional provision; Penalties and period of validity.
Products Covered: Bio-inputs for agricultural use
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Compulsory specification for aquacultured live and chilled raw bivalves molluscs.
Distribution date: 11 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 10 December 2017
This compulsory specification requires that aquacultured live and chilled raw bivalves molluscs, for human consumption, which are to be offered for sale,comply with this compulsory specification and the requirements of the South African National Standard (SANS) 2879 that applies to the harvesting, handling, preparation, processing, packing, transportation, storage, chilling, quality of the products covered by this specification, the hygiene requirements for the product, as well as chemical contaminants, microbiological contaminants, and marine biotoxins requirements of the product and the packing facility employees requirements, shall comply with the requirements of the latest edition of SANS 2879.
Products Covered: Molluscs, fit for human consumption, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine, incl. aquatic invertebrates (other than crustaceans and molluscs); flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption (HS code(s): 0307); Food microbiology (ICS code(s): 07.100.30); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft amendment of the Official Standards for Normal Fertilizers
Distribution date: 12 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 11 November 2017
Deregulating the requirement for the components of "By-product liquid(fluid) nitrogen fertilizer".
Products Covered: Fertilizer (HS: 3102, 3105)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Replies to the comments received regarding draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-199-SCFI-2015 "Alcoholic beverages - Designations, physico-chemical specifications, commercial information and test methods", published in the Mexican Official Journal on 29 February 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 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas Text available online at: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5501266&fecha=13/10/2017 http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5501268&fecha=13/10/2017 http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5501270&fecha=13/10/2017 http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5501272&fecha=13/10/2017
Distribution date: 16 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025
Products Covered: Alcoholic beverages (Heading 22; International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 67.160.10) ;
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Décret n° 89-02 du 4 janvier 1989 relatif aux conditions d'obtention de l'agrément, de la fabrication, de la vente et de l'utilisation des pesticides (Decree No. 89-02 of 4 January 1989 establishing the conditions for the approval, manufacturing, sale and use of pesticides)
Distribution date: 18 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025
All pesticides must receive approval or provisional sale authorization prior to their importation into Côte d'Ivoire.
Products Covered: Toute sorte de pesticides
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Loi n° 63-301 du 26 juin 1963 relative à la répression des fraudes dans la vente des marchandises et des falsifications de denrées alimentaires et des produits agricoles (Law No. 63-301 of 26 June 1963 on the prevention of fraud in the sale of goods, and of falsifications of foodstuffs and agricultural products)
Distribution date: 18 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025
The notified Law sets out the penalties and sanctions for the deception or attempted deception of the contracting party, either with regard to the nature of the goods or the species involved in a trade operation.
Products Covered: Denrées alimentaires, substances médicamenteuses, boissons et produits agricoles ou naturels
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Compulsory specification for aquacultured live and chilled raw bivalves molluscs
Distribution date: 19 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 17 December 2017
This compulsory specification requires that aquacultured live and chilled raw bivalves molluscs for human consumption which are offered for sale, complies with the chemical, marine biotoxins and microbiological requirements for disease-causing organisms outlined in the referenced SANS 2879, read together with the shellfish monitoring programme and relevant technical regulations.
Products Covered: Aquacultured live and chilled raw bivalves molluscs (oysters, mussels etc.)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Partial amendment to the Minimum Requirements for Biological Products.
Distribution date: 31 October 2017 | Final date for Comment: 24 November 2017
The Minimum Requirements for Biological Products shall be partially amended to revise the standard for the “Recombinant Adsorbed Hepatitis B Vaccine (prepared from yeast)”.
Products Covered: Pharmaceutical Products (HS: 30)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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