Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en materia de Control Sanitario de la Cannabis y derivados de la misma (Implementing Regulations to the General Law on Health with respect to the sanitary control of cannabis and derivatives thereof)
Distribution date: 03 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 02 July 2018
The notified document contains regulations describing the pharmacological derivatives of cannabis and setting out the requirements governing their marketing for industrial use. It covers the following: sowing, cultivation, harvesting, preparation, consolidation, acquisition, possession, trade, any form of transportation, supply, employment, use, consumption, and in general, any activity relating to cannabis conducted for medical and scientific research purposes. The Regulations are binding throughout national territory.
Products Covered: Cannabis sativa, indica and americana or marijuana, resin, preparations, seed, pharmacological derivatives and products for extensive industrial use containing cannabis derivatives in a concentration equal to or less than 1% of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (Tariff headings concerned: 13021902, 12099907, 12119002, 30034001, 30049033, 30039005, 30044002)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Resolución Ejecutiva No. 001-2018 Regulación de ciertas sustancias prohibidas y restringidas de uso veterinario en la República de Nicaragua (Executive Resolution No. 001-2018 regulating certain prohibited and restricted substances for veterinary use in the Republic of Nicaragua)
Distribution date: 03 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 28 April 2025
The notified Executive Resolution contains a list of substances for veterinary use and provisions regulating and controlling the use and marketing of such substances, based on their prohibited or restricted status. It contains provisions prohibiting, on national territory, the manufacturing, registration, importation, sale, marketing, transport, storage, handling, possession and use of the following substances, whether alone or combined, as raw materials or in finished veterinary drugs, and intended for any animal species and using any route of administration: Thyrostatics, carbadox, malachite green, olaquindox, nitrofurans, sulfathiazole, vancomycin, strychnine, organochlorides (chlorinated compounds), stilbenes, chloramphenicol and any of its salts, ethion, clenbuterol, gentian violet, dimetridazole, chlorpyrifos, avermectins, sulphonamides (sulpha drugs), antimicrobials to promote growth or improve yields, anabolics, beta-agonists, coccidiostats and coccidiocides.
Products Covered: Substances for veterinary use: Thyrostatics, carbadox, malachite green, olaquindox, nitrofurans, sulfathiazole, vancomycin, strychnine, organochlorides (chlorinated compounds), stilbenes, chloramphenicol and any of its salts, ethion, clenbuterol, gentian violet, dimetridazole, chlorpyrifos, avermectins, sulphonamides (sulpha drugs), antimicrobials to promote growth or improve yields, anabolics, beta-agonists, coccidiostats and coccidiocides.
Regulation Type: Regular notification
The Republic of Colombia hereby notifies that the draft amendment to Resolution No. 689 of 2016 of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, "Adopting the Technical Regulation establishing the maximum levels of phosphorus and the biodegradability of surfactants in detergents and soaps, and introducing other provisions", notified on 15 January 2018 by the World Trade Organization in document G/TBT/N/COL/214/Add.3, has been issued pursuant to Resolution No. 1770 of 4 May 2018. The aforementioned Resolution will enter into force as from its date of publication. It amends Articles 6, 7 and 12 of Resolution 689 of 2016 and repeals its technical annex. Text available online at: http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/SIRT/public/index.aspx Enquiry point: Contact person: María Leonisa Ortiz Bolivar. Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Calle 28, N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57-1) 606 7676, Ext. 1690/1340 Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co/publicaciones.php?id=33051 / http://www.sical.gov.co/reglamentos-tecnicos Also available at:
Distribution date: 14 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 28 April 2025
Products Covered: Detergents and soaps (HS codes: 3401, 3402 and 3405400000) ;
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Proposed measures to manage myrtle rust spores in Myrtaceae seed lots
Distribution date: 16 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 15 July 2018
MPI is proposing the following options for management of myrtle rust in Myrtaceae seed lots: Seed sourced from a country free from Austropuccinia psidii (formerly Puccinia psidii or Uredo rangelii), orSeed must be treated with one of the approved chemical treatments as per MPI Standard MPI-STD-ATBRT Approved Biosecurity Treatments. MPI recommends one of the following fungicides: Azoxystrobin, Triadimenol, Mancozeb, Triforine and Tebuconazole at maximum label rate.
Products Covered: Myrtaceae seeds for sowing
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties for plant protection products
Distribution date: 18 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 28 April 2025
On 15 June 2016 a draft legal act setting criteria to identify endocrine disruptors under the plant protection products regulation was issued by the European Commission (Commission). This proposal was notified in G/SPS/N/EU/166 on 20 June 2016. In December 2016, this draft legal act was split into two parts without any change in content: one text containing the criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors, and the other containing a proposed amendment to the derogation possibility based on negligible exposure. Information regarding developments in the legislative process was provided by the EU in G/SPS/GEN/1594 on 20 December 2017. The text containing the criteria for identifying endocrine disrupting properties for plant protection products was adopted as Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605 of 19 April 2018 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 by setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties (Text with EEA relevance) [OJ L 101, 20 April 2018, p. 33]. On 2 May 2018 a Corrigendum – referring to the date of application – was published to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605 of 19 April 2018 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 by setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties [OJ L 111, 2.5.2018, p. 10–10]. This Regulation shall apply from 10 November 2018.
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
The draft of a Government decision approving the models of certain acts
Distribution date: 22 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 21 July 2018
This draft decision establishes clear and transparent models of acts necessary for the importation, storage and production of plant protection products (pesticides, agri chemicals) and fertilizers. It provides simple models for the following acts:1. model of the notification about the importation of plant protection products and fertilizers;2. model of the notification about the manufacture of plant protection products and/or fertilizer;3. model of the notification concerning the request for validation and registration of specialized deposits for storing plant protection products and/or fertilizers;4. plant passport model.
Products Covered: Plant protection products (pesticides) and fertilizers
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 24 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 23 July 2018
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical. Pesticide: Acephate
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09);- Dairy produce, birds' eggs (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08);- Products of animal origin (HS Codes: 05.04);- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14);- Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14);- Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10);- Cereals (HS Codes: 10.05 and 10.06);- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.07 and 12.12);- Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 24 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 23 July 2018
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical. Veterinary drug/Feed additive: Semduramicin
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.07 and 02.09);- Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of agricultural chemical residue standards)
Distribution date: 24 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 23 July 2018
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical. Pesticide: Methamidophos
Products Covered: - Meat and edible meat offal (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09);- Dairy produce, birds' eggs and natural honey (HS Codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08);- Products of animal origin (HS Codes: 05.04);- Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS Codes: 07.01, 07.02, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.07, 07.08, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14);- Edible fruits and nuts, peel of citrus/melons (HS Codes: 08.01, 08.02, 08.03, 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.07, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14);- Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS Codes: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10);- Cereals (HS Codes: 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07 and 10.08);- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12);- Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS Codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06).
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de Decreto "Por el cual se reglamenta la gestión integral de las sustancias químicas de uso industrial y se toman otras determinaciones" (Draft Decree regulating the integral management of chemical substances for industrial use and containing other determinations) (16 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 25 May 2018 | Final date for Comment: 22 July 2018
Its articles cover the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Instruments for the management of chemical substances for industrial use; Register of chemical substances for industrial use; Obligation to conduct environmental and health risk assessments; Obligation to implement environmental and health risk reduction and management programmes; Environmental risk assessment; Health risk assessment; Environmental risk reduction and management programmes; Health risk reduction and management programme; Environmental monitoring of chemical substances for industrial use; Monitoring of the effects on health of the utilization of chemical substances for industrial use, Article 15. Intersectoral Follow-up Committee for the Management of Chemical Substances for Industrial Use (CISQUIN); Composition of CISQUIN; Functions of CISQUIN; Obligations of importers and manufacturers; Obligations of the marketers and distributors; Obligations of transporters; Obligations of users; Reliable data available; Mutual acceptance of data; Right to use information; Non-confidential information; Exchange of confidential information; Inspection, monitoring and control; and Period of validity.
Products Covered: Chemicals (28.00.00)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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