Letter of the Federal Service for the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-KS-7/2243 as of 31 January 2019

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Distribution date: 06 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025

This letter introduces a temporary restriction on imports of products from Morocco mentioned in point 3 to the territory of the Russian Federation and transit of live animals susceptible to FMD through the territory of the Russian Federation originating from Morocco due to the registration of outbreaks of FMD. A temporary restriction is imposed on:- live animals susceptible to FMD; - genetic material (except selected in vivo in accordance with the provisions of Article 8.8.17 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code); - raw meat and meat products, not heat-treated, that guarantee the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with the Article 8.8.31 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code); - milk and milk products, not heat-treated, that guarantee the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with the Article 8.8.35); - wool, hair, bristles, trophies, raw intestines, hides and skins, untreated by technology that guarantees the destruction of the FMD virus (in accordance with the Articles 8.8.32, 8.8.33, 8.8.34, 8.8.37, 8.8.38 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code).

Products Covered: Live animals susceptible to FMD; genetic material (except selected in vivo); Raw meat and meat products, not heat-treated; Milk and milk products, not heat-treated; Wool, hair, bristles, trophies, raw intestines, hides and skins, untreated by technology - HS Codes: 0102, 0103, 0104,0106, 0201, 0202, 0203,0204,0206, 0208, 0209,0210, 0410 00 000 0, 0504 00 000 0, 1506 00 000 0, 1511, 1501, 1502, 1503 00, 1505, 1516 10, 1518 00, 1601 00, 1602, 1603 00, 1902 20, 1904 20, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404, 0405, 0406, 0410 00 000 0, 0511, 1506 00 000 0, 1516 10, 1518 00, 2105 00, 2106, 3501, 0502, 0506, 0507, 0510 00 000 0, 0511, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4301, 5101, 5102, 5103, 9705 00 000 0, 0504 00 000 0, 9601, 9705 00 000 0

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Foot and mouth disease Animal health Human health Animal diseases Food safety

Bureau of Indian Standards (Standards for Boric Acid) Order, 2019

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Distribution date: 11 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 13 March 2019

Boric acid shall conform to the Indian Standard IS 10116:2015 and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards in accordance with the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulation, 2018: Provided that nothing in this Order shall apply in relation to goods or articles specified in this clause which is meant for export and which conforms to the specification required by the country of its export.

Products Covered: Boric acid

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Plant diseases Plant health

Bureau of Indian Standards (Standards for Boric Acid) Order, 2019

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Distribution date: 11 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 13 March 2019

Boric acid shall conform to the Indian Standard IS 10116:2015 and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards in accordance with the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulation, 2018: Provided that nothing in this Order shall apply in relation to goods or articles specified in this clause which is meant for export and which conforms to the specification required by the country of its export.

Products Covered: Boric acid

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Plant diseases Plant health

DMS 1430:2018 Packaged, dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete - Specification

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Distribution date: 12 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 13 April 2019

This specification covers the production, properties, packaging, and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials for concrete and mortars

Products Covered: Packaged, dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete

Regulation Type: Regular notification

DMS 1430:2018 Packaged, dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete - Specification

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Distribution date: 12 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 13 April 2019

This specification covers the production, properties, packaging, and testing of packaged, dry, combined materials for concrete and mortars

Products Covered: Packaged, dry, combined materials for mortar and concrete

Regulation Type: Regular notification

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 44/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) that extends the product coverage of Ministerial Decree No. 43/2016 which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/114, dated 1 February 2016, to include the following:     Product HS code Bags. 4202.11 – 4202.12 – 4202.19- 4202.21- 4202.22 – 4202.29 Sacks and bags for the conveyance or packaging of goods (Boxes, cases and similar articles). 48.19 – 39.23 Shaving and hair care equipments and articles. 8212.10 – 8212.2010 – 8510.10 – 8510.20 8510.30 – 8516.31 – 8516.32 Telephones. 8517.11 – 8517.12     To ensure the flow of trade this decree is subject to the general rule that:   Excludes the products that have been shipped or have arrived before the entry into force of the decree. Excludes the shipments for which credit was opened before the entry into force of the decree without any extension of its validity. Excludes the contracts concluded, legalized and accredited from Egyptian consulates abroad in case of transfer of at least 10% of its value before the date of entry into force of the decree according to the payment terms stipulated in the Executive Regulation to Implement the Import and Export Law, provided they are implemented in a time period of no longer than a year from the authentication date. The same applies for Invoices which part of their value has been transferred before the date of entry into force of the decree as evident from the bank documents.   Date of adoption: 15 January 2019. Date of entry into force: 16 January 2019.   Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504

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Distribution date: 14 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025

Products Covered: • Milk and milk products (except for infants' milk) for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 2 kilograms (Products of HS codes from 04.01 to 04.06) ; • Preserved and dried fruits for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 2 kilograms (Products of HS Chapter 08) ; • Oils and fats for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 5 kilograms (Products of HS chapter 15) ; • Chocolates and food products containing cocoa for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 2 kilograms (Products of HS code 18.06) ; • Sugar confectionaries (HS code 17.04) ; • Pastas and prepared foods from cereals and bread products and pastries except for empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use (HS codes 19.02-19.04-19.05) ; • Fruit juices for retail sale in packages weighing less than 10 kilograms (Products of HS code 20.09) ; • Natural and mineral water and aerated water (HS codes 22.01-22.02) ; • Beauty and make-up products, preparations for oral or dental hygiene, personal deodorants and antiperspirants, and perfumed preparations (HS codes from 33.03 to 33.07 ) ; • Soap and washing preparations used as soap for retail sale (HS 3401.11 – 3401.19 – 3401.2090 – 3401.30 - 3402.20 – 3402.9090) ; • Cutlery and kitchen utensils (HS codes 39.24 - 4419 – 69.11 – 6912 – 73.23 – 7418.10 – 7615.10 – 8211.10 - 8211.91 - 82.15) ; • Baths, shower baths, sinks, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers ; • Toilet Paper and similar paper, babies and sanitary napkins (HS codes 9619 –48.18 (except for 4818.1090 ) – 4803) ; • Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles for household use (HS codes 6802.10 – 6802.2110 – 6802.9110 – 6904.40 - 6810.19 – 69.07 – 69.08) ; • Tableware glass articles (HS code 70.13) ; • Iron and steel bars and rods (HS codes 72.13 – 72.14 – 72.15) ; • Household electrical appliances (stoves, fryers, air conditioners, fans, washing machines, blenders and heaters) (Products of HS codes 73.21 – 73.22 – 8414.51 - 8415.10 8415.81 - 8415.82 – 8415.83 – 8418.10 – 8418.21 – 8418.29 – 8418.30 – 8418.40 – 8422.11 – 8450.11 – 8450.12 – 8450.19 – 8451.21 – 8508.11 – 8509.40 – 8509.80 – 8516.10 – 8516.21 – 8516.32 – 8516.40 – 8516.50 – 8516.60 – 8516.71 – 8516.72 – 8516.79 – 8527.12 – 8527.13 – 8527.19 – 8527.91 – 8527.92 – 8527.99 – 8528.71 – 8528.7220 – 8528.7290 – 8528.73) ; • Home and Office furniture (HS codes 9401.30 – 9401.40 – 9401.51 – 9401.59 – 9401.61 – 9401.69 – 9401.7190 – 9401.79 - 9401.8090 - 94.03 – 94.04 ) ; • Bicycles, motorcycles and those with auxiliary motors (HS codes 87.11 – 8712) ; • Watches and clocks (Products of HS chapter 91) ; • Lightening equipment for household use (HS codes9405.10 – 9405.20 – 9405.30 - 9405.4090) ; • Toys (HS code 9503) ; • Textiles, clothing, and home textiles (HS chapters and codes: 50.07 – 51.11 – 51.12 – 5113 – 52.08 - 52.09 – 52.10 – 52.11 – 52.12 – 53.09 – 5311 - 54.07 – 54.08 – 55.12 – 55.13 – 55.14 – 55.15 – 55.16 – 58.01 – 58.02 – 58.04 – 58.05 – 58.09 - 5810.1090 – 5810.91 – 5810.92 – 5810.99 , Chapter 60 , Chapter 61 (except 6113.0010 6114.3010 – 6115.10 – 6116.1010), Chapter 62 (except 6210.1010 - 6210.2010 – 6210.3010 – 6210.4010 – 6210.5010 - 6211.3910 – 6211.4910 – 6212.2010 – 6212.9010 – 6216.0010 – 62.17), Chapter 63 (except for 63.07) ; • Carpets , floor and wall coverings from textiles or non- textiles materials (HS chapter 57, HS codes 39.18, 4016.91) ; • Footwear (HS codes 64.01 – 64.02 – 64.03 – 64.04 – 64.05)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Prohibición de determinados productos con contenido de mercurio (Ban on certain products containing mercury) (5 pages, in Spanish)

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Distribution date: 20 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025

From 1 January 2020, the manufacture, importation and exportation of certain mercury-added products will be prohibited so as to comply with the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Products Covered: Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury (HS code(s): 2805); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 44/2019 (2 pages, in Arabic) that extends the product coverage of Ministerial Decree No. 43/2016 which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/114, dated 1 February 2016, to include the following:     Product HS code Bags. 4202.11 – 4202.12 – 4202.19- 4202.21- 4202.22 – 4202.29 Sacks and bags for the conveyance or packaging of goods (Boxes, cases and similar articles). 48.19 – 39.23 Shaving and hair care equipments and articles. 8212.10 – 8212.2010 – 8510.10 – 8510.20 8510.30 – 8516.31 – 8516.32 Telephones. 8517.11 – 8517.12     To ensure the flow of trade this decree is subject to the general rule that:   Excludes the products that have been shipped or have arrived before the entry into force of the decree. Excludes the shipments for which credit was opened before the entry into force of the decree without any extension of its validity. Excludes the contracts concluded, legalized and accredited from Egyptian consulates abroad in case of transfer of at least 10% of its value before the date of entry into force of the decree according to the payment terms stipulated in the Executive Regulation to Implement the Import and Export Law, provided they are implemented in a time period of no longer than a year from the authentication date. The same applies for Invoices which part of their value has been transferred before the date of entry into force of the decree as evident from the bank documents.   Date of adoption: 15 January 2019. Date of entry into force: 16 January 2019.   Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504

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Distribution date: 14 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 29 April 2025

Products Covered: • Milk and milk products (except for infants' milk) for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 2 kilograms (Products of HS codes from 04.01 to 04.06) ; • Preserved and dried fruits for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 2 kilograms (Products of HS Chapter 08) ; • Oils and fats for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 5 kilograms (Products of HS chapter 15) ; • Chocolates and food products containing cocoa for retail sale in packages weighing no more than 2 kilograms (Products of HS code 18.06) ; • Sugar confectionaries (HS code 17.04) ; • Pastas and prepared foods from cereals and bread products and pastries except for empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use (HS codes 19.02-19.04-19.05) ; • Fruit juices for retail sale in packages weighing less than 10 kilograms (Products of HS code 20.09) ; • Natural and mineral water and aerated water (HS codes 22.01-22.02) ; • Beauty and make-up products, preparations for oral or dental hygiene, personal deodorants and antiperspirants, and perfumed preparations (HS codes from 33.03 to 33.07 ) ; • Soap and washing preparations used as soap for retail sale (HS 3401.11 – 3401.19 – 3401.2090 – 3401.30 - 3402.20 – 3402.9090) ; • Cutlery and kitchen utensils (HS codes 39.24 - 4419 – 69.11 – 6912 – 73.23 – 7418.10 – 7615.10 – 8211.10 - 8211.91 - 82.15) ; • Baths, shower baths, sinks, washbasins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers ; • Toilet Paper and similar paper, babies and sanitary napkins (HS codes 9619 –48.18 (except for 4818.1090 ) – 4803) ; • Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles for household use (HS codes 6802.10 – 6802.2110 – 6802.9110 – 6904.40 - 6810.19 – 69.07 – 69.08) ; • Tableware glass articles (HS code 70.13) ; • Iron and steel bars and rods (HS codes 72.13 – 72.14 – 72.15) ; • Household electrical appliances (stoves, fryers, air conditioners, fans, washing machines, blenders and heaters) (Products of HS codes 73.21 – 73.22 – 8414.51 - 8415.10 8415.81 - 8415.82 – 8415.83 – 8418.10 – 8418.21 – 8418.29 – 8418.30 – 8418.40 – 8422.11 – 8450.11 – 8450.12 – 8450.19 – 8451.21 – 8508.11 – 8509.40 – 8509.80 – 8516.10 – 8516.21 – 8516.32 – 8516.40 – 8516.50 – 8516.60 – 8516.71 – 8516.72 – 8516.79 – 8527.12 – 8527.13 – 8527.19 – 8527.91 – 8527.92 – 8527.99 – 8528.71 – 8528.7220 – 8528.7290 – 8528.73) ; • Home and Office furniture (HS codes 9401.30 – 9401.40 – 9401.51 – 9401.59 – 9401.61 – 9401.69 – 9401.7190 – 9401.79 - 9401.8090 - 94.03 – 94.04 ) ; • Bicycles, motorcycles and those with auxiliary motors (HS codes 87.11 – 8712) ; • Watches and clocks (Products of HS chapter 91) ; • Lightening equipment for household use (HS codes9405.10 – 9405.20 – 9405.30 - 9405.4090) ; • Toys (HS code 9503) ; • Textiles, clothing, and home textiles (HS chapters and codes: 50.07 – 51.11 – 51.12 – 5113 – 52.08 - 52.09 – 52.10 – 52.11 – 52.12 – 53.09 – 5311 - 54.07 – 54.08 – 55.12 – 55.13 – 55.14 – 55.15 – 55.16 – 58.01 – 58.02 – 58.04 – 58.05 – 58.09 - 5810.1090 – 5810.91 – 5810.92 – 5810.99 , Chapter 60 , Chapter 61 (except 6113.0010 6114.3010 – 6115.10 – 6116.1010), Chapter 62 (except 6210.1010 - 6210.2010 – 6210.3010 – 6210.4010 – 6210.5010 - 6211.3910 – 6211.4910 – 6212.2010 – 6212.9010 – 6216.0010 – 62.17), Chapter 63 (except for 63.07) ; • Carpets , floor and wall coverings from textiles or non- textiles materials (HS chapter 57, HS codes 39.18, 4016.91) ; • Footwear (HS codes 64.01 – 64.02 – 64.03 – 64.04 – 64.05)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Regulation on Cosmetic Inspection in Registration and Filing(Draft for Comment)

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Distribution date: 22 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 23 April 2019

This regulation adjusts and regulates the cosmetic inspection in registration and filing, including inspection agency selection, inspection procedure, inspection items, etc.

Products Covered: Cosmetics

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Regulation on Cosmetic Inspection in Registration and Filing(Draft for Comment)

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Distribution date: 22 February 2019 | Final date for Comment: 23 April 2019

This regulation adjusts and regulates the cosmetic inspection in registration and filing, including inspection agency selection, inspection procedure, inspection items, etc.

Products Covered: Cosmetics

Regulation Type: Regular notification

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