Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 14 February 2022

Products covered: (ICS 71.100.80) Chemicals for purification of water   This addendum concerns the notification of Ministerial Decree No. 524/2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 382-2 "Ethyl Alcohol- part 2:  Alcohol Denaturants – Specification" (47 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of this standard ,and its draft was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.38 dated 10 November 2020. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with IS 4117/2008. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: 24 August 2021 Proposed date of entry into force: 25 November 2021 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: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504

Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 January 2022

TITLE: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Determination 37 for Significant New Alternatives Policy Program AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Determination of acceptability SUMMARY: This determination of acceptability expands the list of acceptable substitutes pursuant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Significant New Alternatives Policy program. This action lists as acceptable additional substitutes for use in the refrigeration and air conditioning; foam blowing; aerosols; cleaning solvents; and adhesives, coatings, and inks sectors. This determination is applicable on 20 January 2022. This determination of acceptability and previous actions notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1013 are identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0118.  The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0118/document and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.

Products Covered: Chemical substances

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 20 December 2021

Please be advised of the publication of the replies to the comments received on draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-173-SE-2020: Draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-173-SE-2020: Juices; coconut water; nectars; non-alcoholic beverages containing fruit, coconut water or coconut, or vegetables; and non-alcoholic flavoured beverages - Description - Specifications - Commercial information and test methods (cancelling Mexican Official Standard NOM-173-SCFI-2009: Pre-packaged fruit juice - Trade descriptions, physico-chemical specifications, commercial information and test methods, published on 11 February 2021. __________

Products Covered: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the characteristics of processed and prepackaged products and the minimum requirements that they must meet in order to be described as fruit juice, and also the commercial information that they are required to display

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 09 December 2021

TITLE: Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification and PostingAGENCY: Federal Trade CommissionACTION: Final rule; conforming amendmentSUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is updating a reference in its rule for Automotive Fuel Ratings, Certification and Posting ("Fuel Rating Rule" or "Rule") to reflect the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") recent reorganization of its fuel-related regulations.These rule revisions are effective on 8 December 2021.

Products Covered: Automotive fuel

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 19 November 2021

Products Covered: Productos Biotecnológicos derivados de Técnicas de ADN Recombinante

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 17 November 2021

Se publica en el Diario Oficial el Decreto N°62 Exento del Ministerio de Salud, el que Modifica Decreto N° 945 Exento, de 2014, del Ministerio De Salud, que aprueba Norma Técnica N° 170 Sobre Registro Sanitario de Productos Biotecnológicos Derivados de Técnicas ADN Recombinantes para la actualización de lista de productos de referencia.

Products Covered: Productos Biotecnológicos derivados de Técnicas de ADN Recombinante

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 08 November 2021

Products covered: Sanitary installations ( ICS : 91.140.70) This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 223 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1190 " WC And Urinal Flushing Cisterns " (46 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of this Egyptian standard. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN 14055:2018. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: 20 May 2021. Proposed date of entry into force: 14 June 2021 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: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504

Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 08 November 2021

Description: Products covered: Mineral materials and products ( ICS : 91.100.15)This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 223 /2021 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 42 " calcium silicate brick  (sand-lime brick)- requirements " (11 pages, in Arabic).This standard cancels and supersedes its last edition in 2005.It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of this Egyptian standard.Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with modification with ASTM C73/2017.Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.Proposed date of adoption: 20 May 2021.Proposed date of entry into force: 14 June 2021.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: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504

Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 21 October 2021

Draft amendment to paragraphs 5.3, 6.7, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1 and 9.5, as well as to various paragraphs of regulatory appendices A, B, C, G, H, I and J of Mexican Official Standard NOM-210-SSA1-2014: Products and services. Microbiological test methods. Determination of indicator microorganisms. Determination of pathogenic microorganisms, published on 26 June 2015 __________

Products Covered: Food microbiology (ICS code(s): 07.100.30)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 14 October 2021

The regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads. In the regulation ‘microbead’ means any water-insoluble solid plastic particle of less than or equal to 5mm in any dimension and ‘rinse-off personal care product’ means any substance, or mixture of substances, manufactured for the purpose of being applied to any relevant human body part in the course of any personal care treatment, by an application which entails at its completion the prompt and specific removal of the product (or any residue of the product) by washing or rinsing with water, rather than leaving it to wear off or wash off, or be absorbed or shed, in the course of time. 

Products Covered: Cosmetics and Personal Care products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification