Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 04 October 2021

TITLE: Conforming Changes to Canada-Specific Hazardous Waste Import-Export Recovery and Disposal Operation Codes AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is making conforming changes to regulations related to twelve hazardous waste import-export recovery and disposal operations used in hazardous waste export and import notices submitted to EPA by U.S. exporters and importers, and in movement documents that accompany export and import shipments. The changes to regulations related to these twelve recovery and disposal operations are needed to reflect changes to regulations related to Canadian import-export recovery and disposal operations that Canada promulgated in the Canada Gazette Part II on 17 March 2021 and that become effective in Canada on 31 October 2021. Additionally, as the changes in today's rule are being made solely to conform to Canada's regulatory changes to Canada-specific operation codes and descriptions, this is a final rulemaking and no public comment is being solicited. DATES: This rule is effective on 31 October 2021. This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1044 are identified by Docket Number EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0147. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0147/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: Hazardous waste

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 28 September 2021

The notified text approves the official substance classification list, in accordance with Article 6 of Supreme Decree No. 57 of 2019 of the Ministry of Health. This list will provide the minimum benchmark for substance classification, in order to facilitate, for manufacturers and importers of substances, the corresponding classification, in application of Supreme Decree No. 57 of 2019 of the Ministry of Health. __________

Products Covered: Chemical substances and mixtures

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 31 August 2021

Products covered: ICS 97.040.60 - Cookware, cutlery and flatware, ICS 77.150.10 - Aluminium products 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 StandardES 573 "Aluminium Cookware for use on top of a stove, cooker or hob" (40 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that the 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 and its draft was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.39 dated14 December 2020. Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with EN 12983-1/2000 +A1/2004. 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: 31 August 2021

Products covered: ICS 81.040.20 (Glass in building) 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 353-4 "Glass in building - Basic soda lime silicate glass products – Part 4: patterned glass" (15 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that the 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 and its draft was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3/Add.30 dated 5 March 2020. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with EN 572-5/2012 Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. A 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: 29 July 2021

Proposal to amend Secretariat of Domestic Trade (SCI) Resolution No. 453/2010, which established the mandatory certification of dyes, lacquers and varnishes used in the printing industry in order to ensure that the lead content of these products is lower than 0.06% of non-volatile mass, in compliance with ASTM standard D 3335-85a and Secretariat of Trade (SC) Resolution No. 685/2015 providing for the certification of printed graphics products as long as they do not exceed the established migration limits for heavy metals indicated in table 1 of Argentine Standards and Certification Institute (IRAM) standard NM 300-3. The above-mentioned Resolutions were notified in documents G/TBT/N/ARG/166/Add.5 and Add.9 respectively, in addition to their addenda. In this connection, the notified text proposes the incorporation of tariff headings 4901 (printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets) and 49.03.00.00 into Annex I of SCI Resolution No. 453/2010 and Annex I of SC Resolution No. 685/2015. It also provides for the exemption of tariff heading 4902.90.00 (newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material) from the provisions laid down in the Resolutions mentioned in the previous paragraph. Accordingly, SC Resolutions No. 1/2016 and No. 332/2016 and SCI Resolution No. 253/2020 shall be repealed. Subsecretaría de Políticas para Mercado Interno (Under-Secretariat for Domestic Market Policies)Area de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (Technical Barriers to Trade Division)Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Of. 423 A(C1067ABB) Buenos AiresArgentinafocalotc@produccion.gob.arhttp://www.puntofocal.gob.ar __________

Products Covered: Latex paints

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 28 July 2021

Under Secretariat of Domestic Trade Resolution No. 549/2021, Common Market Group (GMC) Resolution No. 62/2018 approving the MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the labelling of textile products has been incorporated into national legislation. Draft GMC Resolution No. 03/17 "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the labelling of textile products (Repeal of GMC Resolution No. 33/07)" was notified in document G/TBT/N/ARG/222/Rev.1. Punto Focal OTC-OMC de la República Argentina (TBT-WTO Focal Point of the Argentine Republic)Subsecretaría de Políticas para el Mercado Interno (Under-Secretariat for Domestic Market Policies)Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB)Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresEmail: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar __________

Products Covered: Textiles

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 22 July 2021

TITLE: Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 113/2017/ND-CP of the Government dated on 9th October 2017 guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Chemicals  AGENCY: Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 54 Hai Ba Trung St., Hoan Kiem Dist., Ha Noi, Viet Nam Science and Technology Department 54 Hai Ba Trung, HoanKiem, Ha N oi, Viet Nam Tel.: (84-24) 22205057 Fax: (84-24) 22205038 Email: ThanhNV@moit.gov.vn Website: http://www.Cuchoachat.gov.vn SUMMARY: Amend a number of articles of Decree 113/2017/ND-CP of the Government dated on 9th October 2017 guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Chemicals, including: 1. Declaration of imported chemicals; 2. Exercises of Measures for Chemical Incident Prevention and Response; 3. Exemption for some cases of Certificate for production and trading of chemicals subject to conditional production and trading in the industrial sector and License for production and trading of restricted chemicals manufacturing and trading in the industrial sector; 4. Simplifying the application for the Certificate for production and trading of chemicals subject to conditional production and trading in the industrial sector and the License to produce and trade ofrestricted chemicals manufacturing and trading in the industrial sector; 5. Adding the duration of the License for production and trading of restricted chemicals manufacturing and trading in the industrial sector; 6. Management of industrial precursors; 7. Adding practical content to the chemical safety training program; 8. Adjustment of time for reporting chemical activities; 9. Adding chemicals to the list of prohibited chemicals and restricted chemicals from production and business in the industrial sector. The draft Decree can be downloaded at: http://legal.moit.gov.vn/default.aspx?page=document_bill&do=detail&doc_id=1143&rand=637613368952325267 PROPOSED DATE OF ADOPTION: December 2021 PROPOSED DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE: January 2022 FINAL DATE FOR COMMENTS: 30 days from the date of notification

Products Covered: Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 08 July 2021 | Final date for Comment: 06 September 2021

In connection with Decree No. 2478 of 2018, the Republic of Colombia hereby notifies the procedure carried out by the National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) for the authorization of the food inspection, monitoring and control systems of countries interested in exporting to Colombia foods of animal origin posing a high risk to public health. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/COL/21_4567_00_s.pdf

Products Covered: Food and food raw materials intended for human consumption - authorization and certification of food factories located abroad.

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 08 July 2021 | Final date for Comment: 06 September 2021

In connection with Decree No. 2478 of 2018, the Republic of Colombia hereby notifies the procedure carried out by the National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) for the authorization of factories located abroad that are interested in exporting to Colombia foods of animal origin posing a high risk to public health (milk and milk by-products; meat by-products; fish and fish products; and egg products). https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/COL/21_4566_00_s.pdf

Products Covered: Food and food raw materials intended for human consumption - authorization and certification of food factories located abroad.

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 08 July 2021

The Republic of Colombia hereby advises that the draft Decree "Establishing sanitary procedures for the import and export of food and food raw materials intended for human consumption, and for the authorization and certification of food factories located abroad", notified on 5 January 2017 through the World Trade Organization in document G/SPS/N/COL/264, has been issued pursuant to Decree No. 2478 of 28 December 2018. https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/COL/21_4563_00_s.pdf

Products Covered: Food and food raw materials intended for human consumption - authorization and certification of food factories located abroad.

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification