Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the introduction of a temporary restriction on the importation to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of live birds, poultry meat, poultry products and used equipment
Distribution date: 05 April 2019
On the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health, the Committee for Veterinary Control and Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) registered in the Voronezh region, Russian Federation. In this regard, since 8 February 2019, temporary restrictions are imposed on the importation of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all kinds of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (not less than 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (except feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis), hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game), as well as used equipment for keeping, slaughter and cutting of birds.
Products Covered: Live birds and hatching eggs, down and feather, poultry
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Proyecto de Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 006 (3R) "Extintores portátiles y agentes de extinción de fuego" (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 006 "Portable fire extinguishers and fire-fighting agents") (11 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 03 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 02 June 2019
The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by portable fire extinguishers and fire-fighting agents, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices. The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: 1. Portable fire extinguishers with a capacity of up to 27kg, regardless of the fire-fighting agent used, the quantity of fire-fighting agent and the class of fire for which the extinguisher is intended; 2. Portable wheeled fire extinguishers with a capacity of up to 125L (33 gallons) for foam, and from 13.6kg to 158.8kg (30lb to 350lb) for other types of extinguishers, regardless of the fire-fighting agent used, the quantity of fire-fighting agent and the class of fire for which the extinguisher is intended; 3. Dry-chemical and CO2 fire-fighting agents, water-based fire-fighting agents and clean agents. The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to permanently-installed fire-extinguishing systems, even where parts of such systems are portable (such as hoses and nozzles attached to a fixed supply of fire-fighting agent).
Products Covered: Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms) (HS code(s): 3813); Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms) (HS code(s): 381300); Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged (excl. fire-extinguishing bombs and grenades) (HS code(s): 842410); (ICS code(s): 13.220)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 006 (3R) "Extintores portátiles y agentes de extinción de fuego" (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 006 "Portable fire extinguishers and fire-fighting agents") (11 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 03 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 02 June 2019
The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by portable fire extinguishers and fire-fighting agents, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices. The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: 1. Portable fire extinguishers with a capacity of up to 27kg, regardless of the fire-fighting agent used, the quantity of fire-fighting agent and the class of fire for which the extinguisher is intended; 2. Portable wheeled fire extinguishers with a capacity of up to 125L (33 gallons) for foam, and from 13.6kg to 158.8kg (30lb to 350lb) for other types of extinguishers, regardless of the fire-fighting agent used, the quantity of fire-fighting agent and the class of fire for which the extinguisher is intended; 3. Dry-chemical and CO2 fire-fighting agents, water-based fire-fighting agents and clean agents. The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to permanently-installed fire-extinguishing systems, even where parts of such systems are portable (such as hoses and nozzles attached to a fixed supply of fire-fighting agent).
Products Covered: Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms) (HS code(s): 3813); Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades (excl. full or empty fire-extinguishing devices, whether or not portable, unmixed chemically undefined products with fire-extinguishing properties in other forms) (HS code(s): 381300); Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged (excl. fire-extinguishing bombs and grenades) (HS code(s): 842410); (ICS code(s): 13.220)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
TITLE: Methylene Chloride; Regulation of Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer Use Under TSCA Section 6(a) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: Methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a volatile chemical used in paint and coating removal products. In this final rule, EPA has determined that the use of methylene chloride in consumer paint and coating removal presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health due to acute human lethality. In order to address the unreasonable risk, EPA is prohibiting the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of methylene chloride for consumer paint and coating removal, including distribution to and by retailers; requiring manufacturers (including importers), processors, and distributors, except for retailers, of methylene chloride for any use to provide downstream notification of these prohibitions; and requiring recordkeeping. While EPA proposed a determination of unreasonable risk from the use of methylene chloride in commercial paint and coating removal, EPA is not finalizing that determination in this rule. EPA is soliciting comment, through an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, on questions related to a potential training, certification, and limited access program as an option for risk management for all of the commercial uses of methylene chloride in paint and coating removal. This final rule is effective 28 May 2019.
Distribution date: 03 April 2019
Products Covered: Methylene chloride and N-Methylpyrrolidone
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: Methylene Chloride; Regulation of Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer Use Under TSCA Section 6(a) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: Methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, is a volatile chemical used in paint and coating removal products. In this final rule, EPA has determined that the use of methylene chloride in consumer paint and coating removal presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health due to acute human lethality. In order to address the unreasonable risk, EPA is prohibiting the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of methylene chloride for consumer paint and coating removal, including distribution to and by retailers; requiring manufacturers (including importers), processors, and distributors, except for retailers, of methylene chloride for any use to provide downstream notification of these prohibitions; and requiring recordkeeping. While EPA proposed a determination of unreasonable risk from the use of methylene chloride in commercial paint and coating removal, EPA is not finalizing that determination in this rule. EPA is soliciting comment, through an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, on questions related to a potential training, certification, and limited access program as an option for risk management for all of the commercial uses of methylene chloride in paint and coating removal. This final rule is effective 28 May 2019.
Distribution date: 03 April 2019
Products Covered: Methylene chloride and N-Methylpyrrolidone
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Methylene Chloride; Commercial Paint and Coating Removal Training, Certification and Limited Access Program
Distribution date: 03 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 28 May 2019
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA has the authority to apply a suite of regulatory tools to address unreasonable risks from chemical substances, including authority to regulate the distribution in commerce for a particular use and to regulate any manner or method of commercial use, to the extent necessary so that the chemical substance no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public input on training, certification, and limited access requirements that could address any unreasonable risks that EPA could potentially find to be presented by methylene chloride when used for commercial paint and coating removal. Such a program could allow access to paint and coating removal products containing methylene chloride only to commercial users who are certified as properly trained to engage in use practices that do not present unreasonable risks.
Products Covered: Methylene Chloride
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Methylene Chloride; Commercial Paint and Coating Removal Training, Certification and Limited Access Program
Distribution date: 03 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 28 May 2019
Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA has the authority to apply a suite of regulatory tools to address unreasonable risks from chemical substances, including authority to regulate the distribution in commerce for a particular use and to regulate any manner or method of commercial use, to the extent necessary so that the chemical substance no longer presents unreasonable risk. EPA is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public input on training, certification, and limited access requirements that could address any unreasonable risks that EPA could potentially find to be presented by methylene chloride when used for commercial paint and coating removal. Such a program could allow access to paint and coating removal products containing methylene chloride only to commercial users who are certified as properly trained to engage in use practices that do not present unreasonable risks.
Products Covered: Methylene Chloride
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Decree of Fertilizers Management
Distribution date: 02 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 01 June 2019
Replacing Decree 108/2017/NĐ-CP dated 20 September 2017, the latest Decree of Fertilizers Management promulgates regulation on fertilizer production, registration for trading, export/import and use, providing control over certain substances of microorganisms in fertilizers that might affect human health and crops.
Products Covered: Fertilizers
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Decree of Fertilizers Management
Distribution date: 02 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 01 June 2019
Replacing Decree 108/2017/NĐ-CP dated 20 September 2017, the latest Decree of Fertilizers Management promulgates regulation on fertilizer production, registration for trading, export/import and use, providing control over certain substances of microorganisms in fertilizers that might affect human health and crops.
Products Covered: Fertilizers
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Reglamento para el Control Sanitario de Establecimientos, Productos Farmacéuticos y Otros de Interés Sanitario (Regulations on the sanitary control of pharmaceutical products and other products of sanitary interest and related establishments) (42 pages, in Spanish)
Distribution date: 02 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 01 June 2019
The notified Regulations establish provisions on sanitary regulation, control and promotion to be met by natural and legal persons. Under these provisions, sanitary authorization shall be granted in respect of services and establishments relating to the preparation, manufacture, importation, storage, distribution, transportation, exportation, dispensing, marketing and advertising of, and research into, pharmaceutical products and other products of sanitary interest. The provisions apply to natural and legal persons that study, prepare, manufacture, import, store, distribute, transport, export, dispense, market, research and promote pharmaceutical products and other products of sanitary interest, and that are engaged in any other lawful activity relating to these products, and to establishments involved in any activity related thereto, within national territory.
Products Covered: ICS 11.120.01
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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