Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 07 November 2025

The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 338:2021, Chemical hair relaxers and hair waving products — Specification, Third Edition notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/151, G/TBT/N/RWA/530, G/TBT/N/TZA/640, G/TBT/N/UGA/1440, G/TBT/N/BDI/151/Add.1, G/TBT/N/BDI/151/Add.2, G/TBT/N/RWA/530/Add.1, G/TBT/N/RWA/530/Add.2, G/TBT/N/TZA/640/Add.1, G/TBT/N/TZA/640/Add.2, G/TBT/N/UGA/1440/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1440/Add.2  entered into force in Uganda on 11 July 2025.

Products Covered: Chemical hair relaxers, hair waving products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 07 November 2025

The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 338:2021, Chemical hair relaxers and hair waving products — Specification, Third Edition notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/151, G/TBT/N/RWA/530, G/TBT/N/TZA/640, G/TBT/N/UGA/1440, G/TBT/N/BDI/151/Add.1, G/TBT/N/BDI/151/Add.2, G/TBT/N/RWA/530/Add.1, G/TBT/N/RWA/530/Add.2, G/TBT/N/TZA/640/Add.1, G/TBT/N/TZA/640/Add.2, G/TBT/N/UGA/1440/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1440/Add.2  entered into force in Uganda on 11 July 2025.

Products Covered: Chemical hair relaxers, hair waving products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 07 November 2025

The aim of this addendum is to update WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard, DEAS 338:2021, Chemical hair relaxers and hair waving products — Specification, Third Edition notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/151, G/TBT/N/RWA/530, G/TBT/N/TZA/640, G/TBT/N/UGA/1440, G/TBT/N/BDI/151/Add.1, G/TBT/N/BDI/151/Add.2, G/TBT/N/RWA/530/Add.1, G/TBT/N/RWA/530/Add.2, G/TBT/N/TZA/640/Add.1, G/TBT/N/TZA/640/Add.2, G/TBT/N/UGA/1440/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1440/Add.2  entered into force in Uganda on 11 July 2025.

Products Covered: Chemical hair relaxers, hair waving products

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 06 November 2025

The draft document is designed to update the provisions of Government Decision No. 679/2024 approving the Regulation on the application of protective measures against organisms harmful to plants, in accordance with the amendments made to the Community provisions, transposed into the aforementioned normative act and in order to implement the provisions of Article 31(1) of Law No. 422/2023 on measures for protection against organisms harmful to plants, regarding the establishment of requirements for the introduction into the territory of the Republic of Moldova of plants with naturally or artificially inhibited growth, intended for planting, of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and certain varieties of Pinus L., originating in Japan and the Republic of Korea; of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those intended for planting, originating in certain regions of the Lebanese Republic; the introduction into the country of veneer of several species of Acer L. originating in Canada; unrooted cuttings intended for planting of Calibrachoa spp., Petunia spp. and their hybrids from Guatemala and Kenya. Similarly, the draft legislation has been drawn up in the context of harmonizing national legislation with EU legislation in the phytosanitary field and, in this regard, it creates the necessary framework to:partially transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of November 28, 2019, laying down uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards protective measures against organisms harmful to plants;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 of 18 December 2018 establishing a provisional list of high-risk plants, plant products, or other objects within the meaning of Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, and a list of plants for which no phytosanitary certificates are required for introduction into the Union, within the meaning of Article 73 of the same Regulation;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1213 of 21 August 2020 on phytosanitary measures for the introduction into the Union of certain plants, plant products, and other objects that have been removed from the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1941 of 13 October 2022, on prohibiting the introduction, movement, possession, multiplication, or release of certain harmful organisms pursuant to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2852 of 11 November 2024 establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/ 2072 as regards the requirements for the introduction into the Union of naturally or artificially growth-inhibited plants intended for planting of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and certain varieties of Pinus L., originating in Japan, and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1217;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1310 of 27 June 2023 establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the introduction into the Union of naturally or artificially growth-inhibited plants intended for planting of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and certain varieties of Pinus L., originating in the Republic of Korea;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1572 of 25 July 2023, establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the introduction into the Union of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those intended for planting, originating in certain regions of the Lebanese Republic;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/659 of 3 April 2025 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the requirements for the introduction into the Union of veneer of several species of Acer L. originating in Canada and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1078 of 2 June 2025 establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the introduction into the Union of unrooted cuttings intended for planting of Calibrachoa spp., Petunia spp. and their hybrids from Guatemala;transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1082 of 2 June 2025 establishing a derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the introduction into the Union of unrooted cuttings intended for planting of Calibrachoa spp., Petunia spp. and their hybrids from Kenya.

Products Covered: Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 05); Live trees and other plants; Bulbs, roots and the like; Cut flowers and ornamental foliage (HS code(s): 06); Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07); Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (HS code(s): 08); Coffee, tea, maté and spices (HS code(s): 09); Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; Miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; Industrial or medicinal plants; Straw and fodder (HS code(s): 12); Vegetable plaiting materials; Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 14); Residues and waste from the food industries; Prepared animal fodder (HS code(s): 23); Salt; Sulphur; Earths and stone; Plastering materials, lime and cement (HS code(s): 25); Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; Bituminous substances; Mineral waxes (HS code(s): 27); Fertilisers (HS code(s): 31); Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code(s): 38); Wood and articles of wood; Wood charcoal (HS code(s): 44); Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; Basketware and wickerwork (HS code(s): 46); Cotton (HS code(s): 52); Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; Parts thereof (HS code(s): 84); Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code(s): 87); Furniture; Bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; Luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; Illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; Prefabricated buildings (HS code(s): 94)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 05 November 2025

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/781 (8 July 2024) is now adopted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/2181 of 29 October 2025 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards requirements for the import of used cooking oil (Text with EEA relevance). This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 19 November 2027.

Products Covered: Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included. (HS code(s): 1518); Municipal waste (HS code(s): 382510)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 04 November 2025 | Final date for Comment: 03 January 2026

This proposal proposes to: Prohibit the retail sale of a food that is caffeine and prohibit the addition of caffeine to foods for retail sale unless expressly permittedExpressly permit the addition of caffeine to formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSF), subject to compositional, packaging and labelling requirements.

Products Covered: Foods for retail sale in Australia and New Zealand in which caffeine has been added, including sports foods.

Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 04 November 2025 | Final date for Comment: 03 January 2026

This proposal proposes to: - Prohibit the retail sale of a food that is caffeine and prohibit the addition of caffeine to foods for retail sale unless expressly permitted- Expressly permit the addition of caffeine to Formulated supplementary sports foods (FSSF), subject to compositional, packaging and labelling requirements.

Products Covered: Foods for retail sale in Australia and New Zealand in which caffeine has been added, including sports foods. 

Regulation Type: Revision to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 31 October 2025 | Final date for Comment: 30 December 2025

This measure will amend Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (“the Cosmetic Regulation”) as it applies in Great Britain to lower the threshold for labelling requirements for formaldehyde releasing substances and prohibit the use of 3-(4-Methylbenzylidene)-d1 camphor/Enzacamene (4-MBC) in cosmetic products. The measure will also prohibit 16 new substances that have been classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (the GB Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation). 

Products Covered: Cosmetic products are defined by Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 30 October 2025 | Final date for Comment: 10 December 2025

This document provides a comprehensive framework for the implementation of Authentication and Traceability (A&T) standards for Health Products and Technologies (HPTs) in Kenya. It aims to safeguard patient safety, ensure product integrity, and secure the medical supply chain from falsified and substandard products. The standard applies to all stakeholders involved in the supply chain of regulated medical products—from manufacturers to pharmacists—including importers, distributors, wholesalers, healthcare providers, and A&T service providers. It covers therapeutic and non-therapeutic products, such as: Oral and non-oral medications, Herbal medicines, Medical devices and diagnostics, Cosmetic products with medical claims.

Products Covered: Pharmaceutical preparations and products of subheadings 3006.10.10 to 3006.93.00 (HS code(s): 3006); Pharmaceutics (ICS code(s): 11.120)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 30 October 2025 | Final date for Comment: 29 December 2025

Proyecto de Resolución "Por la cual se establecen los requisitos para el registro de fabricantes, formuladores, envasadores, importadores y distribuidores de fertilizantes, acondicionadores de suelos y productos afines para uso agrícola y en jardinería, así como el registro y control de estos productos y se establecen otras disposiciones" (Draft Resolution establishing requirements for the registration of manufacturers, formulators, packagers, importers and distributors of fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use, as well as the registration and control of these products, and establishing other provisions) The Republic of Colombia hereby notifies the draft Resolution establishing requirements for the registration of manufacturers, formulators, packagers, importers and distributors of fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use, as well as the registration and control of these products, and establishing other provisions. The draft Resolution aims to keep national regulations on the registration and control of these products up to date, in order to ensure that the practices and inputs used are safe, effective and aligned with international standards. It also protects consumer health and the environment. https://www.sucop.gov.co/entidades/ica/Normativa?IDNorma=24108 https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/COL/25_07257_00_s.pdf

Products Covered: Fertilizers, soil conditioners and related products for agricultural and garden use

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification