Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 29 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 28 November 2025

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls on the agri-food chain, the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, establish lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products, composite products, hay and straw that are subject to official controls at the border control posts. The lists have been established by way of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632.It is necessary to update the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 to include certain products of animal origin, animal by-products, and composite products, which are currently missing from the list of products subject to official controls at border control posts. It is therefore appropriate to add the headings and CN codes 1301, 2008 19, 2106 90 55, 2933, 3002 13, 3002 14, 3002 15, 3105 90, 3821, 3823 and 3824 in the list set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 in order to avoid any ambiguity as regards which consignments of goods are subject to official controls at border control posts.

Products Covered: Products of animal origin, animal by-products and composite products

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 23 November 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for spatial application mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as tablets.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellent tablets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 23 November 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for spatial application mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as tablets.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellent tablets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 23 November 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for spatial application mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as tablets.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellent tablets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 23 November 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for spatial application mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as tablets.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellent tablets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 23 November 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for spatial application mosquito repellents formulated and prepared as tablets.

Products Covered: Insecticides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheadings 3808.52 to 3808.69) (HS code(s): 380891); Insecticides (ICS code(s): 65.100.10); Mosquito repellent tablets

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 September 2025

The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/EU/825 (7 March 2025) is now adopted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1891 of 17 September 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/915 as regards maximum levels of inorganic arsenic in fish and other seafood (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.

Products Covered: Fish, crustaceans and bivalve molluscs

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 22 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 12 November 2025

This part of ARS 1568 specifies the requirements for the materials, size, and make of school sweaters and cardigans.NOTE – This standard shall be used in conjunction with ARS 1568-1

Products Covered: Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 22 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 12 November 2025

This Committee Draft African Regional Standard specifies requirements, tests methods, and sampling for woven printed fabrics made from cotton or cotton blend fabrics used for apparel. Note: African prints are also known as Kitenge, Khanga, wax prints, fancy prints, Ankara etc

Products Covered: Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 200 g/m² (HS code(s): 5208); Textile fabrics (ICS code(s): 59.080.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 22 September 2025 | Final date for Comment: 12 November 2025

This part of ARS 1568 specifies the requirements, test methods, and sampling of school socks.NOTE – This standard shall be used in conjunction with ARS 1568-1.

Products Covered: Clothes (ICS code(s): 61.020)

Regulation Type: Regular notification