Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 24 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 23 June 2019

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by paints, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and health, and preventing misleading practices. The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: · Anti-corrosion paint; Alkyd gloss enamel; · Architectural paints,; Water-based emulsion paints (latex); · Paints. Synthetic alkyd enamel for household use; · Paints. Synthetic alkyd enamel for vehicles; · Paints. Nitrocellulose base coats for repainting in the motor vehicle industry; · Paints. Anti-corrosion alkyd vehicle primers; · Paints. Anti-corrosion epoxy vehicle primers; · Paints. Acrylic lacquers for repainting vehicles; · Paints. Acid-catalysed clear or matt lacquers for wood finishing; · Paints. Nitrocellulose lacquers for wood finishing; · Paints. Nitrocellulose lacquers for repainting vehicles; · Paints. Nitrocellulose and polyester fillers; · Paints. Anti-corrosion coatings for high temperatures; · Paints. Sandable nitrocellulose sealant for wood; · Paints for traffic signs; · Paints for use by children and in schools.

Products Covered: Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions of products of subheading 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. solutions of collodion) (HS code(s): 3208); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (HS code(s): 320810); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (HS code(s): 320820); Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of subheading 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. those based on polyesters and acrylic or vinyl polymers and solutions of collodion) (HS code(s): 320890); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS code(s): 3209); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS code(s): 320910); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (excl. those based on acrylic or vinyl polymers) (HS code(s): 320990); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (HS code(s): 3210); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (HS code(s): 321000); Pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale (HS code(s): 321290); Sets of artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages (HS code(s): 321310); Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings (HS code(s): 321410); Saturated polyesters in primary forms (excl. polycarbonates, alkyd resins and poly"ethylene terephthalate") (HS code(s): 390799); (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019 | Final date for Comment: 23 June 2019

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by paints, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and health, and preventing misleading practices. The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: · Anti-corrosion paint; Alkyd gloss enamel; · Architectural paints,; Water-based emulsion paints (latex); · Paints. Synthetic alkyd enamel for household use; · Paints. Synthetic alkyd enamel for vehicles; · Paints. Nitrocellulose base coats for repainting in the motor vehicle industry; · Paints. Anti-corrosion alkyd vehicle primers; · Paints. Anti-corrosion epoxy vehicle primers; · Paints. Acrylic lacquers for repainting vehicles; · Paints. Acid-catalysed clear or matt lacquers for wood finishing; · Paints. Nitrocellulose lacquers for wood finishing; · Paints. Nitrocellulose lacquers for repainting vehicles; · Paints. Nitrocellulose and polyester fillers; · Paints. Anti-corrosion coatings for high temperatures; · Paints. Sandable nitrocellulose sealant for wood; · Paints for traffic signs; · Paints for use by children and in schools.

Products Covered: Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions of products of subheading 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. solutions of collodion) (HS code(s): 3208); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on polyesters, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on polyesters in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (HS code(s): 320810); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions based on acrylic or vinyl polymers in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (HS code(s): 320820); Paints and varnishes based, incl. enamels and lacquers, on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium, and solutions of products of subheading 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. those based on polyesters and acrylic or vinyl polymers and solutions of collodion) (HS code(s): 320890); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS code(s): 3209); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on acrylic or vinyl polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS code(s): 320910); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (excl. those based on acrylic or vinyl polymers) (HS code(s): 320990); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (HS code(s): 3210); Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels, lacquers and distempers (excl. those based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (HS code(s): 321000); Pigments, incl. metallic powders and flakes, dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints; colorants and other colouring matter, n.e.s. put up for retail sale (HS code(s): 321290); Sets of artist's, student's or signboard painter's colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or similar packages (HS code(s): 321310); Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings (HS code(s): 321410); Saturated polyesters in primary forms (excl. polycarbonates, alkyd resins and poly"ethylene terephthalate") (HS code(s): 390799); (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 24 April 2019

Products Covered: Engine oils

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification