Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance No. FS-ARe-7/5839-3 as of 16 April 2024
Distribution date: 19 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 February 2025
The Russian Federation lifted temporary restrictions on imports of birds' eggs from seven enterprises of the Hajdú-Bihar county of Hungary on 16 April 2024.
Products Covered: Live poultry, bird eggs, meat and edible offal of poultry, machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs, poultry incubators and brooders. HS Codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207;0208,0209,0210,0410 00 000 0,0504 00 000 0
Regulation Type: Addendum to Emergency Notification (SPS)
Proposed amendments to the “Enforcement Rules of the Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act”
Distribution date: 18 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 17 June 2024
The Proposed amendments to the “Enforcement Rules of the Cleansing and Hygiene Products Control Act” are as follows: A. to prescribe requirements for recognition of hygiene products (including the requirement to submit a special reagent
Products Covered: Hygiene products
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Commission Implementing Decision not renewing the approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product-types 8 and 18 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Distribution date: 17 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 16 June 2024
This draft Commission Implementing Decision does not renew the approval of sulfuryl fluoride as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 8 and 18. Requested information by the evaluating competent authority on repro
Products Covered: Biocidal products
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Chemical Law (amended)
Distribution date: 16 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 15 June 2024
This Draft Chemical Law provides the framework for the development of the chemical industry, focusing on sustainable development and environmental and human safety in chemical-related activities, chemical-related products, the safety of chemical-relate
Products Covered: Chemicals
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Draft Government Decision on the amendment of Government Decision No 204/2009 on the approval of the Technical Regulation “Confectionery products”
Distribution date: 15 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 14 May 2024
This Draft Government Decision concerns with the inclusion of the requirement for a quality certificate issued by the producer:The modification and supplementation of Annex No. 1 with organoleptic characteristics for various types
Products Covered: Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code(s): 18)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Pharmacists Ordinance (Amendment no. _) 5741-1981
Distribution date: 15 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 24 May 2024
Products Covered: Cosmetics (HS code(s): 33; 34); (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Partial revision of the Standards for Cosmetics
Distribution date: 15 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 14 June 2024
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will revise Appendix 2-2 in the Standards for Cosmetics under the provision of Article 42, Paragraph 2 of the Law on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices.
Products Covered: Cosmetics (HS: 33)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances.
Distribution date: 12 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 11 June 2024
Based on Article 17 and 22 of the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances. (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), the following will be designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances which need authorization to
Products Covered: The following chemical substancesPerfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) isomers or their salts and PFOA related compounds The following products in which PFOA isomers or their salts are used1. Water-resistant paper and oil
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles / Ordinance on Beverages / Ordinance on Information on Foodstuffs / Ordinance on the Lists of Countries Provided for in the Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles
Distribution date: 12 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 11 June 2024
The proposal provides for mandatory labelling of animal products that are produced using pain-causing procedures without analgesia. The guiding principles of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in the area of animal welfare are used as a be
Products Covered: MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL (HS code(s): 02); 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)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Hazardous Materials: Harmonization With International Standards
Distribution date: 11 April 2024 | Final date for Comment: 26 February 2025
PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to maintain alignment with international regulations and standards by adopting various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provision
Products Covered: Hazardous materials; Transport (ICS code(s): 03.220); Protection against dangerous goods (ICS code(s): 13.300); Products of the chemical industry (ICS code(s): 71.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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