Regulatory Updates
RTCA No. 75.02.43:06: Biofuels. Biodiesel (B100) and biodiesel blend stock for diesel No. 2-D (Motor vehicles). Specifications On 20 December 2006, the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica notified, in document G/TBT/N/CRI/57, draft Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 75.02.43:06: "Biofuels. Biodiesel (B100) and biodiesel blend stock for diesel No. 2-D (Motor vehicles). Specifications." The description of content of the notified draft Regulation specifies the physico-chemical requirements to be met by biodiesel (B100) for use as a fuel. The notified draft text applies to biodiesel (B100) for use as blend stock for diesel fuel No. 2-D (Motor vehicles), as specified in Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 75.01.17:06. The purpose of the present Addendum is to notify WTO Member States that this Technical Regulation has been updated and that there will be a comment and observation period of 60 days as from the date of this notification. The document is available for consultation at: http://reglatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Centre) Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 San José, Costa Rica WTO contact point: crotc@meic.go.cr Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr
Distribution date: 26 November 2019
Products Covered: International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 75.160.20
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
RTCA No. 75.01.17.06: Petroleum products. Diesel fuel oil No. 2-D (Motor vehicles). Specifications On 31 July 2006, the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica notified, in document G/TBT/N/CRI/50, draft Central American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 75.01.17:06: "Petroleum products. Diesel fuel oil No. 2-D (Motor vehicles). Specifications." The description of content of the notified draft Regulation specifies the physico-chemical requirements to be met by diesel for automotive and thermoelectric use. The notified draft text applies to the petroleum derivative known as diesel, which is formed from a complex mixture of different types of hydrocarbons (paraffinic, naphthenic, olefinic, aromatic and polyaromatic) and has a distillation (boiling) range of between 80°C and 400°C. The purpose of the present Addendum is to notify WTO Member States that this Technical Regulation has been updated and that there will be a comment and observation period of 60 days as from the date of this notification. The document is available for consultation at: http://reglatec.go.cr/reglatec/principal.jsp Centro de Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio (TBT Centre) Tel.: (+506) 2549-1479 San José, Costa Rica WTO contact point: crotc@meic.go.cr Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr
Distribution date: 26 November 2019
Products Covered: ICS: 75.160.20
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Title: Turkish Food Codex Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The proposal notified in G/TBT/N/TUR/78 (29 July 2016) has been amended in terms of alignment with European Union (EU) regulation. The amended regulation is aligned with: - Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the trans fat, other than trans fat naturally occurring in fat of animal origin (2019/649) and - Calcium phosphoryl oligosaccharides added to foods (2017/1203). This Regulation will enter into force at the date of publication. The proposed date of publication is 15 January 2020. There is an adaptation period of this Regulation until 31 December 2021. Notified Objective: Protection of human health or safety Notified Under Article: Technical Regulation (Article 2.9.2)
Distribution date: 13 November 2019
Products Covered: The addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
US 249-2:2013, Engine Oil - Performance Classifications - Part 2: Specification for spark ignitionThe aim of this addendum is to inform WTO Members that the draft Uganda standard; DUS 249-2:2013, Engine Oil - Performance Classifications - Part 2: Specification for spark ignition; notified in G/TBT/N/UGA/373 entered into force on 20 September 2019. The standard, US 249-2:2019, Engine Oil - Performance Classifications - Part 2: Specification for spark ignition (petrol) engine lubricating oils, can be obtained online through the link: https://webstore.unbs.go.ug/
Distribution date: 29 October 2019
Products Covered: Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes Please be advised that Order No. 8079/2019 of the National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration (ANMAT) incorporates MERCOSUR Common Market Group Resolution No. 44/18 "Technical Requirements for Personal Hygiene Products, Cosmetics and Perfumes" into national legislation and repeals ANMAT Order No. 3478/2005, notified in document G/TBT/N/ARG/185. Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/registro_arg10.php http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar
Distribution date: 23 October 2019
Products Covered: Personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: Significant New Use Rule on Certain Chemical Substances; Partial Withdrawal (PMN P-13-270) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Partial withdrawal of proposed rule SUMMARY: EPA is withdrawing part of a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on 7 January 2015, that proposed significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances. This withdrawal covers only the portion of the proposed rule that would have established a SNUR for the chemical substance generically described as aromatic dibenzoate, which was the subject of premanufacture notice (PMN) P-13-270. EPA has received test data for this chemical substance and based on its review is withdrawing the proposed SNUR for the chemical substance. DATES: As of 8 October 2019, EPA withdraws the proposed addition of 40 CFR 721.10735, which was published in the Federal Register of 7 January 2015 (80 FR 845) (FRL-9919-23).
Distribution date: 11 October 2019
Products Covered: Chemical substances
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Pre-measured products Please be advised that draft Common Market Group Resolution: "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the Control of Pre-Measured Products Marketed in Units of Mass and Volume of Equal Nominal Content" (draft Resolution No. 18/19) is available for public consultation. The notified draft Resolution replaces the text notified in document G/TBT/N/ARG/223. The deadline for comments has been set at 11 November 2019. Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/registro_arg07.php Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/
Distribution date: 02 October 2019
Products Covered: Pre-measured products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: Additional Ambient Aerosol CNC Quantitative Fit Testing Protocols: Respiratory Protection Standard AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: OSHA is approving two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard. These protocols are: The modified ambient aerosol condensation nuclei counter (CNC) quantitative fit testing protocol for full-facepiece and half-mask elastomeric respirators and the modified ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol for filtering facepiece respirators. The protocols apply to employers in general industry, shipyard employment, and the construction industry. Both protocols are abbreviated variations of the original OSHA-approved ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol (often referred to as the PortaCount® protocol), but differ from the test by the exercise sets, exercise duration, and sampling sequence. These protocols will serve as alternatives to the four existing quantitative fit testing protocols already listed in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard and will maintain safety and health protections for workers while providing additional flexibility and reducing compliance burdens. DATES: The final rule becomes effective on 26 September 2019.
Distribution date: 27 September 2019
Products Covered: Respiratory protection
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Domestic sanitary products Please be advised that, under National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration (ANMAT) Resolution No. 7355/2019, ANMAT Resolution No. 7292/1998 and the amendments thereto have been updated with respect to the registration of liquid bleach, excluding bleach with additives. Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Tel.: (+54) 11 4349 4067 Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/
Distribution date: 24 September 2019
Products Covered: Cleaning products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Products covered: ICS 29.140.99 (Other standards related to lamps) This addendum concerns the notification of Draft of the Egyptian standard ES 3939 "Lamp control gear particular requirements for a.c. supplied electronic control gear for fluorescent lamps" (185 Pages, In English). It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier versions of this Standard. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with IEC 61347-2-3:2011/AMD1:2016. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined. Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined. Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
Distribution date: 18 September 2019
Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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