Regulatory Updates
; ; ;The Republic of Peru hereby advises that the final (definitive) version of the Regulation establishing the process of gradual reduction and eventual elimination of trans fats in industrially processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages, the draft versions of which were notified by the World Trade Organization in documents G/TBT/N/PER/36 of 22 June 2011 and G/TBT/N/PER/36/Rev.1 of 3 October 2012, was issued pursuant to Supreme Decree No. 033-2016-SA, which was published in the Official Journal El Peruano on 27 July 2016 and will enter into force on 23 January 2017. ; ;Text available from: ;Enquiry Point: ;Contact person: Rocío Barreda Santos ;Calle Uno Oeste N° 050, Urb. CORPAC ;Lima 27, Perú ;Tel.: (+51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 1223 ;Email: rbarreda@mincetur.gob.pe/otc@mincetur.gob.pe ;Website: ;http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/SIRT/public/index.aspx ;https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/PER/16_3266_00_s.pdf ; ;
Distribution date: 02 September 2016
Products Covered: DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED (HS code(s): 04); ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES (HS code(s): 15); PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 19); PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS (HS code(s): 20); Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures, incl. alcoholic solutions, with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food and drink industries; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (HS code(s): 330210)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Amendment to Enforcement Order of Industrial Safety and Health Law and related ordinances (1 page, in English)
Distribution date: 02 September 2016 | Final date for Comment: 15 October 2016
The Enforcement Order of Industrial Safety and Health Law and related ordinances are to be partially amended to place obligations on the business operators relating to o-Toluidine.
Products Covered: O-Toluidine (HS: 2921.43) and preparations containing them, etc.
Regulation Type: Regular notification
; ; ;Decision of the Energy Regulatory Commission issuing Mexican Official Standard NOM-016-CRE-2016 "Quality specifications for petroleum products" ; ;On 12 August 2016, the Energy Regulatory Commission published the replies to the comments received regarding draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-016-CRE-2016 "Quality specifications for petroleum products". This text was published as a final Standard on 29 August 2016. ; ;Any comments should be addressed to: ;Secretaría de Economía ;Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad ;Dirección General de Normas ;Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43244 ;Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 ;Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx ;Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas ;Text available online at: ;http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5450011&fecha=29/08/2016 ;https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_3548_00_s.pdf ; ;
Distribution date: 01 September 2016
Products Covered: Petroleum products (headings 27.01 to 2901.10) ;
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Food Sanitation Law and the Standards and Specifications for Foods and Food Additives
Distribution date: 30 August 2016
Revision of the existing standards for use of Hydrogen Peroxide.
Products Covered: Food additive (Hydrogen Peroxide)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
; ; ;Replies to the comments received regarding draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-016-CRE-2016 "Quality specifications for petroleum products". ; ;On 30 October 2015, the Energy Regulatory Commission published in the Official Journal (DOF), on the basis of the texts mentioned, Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-005-CRE-2015 "Quality specifications for petroleum products", which was amended pursuant to Resolution RES/898/2015, published in the DOF on 20 January 2016 and subsequently published, as amended, on 12 May 2016 as draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-016-CRE-2016 "Quality specifications for petroleum products". ; ;Any comments should be addressed to: ;Secretaría de Economía ;Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad ;Dirección General de Normas ;Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43244 ;Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 ;Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx ; ;Website: ;http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas ; ;Text available at: ;http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5447822&fecha=12/08/2016 ;https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_3347_00_s.pdf ; ;
Distribution date: 25 August 2016
Products Covered: Petroleum products (headings 27.01 to 2901.10) ;
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
RTS 11.02.02:16 Productos Farmacéuticos. Medicamentos para Uso Humano. Farmacovigilancia (Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 11.02.02:16: Pharmaceutical products. Medicines for human use. Pharmacovigilance)
Distribution date: 23 August 2016
The notified text sets out guidelines for the detection, quantification, evaluation, analysis and prevention of adverse reactions to medicines, events supposedly attributed to vaccines and immunization, and other problems relating to medicines for human use.
Products Covered: ICS number: 11.120.01
Regulation Type: Regular notification
DUS DEAS 222:2016, Knitted polyester/cellulosic blended fabric - Specification (13 pages, in English).
Distribution date: 19 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 18 October 2016
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;"></span><a name="_Toc443461092"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:9pt;"></span></a><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and test methods for knitted polyester/cellulosic blended fabric for apparel purposes.</span></span><span style="line-height:107%;font-family:'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size:11pt;"></span><a name="_Toc443461092"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#000000;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:9pt;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></a>
Products Covered: Knitted polyester/cellulosic
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Microbiological and chemical criteria applicable to fishery and aquaculture products
Distribution date: 16 August 2016
The purpose of this addendum is to provide Members with a link to the electronic version of the notified document, which was not included in the original notification.Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/GIN/16_3285_00_f.pdf.
Products Covered:
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Draft Bill about Public Consultation Notice Nº 1, 28 June 2016 (6 pages, in Portuguese)
Distribution date: 11 August 2016 | Final date for Comment: 28 September 2016
<p style="margin:6pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;">Draft Bill <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">providing for the registration, evaluation and industrial chemicals control in Brazil. The goal is to reduce the impacts to the human health and the environment generated by the production, import and use of those chemical substances in the country and to establish the instruments for risk management.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size:9pt;">Note for clarification: this Law will establish the general guidelines for the matter. The details of the regulation will be provided later by a Decree which will follow the definitions of the Law and will also be notified.</span></span>
Products Covered: HS Chapter 28 (Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds) and Chapter 29 (Organic chemicals)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Critères microbiologiques et chimiques applicables aux produits de la pêche et de l'aquaculture (Microbiological and chemical criteria applicable to fishery and aquaculture products)
Distribution date: 08 August 2016
The notified regulatory text seeks to ensure compliance with the microbiological and chemical criteria applicable to fishery and aquaculture products.
Products Covered: Fishery and aquaculture products.
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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