Regulatory Updates
Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of agricultural remedies
Distribution date: 21 January 2016 | Final date for Comment: 21 March 2016
Subsequent to being banned by the Rotterdam Convention, the import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of pesticides containing the chemicals listed below are prohibited in South Africa: - Aldicarb; - Aldrin; - Azinphos-ethyl; - Binapacryl; - Camphechlor (CLC); - Captafol; - Chlordimeform; - Chlorobenzilate; - Dibromochloropropane; - Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC); - Dinoseb; - Endrin; - Heptachlor; - Hexachlorobenzene; - Kepone; - Phosphamidon; - Phosphorus containing formulations; - Propham.
Products Covered: Pesticides
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of agricultural remedies
Distribution date: 21 January 2016 | Final date for Comment: 21 March 2016
Subsequent to being banned by the Rotterdam Convention, the import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of pesticides containing the chemicals listed below are prohibited in South Africa: - Aldicarb; - Aldrin; - Azinphos-ethyl; - Binapacryl; - Camphechlor (CLC); - Captafol; - Chlordimeform; - Chlorobenzilate; - Dibromochloropropane; - Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC); - Dinoseb; - Endrin; - Heptachlor; - Hexachlorobenzene; - Kepone; - Phosphamidon; - Phosphorus containing formulations; - Propham.
Products Covered: Pesticides
Regulation Type: Regular notification
<p>This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology Inmetro, issued the Ordinance Nº 28, 14 January 2016, in order to approve the conformity assessment procedures adjustments for safety matches, notified as G/TBT/N/BRA/504/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/504/Add.3.</p><p></p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002368.pdf">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002368.pdf</a></p>
Distribution date: 20 January 2016
Products Covered: Matches (HS 3605).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p>This addendum aims at informing that the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology Inmetro, issued the Ordinance Nº 28, 14 January 2016, in order to approve the conformity assessment procedures adjustments for safety matches, notified as G/TBT/N/BRA/504/Add.1 and G/TBT/N/504/Add.3.</p><p></p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002368.pdf">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao/rtac/pdf/RTAC002368.pdf</a></p>
Distribution date: 20 January 2016
Products Covered: Matches (HS 3605).
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;"></span></span></p><p>This addendum aims at informing that the Technical Regulation which establishes the requirements that must be met by Safety Matches, issued by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, and notified as G/TBT/N/BRA/501/Add.2, was adopted as the final text and published in the Brazilian Official Journal in 15 January 2016, by the Ordinance Nº 28, 14 January 2016.</p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao</a></p><p></p>
Distribution date: 20 January 2016
Products Covered: HS 3605.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-face:Verdana;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9pt;"></span></span></p><p>This addendum aims at informing that the Technical Regulation which establishes the requirements that must be met by Safety Matches, issued by the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Inmetro, and notified as G/TBT/N/BRA/501/Add.2, was adopted as the final text and published in the Brazilian Official Journal in 15 January 2016, by the Ordinance Nº 28, 14 January 2016.</p><p>The full text is available in Portuguese: <a href="http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao">http://www.inmetro.gov.br/legislacao</a></p><p></p>
Distribution date: 20 January 2016
Products Covered: HS 3605.00
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Notice of Consultation - Prescription Drug List (PDL): Naloxone (2 pages, in English and French)
Distribution date: 19 January 2016 | Final date for Comment: 19 March 2016
The purpose of this Notice of Consultation is to provide an opportunity to comment on the proposal to revise the listing for Naloxone on the Prescription Drug List (PDL) to allow the non-prescription use of Naloxone.
Products Covered: Prescription status of medicinal ingredients for human use (ICS: 11.120; HS: 3004.90)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Notice of Consultation - Prescription Drug List (PDL): Naloxone (2 pages, in English and French)
Distribution date: 19 January 2016 | Final date for Comment: 19 March 2016
The purpose of this Notice of Consultation is to provide an opportunity to comment on the proposal to revise the listing for Naloxone on the Prescription Drug List (PDL) to allow the non-prescription use of Naloxone.
Products Covered: Prescription status of medicinal ingredients for human use (ICS: 11.120; HS: 3004.90)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo "Por la cual se expide el reglamento técnico aplicable a la etiqueta de pinturas base agua tipo emulsión de uso arquitectónico, para interiores o exteriores, que se fabriquen, importen o comercialicen en Colombia" (13 páginas, en español)
Distribution date: 18 January 2016 | Final date for Comment: 18 March 2016
Objeto; Campo de aplicación; Definiciones y siglas; Requisitos; Datos complementarios de etiquetado para pinturas; Referencia a Normas Técnicas Colombianas; Procedimiento para Evaluar la Conformidad; Declaración de conformidad; Equivalencias; Entidades de vigilancia y control; Prohibición; Responsabilidad de los productores e importadores; Registro de productores y importadores; Revisión y actualización; Notificación; Vigencia y derogatorias.
Products Covered: 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); Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs (ICS code(s): 67.250); Plastics (ICS code(s): 83.080)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo "Por la cual se expide el reglamento técnico aplicable a la etiqueta de pinturas base agua tipo emulsión de uso arquitectónico, para interiores o exteriores, que se fabriquen, importen o comercialicen en Colombia" (13 páginas, en español)
Distribution date: 18 January 2016 | Final date for Comment: 18 March 2016
Objeto; Campo de aplicación; Definiciones y siglas; Requisitos; Datos complementarios de etiquetado para pinturas; Referencia a Normas Técnicas Colombianas; Procedimiento para Evaluar la Conformidad; Declaración de conformidad; Equivalencias; Entidades de vigilancia y control; Prohibición; Responsabilidad de los productores e importadores; Registro de productores y importadores; Revisión y actualización; Notificación; Vigencia y derogatorias.
Products Covered: 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); Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs (ICS code(s): 67.250); Plastics (ICS code(s): 83.080)
Regulation Type: Regular notification
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