Distribution date: 14 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 03 May 2025

This retrospective notification advises that the Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill 2021 was finalized in March 2022, giving effect to proposals as notified in G/TBT/N/NZL/108. This document signaled our intention to set a mandatory product safety standard for all sunscreen products in trade in New Zealand, to be enforced under section 29 of the Fair Trading Act 1986. The Bill entered into force in September 2022. Minor changes were made to the proposals of the consultation document, as follows:1.    The standard referenced in the Act now refers to AS/NZS 2604:2012 instead of AS/NZS 2604:2021 to better align with international standards.2.    S(b)(ii) now says ‘a product that is represented as skin care’, to reflect the language used to define skincare in the AS/NZS 2604:2021. This change was made to reduce confusion and minimize costs as both standards would otherwise need to be purchased for compliance purposes.

Products Covered: HS 3304 99 Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments, lip and eye make-up preparations, manicure or pedicure preparations and make-up or skin care powders, incl. baby powders).

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 15 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 16 April 2023

 These measures result from the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 (‘the Regulations’), as they apply in England and Wales, and regulate how water systems are designed, installed and operated. The Regulations require water fittings to be an appropriate quality and standard and suitable for the circumstances in which they are used. To meet these requirements, Regulator Specifications can be approved to provide detailed performance characteristics to ensure, amongst other things, that a fitting will not cause contamination of the water supply thereby protecting human health. These measures amend the Regulator Specifications that relate to: the design and performance of Water Closet suites and their components; backflow prevention arrangements and their classifications; and, relevant testing requirements. The amendments, to prevent water from a Water Closet cistern backflowing into a clean drinking water supply, will: introduce a new backflow prevention arrangement for Water Closets; and, apply appropriate testing requirements.Regulator Specifications are relevant to the compliance of certain water fittings in Scotland with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Scotland) Byelaws 2014 and in Northern Ireland with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009.

Products Covered: Products related to Water Closet (WC) Suites:Water Closet suites (flushing cisterns and pans etc.);Components for Water Closet Suites (inlet valves, flushing devices, cisterns etc.);Backflow prevention arrangements and devices for water systems. HS Code:Plastics: tubes, pipes, fittings etc. (HS 3917); Plastics: lavatory pans, flushing cisterns etc. (HS 3922.90); Ceramic Products: water closet pans, flushing cisterns etc. (HS 6910.10; HS 6910.90); Iron or steel products: sanitary ware (HS 7324.29; HS 7324.90);  Copper: tubes and fittings (HS 7403; HS 7411; HS 7412). ICS Code:Sanitary installations (ICS 91.140.70); Water supply systems (ICS 91.140.60); Fluid systems (ICS 23.040).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 18 April 2023

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has conducted a review of the Food Regulations and proposes to include new microbiological standards for non-ready-to-eat (RTE) food in a new Part 3 of the Eleventh Schedule. “Non-ready-to-eat food” means any food which is not defined as “ready-to-eat food”[1] under the Food Regulations. [1]Ready-to-eat food”, as defined under Regulation 35(2) of the Food Regulations,means any article of food that is made available for sale for direct human consumption without the need for cooking or any other form of processing to eliminate, or reduce to a microbiological standard specified in the Eleventh Schedule, any pathogenic or other micro-organism of concern in the article of food; andincludes cup noodles, fruit juice cordial, squash or syrup, powdered beverages and other concentrated food which are meant to be reconstituted or diluted with fluids before consumption.

Products Covered: Non-ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and meat products: 02011000, 02012000, 02013000, 02021000, 02022000, 02023000, 02031100, 02031200, 02031900, 02032100, 02032200, 02032900, 02041000, 02042100, 02042200, 02042300, 02043000, 02044100, 02044200, 02044300, 02045000, 02050000, 02061000, 02062100, 02062200, 02062900, 02063000, 02064100, 02064900, 02068000, 02069000, 02071100, 02071200, 02071300, 02071410, 02071420, 02071430, 02071499, 02072400, 02072500, 02072600, 02072710, 02072799, 02074100, 02074200, 02074300, 02074400, 02074500, 02075100, 02075200, 02075300, 02075400, 02075500, 02076000, 02081000, 02085000, 02089010, 02089090, 02091000, 02099000, 02101100, 02101200, 02101930, 02101990, 02102000, 02109300, 02109910, 02109990, 05040000, 15011000, 15019000, 15021000, 15029010, 16010010, 16010090, 16022000, 16023110, 16023199, 16023290, 16023900, 16024110, 16024190, 16024210, 16024290, 16024991, 16024999, 16025000, 16029090; Non-RTE eggs and egg products: 04072100, 04072910, 04072990, 04079010, 04079020, 04079090, 04081100, 04081900, 04089100, 04089900, 21069099, 35021100, 35021900; Non-RTE oysters and blood-cockles: 03071110, 03071120, 03071200, 03077110, 03077120, 03077200

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 21 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 03 May 2025

This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life poultry and poultry products from Peru to the territory of the Russian Federation and on transit  of  live poultry through the Russian territory due to the outbreak of high pathogenic avian influenza.

Products Covered: Live poultry, egg products, meat and edible offal of poultry, poultry meat products, daily chicks, incubation egg of poultry, Incubation egg (except poultry egg), live bird (except poultry), feed and feed additives for birds, equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds (HS codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207; 0208, 0209, 0210, 0410 00 000 0, 0504 00 000 0, 0505, 0511, 1501, 1506 00 000 0, 1516 10, 1518 00, 1601 00, 1602, 1603 00, 1902 20, 1904 20, products from group 20, from 2104, from 2106, 4206 00 000 0, 0106; 508 10 000 0, 0106, 9705 00 000 0; 9508 10 000 0, 0106; 2102, 2309, 2936, 3504, 3507, 3808, 3824; 3923, 3926, 4415 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 10 000 0, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800)

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 21 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 03 May 2025

This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life poultry and poultry products from Ecuador to the territory of the Russian Federation and on transit of live poultry through the Russian territory due to the outbreak of high pathogenic avian influenza.

Products Covered: Live poultry, egg products, meat and edible offal of poultry, poultry meat products, daily chicks, incubation egg of poultry, Incubation egg (except poultry egg), live bird (except poultry), feed and feed additives for birds, equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds (HS codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207; 0208, 0209, 0210, 0410 00 000 0, 0504 00 000 0, 0505, 0511, 1501, 1506 00 000 0, 1516 10, 1518 00, 1601 00, 1602, 1603 00, 1902 20, 1904 20, products from group 20, from 2104, from 2106, 4206 00 000 0, 0106; 508 10 000 0, 0106, 9705 00 000 0; 9508 10 000 0, 0106; 2102, 2309, 2936, 3504, 3507, 3808, 3824; 3923, 3926, 4415 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 10 000 0, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800)

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 21 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 03 May 2025

This letter introduces a temporary restriction on import of life poultry and poultry products from Bolivia to the territory of the Russian Federation and on transit of live poultry through the Russian territory due to the outbreak of high pathogenic avian influenza.

Products Covered: Live poultry, egg products, meat and edible offal of poultry, poultry meat products, daily chicks, incubation egg of poultry, Incubation egg (except poultry egg), live bird (except poultry), feed and feed additives for birds, equipment for the maintenance, slaughter and cutting of birds (HS codes: 0105; 0407, 0408; 0207; 0208, 0209, 0210, 0410 00 000 0, 0504 00 000 0, 0505, 0511, 1501, 1506 00 000 0, 1516 10, 1518 00, 1601 00, 1602, 1603 00, 1902 20, 1904 20, products from group 20, from 2104, from 2106, 4206 00 000 0, 0106; 508 10 000 0, 0106, 9705 00 000 0; 9508 10 000 0, 0106; 2102, 2309, 2936, 3504, 3507, 3808, 3824; 3923, 3926, 4415 4416 00 000 0, 4421, 7020 00, 7309 00, 7310, 7326, 7616, 8436 10 000 0, 8436 21 000 0, 8436 29 000 0, 8436 80 900 0, 8606 91 800 0, 8609 00, 8716 39 800)

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Distribution date: 22 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 23 April 2023

The purpose of these Regulations is to put in place a legal framework to ensure effective andefficient registration of medicinal products, and to provide an open, transparent and nondiscriminatory process for the registration of all medicinal products regulated by Rwanda Food and Drugs authority. These regulations cover human and veterinary medicinal products, vaccines and biologicalproducts for human and animal use, herbal medicinal products, disinfectant and antisepticsexcluding cosmetics as well as laboratory and household chemicals. The regulations apply toall medicinal products to be registered in Rwanda.

Products Covered: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 22 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 23 April 2023

This Law relates to the regulation and inspection of food and pharmaceutical products.

Products Covered: COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES (HS code(s): 09); CEREALS (HS code(s): 10); PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN (HS code(s): 11); SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY (HS code(s): 17); 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); BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR (HS code(s): 22); RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER (HS code(s): 23); SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT (HS code(s): 25); PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30); ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, ‘DENTAL WAXES’ AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER (HS code(s): 34)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 22 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 23 April 2023

The purpose of these regulations is to provide a legal framework for the effective and efficient of Control of medicated cosmetics and providing an open transparent and non-discriminatory process and minimum requirements for the registration, manufacture, importation, distribution and use of Medicated Cosmetic products in Rwanda. The implementation of these Regulations will enhance safety and effectiveness of medicated cosmetics on Rwanda markets and protect public health from substandard, counterfeit, mislabelled or unsafe medicated cosmetics.

Products Covered: ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33); Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations (HS code(s): 9616)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 22 February 2023 | Final date for Comment: 23 April 2023

These Regulations apply to public, and private manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers of medical products involved in the manufacture, storage, sale, distribution, and dispensing of medical products.

Products Covered: PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification