Distribution date: 01 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

 Revision to establish, amend and delete articles under Japanese Pharmacopoeia Eighteenth edition notified in G/TBT/N/JPN/797 has been adopted and published on dated 28 June 2024. Supplement Ⅱ of the Eighteenth edition, in English is planned to be published in due course.

Products Covered: Pharmaceutical Products (HS:30)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 02 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 31 August 2024

El presente reglamento técnico ecuatoriano aplica a los siguientes productos sean estos nacionales o importados que se comercialicen en el Ecuador: Guantes de protecciónGuantea se protección contra radiaciones ionizantes y contaminación radioactiva.Guantes de protección para soldadores.Guantes de protección contra los productos químicos y los microrganismos.Guantes de protección contra riesgos mecánicos.Manguitos de material aislante para trabajos en tensión.Guantes de protección contra sierras de cadena.Guantes de protección contra el frio.Guantes y protectores de los brazos contra los cortes y pinchazos producidos por cuchillos de mano.Guantes de protección contra riesgos térmicos.

Products Covered: Artículos de plástico y manufacturas de las demás materias de las partidas 3901 a 3914, ncop (exc. productos de 9619) (Código(s) del SA: 392690); Guantes, manoplas y manoplas, de caucho vulcanizado (exc. ??de los tipos utilizados para uso médico, quirúrgico, odontológico o veterinario) (Código(s) del SA: 401519); Prendas de vestir y demás complementos "accesorios" de vestir, para cualquier uso, de caucho vulcanizado sin endurecer (exc. calzado, artículos de sombrerería y sus partes, así como los guantes, mitones y manoplas) (Código(s) del SA: 401590); Prendas de vestir, de cuero natural o cuero regenerado (exc. complementos "accesorios" de vestir, calzado y artículos de sombrerería, así como espinilleras, máscaras de esgrima y demás artículos del capítulo 95) (Código(s) del SA: 420310); Guantes, mitones y manoplas, de cuero natural cuero regenerado (exc. concebidos especialmente para la práctica del deporte) (Código(s) del SA: 420329); Complementos "accesorios" de vestir, de cuero natural cuero regenerado (exc. guantes, mitones y manoplas, cintos, cinturones y bandoleras, calzado y artículos de sombrerería y sus partes, así como espinilleras, máscaras de esgrima y demás artículos del capítulo 95) (Código(s) del SA: 420340)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 02 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Resolution 591, 21 December 2021 - previously notified through G/TBT/N/BRA/1297 - which contains provisions on the identification of regularized medical devices at Anvisa, through the Unique Device Identification (UDI) system, was changed by Resolution 886, 26 June 2024  The final text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:  https://antigo.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/6292482/RDC_886_2024_.pdf/1ace4521-50f9-4f7c-9950-8e93eb9745a9 

Products Covered: HS (3006)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 01 September 2024

This Draft Uganda Standard covers the determination of the equilibrium boiling point of engine coolants. The equilibrium boiling point indicates the temperature at which the sample will start to boil in a cooling system under equilibrium conditions at atmospheric pressure.

Products Covered: MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 38); Chemical technology (ICS code(s): 71)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 325: 2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and preparation of wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis, Second Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/360, G/TBT/N/KEN/1440, G/TBT/N/RWA/871, G/TBT/N/TZA/974 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1776 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 325: 2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and preparation of wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis, Second Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/360, G/TBT/N/KEN/1440, G/TBT/N/RWA/871, G/TBT/N/TZA/974 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1776 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 325: 2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and preparation of wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis, Second Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/360, G/TBT/N/KEN/1440, G/TBT/N/RWA/871, G/TBT/N/TZA/974 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1776 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 325: 2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and preparation of wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis, Second Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/360, G/TBT/N/KEN/1440, G/TBT/N/RWA/871, G/TBT/N/TZA/974 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1776 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 325: 2023, Wood preservatives and treated timber — Guide to sampling and preparation of wood preservatives and treated timber for analysis, Second Edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/360, G/TBT/N/KEN/1440, G/TBT/N/RWA/871, G/TBT/N/TZA/974 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1776 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.

Products Covered: - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives: (HS code(s): 44031); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 03 July 2024 | Final date for Comment: 21 April 2025

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 326: 2023, Copper/chromium/arsenic composition for the preservation of timber — Specification,  Second edition; notified in G/TBT/N/BDI/359, G/TBT/N/KEN/1439, G/TBT/N/RWA/870, G/TBT/N/TZA/973 and G/TBT/N/UGA/1775 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 14 June 2024.

Products Covered: Wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.) (HS code(s): 440310); Wood-protecting chemicals (ICS code(s): 71.100.50)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification