Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for men, women and children’s belts made from coated or synthetic material.

Products Covered: Men's or boys' overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers) (HS code(s): 6201); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for leather intended for upholstery use

Products Covered: Other articles of leather or of composition leather. (HS code(s): 4205); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for leather intended for upholstery use

Products Covered: Other articles of leather or of composition leather. (HS code(s): 4205); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for men, women and children’s belts made from coated or synthetic material.

Products Covered: Men's or boys' overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers) (HS code(s): 6201); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for men, women and children’s belts made from coated or synthetic material.

Products Covered: Men's or boys' overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers) (HS code(s): 6201); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 14 March 2025

This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for men, women and children’s belts made from coated or synthetic material.

Products Covered: Men's or boys' overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks, incl. ski jackets, windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles (excl. knitted or crocheted, suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers) (HS code(s): 6201); Headgear. Clothing accessories. Fastening of clothing (ICS code(s): 61.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 14 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 15 March 2025

The proposed amendments aim to:  A. Support the reduction of time and cost required for developing standards and test methods by developing monographs of unregistered medicines of the Korean Pharmacopoeia. B. Distribute high-quality medicines by improving some standards, specifications, and general tests to meet the latest scientific standards, reflecting difficulties from the pharmaceutical industries. The main points of the amendments are as follows: A. Establishment of monographs for unregistered medicines and amendment of official substances (Refer to Annex 3, Annex 4, and Annex 5 of the draft) B. Establishment of tests in General Information (Refer to Annex 6 of the draft)- Establishment of alternative animal tests for pyrogen tests- Establishment of information on leachable/extract content management for quality control of containers/packaging or drug delivery system (DDS) C.  Establishment of the second quantitative method for 5 items including “Kamisoyosan Extract Granules” and amendment of Korean names of residual pesticides (24 types) in  purity tests for 155 items including “Terminalia Fruit” in Part Ⅱ of Monographs (Refer to Annex 4 of the draft)) D. Amendment of Korean names of residual pesticides in crude drug tests and reference standards, and change of range for measuring thiamethoxam, of General Tests (Refer to Annex 5 of the draft)

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 3002; 3004; 3006), Pharmaceuticals

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 16 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 17 March 2025

This measure will amend Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (“the Cosmetics Regulation”) as it applies in Great Britain to restrict the use of methyl salicylate in a number of cosmetic products.

Products Covered: Cosmetic products are defined by Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009. ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 33)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 18 March 2025

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:Pesticide: Fluazinam.

Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02 and 02.06)Dairy produce and natural honey (HS codes: 04.01 and 04.09)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS codes: 07.01, 07.03, 07.04, 07.05, 07.06, 07.09, 07.10, 07.13 and 07.14)Edible fruit and peel of citrus fruit (HS codes: 08.04, 08.05, 08.06, 08.08, 08.09, 08.10, 08.11 and 08.14)Tea, mate and spices (HS codes: 09.02, 09.03, 09.04, 09.05, 09.06, 09.07, 09.08, 09.09 and 09.10)Cereals (HS code: 10.01)Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit (HS codes: 12.02, 12.07 and 12.12)Animal fats and oils (HS code: 15.02)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 January 2025 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

Proposal of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:Pesticide: Flupyrimin.

Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal (HS codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.03, 02.04, 02.05, 02.06, 02.07, 02.08 and 02.09)Aquatic animals and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates (HS codes: 03.02, 03.03, 03.04, 03.06, 03.07 and 03.08)Dairy produce and birds' eggs (HS codes: 04.01, 04.07 and 04.08)Animal originated products (HS code: 05.04)Cereals (HS code: 10.06)Animal fats and oils (HS codes: 15.01, 15.02 and 15.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification