Export regulation updates
Updates about this market, newest first: its WTO notifications of draft SPS and TBT rules and any other update that names it. 54 published so far.
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WTO notificationTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
A decision document concluding that the approval of the active substance dimethomorph should be withdrawn in accordance with assimilated Regulation No 1107/2009. Authorisations for plant protection products containing dimethomorph will be withdrawn in Great Britain. This decision concerns only the…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/124/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergencyNew
These declarations of special measures are necessary to prevent the incursion of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to the United Kingdom. The measures prohibit the import of hay and straw and certain animal by-products from animals susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease from any countries, or zones…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/135
WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The Gambling Commission’s consultation sets out technical gaming machine proposals to introduce 5 new technical standards for gaming machines located in Great Britain related to: limit setting functionality (a gambling management tool); safer gambling messaging (information provision); display of…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/99/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This instrument amends the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 (MIR) as they apply in Great Britain (GB) to permit the use of a metrologically controlled remote display, such as a smartphone app. This will offer an alternative option to the existing requirement for an in-built physical display…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/126Comments until 13 November 2026
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Flonicamid is an approved active substance in Great Britain. Two applications were received by the Health and Safety Executive requesting new MRLs for flonicamid in or on potatoes, and for flonicamid in or on lettuces and escaroles/broad leaved endives. Following assessment, new MRLs have been…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/134
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Potassium phosphonates is an approved active substance in Great Britian (GB). The active substance degrades in food/feed to give rise to residues of phosphonic acid, as does the approved active substance fosetyl-Al. The MRLs established for the active substance fosetyl-Al also cover potassium…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/133
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
The purpose of this proposal is to amend the GB mandatory classification and labelling list (the GB MCL list), following review, by introducing new and revised entries for the mandatory classification and labelling of 20 hazardous chemical substances.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/125Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
A decision document concluding that the approval of the active substance mepanipyrim should be withdrawn in accordance with assimilated Regulation No 1107/2009. Authorisations for plant protection products containing mepanipyrim will be withdrawn in Great Britain. This decision concerns only the…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/121/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
These regulations propose to introduce a ban on the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic. There will be exemptions for wet wipes intended for medical and industrial uses, and for business-to-business sales. The legislation provides a transition period of 18-months for businesses to make…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/92/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
New import controls are being introduced against the pest Bactrocera latifrons for fruits of Solanum lycopersicum (i.e. tomatoes) and fruits of Capsicum L. (i.e. peppers) from Chinese Taipei and Israel, and against the pest Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum for rhizomes of Zingiber officinale Roscoe…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/122/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
These Regulations set out a list of restricted terms for the purposes of section 78 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 ('the Act'). That section provides that restricted terms may be used in connection with road vehicles only if used in connection with authorised automated vehicles. Subject to…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/116/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Mefentrifluconazole is an approved active substance in Great Britain. An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive requesting new MRLs for the commodities listed in section 3. Following assessment, new MRLs have been adopted to accommodate an import tolerance for…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/132
WTO notificationTBTCorrected since it was notifiedNew
This legislation will place restrictions in the UK on the use and placing on the market of mixtures containing certain hazardous substances for tattooing procedures and Permanent Make Up (PMU) treatments. The restriction will apply concentration limits to substances classified in the GB mandatory…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/118/Corr.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
This measure will amend the Toys (Safety) Regulation 2011 as applicable in GB ('the Toys Regulations') It will amend permitted levels of cobalt the Toys Regulations. It will amend the Toy Regulations, to introduce permitted limits of cobalt following a derogation request. Cobalt is currently…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/123Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
This proposed legislation bans the placing on the market and use of lead shot and large calibre bullets for live quarry shooting (also known as hunting or shooting live animals) in the UK. The legislation bans the placing on the market and use of lead shot for target shooting, with a derogation…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/105/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
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…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/55/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Imazalil is an approved active substance in Great Britain. An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive requesting the adoption of the Codex Maximum Residue Level (CXL) as the GB Maximum Residue Level (MRL) for bananas. Following assessment, a new MRL for imazalil in bananas has…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/130
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Flupyradifurone is an approved active substance in Great Britain. An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive requesting new Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for the commodities listed in Section 3. Flupyradifurone gives rise to the metabolite DFA, for which separate MRLs are set…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/131
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Mefentrifluconazole is an approved active substance in Great Britain (GB). An application was received by the Health and Safety Executive requesting new Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for mefentrifluconazole in/on strawberries, tomatoes, aubergines/eggplants, cucumbers, gherkins, and courgettes…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/GBR/129
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
For the purposes of transparency, the United Kingdom is notifying Members to proposed changes to the ‘Assimilated Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 as amended for Great Britain’ (the Great Britain Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation or GB CLP Regulation). The proposed changes aim to…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GBR/122
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Food safety, animal and plant health
Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.
Technical product rules
Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.
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