WTO notification · SPS
PanamaProposed measure, may since have been adopted
Technical Regulation - Food Technology. Packaged water. General requirements. (Reglamento Técnico - Tecnología de los alimentos. Agua envasada. Requisitos generales.)
Reglamento Técnico - Tecnología de los alimentos. Agua envasada. Requisitos generales. (Technical Regulations: Food Technology. Packaged water. General requirements.)
Panama notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 11 March 2026. The comment period closed on 10 May 2026.
Expodite puts notifications like this one in your Updates centre, matched to the HS codes of your products and the markets you export to. Opens the requirements check for Panama in your Expodite account.
Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.
Published here:
Non-alcoholic beverages
The comment period closed on 10 May 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/PAN/118; it can take them up with Panama.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)The notified Technical Regulations establish physico-chemical, microbiological, organoleptic and radiological requirements, as well as sanitary conditions, to ensure the safety and quality of packaged water intended for human consumption in the Republic of Panama.
Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.
WTO notificationSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Panama notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 9 October 2026. Comments are open until 8 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/PAN/120Comments until 8 December 2026
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Panama notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 8 October 2026. Comments are open until 7 December 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/PAN/164Comments until 7 December 2026
WTO notificationTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Panama issued an addendum on 13 August 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/PAN/162. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 10 June…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/PAN/162/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Panama notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 8 July 2026. The comment period closed on 6 September 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/PAN/163Comment period closed
Expodite matches each notification to the markets you export to and the HS codes of your products, and puts the ones that concern you in your Updates centre, with the date comments close.