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WTO notification · TBT

United Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,Saudi Arabia,YemenUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Tobacco – United Arab Emirates +6

Official title

Hand Rolling Tobacco.

Saudi Arabia issued an addendum on 17 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/SAU/1255. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 5 September 2022. The comment period closed on 4 November 2022.

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At a glance

Products

Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

Notifying members
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ARE/548Latest notice: G/TBT/N/SAU/1255/Add.1
ICS classification
  • 65.160 Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 4 November 2022
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 4 November 2022. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SAU/1255/Add.1; it can take them up with Saudi Arabia.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/SAU/1255/Add.1⁩, 17 September 2026)

Hand Rolling Tobacco.

This Gulf draft of technical regulation applies to the requirements for Hand Rolling Tobacco.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/SAU/1255/Add.1

    Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Yemen

    Hand Rolling Tobacco.

  2. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/SAU/1255

    Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, YemenComment deadline: Closed on 4 November 2022

    Hand Rolling Tobacco.

    This Gulf draft of technical regulation applies to the requirements for Hand Rolling Tobacco.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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