WTO notification · TBT
United Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,Saudi Arabia,YemenUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
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Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs
Bahrain issued an addendum on 7 October 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/BHR/683. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 15 November 2023. The comment period closed on 14 January 2024.
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Cans. Tins. Tubes
The comment period closed on 14 January 2024. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/BHR/683/Add.1; it can take them up with Bahrain.
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Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs
The following tables have been deleted from the notified draft: Appendix 1 (Chemical analysis of some types of steel used in cans manufacture and class of food according to corrosivity. Appendix 3 (Examples of interior coating types used in cans. and replaced with the requirements in Gulf standards (GSO 2231, GSO 2700).
This standard is concerned with the single & double reduced three piece round steel cans (tin coated or tin free steel) used for canning food stuffs
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AddendumG/TBT/N/BHR/683/Add.1
Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs
The following tables have been deleted from the notified draft: Appendix 1 (Chemical analysis of some types of steel used in cans manufacture and class of food according to corrosivity. Appendix 3 (Examples of interior coating types used in cans. and replaced with the requirements in Gulf standards (GSO 2231, GSO 2700).
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/ARE/597
United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, YemenComment deadline: Closed on 14 January 2024
Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs
This standard is concerned with the single & double reduced three piece round steel cans (tin coated or tin free steel) used for canning food stuffs
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