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Proposed measure: Peru

Draft Regulation on water quality for human consumption.

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Proyecto de Reglamento de la calidad del agua para consumo humano.

Peru notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 2 July 2026. The comment period closed on 31 August 2026.

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Products

HS Code Description 28.01 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. 2801.10.00.00 - Chlorine [In gaseous state, for large-scale water purification] 28.28 Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites. 2828.10.00.00 - Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other hypochlori

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Código Designación de la Mercancía 28.01 Flúor, cloro, bromo y yodo. 2801.10.00.00 - Cloro [En estado gaseoso, para la potabilización del agua a gran escala] 28.28 Hipocloritos; hipoclorito de calcio comercial; cloritos; hipobromitos. 2828.10.00.00 - Hipoclorito de calcio comercial y demás hipoclori

HS codes
  • 28 · Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopes
    • 280110 Chlorine
    • 282810 Calcium hypochlorites, incl. commercial calcium hypochlorite
    • 282890 Hypochlorites, chlorites and hypobromites (excl. calcium hypochlorites)
    • 283322 Sulphate of aluminium
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 380894 Disinfectants, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (excl. goods of subheading 3808.59)
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 842121 Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying water
    • 842199 Parts of machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids or gases, n.e.s.
Notifying member
Peru
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/PER/179
Keywords
Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 31 August 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
Seis (06) meses después de su publicación en el Diario Oficial El Peruano.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 31 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/PER/179; it can take them up with Peru.

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What the notification says

The purpose of the notified draft Regulation is to establish provisions governing the management of the quality of water for human consumption and to regulate quality requirements, authorizations, the health registration of disinfectants and other inputs used in the treatment of water for human consumption at the community level, and the approval of technical instruments related to drinking water supply systems, along with the health monitoring and oversight of the quality of water for human consumption, in accordance with General Health Law No. 26842.G/TBT/N/PER/179- 3 -

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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