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WTO notification · TBT

Saudi ArabiaProposed measure, open for comments

Pesticides and other agrochemicals – Saudi Arabia

Official title

Requirements of labelling public health pesticides

Saudi Arabia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 12 October 2026. Comments are open until 11 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Pesticides and other agrochemicals

Notifying member
Saudi Arabia(Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of animal or plant life or health
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/SAU/1449
ICS classification
  • 65.100 Pesticides and other agrochemicals
Keywords
Labelling

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 11 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 11 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/SAU/1449 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Saudi Arabia.

Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)

What the notification says

This technical regulation sets out the requirements of labelling public health pesticides.

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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