Export regulation updates
Draft rules on food safety, animal and plant health (SPS) and on technical product requirements (TBT) that markets notify to the WTO before adopting them.
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WTO notificationColombiaSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Colombia notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 26 October 2026. Comments are open until 25 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/COL/437Comments until 25 December 2026
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Draft Rwanda Standard provides requirements for premises, utilities, storage, equipment, personnel, operations and management of bee products collection centre.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BDI/827Comments until 25 December 2026
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Notice of proposed rulemaking - This document proposes to amend NHTSA's regulations to include an advanced crash test dummy, the Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR) 50th percentile adult male (THOR-50M). The dummy represents an adult male of roughly average height and weight and is…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2043/Add.3Comments until 21 November 2026
WTO notificationUkraineTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
The draft Resolution establishes Detailed Rules for the organic production and circulation of organic products and in-conversion products. The Rules set out requirements for various categories of organic production, including plant production, livestock production, aquaculture and the production…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UKR/421Comments until 22 November 2026
WTO notificationNicaraguaTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Nicaragua issued an addendum on 23 October 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/NIC/174. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 7…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/NIC/174/Add.1Comments until 25 November 2026
WTO notificationAustraliaSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergencyNew
Emergency use of Metalaxyl-M & Dimethomorph / Phytophthora Crown Rot / Strawberries permit. The metalaxyl MRL for Strawberry is proposed to increase from 0.6 mg/kg to T2 mg/kg to cover the proposed use. No changes to the dimethomorph MRL are necessary.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/AUS/642
WTO notificationVietnamTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This draft Circular stipulates the content and methods for labeling medicinal products, raw materials for medicinal products, and their accompanying leaflets for products circulating on the market; it also addresses the modification of expiry dates—as previously stated on the labels—in…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/459Comments until 7 December 2026
WTO notificationNicaraguaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 23 October 2026. Comments are open until 25 November 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/NIC/184Comments until 25 November 2026
WTO notificationKyrgyzstanSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
The draft Decision amends Decision of the Customs Union Commission No. 299 of 28 May 2010 'On the Application of Sanitary Measures in the Customs Union'. The draft Decision supplements the said Decision with a new paragraph 2-2, establishing that where amendments are introduced to the Common…
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KGZ/47Comments until 22 December 2026
WTO notificationPeruSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Peru notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 23 October 2026. Comments are open until 22 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/PER/1137Comments until 22 December 2026
WTO notificationUkraineSPSIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
The draft Resolution has been developed with a view to approving the procedure for the state registration of feed additives and the procedure for maintaining the State Register of Feed Additives as required to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Law of Ukraine 'On Safety and Hygiene of…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/UKR/272/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationPeruSPSAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Peru issued an addendum on 23 October 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/PER/1128. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 22 May…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/PER/1128/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The purpose of this Commission Implementing Regulation is to amend Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/405 in particular: - to list and delist third countries or regions to enter the Union of goods intended for human consumption, if required; - to update Annex – I to reflect the…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/942/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The proposed draft Regulation concerns the review of existing MRLs for difenoconazole in certain food commodities. Some MRLs for this substance are increased and some MRLs in certain commodities are lowered. Lower MRLs are set after deleting old uses which are not authorised any more in the…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/924/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Committee Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements for controlling pollution of coastal zone caused by discharge of sewage, effluents and other wastes from the hinterland and from marine vessels. This standard does not apply to waste disposal on the high sea.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BDI/826Comments until 21 December 2026
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Committee Draft East African Standard provides environmental and safety requirements for siting, design, operation and closure of a compost facility. This standard applies to facilities receiving and processing organic waste for the production of compost, subject to applicable national…
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BDI/825Comments until 21 December 2026
WTO notificationAustraliaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Specification sets out requirements for an Appliance for Emptying and Cleaning a Mobile Camping Waste Holding Tank (Cassette) that has been designed to be user enabled and automatically cleans dedicated cassettes that are utilised in mobile camping applications. The device also adds after the…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/AUS/205Comments until 11 December 2026
WTO notificationAustraliaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Specification sets out requirements for a pressure dependent stack vent valve that is installed in the open to atmosphere stack piping. The prime function of the fitting is to minimise heat losses by management of air flows through the stack to the atmosphere. Note: There is no energy…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/AUS/204Comments until 11 December 2026
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This document specifies the terms and definitions, product classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, packaging, labeling, transportation and storage of microbial inoculants in agriculture. This document applies to the products of microbial inoculants in agriculture.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2370Comments until 21 December 2026
WTO notificationMexicoSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Mexico notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 22 October 2026. Comments are open until 21 December 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/MEX/478Comments until 21 December 2026
Food safety, animal and plant health
Rules that protect people, animals and plants from risks carried by food, feed, pests and diseases: maximum residue limits, additives and contaminants, quarantine and inspection, and the certificates that go with them.
Technical product rules
Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment for products: specifications, labelling and marking, packaging, and the tests and certificates a product needs before it can be sold.
Comments on a notification go from government to government. If a draft affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS or TBT enquiry point before the comment deadline, quoting the document symbol; it forwards them to the member that notified the measure.
Enquiry points are listed on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)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.