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 notificationBrazilSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Draft for comments that establishes the phytosanitary requirements for the importation of Cannabis Sativa seeds to Brazil from any origin.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2401/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationIndonesiaSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The maximum level requirement of microbiological and chemical contaminant in food are regulated in the Regulation of the Chairperson of FDA No. … Year 2019 on Microbiological Criteria in Food. Due to some regulation development from other countries regarding the maximum microbiological contaminant…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/IDN/138/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesSPSAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by GNT USA, LLC, proposing that the colour additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of spirulina extract in foods generally in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/USA/3473/Add.2
WTO notificationUnited StatesSPSAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by Phytolon Ltd., proposing that the color additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of beetroot red for the coloring of foods generally in amounts consistent with current good…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/USA/3447/Add.2
WTO notificationEgyptTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The Ministerial Decree No.1002/2017 gives the producers and importers a transitional period of 6 months to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 5526-3/2017, ES 5526-4/2017 This standards specifies: Requirements for types of blood-taking sets for medical use in order to ensure functional inter…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EGY/177/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationEgyptTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The draft of the Egyptian standard ES 1003 specifies requirements for single-axis hinges, of lift-off or fixed pin type, for use on access windows and doors. Such windows and doors may or may not be fitted also with door closing devices. It includes tests for static loads, shear strength and…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EGY/556/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationEgyptTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The Ministerial Decree No. 478/2018 gives the producers and importers a one-year transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 4900 which specifies the requirements for non-liquid industrial detergents (powders), which are used for washing textiles and garments by hand and automatic…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EGY/200/Add.3Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Proposed rule - This proposed rule would amend the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) organic regulations related to organic crop and livestock production. The proposed rule would provide additional tools to organic producers, allowing carbon dioxide in organic crop production and meloxicam…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2267Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document specifies the requirements, labelling, and accompanying documents for rigid gas permeable contact lenses for orthokeratology, and describes the test methods. This document applies to rigid gas permeable contact lenses for orthokeratology.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2237Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
To implement the relevant provisions of Article 96 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, adapt to China's needs of expanding opening-up and the rapid growth of imported food trade, ensure the safety of imported food, promote trade facilitation, and further standardize the…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2239Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document specifies the technical requirements and marking requirements for special protective performance of eye and face protectors, including functional filtration, lens anti-fogging, protection against molten metal and hot solids, protection against droplets, protection against streams of…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2238Comment period closed
WTO notificationThailandTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Notification revises the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health RE: Prescribed Qualifications, Numbers, Criteria, Procedures and Conditions for the Operation of the Persons on Duty at the Places of Herbal Product Production, Importation, Sale and Storage B.E. 2565 (2022), as…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/THA/801Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document specifies the terms and definitions of arcing fault detector, stipulates the tests, inspection rules, marking and instruction manuals and describes the corresponding test methods. This document applies to AC arcing fault detector installed and used in electrical circuits not…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2240Comment period closed
WTO notificationChileTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
1. OBJECTIVE OF THE REGULATORY PROPOSAL Incorporate into the sanitary control regime established in Article 111 of the Sanitary Code and in Supreme Decree No. 825 of 1998 of the Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud, MINSAL), a set of 39 medical devices (MD) and in vitro diagnostic medical…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHL/762/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 23 March 2026. The comment period closed on 22 May 2026.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/261Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 23 March 2026. The comment period closed on 22 May 2026.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/262Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 23 March 2026. The comment period closed on 22 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/259Comment period closed
WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 23 March 2026. The comment period closed on 22 May 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/263Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Commission Implementing Regulation renews the approval of cis-tricos-9-ene as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 19, subject to compliance with certain conditions. The opinion of the European Chemicals Agency can be found on its website (Biocidal Products…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1199Comment period closed
WTO notificationVietnamTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft technical regulation stipulates the limit of technical specifications concerning safety, healthy, environment and the requirements for quality management for gasolines, diesel fuel oils and biofuels, including - Unleaded gasoline, gasohol E5, gasohol E10 - Diesel fuel oil, biodiesel B5…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/394Comment period closed
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.