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 notificationCosta RicaSPSIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 14 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CRI/339. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 10…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/339/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationCosta RicaSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 14 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CRI/338. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 3…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/338/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationCosta RicaSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 14 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CRI/336. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 3…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/336/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationCosta RicaSPSIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 14 January 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CRI/337. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 3…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/337/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationMalaysiaTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
The proposed new regulation is to prescribe the standard of kelulut honey or stingless bee honey and its labelling requirement.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/81/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUkraineTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The Resolution approves a new procedure for labelling alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, liquids used in electronic cigarettes, which provides for the application of electronic excise stamps. Starting from 01 January 2026, these products will be labelled with electronic excise stamps featuring…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UKR/353/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, and test methods of scouring pads for household cleaning. Scouring pad is a general-purpose household cleaning hand pad made of high quality fibre forming an open textured web that has abrasive cleaning particles.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/2305Comment period closed
WTO notificationMalaysiaTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] involve the following: 1. Amendments to regulation 361 on general standard for alcoholic beverage. 2. Amendments to regulations 362 to 386A and 387 on specific requirements of alcoholic beverages in relation to the alcohol…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/114/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationChileTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Chile notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 13 January 2026. The comment period closed on 14 March 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHL/774Comment period closed
WTO notificationGuyanaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This standard specifies that labelling requirements for all types of equipment, items and parts containing refrigerants. It also includes containers or receptacles used for transporting and storing gases that are considered refrigerants.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/GUY/66Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft East African Standard gives guidelines on the manufacture, types, selection and use of glass containers for packaging.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1970Comment period closed
WTO notificationChileTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Chile notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 13 January 2026. The comment period closed on 14 March 2026.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHL/776Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document defines the terminology and definitions for special type fire detectors, specifies their classification and naming, requirements, inspection rules, marking and packaging, and describes the corresponding test methods. This document applies to the design, manufacture, and inspection of…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2185Comment period closed
WTO notificationSouth KoreaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The proposed amendments seek to: a. Establish specifications for infants and young children’s rubber products.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/839Comment period closed
WTO notificationSouth KoreaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The proposed amendments seek to: a. Establish standards for the recognition of mechanically recycled polypropylene as raw material; b. Reorganize the composition system of the 'Standards and Specifications for food utensils, Containers and Packages', including Establishment of term definitions; c…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/838Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Regulation authorises for the first time in the European Union and for a period of ten years 25-hydroxycholecalciferol produced with Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 as a feed additive belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and in the functional group ‘vitamins…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/903
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document specifies the terms for automatic fire alarm systems installed and used in highway tunnels, specifies the requirements, and describes the corresponding test methods. This document applies to the design, manufacture, and inspection of certain products of the automatic fire alarm…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2187Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This document specifies the terms and definitions of self-contained heat alarms, specifies their classification, requirements, inspection rules and marking, and describes the corresponding test methods. This document applies to the design, manufacture and inspection of self-contained heat alarms…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2186Comment period closed
WTO notificationSouth KoreaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The proposed amendment seeks to: 1. Revise specifications for foodborne pathogens in Meal-type Dietary Management Foods; 2. Revise food type names for Sugar-fed Honeycomb Honey and Sugar-fed Honey; 3. Revise the lists of food ingredients in [Annex 1], [Annex 2] and [Annex 3]; 4. Establish and…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/836Comment period closed
WTO notificationKenyaTBTCorrected since it was notifiedNew
The notification G/TBT/N/KEN/1963 was published erroneously and should therefore be considered null and void.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1963/Corr.1
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.