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 notificationTanzaniaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Zanzibar National Standard specifies requirements, sampling and testing methods for dried raw seaweeds for human consumption. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under SPS committee.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1446Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft East African Standard prescribes the requirements, test methods and sampling, method for gasohol E5 and E10 used as fuel in spark ignition engines
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1449Comment period closed
WTO notificationChileSPSAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Chile issued an addendum on 21 November 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CHL/842. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 27…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHL/842/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTanzaniaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft Standard specifies the requirements for the design, construction, installation, testing and commissioning, operation, maintenance, layout of the LPG storage and dispensing facilities at filling stations where LPG is used as a vehicle fuel. It includes tanks, pumps, dispensers, fittings…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1445Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, test methods and sampling for ethanol gel intended for domestic heating and cooking.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1447Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Proposed rule - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs) and are also subject to an Order issued by EPA pursuant to…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2191/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationEl SalvadorSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
El Salvador notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 21 November 2025. The comment period closed on 20 January 2026.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/SLV/149Comment period closed
WTO notificationTanzaniaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Tanzania standard specifies the classification, efficiency, durability, safety, emissions, requirements, and test methods for solid fuel cookstoves. This standard is applicable to cookstoves using solid fuel in its natural or densified form.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1444Comment period closed
WTO notificationNigeriaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft Nigeria National Standard (DNNS) specifies the quality and safety requirements, packaging, sampling and reference method for testing of virgin (VCO) and refined coconut oil (RBD), which are derived from Cocus nucifera L. (coconut) kernel, and intended for traditional medicine and…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/NGA/26Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
The USDA is proposing to revise the U.S. Standards for Rough Rice, Brown Rice for Processing, and Milled Rice, to change the requirement that certain information currently provided on the grade line of official certificates for Mixed rice be moved to the Results section of the inspection…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/473/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSouth KoreaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This amendment is to address and supplement some deficiencies identified in the operation of the current system, specifically by allowing conditional import inspections for minor labelling violations and requiring online purchase agency business for imported food and other foodstuffs to direct…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KOR/833Comment period closed
WTO notificationRussiaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The draft Decision enables imports to, and transportation within the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) of wood packaging and dunnage material without a phytosanitary certificate, if the goods indicated have been treated and marked in accordance with the Common Quarantine…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/RUS/341Comment period closed
WTO notificationMexicoTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Mexico issued an addendum on 20 November 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/MEX/534. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 1…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/MEX/534/Add.4Comment period closed
WTO notificationColombiaSPSIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
Colombia issued an addendum on 20 November 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/COL/386. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 12…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/COL/386/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
This draft regulation amends the transitional measure in Regulation (EU) 2023/1442 by adjusting the date by which the European Food Safety Authority must have considered the application valid concerning the authorisation of ‘untreated wood flour or fibers’. With this amendment applicants have a…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/875/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTürkiyeSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft model veterinary health certificate has been prepared for the entry into Türkiye of products (other than live animal, semen and embryos in Annex 1 of the Regulation on Live Animals and Animal Products Subject to Veterinary Controls upon Entry into the Country (G/SPS/N/TUR/17/Add.2))…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/TUR/154Comment period closed
WTO notificationTanzaniaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Zanzibar National Standard specifies requirements, sampling and testing methods for dried raw seaweeds for human consumption. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/TZA/487Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Commission Implementing Regulation approves 2,2-Dibromo-2-cyanoacetamide (DBNPA) as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 11. The substance meets the exclusion criteria set out in Article 5(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 528/2012, but it fulfils the…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1171Comment period closed
WTO notificationPeruSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
Peru notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 20 November 2025.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/PER/1100
WTO notificationRussiaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The draft Decision withdraws the requirement for fresh or chilled tomatoes, peppers and aubergines (eggplants) to be free from Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) as currently indicated in the Common Quarantine Phytosanitary Requirements for Regulated Products and Pests at the Customs Border and in the…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/RUS/340Comment 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.