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.
Source: WTO ePing (opens in a new tab). Summaries by Expodite, which is independent of the WTO.
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WTO notificationJordanTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft Jordanian standard specifies the requirements for rye grains used as feedstuff. It covers definitions, classification of rye types, technical requirements, health requirements, packaging, transport, storage, and labelling requirements.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/JOR/77Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for shaving creams.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1835/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and methods of test for fishing gill nets.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1032/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationSingaporeTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) is proposing to regulate Chlorpyrifos, Paraquat and Paraquat salts at all concentrations and in all preparation forms as Hazardous Substances under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and/or EPM (Hazardous Substances) Regulations…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/SGP/75/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for treated Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN).
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1392/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationNew ZealandTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Proposed changes to the current regulatory requirements for air conditioners are set out in Items One to Four below. Note: that Australia will adopt the same changes through making amendments to the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps) Determination 2013 (under…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/NZL/78/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for pastry.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1519/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for reusable menstrual cups.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1671/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements for cooking banana (matooke) grown from Musa spp. (AAA-EAH) and of family Musaceae to be supplied raw to the consumer
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1858/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for tomato concentrates (paste and puree).
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1339/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
1.1 This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for vitamin and mineral supplements intended for use in supplementing the daily food/ diet with vitamins and/or minerals for human consumption 1.2 This Draft East African standard covers vitamin and mineral…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1559/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
1.1 This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for lipid food supplements used for complementing the normal diet with essential fatty acids. 1.2 This draft standard covers lipid food supplements primarily providing essential fatty acids and presented in…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1560/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationFranceTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
The Decree sets rules for the labeling and control of fertilizing products and growing media. More specifically: - It defines the procedures for the control of the effectiveness and the absence of harmful effects of fertilizing products and growing media; - It adapts existing regulations relating…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/FRA/237Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for pumpkin pulp flour intended for human consumption or for other use in the food industry.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1343/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for food snacks
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1520/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationFranceTBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Order: - Sets the values and assessment methods for the safety of fertilizing products and growing media regarding their composition: trace metal elements, organic trace compounds (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins/furans), pathogens, inerts and undesirable…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/FRA/239Comment period closed
WTO notificationNew ZealandTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The Energy Efficiency Conversation Authority (EECA) proposes to align New Zealand’s energy requirements for clothes washing machines, rotary clothes dryers and dishwashers with the relevant Australian Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Determinations. Clothes washing machines: Alignment with…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/NZL/128/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Part 1 of this Uganda Standard specifies requirements for the performance and installation of devices designed to limit the maximum road speed of motor vehicles by control of engine power. This standard also specifies performance requirements of speed recording and reporting devices. These…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1389/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for EAH banana (matooke) flour for human consumption.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/UGA/1860/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationSaudi ArabiaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This draft technical regulation defines the technical and procedural requirements necessary for the safe and effective storage of public health pesticides. It aims to preserve the quality and stability of the products, protect human health and environmental safety, and minimize the risks of…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/SAU/599Comment 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.