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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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  3. WTO notificationGuyanaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Requirements for Pneumatic passenger car tyres

    This standard specifies the requirements for new and used pneumatic passenger car tyres, along with their storage conditions.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/GUY/3/Rev.1Comment period closed

  5. WTO notificationGuyanaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Requirements for Sale of Used motor vehicles

    This standard applies to: (a) a used motor vehicle that is offered or displayed for sale by a supplier, whether the supplier is acting as an agent for another person or through a motor vehicle trader or dealer; (b) a supplier who is a party to, or acts as an agent for a party to, a contract for…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/GUY/64Comment period closed

  6. WTO notificationSwitzerlandTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Changes to Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    The modification concerns annex 3 of the GMFO. This annex contains a list of GMO products that may be put on the Swiss market without a specific authorisation by the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office. There will be 20 new entries into that list: 1,4 alpha-D-glucane glucanohydrolase (EC…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/266/Rev.1/Add.1Comment period closed

  7. WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1928 of 25 September 2025 concerning the authorisation of a preparation of lutein-rich extract of Tagetes erecta L. as a feed…

    This Regulation authorises for the first time in the European Union and for a period of ten years lutein-rich extract of Tagetes erecta L. as a feed additive belonging to the additive category ‘sensory additives’ and in the functional group ‘colourants (ii), substances which, when fed to animals…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/890

  8. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: Bulbs, tubers

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 6 October 2025. The comment period closed on 5 December 2025.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/184Comment period closed

  10. WTO notificationPeruTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Peru: True hemp (cannabis sativa L.)

    This Regulation regulates the activities of production, processing and marketing of hemp and its derivatives for industrial use, within the framework of Law No. 32195 and, aims to promote and boost the agricultural-industrial hemp supply chain through clear provisions that allow for its proper…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/PER/174Comment period closed

  12. WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    DEAS 383: 2025, Liquid soaps and detergent for household use - Specification, Fourth Edition

    This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for liquid soap and detergent for household use. This standard does not cover soaps and detergents for laundry use, liquid bathing soap and liquid hand wash (synthetic and combined).

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1420Comment period closed

  13. WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1915 of 25 September 2025 concerning the authorisation of L-tryptophan produced with Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80346 as a feed…

    This Regulation authorises for the first time in the European Union and for a period of ten years L-tryptophan produced with Corynebacterium glutamicum KCCM 80346 as a feed additive belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and in the functional group ‘amino acids, their salts and…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/889

  14. WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    DEAS 186-1: 2025, Bathing soap - Specification - Part 1: Solid, Second Edition

    This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for solid bathing soap. This standard does not apply to carbolic soap or specialty soaps such as, transparent soap, floating soap, liquid soap, beauty soap or sea-water soap. The standard does not apply to products…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/TZA/1418Comment period closed

  16. WTO notificationThailandSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

    The DLD order on temporary suspension of importation or transit of monkeys and other animals belonging to the order Primates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to prevent…

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Ebola virus disease into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/THA/798

  17. WTO notificationNicaraguaSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Proposed measure from Nicaragua: Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise

    Nicaragua notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 6 October 2025. The comment period closed on 5 December 2025.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/NIC/188Comment period closed

  18. WTO notificationPeruSPSAdopted, according to its latest notice

    Adopted measure from Peru: Animals; live, n.e.c. in chapter 01

    Peru issued an addendum on 6 October 2025 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/PER/974. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 9 May 2022…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/PER/974/Add.1Comment period closed

  19. WTO notificationMalaysiaTBTProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Amendments to the Twelfth A Schedule of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U. (A) 437/1985]

    The proposed amendments to the Twelfth A Schedule of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] are as follows: by inserting after the name of probiotic culture L. casei Shirota with its new, globally accepted designation, L. paracasei Shirota / Lacticaseibacillus paracasei Shirota, to be in…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/128Comment period closed

What SPS and TBT mean

SPSSanitary and phytosanitary measures

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.

TBTTechnical barriers to trade

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.

Commenting on a notification

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.

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