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 notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft East African Standard specifies a test method for determining the puncture resistance of flexible packaging materials. The method is applicable to multilayer flexible packaging materials.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1897Comment period closed
WTO notificationThailandSPSWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeEmergencyNew
The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in Békés, Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar and Bács-Kiskun of Hungary. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1)…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/THA/774/Add.2
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, may since have been adoptedNew
This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for paper and board food contact packaging material.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KEN/1896Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited Arab Emirates,Bahrain,Kuwait+4TBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
This GCC Regulation shall apply to all producers, manufacturers, importers, and retailers who wish to sell radio receivers and all other products that have built-in radio receivers in the GCC countries. This specification shall be used to assess the eligibility of a product for use in the GCC…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ARE/640/Add.1Comment 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.