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 notificationSwitzerlandTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
The national poison center provides important services to the public and healthcare professionals in cases of poisoning. However, the center’s funding is not adequately regulated. The current Chemicals Act provides for the designation and financial support of a poison center by the federal…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/305Comments until 2 January 2027
WTO notificationSwitzerlandTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Annex 2 ChemO: 1. Harmonized classifications and labelling of substances (24th ATP of the EU-CLP regulation): 38 substances or groups of substances are added to the List of harmonized classifications and labeling of dangerous substances, and 9 existing entries are modified. 2. The latest…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHE/304Comments until 2 January 2027
WTO notificationArgentinaTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Argentina issued an addendum on 3 November 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/ARG/283. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 22…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ARG/283/Add.1
WTO notificationPhilippinesSPSProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Circular is hereby issued to provide the updated guidelines and implementation procedures for the importation of dogs and cats into the Philippines. It outlines the documentary and animal health requirements, including the approved Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance (SPSIC), rabies…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/PHL/548Comments until 2 January 2027
WTO notificationIndonesiaTBTWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeNew
This draft regulation establishes the legal framework for verifying the compliance of foreign halal products entering the Indonesian market. Issued by BPJPH, the document mandates that imported goods undergo strict administrative and physical checks at their point of origin to ensure they align…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/IDN/190/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationEuropean UnionSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
This draft amendment to Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 aims to address current challenges improving the documentation and controls of recycled plastics including those imported to the EU, to provide the legal basis for the creation of the TARIC codes, and to streamline with an interactive digital…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/EU/940/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationVietnamTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
The draft national technical regulation on automobile tachograph and automobiles driver image digital video recorder specifies the technical requirements for tachograph and driver image digital video recorder on different types of automobiles subjected to the installation in accordance with Law on…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/VNM/327/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSouth KoreaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
The proposed amendment is to: The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) would like to revise the Regulation on Safety Assessment for Genetically Modified Food Products. The main points of the amendments are as follows: - Replacement of English terms with Korean terms (with English in…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1385Comments until 1 January 2027
WTO notificationIsraelTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
First amendment to the Mandatory Standard 900 part 2.23, dealing with electric appliances for skin and hair care. This draft amendment adopts AMD1:2019-03 of the International Standard IEC 60335-2-23:2016, with the following changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section: Changes the…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1285/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationIsraelTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
First amendment to the Mandatory Standard SI 900 part 2.17. This amendment changes the following: Adopts Amendment 2 of 2019-03 to the International Standard IEC 60335-2-17:2012; Deletes the national section 203 dealing with 'Noise requirements'.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/ISR/1284/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTürkiyeTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
This Communiqué covers the procedures and principles regarding the preparation, processing, production, storage, transportation, preservation, marketing of distilled spirit drinks, includind the definition and characteristics of distilled alcoholic beverages.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TUR/71/Rev.1/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationSouth KoreaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
The proposed amendments to the Regulation on the Permission, Notification, Review, Etc. of In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices are as follows: A. Exemption from raw material declaration requirements in manufacturing (import) notifications for in vitro diagnostic equipment B. Relaxation of…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/KOR/1386Comments until 1 January 2027
WTO notificationJordanTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
'This standard specifies the requirements for unprocessed genetically modified agricultural products intended for cultivation, or for human or animal consumption, which contain, consist of, or are produced from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in a proportion exceeding 1% for the genetically…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/JOR/111Comments until 1 January 2027
WTO notificationEuropean UnionTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
The purpose of this draft proposal for a Commission Delegated Regulation under Article 37(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the CLP Regulation) is to amend Table 3 of Part 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation by introducing…
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Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1250Comments until 1 January 2027
WTO notificationColombiaSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergencyNew
Colombia notified this emergency SPS measure on 2 November 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.
Symbol: G/SPS/N/COL/441
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
The Consumer Product Safety Commission ('Commission' or 'CPSC') is proposing to amend the regulations for Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators to reflect changes made by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. ('UL'), in the entrapment protection provisions in UL's standard UL…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/1029/Add.6Comment period closed
WTO notificationTürkiyeTBTWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeNew
This Regulation provides for: (a) Lists of approved food additives as set out in Annexes II and III, (b) conditions of use of food additives in foods, including food additives and food enzymes as covered by Regulation on food enzymes (OG:24.2.2017 – 29989), and food flavourings as covered by…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TUR/200/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationIndiaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulations, 2026 is relating to the inclusion of Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) of Pesticide Residues [‘Acetamiprid’ & ‘Imidacloprid’] in Tea.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/IND/443Comments until 1 January 2027
WTO notificationCanadaTBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate has launched a consultation regarding the notice of proposal to modify the Table of Chemical, Physical and Nutritional Characteristics of Food (Table). The Food and Drug Regulations (FDR) include requirements related to protein quality that apply to…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/784Comments until 20 January 2027
WTO notificationBurundi,Kenya,Rwanda+2TBTProposed measure, open for commentsNew
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for mayonnaise and mayonnaise variants intended for human consumption.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/BDI/839Comments until 29 December 2026
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.
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