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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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  1. WTO notificationUnited StatesSPSProposed measure, may since have been adopted

    Pesticides; Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and/or Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses With a 30-Day Comment Period…

    This document announces the Agency's receipt of and solicits comments on requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel their pesticide registration of certain products and/or to amend their product registrations to terminate one or more uses.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/USA/3576Comment period closed

  2. WTO notificationEuropean UnionTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Draft Commission Implementing Decision repealing Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2619 postponing the expiry date of the approval of hydrochloric acid for use in biocidal products…

    This draft Commission Implementing Decision repeals the postponement of the expiry date of the approval of hydrochloric acid as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product type 2. On 26 October 2022, an application was submitted in accordance with Article 13(1) of the Regulation…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1217Comment period closed

  3. WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Establishment Registration and Product Listing for Tobacco Products

    Proposed rule - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing regulations to prescribe the format, content, and procedures for establishment registration and tobacco product listing. Complete and accurate establishment registration and product listing information is…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2297Comment period closed

  4. WTO notificationCanadaSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Proposed Amendments to the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations to address unmet slaughter capacity

    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is proposing amendments to the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) to reduce barriers to the interprovincial trade of red meat and support food security when there is unmet slaughter capacity. The proposed amendments would create a targeted…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CAN/1644Comment period closed

  5. WTO notificationTürkiyeSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Turkish Food Codex - Communiqué on Honey

    This Communiqué covers product definitions, compositions criteria and labelling requirements of honey.

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/TUR/107/Add.1Comment period closed

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

    Draft Law for Some Changes and Amendments on the existing Law No.10 416, dated 7.4.2011 'For Planting and Propagating Plant Material', as amended

    This draft legislation 'On some changes and amendments on the existing Law No.10 416, dated 7.4.2011 'For planting and propagating plant material', as amended makes some changes in some of the terms previously used, as well as re-formulating some of its articles to better serve in the improvement…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ALB/98/Add.1Comment period closed

  7. WTO notificationAlbaniaTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    DRAFT- Decision of the Council of Ministers 'On the Approval of detailed Rules regarding the Conditions, Measures and Controls of Consignments of imported organic or…

    This Draft-Decision of the Council of Ministers 'On the Approval of detailed Rules regarding the Conditions, Measures and Controls of Consignments of imported organic or in-conversion Products', defines rules for the verification of the conditions set out in Law No. 104/2024 'On organic…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ALB/99/Add.1Comment period closed

  8. WTO notificationMongoliaTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Law on Tobacco control (Amendment)

    Increase the size of pictorial health warnings to cover 70% of both the front and back surfaces of tobacco packages; 'Regulations concerning VAPE, vapour products, and electronic heated tobacco products (eHTPs) have been further incorporated into the regulatory framework.'

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/MNG/22Comment period closed

  9. WTO notificationEuropean UnionTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Draft Commission Implementing Regulation renewing the approval of hydrochloric acid for use in biocidal products of product type 2 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012…

    This draft Commission Implementing Regulation renews the approval of hydrochloric acid as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 2, subject to compliance with certain conditions. The opinion of the European Chemicals Agency can be found on its website (Biocidal Products…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/EU/1216Comment period closed

  10. WTO notificationUkraineTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Draft Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine 'On Approval of Amendments to the Procedure for Issuing Permits for Parallel Import of Medicines, Amending Permits for Parallel…

    The draft Order has been developed in accordance with the Law of Ukraine No. 2469-IX of 28 July 2022 'On Medicines', which provides for the establishment and operation of a single regulatory authority responsible for state control in the field of the circulation of medicines. The draft Order aims…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/UKR/391Comment period closed

  12. WTO notificationAlbaniaTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Draft –Decision of the Council of Ministers 'On additional conditions and procedures for the approval of control bodies and the notification of activities by control bodies…

    This Draft-Decision of the Council of Ministers 'On additional conditions and procedures for the approval of control bodies and the notification of activities by control bodies operating in Albania under other standards for organic production' aims to establish additional conditions, beyond those…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ALB/101/Add.1Comment period closed

  13. WTO notificationAlbaniaTBTUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Draft –Decision of the Council of Ministers 'On the Approval of the National Cybersecurity Certification Scheme, as well as the Security Levels of the Scheme'

    This Draft-Decision of the Council of Ministers 'On the Approval of the National Cybersecurity Certification Scheme, as well as the Security Levels of the Scheme' defines the requirements and conditions for the evaluation and certification of ICT Products under the cybersecurity certification…

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/ALB/100/Add.1Comment period closed

  14. WTO notificationSwitzerlandSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

    Ordinance on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles (Foodstuffs Ordinance) (FSO); and FDHA Ordinance on Genetically Modified Foodstuffs (GMFO)

    GMO that have been tested and permitted in the EU for food, shall be tolerated in Switzerland as traces in an amount of up to 0.5% m/m. The Swiss system allows for food that is considered not to contain GMO, a contamination of up to to 0.5% m/m of 5 GMOs (Mais NK603, Mais GA21, Mais 1507, Mais…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHE/77/Add.3Comment period closed

  15. WTO notificationJapanTBTProposed measure, not in force yet

    Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Radio Act, etc.

    Japan will amend the Regulation for Enforcement of the Radio Act, etc. to introduce technical requirements for radio equipment used in user terminals that are part of a non-geostationary satellite communication system in the 700 MHz band for mobile services, utilizing a satellite constellation.

    Symbol: G/TBT/N/JPN/910Comment period closed

  16. WTO notificationBrazilSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Draft. Updates the phytosanitary requirements for the artichoke inflorescences (Cynara scolymus) produced in the French Republic

    Draft Ordinance aiming to update the phytosanitary requirements for the import of inflorescences (Category 3) of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) produced in France. The consignments of artichoke inflorescences must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate, issued by the National Plant Protection…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2501Comment period closed

  17. WTO notificationBrazilSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Draft - Updates the phytosanitary requirements for the artichoke inflorescences (Cynara scolymus) produced in the Italian Republic

    Draft Ordinance aiming to update the phytosanitary requirements for the import of inflorescences (Category 3) of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) produced in Italy. The consignments of artichoke inflorescences must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate, issued by the National Plant Protection…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2500Comment period closed

  18. WTO notificationBrazilSPSProposed measure, not in force yet

    Draft. Updates the phytosanitary requirements for the artichoke inflorescences (Cynara scolymus) produced in the Kingdom of Spain

    Draft Ordinance aiming to update the phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Brazil of inflorescences (Category 3) of artichoke (Cynara scolymus) produced in Spain. The consignments of artichoke inflorescences must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate, issued by the National…

    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BRA/2502Comment 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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