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 notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to remove obsolete directives from the phase-in reporting requirements for Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 303.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2204/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to remove obsolete directives from the phase-in reporting requirements in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 304.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/1498/Rev.1/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationCosta RicaSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
Costa Rica issued an addendum on 5 June 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/CRI/266. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 25 April…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CRI/266/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to remove obsolete directives from the phase-in reporting requirements. The phase-in reporting requirements that the proposed amendments would delete are: advanced air bag phase-in reporting…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2207/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationKazakhstanSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergencyNew
The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan reports that on the basis of the official notification of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WAHIS), outbreaks of avian influenza were registered in the Region Zealand, Denmark. In this…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KAZ/122/Add.1
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking - Through this document, NHTSA fulfills the statutory mandate in section 24204 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which directed the Secretary of Transportation to issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to update Federal Motor…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2132/Add.2Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTWithdrawn, lifted or repealed, according to its latest noticeNew
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 204, Steering Control Rearward Displacement, so that it no longer applies to vehicles that are certified to the frontal barrier crash…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/2202/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationKazakhstanSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceEmergencyNew
The measure represents a temporary restriction on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry, hatching eggs, down, feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not been heat treated, feed and feed additives, hunting trophies that have not been taxidermy…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/KAZ/28/Add.1
WTO notificationJapanSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in forceNew
MAFF is proposing a revision to Article 47-2 of the Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control to add live rabbits (Leporidae) and live honeybees (Apis spp.) to the animals subject to the prior Notification Concerning the Importation of Animals…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/JPN/1406/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationUnited StatesTBTAdopted, according to its latest noticeNew
Proposed rule; request for comments - This proposed rule removes a deadline in OSHA's Walking-Working Surfaces standard by which all fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level must be equipped with personal fall arrest systems or ladder safety systems. Additionally, OSHA is…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/USA/550/Rev.1/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationTürkiyeTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Regulation lays down rules for the placing of novel foods on the market. Regulation covers procedure for determination of novel food status, requirements for placing novel foods on the market, and specific rules for traditional foods from other countries. Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TUR/221/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
This document specifies requirements for the development, qualification, and routine control of moist heat sterilization processes for medical devices, applicable to industrial sterilization applications. This document contains guidance intended to explain requirements set forth in the normative…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2259Comment period closed
WTO notificationTürkiyeTBTIn force, according to its latest noticeNew
This Communiqué lays down the procedures and principles for the procedure to be applied during the consultation process for determining whether the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Novel Foods covers a food. In addition, the necessary administrative and scientific requirements are determined in…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/TUR/222/Add.1Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
This document specifies the terms and definitions, classification and coding, technical requirements, safety requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, accompanying technical documents, packaging, transportation and storage of civil water‑heating coal‑burning stoves. This document…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CHN/2258Comment period closed
WTO notificationChinaSPSEmergency measure, may already applyEmergencyNew
Recently, China Customs has repeatedly detected the quarantine pest, Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, in imported plant seeds originating from Italy, the Republic of Korea and other countries. To prevent the introduction of the pathogenic bacterium and protect China’s agricultural production…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/CHN/1387
WTO notificationMalaysiaTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
The proposed amendments to the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] are as follows: Regulation 18BA is to insert new regulations on sugar content grading labelling for packaged beverages by inserting particulars and conditions in labelling sugar content grading for packaged beverages. Table VI…
Symbol: G/TBT/N/MYS/134Comment period closed
WTO notificationMexicoSPSProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Mexico notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 3 June 2026. The comment period closed on 2 August 2026.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/MEX/471Comment period closed
WTO notificationMexicoSPSProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Mexico notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 3 June 2026. The comment period closed on 2 August 2026.
No products listed by the notifying member
Symbol: G/SPS/N/MEX/470Comment period closed
WTO notificationUgandaSPSProposed measure, not in force yetNew
This Working Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for biochar. The standard applies to biochar produced from biomass through thermochemical conversion processes such as pyrolysis or gasification under limited oxygen conditions. This standard does not apply to…
Symbol: G/SPS/N/UGA/489Comment period closed
WTO notificationCanadaTBTProposed measure, not in force yetNew
Transport Canada is proposing to update Technical Standards Document (TSD) 208 referenced in the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (MVSR) pertaining to child restraint systems used in air bag suppression and low risk deployment testing and seatbelt reminder requirements.
Symbol: G/TBT/N/CAN/778Comment 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.