Regulatory Updates
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
DEAS 1234: Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) — Specification
Distribution date: 28 May 2026
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the East African Standard; EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition), notified in; G/TBT/N/BDI/540, G/TBT/N/KEN/1732, G/TBT/N/RWA/1107, G/TBT/N/TZA/1243 and G/TBT/N/UGA/2080 was adopted and published by the East African Community Council of Ministers as EAS 1234: 2026, Automatic Transmission Fluid (First edition) on 19th January 2026 via East African Community Gazette, Legal Notice No. EAC/33/2026 dated 26th January, 2026. A copy of the document can be obtained via the following link at a basic fee: https://webstore.kebs.org
Products Covered: - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals: (HS code(s): 34031); Lubricants, industrial oils and related products (ICS code(s): 75.100)
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the temporary restriction, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, on imports into Kazakhstan from the territory of Csongrád-Csanád County of Hungary of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
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 (WOAH), hereby introduces, as of 4 March 2026, temporary restrictions due to highly pathogenic avian influenza on imports into Kazakhstan from the territory of Csongrád-Csanád County of Hungary of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds. As well as transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live poultry.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Letter of the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the Departments of Eure, Pas-de-Calais, Maine-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Nord, Allier, Deux-Sèvres in France of live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermy treatment, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as for transit from the above territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of live bird
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
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 (WOAH), an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza was registered in the Departments of Eure, Pas-de-Calais, Maine-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Nord, Allier, Deux-Sèvres in France. In this regard, since 27 March 2026, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the importation to the territory of Kazakhstan from the territory of the Departments of Eure, Pas-de-Calais, Maine-et-Loire, Lot-et-Garonne, Nord, Allier, Deux-Sèvres in France of live poultry and hatching eggs, poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C), feed and feed additives for birds (except for feed additives of plant origin, as well as chemical and microbiological synthesis), down and feathers, hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermy treatment (feathered game), down and feathers, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds, as well as for transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of live poultry.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs, down and feathers, poultry meat and all types of poultry products, feed and feed additives for birds, hunting trophies, used equipment for keeping, slaughtering and cutting birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the temporary restriction, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, on imports into the Republic of Kazakhstan from the territory of the Preshov and Trnava regions of the Slovak Republic of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, based on official information from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), hereby introduces, as of 6 March 2026, temporary restrictions due to highly pathogenic avian influenza on imports into Kazakhstan from the territory of the Preshov and Trnava regions of the Slovak Republic of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds. As well as transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of the following product: live poultry.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the temporary restriction, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, on imports into Kazakhstan from the departments of Vendée, Drôme, Dunkirk, Calvados, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Somme, Côtes-d’Armor, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres and Allier in France of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of plant origin, as well as those of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, based on official information from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), hereby introduces, as of 10 February 2026, temporary restrictions due to highly pathogenic avian influenza on imports into Kazakhstan from the departments of Vendée, Drôme, Dunkirk, Calvados, Loire-Atlantique, Loir-et-Cher, Somme, Côtes-d’Armor, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres and Allier in France of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of plant origin, as well as those of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds.The transit of live poultry from the above-mentioned territories through the territory of Kazakhstan is also prohibited.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of plant origin, as well as those of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Letter from the Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan on the temporary restriction, due to highly pathogenic avian influenza, on imports into the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Nógrád County, Republic of Hungary of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Distribution date: 22 May 2026
The Committee for Veterinary Control and Surveillance of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, based on official information from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), hereby introduces, as of 16 February 2026, temporary restrictions due to highly pathogenic avian influenza on imports into Kazakhstan from the Nógrád County, Hungary of live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); and used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds. As well as transit from the above-mentioned territory through the territory of Kazakhstan of the following product: live poultry.
Products Covered: Live poultry and hatching eggs; poultry meat and all types of poultry products that have not undergone heat treatment (at least 70 °C); feed and feed additives for birds (with the exception of feed additives of chemical and microbiological synthesis); down and feathers; hunting trophies that have not undergone taxidermic treatment (feathered game); used equipment for keeping, slaughtering, and processing birds
Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)
Amending Resolution No. 9.074 of 2018 and Resolution No. 1.557 of 2014 to include and update special authorizations for natural and synthetic pesticides
Distribution date: 21 May 2026
The Republic of Chile hereby advises that the text amending Resolution No. 9.074 of 2018 and Resolution No. 1.557 of 2014 to include and update special authorizations for natural and synthetic pesticides, was published in the Official Journal on 18 May 2026, through Exempt Resolution No. 3.960, of 2026, of the Ministry of Agriculture.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.
Products Covered: Autorizaciones especiales para plaguicidas naturales y sintéticos.
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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