Regulatory Updates
Pre-measured products Please be advised that draft Common Market Group Resolution: "MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the Control of Pre-Measured Products Marketed in Units of Mass and Volume of Equal Nominal Content" (draft Resolution No. 18/19) is available for public consultation. The notified draft Resolution replaces the text notified in document G/TBT/N/ARG/223. The deadline for comments has been set at 11 November 2019. Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/registro_arg07.php Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/
Distribution date: 02 October 2019
Products Covered: Pre-measured products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
TITLE: Additional Ambient Aerosol CNC Quantitative Fit Testing Protocols: Respiratory Protection Standard AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: OSHA is approving two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard. These protocols are: The modified ambient aerosol condensation nuclei counter (CNC) quantitative fit testing protocol for full-facepiece and half-mask elastomeric respirators and the modified ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol for filtering facepiece respirators. The protocols apply to employers in general industry, shipyard employment, and the construction industry. Both protocols are abbreviated variations of the original OSHA-approved ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol (often referred to as the PortaCount® protocol), but differ from the test by the exercise sets, exercise duration, and sampling sequence. These protocols will serve as alternatives to the four existing quantitative fit testing protocols already listed in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard and will maintain safety and health protections for workers while providing additional flexibility and reducing compliance burdens. DATES: The final rule becomes effective on 26 September 2019.
Distribution date: 27 September 2019
Products Covered: Respiratory protection
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Domestic sanitary products Please be advised that, under National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration (ANMAT) Resolution No. 7355/2019, ANMAT Resolution No. 7292/1998 and the amendments thereto have been updated with respect to the registration of liquid bleach, excluding bleach with additives. Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Tel.: (+54) 11 4349 4067 Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/
Distribution date: 24 September 2019
Products Covered: Cleaning products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Products covered: ICS 29.140.99 (Other standards related to lamps) This addendum concerns the notification of Draft of the Egyptian standard ES 3939 "Lamp control gear particular requirements for a.c. supplied electronic control gear for fluorescent lamps" (185 Pages, In English). It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier versions of this Standard. Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with IEC 61347-2-3:2011/AMD1:2016. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined. Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined. Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
Distribution date: 18 September 2019
Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Products covered: ICS 79.040 (Wood, sawlogs and sawn timber), ICS 79.060.10 (plywood). This addendum concerns the notification of Draft of the Egyptian standard ES 949-2 " Plywood –part 2: Tolerances on dimensions "(8 pages, in Arabic). It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier version of this Standard. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with ISO 1954:2013 (confirmed in 2019). Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined. Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined. Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from: National Enquiry Point Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg Website: http://www.eos.org.eg Tel: + (202) 22845528 Fax: + (202) 22845504
Distribution date: 18 September 2019
Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Products covered: ICS 29.140.20 (Incandescent lamps) This addendum concerns the notification of Draft of Egyptian standard ES 27 for "Tungsten filament lamps for domestic and similar general lighting purposes – performance requirements" It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No. 423/2005 (25 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/3 dated 14 December 2005 mandated among others the earlier versions of these Egyptian Standards. Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with IEC 60064:1993/AMD4:2007 and IEC 60064:1993/AMD5:2009. Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette. Proposed date of adoption: to be determined. Proposed date of entry into force: to be determined. Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:National Enquiry PointEgyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - EgyptE-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.egWebsite: http://www.eos.org.egTel: + (202) 22845528Fax: + (202) 22845504
Distribution date: 18 September 2019
Products Covered: Chemical, textile and engineering products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Argentine Pharmacopoeia: Active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients and medicinal preparations Please be advised that Decision No. 6781/2019 of the National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration (ANMAT) approves the First Supplement to the Argentine Pharmacopoeia, which contains the new additions and updates to the texts of volumes II, III and IV of the Seventh Addition approved by ANMAT Decision No. 6501/2013 (G/TBT/N/ARG/120/Add.1). Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/ Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php
Distribution date: 02 September 2019
Products Covered: Products used in the manufacture of medicines
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Chemical precursors Please be advised that, under Executive Branch Decree No. 593/2019, regulations have been laid down for Law No. 26.045, which creates the National Register of Chemical Precursors provided for in Article 44 of Law No. 23.737 and its amendments. Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651 Piso 4° Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Website: http://www.puntofocal.gob.ar/ Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php
Distribution date: 29 August 2019
Products Covered: Chemicals and chemical products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Domestic sanitary products Please be advised that, under National Drug, Food and Medical Technology Administration (ANMAT) Resolution No. 6665/2019, ANMAT Resolution No. 7292/1998 and its amendments have been updated with respect to the registration of liquid bleach with additives. As a result, Annex XII thereto, included under ANMAT Resolution No. 7334/1999, has been repealed in order to incorporate Common Market Group Resolution No. 57/98. ANMAT Resolution No. 7292/1998 http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/55000-59999/55178/texact.htm ANMAT Resolution No. 7334/1999 (Common Market Group Resolution No. 57/98) http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/60000-64999/61761/norma.htm Punto Focal de la República Argentina (Focal Point of the Argentine Republic) Subsecretaría de Políticas de Mercado Interno (Undersecretariat for Domestic Market Policies) Avda. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 4°, Sector 23A (C1067ABB) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Tel.: 54 11 4349 4067, Email: focalotc@produccion.gob.ar Text available at: http://www.puntofocal.gov.ar/formularios/notific_arg.php
Distribution date: 29 August 2019
Products Covered: Cleaning products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
Network of analysis and diagnostic laboratories in the context of sanitary and phytosanitary measures
Distribution date: 28 August 2019
The Republic of Colombia hereby advises that Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) Resolution No. 3823 "Establishing the network of analysis and diagnostic laboratories in the context of sanitary and phytosanitary measures designed to strengthen the agricultural sector", notified by the World Trade Organization on 25 October 2016 in document G/SPS/N/COL/244/Add.1, has been amended under Resolution No. 11636 of 2 August 2019 "Amending Articles 2, 10 and 23 of ICA Resolution No. 3823 of 2013 and repealing ICA Resolution No. 20058 of 2018". https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/COL/19_4614_00_s.pdf
Products Covered: Agricultural products
Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification
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