Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 13 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 05 March 2025

Government Decision No. 113/2025 amends Government Decision No. 938/2018, which establishes the rules for border control of goods subject to supervision by the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA). The amendments update the list of controlled tariff codes in line with the new Combined Nomenclature of goods, clarify procedural aspects for the import/export of food products of animal and plant origin (processed), animal feed, and organic products, and define new control requirements for plant protection products (pesticides). The measure also transposes:• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793, concerning reinforced controls and emergency measures for certain high-risk products from third countries;• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2389, establishing harmonised inspection frequencies for consignments of plants, plant products and other regulated goods.

Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal (HS code(s): 02); Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included (HS code(s): 05); Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; Prepared edible fats; Animal or vegetable waxes (HS code(s): 15); Sugars and sugar confectionery (HS code(s): 17); Cocoa and cocoa preparations (HS code(s): 18); Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; Pastrycooks' products (HS code(s): 19); Residues and waste from the food industries; Prepared animal fodder (HS code(s): 23); Miscellaneous chemical products (HS code(s): 38) Detailed HS codes covered by the changes: 0201–0210, 0504, 0506, 0507, 0511, 1501–1518, 1701–1704, 1801–1806, 1901–1905, 2001–2009, 2301–2309, 3808

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 June 2025

Ukraine notifies the adoption of the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 1534 “On Approval of Hygienic Requirements for Edible Caseins and Caseinates” of 27 March 2025.The Order was published on 3 June 2025 and will enter into force on 3 December 2025.

Products Covered: Edible caseins and caseinates (HS code(s): 3501) 

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 12 June 2025

Ukraine notifies the adoption of the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine No. 1534 “On Approval of Hygienic Requirements for Edible Caseins and Caseinates” of 27 March 2025.The Resolution was published on 03 June 2025 and will enter into force on 03 December 2025.

Products Covered: Edible caseins and caseinates,  (HS code(s): 3501)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

This Draft Malawi Standard prescribes requirements, methods of sampling and test for the material commercially known as ready mixed paint, air drying, red oxide-zinc chrome priming.   

Products Covered: Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide (HS code(s): 2817); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

This Draft Malawi Standard specifies requirements and methods of sampling and test for the following two types of varnish for interior use on wooden surfaces: 

Products Covered: Paints and varnishes, incl. enamels and lacquers, based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions of products of headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents, containing > 50% solvent by weight (excl. solutions of collodion) (HS code(s): 3208); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

 This Draft Malawi Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for thinner for acrylic resin based auto-refinishing paints.  

Products Covered: Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers. (HS code(s): 3814); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

This Draft Malawi Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for water based textured paints suitable for exterior and interior use on concrete surfaces, boards, primed wood, primed metal to give a protective and decorative coating   

Products Covered: TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS (HS code(s): 32); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

 This Draft Malawi Standard covers wax polish suitable for use on cement surfaces, and available in three colours. 

Products Covered: Polishes, creams and similar preparations, for footwear or leather, whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations (excl. artificial and prepared waxes of heading 3404) (HS code(s): 340510); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

 This Draft Malawi Standard specifies the requirements for two categories of mineral solvents for reducing paints, varnishes and related materials and for other purposes, as follows:  

Products Covered: Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers. (HS code(s): 3814); Solvents (ICS code(s): 87.060.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 June 2025 | Final date for Comment: 09 August 2025

 This Draft Malawi Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for auto refinishing paint, nitrocellulose resin based.  

Products Covered: Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. 2,2'-Oxydiethanol "diethylene glycol, digol" and monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol) (HS code(s): 290949); Paints and varnishes (ICS code(s): 87.040)

Regulation Type: Regular notification