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angle-left ADVISORY: World Trade Organization (WTO) Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Latest Notifications – 20 November 2024

The latest bulletin lists a total of 365 notifications covering various sectors such as agriculture, chemical technology, civil engineering, clothing industry, construction materials and buildings, domestic and commercial engineering, equipment, sports, electrical engineering, electronics, energy and heat transfer engineering, environment health protection and safety, fluid systems and components for general use, food technology, glass and ceramics industries, generalities, terminology, standardization, documentation, healthcare technology, information technology, materials handling equipment, manufacturing engineering, metallurgy, mining and minerals, natural and applied sciences, packaging and distribution of goods, paint colour industries, petroleum and related technologies, railway engineering, road vehicles engineering, rubber and plastic industries, services, company organization, management and quality, administration, transport, sociology, telecommunications, audio, and video engineering and textile and leather technology. The respective issuing economies and the final date of comments are provided below:

Agriculture

  1. Maximum permissible levels of tar and nicotine in cigarettes, Vietnam, 03 December 2024
  2. Compounded fish feeds, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  3. Special authorizations for natural and synthetic pesticides, Chile, 09 December 2024
  4. Pesticides: guidelines on good labelling practices, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  5. Pesticides: guidelines for retail, distribution, storage and handling, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  6. Emulsifiable concentrates pesticides based on cypermethrin for plant protection purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  7. Pesticides - Cypermethrin in form of wettable powders for plant protection purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  8. Pesticides - Cypermethrin ultra low volume liquids (ULV) for plant protection purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  9. Technical concentrates of cypermethrin (for plant protection purpose), Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  10. Pesticides - Technical material of alpha-cypermethrin used for agricultural purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  11. Wettable powder of alphacypermethrin used for agricultural purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  12. Suspension concentrate of alphacypermethrin used for agricultural purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  13. Emulsifiable concentrate of alphacypermethrin used for agricultural purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  14. Emulsifiable concentrate of alphacypermethrin used for agricultural purpose, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  15. Organic fertilizer, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  16. Pesticides Cypermethrin, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  17. Pesticides Cypermethrin content and diastero isomer ratio, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  18. Insect products for animal feeds : code of good practice in production and processing, Uganda, 09 December 2024
  19. Edible insects: good farming and wild harvesting practices, Uganda, 09 December 2024
  20. Aqueous extracts of compost, vermin compost, algae or other organic / plant materials or their juices – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  21. Fertilizers: marking, presentation and declarations – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  22. Edible dried caterpillars, Uganda, 08 December 2024
  23. Foods based on edible insects and their products, Uganda, 08 December 2024
  24. Edible insects: good agricultural practice on cricket farming, Uganda, 08 December 2024
  25. Edible insects: good hygiene practices for insect farming and processing, Uganda, 08 December 2024
  26. Unit packets of smokeless nicotine products, Finland, 06 December 2024
  27. Compounded dog food – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  28. Compounded cat food – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  29. Organic fertilizer – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  30. E-cigarettes – Addendum, Lithuania, deadline not indiacted
  31. Standardised packet to all tobacco products, herbal smoking products and devices, as well as all papers, filters and tubes, Belgium, 15 December 2024
  32. Packaging units and outer packaging for cigarettes, rollyour-own tobacco and water pipe tobacco, Belgium, 15 Decmber 2024
  33. Tractors and agricultural machinery other than tractors, Chile, 15 December 2024
  34. Banana seeds – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  35. Cassava seed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  36. Legume hay used as animal feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  37. Compounded rabbit feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  38. Grass hay used as animal feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  39. Compounded horse feed – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  40. Poultry feed premix – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  41. Dairy cattle feed premix – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  42. Cattle feedlot operations – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  43. Cattle feedlot operations – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  44. Seed potato – Addendum, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  45. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes-Addendum, Australia, deadline not indicated
  46. Skin applied mosquito repellent: petroleum jelly, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 January 2025
  47. Mosquito repellent, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 January 2025
  48. Fertilizer and biostimulant products, Chile, 05 January 2025
  49. Health warnings and messages to be used on displays and displays of smoking products derived from tobacco – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  50. Health warnings and messages to be used on the packaging of smoking products derived from tobacco – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  51. Agricultural machinery, China, 03 January 2025
  52. Feed additives: benzoic acid, China, 03 January 2025
  53. Feed additives - Minerals and their complexes (or chelates- Zinc glycinate, China, 03 January 2025
  54. Feed additives - Minerals and their complexes (or chelates) - zinc glycinate, China, 03 January 2025

Chemical Technology

  1. Chemical and petrochemical industrial products, Russian Federation, 03 December 2024
  2. Cosmetic products – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated
  3. Cleanser among polishing agents for kitchen, household, or furniture use (limited to those that contains abrasives), Japan, 02 December 2024
  4. Chemical substances label, Jordan, 01 December 2024
  5. Hair products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  6. Personal hygiene products, cosmetics, and perfumes – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  7. Biocidal products: Dinotefuran, European Union, 07 December 2024
  8. Chemical substances, Japan, 07 December 2024
  9. Cosmetics, China, 16 December 2024
  10. Laundry detergents containing nonylphenol ethoxylates – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  11. Disinfectants – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated
  12. Biocidal products, European Union, 24 December 2024
  13. Calcium carbide – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
  14. Hazardous substances, Singapore, 29 December 2024
  15. Personal hygiene products, cosmetics and perfumes, Uruguay, deadline not indicated
  16. Oral care and cleansing products, China, 03 January 2025

Civil Engineering

  1. Road traffic order and safety, Vietnam, 01 December 2024
  2. Asphalt cements, cutback asphalts and asphalt emulsions – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated

Clothing Industry

  1. Sports shoes – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated

Construction Materials and Buildings

  1. Fire doors of buildings, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, 03 December 2024
  2. Passenger lifts and service lifts – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  3. Energy calculation and classification for escalators and moving walks – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  4. Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks: energy calculation and classification for lifts (elevators) – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  5. Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks: energy measurement and verification – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  6. Structures and parts of structures – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  7. Water closets, China, deadline not indicated
  8. Plastic composite roofing tiles and ridges – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  9. Integral waterproofing compounds for cement mortar and concrete – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  10. Concrete structures, Kenya, 13 December 2024
  11. Building products – Addendum, New Zealand, deadline not indicated
  12. Novel foods, Turkiye, 22 December 2024
  13. Roof waterproofing sheets : poly(vinyl chloride), Israel, 21 December 2024
  14. Construction products, United Kingdom, 30 December 2024
  15. Weldable bars for reinforced concrete reinforcements, Chile, 07 Janaury 2025
  16. Electrowelded meshes for reinforced concrete reinforcements, Chile, 07 January 2025
  17. Electrowelded meshes for reinforced concrete reinforcement, Chile, 07 January 2025

Domestic and Commercial Engineering, Equipment, Sports

  1. Baby walking frames – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated
  2. Pushchairs and prams – Addendum, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, deadline not indicated
  3. Gaming equipment: bonusing systems – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  4. Gaming equipment: kiosks – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  5. Gaming equipment: finite scratch ticket and pull-tab systems – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  6. Gaming equipment: progressive gaming devices – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  7. Gaming equipment: on-line monitoring and control systems (MCS) and validation systems – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  8. Household tumble dryers, European Union, 28 December 2024
  9. Clothes washers and clothes dryers, USA, 05 December 2024
  10. Indoor stationary training equipment, China, 03 January 2025

Electrical Engineering

  1. Low-power generating sets up to 12 kW and 1,000 V – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicator.
  2. Electric AC induction motors – Corrigendum, Honduras, deadline not indicated
  3. Electric cables, Israel, 21 December 2024
  4. Electric AC induction motors, Honduras, 20 December 2024
  5. Air-cooled single-phase squirrel-cage electric AC induction motors with a rated output of 0.180 kW to 2.238 kW, Mexico, 28 December 2024

Electronics

  1. Energy efficiency label: vacuum cleaner, United Arab Emirates, 01 December 2024
  2. Laser products – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
  3. Electrical appliances – Addendum, Republic of Korea, deadline not indicated

Energy and Heat Transfer Engineering

  1. Computer and data processing room air conditioners – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  2. Packaged refrigerating units for walkin cold rooms – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  3. Solar systems devices, India, 17 December 2024
  4. Domestic solar water heating systems, China, 16 December 2024
  5. LED luminaires for road and tunnel lighting, China, 16 December 2024
  6. Low - Low-temperature thermal solar installations – Corrigendum, Honduras, deadline not indicated
  7. Low - temperature thermal solar installations, Honduras, 20 December 2024
  8. Fiber-optic cables, connections, and optical fiber splices, USA, 29 November 2024

Environment Health Protection and Safety

  1. Waste batteries, European Union, 03 December 2024
  2. Household or laundry-type washing machines - Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  3. Hearing protectors – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  4. Respiratory protective devices – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  5. Personal protective equipment used to prevent falls from a height – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  6. Toxic substances : tris(2 - chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  7. Single use plastic items, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 01 December 2024
  8. Forklift – Addendum, United, deadline not indicated
  9. Refrigeration products – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  10. Air -cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  11. Certain per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances, United States, 29 November 2024
  12. Vehicles of categories M1 M2 N1 and N2 - Benzine/petrol Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  13. Chemical data reporting – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  14. Chemical substances, United States, deadline not indicated
  15. Residential dishwashers – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  16. Toxic chemicals in consumer products – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  17. Protective clothing against particles, China, 16 December 2024
  18. Safety specification for the protection of dust explosion for grain processing, China, storage and transportation system
  19. Safety specification for dust explosion prevention in feed processing system, China, 16 December 2024
  20. Bulk grain loading and unloading system in port, China, 16 December 2024
  21. Indoor and outdoor fixed jet fire extinguishing systems, China, 16 December 2024
  22. Fireproof coating for electric cable, China, 16 December 2024
  23. Fireproof coatings for concrete structure, China, 16 December 2024
  24. Gas facilities in the industrial enterprise factory area, China, 16 December 2024
  25. Disposable bouffant cap – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  26. Volatile organic liquid storage vessels (including petroleum liquid storage vessels) – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  27. Hydrofluorocarbons – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  28. Ozone-depleting substances – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  29. Beverage containers – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  30. Waste in relation to battery-related waste, European Union, 14 December 2024
  31. Products subject to sanitary-epidemiological control which regulates the requirements for materials, reagents, equipment for water treatment and water purification, Russian Federation, 14 December 2024
  32. Fire-fighting centrifugal pumps without primer – Corrigendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  33. Organic products, Ukraine, 23 December 2024
  34. Fire fighting vehicle, China, 31 December 2024
  35. Energy efficiency-Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  36. Off-highway vehicle – Addendum, United States, 04 December 2024
  37. Portable fire extinguishers Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
  38. Hydrofluorocarbons – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  39. Instantaneous water heaters, Thailand, 27 December 2024
  40. Infant support cushions – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  41. Aerial fire fighting vehicle, China, 03 January 2025
  42. Toxic chemicals in consumer products – Addendum, United States

Fluid Systems and Components for General Use

  1. Pressure reducing valves – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  2. Eco-design requirements for water pumps energy efficiency – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  3. Ducted air-conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  4. Multiple splitsystem air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps, deadline not indicated
  5. Pump system energy assessment, Egypt, 08 December 2024
  6. Rotodynamic glanded water pumps for pumping clean water, Egypt, 08 December 2024
  7. High pressure regulator for use with liquefied petroleum gas, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 December 2024
  8. Low pressure liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) regulator for use with LPG cylinder valve, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 December 2024
  9. Energy efficiency of ductless air conditioners, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  10. Tank Steel for LPG – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated

Food Technology

  1. Food supplements and labelling – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  2. Bacon – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  3. Blend of roasted coffee and chicory powder, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  4. Fish balls, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  5. Tea sacks, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  6. Flavoured black tea, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  7. Masala (Chai) tea, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  8. Tea and herbs bags, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  9. Instant tea in solid form, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  10. Malt -based cocoa products, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  11. Cocoa butter, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  12. Blend of soluble coffee and chicory powder, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  13. Roasted chicory powder, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  14. Cocoa mass (cocoa/chocolate liquor) and cocoa cake, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  15. Dried rosella (Chidede), Malawi, 30 November 2024
  16. Herbal and fruit infusions, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  17. Cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixtures, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  18. Chocolate and chocolate products, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  19. Tea sacks, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  20. Crackers from marine and fresh fish, crustacean and molluscan shellfish, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  21. Edible fish powder, Malawi, 30 November 2024
  22. Dairy-based desserts, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 10 December 2024
  23. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus, L.) seed, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  24. Green fodder feed stuff – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  25. Bouillon and consommés – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  26. Hydrogenated vegetable oils – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  27. Named animal fats – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  28. Quick frozen finfish uneviscrated and eviscerated – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  29. Frozen fish: frozen fish fillets Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  30. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  31. Fruit juices, concentrates and nectars – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  32. Edible vegetable oils – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  33. Shelf life for food products – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  34. Cocoa and its products: chocolate – Addendum, deadline not indicated
  35. Sturgeon caviar, Egypt, 08 December 2024
  36. Roe/caviar substitute, Egypt, 08 December 2024
  37. Food – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
  38. Liquid glucose (glucose syrup), Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 December 2024
  39. Hard-boiled sweets, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 December 2024
  40. Brown sugar, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 December 2024
  41. Sugar cane jaggery, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 December 2024
  42. Molasses for industrial use, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 06 December 2024
  43. Fufu flour, Kenya, 17 December 2024
  44. Dried shredded cassava (abacha), Kenya, 17 December 2024
  45. Banku mix (flour and dough), Kenya, 17 December 2024
  46. Tapioca pearls, Kenya, 17 December 2024
  47. Food dryer, Tanzania, 17 December 2024
  48. Food dryer, Tanzania, 17 December 2024
  49. Materials in contact with food – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  50. Acrylamide in food warnings – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  51. Kombucha – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  52. Carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  53. Labelling of pre-packaged foods – Corrigendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  54. Canola (rapeseed) oil derived by extraction from seeds of Brassica napus L., Brassica campestris L., Brassica juncea L. and Brassica tournefortii Gouan, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 13 December 2024
  55. Edible macadamia oil, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 13 December 2024
  56. Oil derived from seeds of soya beans (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 13 December 2024
  57. Fats spreads and blended spreads, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 13 December 2024
  58. Grapes and viticulture products, grape wine – Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
  59. Fresh dandelion greens, Tanzania, 31 December 2024
  60. Fresh rhubarb, Tanzania, 31 December 2024
  61. Fresh apples, Tanzania, 31 December 2024
  62. Leafy vegetables, Tanzania, 31 December 2024
  63. Fresh watermelons, Tanzania, 31 December 2024
  64. Fresh annonas, Tanzania, 31 December 2024
  65. Emmental cheese, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 29 December 2024
  66. Cream analogue pasteurized, sterilized, and ultra-high heat-treated, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 29 December 2024
  67. Bread, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 29 December 2024
  68. Barley flour, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 29 December 2024
  69. Chami (sour milk curd), United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 29 December 2024
  70. Hygienic requirement for primary milk producers, India, 29 December 2024
  71. Food safety and standards (import) amendment regulations, India, 29 December 2024
  72. Fatty acid composition of milk fat extracted from milk and milk products, India, 29 December 2024
  73. Sal-seed fat, India, 29 December 2024
  74. Food products – Addendum, United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, deadline not indicated
  75. Health and nutrition claims on food products – Addendum, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, deadline not indicated
  76. Maximum residue limits (MRLs) for heavy metals in foods (arsenic, arsenic (inorganic), mercury, cadmium, lead, and tin), United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 28 December 2024
  77. Milk powder analogue, United Arab Emirates, 27 December 2024
  78. Edible vegetables oils, United Arab Emirates, 27 December 2024
  79. International health certification with the use of electronic signature : products of animal origin, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  80. Formulated food for infant and young child, Myanmmar, deadline not indicated
  81. Chami (sour milk curd) – Corrigendum, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, deadline not indicated
  82. Iced coffee, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 07 January 2025
  83. All of food for export, Myanmmar, deadline not indicated
  84. Boflo bread, tanzania, 05 January 2025
  85. Kimchi, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  86. Sauerkraut, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  87. Food grade citric acid, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  88. Ginger and turmeric tonic drinks, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  89. Fresh strawberries, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  90. Fresh berry fruits, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  91. Fruit juices, puree, pulp and nectars, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  92. Fresh strawberries, Tanzania, 05 January 2025
  93. Hygienic requirements for the bulk transportation of edible vegetable oils, China, deadline not indicated
  94. Processed food, Indonesia, 03 January 2025

Glass and Ceramics Industries

  1. Glazed ceramic: tableware, closets and ceramic tiles – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated
  2. Insulating glass, Indonesia, 29 December 2024

Generalities, Terminology, Standardization, Documentation

  1. Aircraft no smoking signs – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Healthcare Technology

  1. Medicinal products - Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
  2. Dental bleaching agents – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  3. In vitro diagnosis products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  4. Clinical trials with medical devices – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  5. Labelling of medical devices containing natural rubber latex – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  6. Mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  7. Hyperimmune Serum – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  8. Industrialized allergen products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  9. Medical devices – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  10. Medicines – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  11. Biological products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline nor indicated
  12. Medicaments and medicines – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  13. Pharmaceutical equivalence centers – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  14. Veterinary drugs - Residues – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  15. Vaccines – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  16. Vaccines – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  17. Medicinal products - Addendum, Ukraine, deadline not indicated
  18. Dental bleaching agents – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  19. In vitro diagnosis products – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  20. Clinical trials with medical devices – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  21. Labelling of medical devices containing natural rubber latex – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  22. Veterinary medicinal products in foods of animal origin, Brazil, 28 November 2024
  23. Medicines in general – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  24. Seasonal influenza vaccines – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  25. Influenza vaccines – Addendum, Brazil, deadline not indicated
  26. Medicaments, Brazil, 23 December 2024
  27. Elastic properties of flat, non-adhesive, extensible fabric bandages, Israel, 21 December 2024
  28. Medicines, Ukraine, 21 December 2024
  29. Medicines, Ukraine, 21 December 2024

Information Technology

  1. IoT product security conformity assessment scheme policy – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated
  2. Artificial intelligence, China, 16 December 2024Jewellery

Materials Handling Equipment

  1. Earth-moving machinery: noise limits, China, 31 December 2024

Manufacturing Engineering

  1. Hand-held and transportable motor-operated electric tools – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  2. Bonded abrasive products – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated

Metallurgy

  1. Tempered wire for prestressed concrete – Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  2. Hot-dip aluminium/zinc-coated flat steel Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  3. Hot-dip zinc-coated cold reduced flat steel Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  4. Electrolytic zinc-coated flat steel Addendum, Thailand, deadline not indicated
  5. Plain and deformed steel wire and electrically welded mesh – Addendum, Colombia, deadline not indicated
  6. Annealed aluminium and aluminium alloy bare foil for food packaging, Rwanda, 09 December 2024
  7. Iron and steel products – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  8. Hot-dip zinc 5% to 13% aluminium-2% to 4% magnesium alloy-coated flat steel, Thailand, 30 November 2024
  9. Hot-dip zinc 0.5% to 6% aluminium 0.4% to 4% magnesium alloy-coated flat steel – Revision, Thailand, 30 November 2024
  10. Uncoated seven strainless steel wire for prestressed concrete reinforcement – Addendum, Indonesia, deadline not indicated

Mining and Minerals

  1. Certain substances and objects to be by-products, Spain, 27 December 2024

Natural and Applied Sciences

  1. Gene technology, Australia, 22 December 2024

Packaging and Distribution of Goods

  1. Carrier bags – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  2. Woven plastic shopping sacks – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  3. Non-woven plastic shopping sacks – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  4. Paper shopping sacks – Addendum, Egypt, deadline not indicated
  5. Packaging machinery, China, 16 December 2024
  6. Excessive packaging in express, China, 16 December 2024
  7. Packaging and packaging waste – Addendum, United Kingdom, deadline not indicated
  8. Biodegradable plastic products, The State of Kuwait, 27 December 2024

Paint Colour Industries

  1. Paints – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated

Petroleum and Related Technologies

  1. Brake fluid for hydraulic systems – Addendum, Ecuador, deadline not indicated
  2. Domestic cooking ranges for use with liquefied petroleum gases, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 December 2024
  3. Liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) stored either in cylinders or in bulk containers in domestic dwellings, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 December 2024
  4. Liquefied petroleum gas in cylinders, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, 17 December 2024
  5. Vehicle fuel systems – Addendum, Colombia, deadline not indicated
  6. Products subject to sanitaryepidemiological supervision (control), Kyrgyz Republic, 07 December 2024
  7. Construction and operation of vehicular natural gas service stations and workshops that convert and adapt motor vehicles to use vehicular natural gas, El Salvador, 27 December 2024

Railway Engineering

  1. Train control systems – Revision, United States, 27 December 2024

Road Vehicles Engineering

  1. Child restraint systems – Addendum, United States, 25 November 2024
  2. Automated driving system, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 06 December 2024
  3. Fuel consumption evaluation methods and targets for passenger cars, China, 16 December 2024
  4. Energy consumption limits for electric vehicles, China, 16 December 2024
  5. Electric bicycle, China, deadline not indicated
  6. Tri-wheel vehicles, China, 16 December 2024
  7. Retro-reflective registration plates for motor vehicles – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  8. Retro-reflective registration plates for motor vehicles – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated
  9. Heavy-duty engine and vehicle – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  10. New replacement wheels designed for passenger cars (M1), multi -purpose vehicles, light trucks (N1) (include off - road vehicles M1G and N1G) and trailers (O1 and O2) is which use passenger car wheels but not exceed 3500 kg, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 22 December 2024
  11. New replacement wheels designed for passenger cars (M1), multi -purpose vehicles, light trucks(N1) (include off - road vehicles M1G and N1G) and trailers (O1 and O2) is which use passenger car wheels but not exceed 3500 kg, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, 22 December 2024
  12. Anti-ejection glazing for bus portals-Addendum, United States, 16 December 2024

Rubber and Plastic Industries

  1. Pneumatic tyres of motorcycles and mopeds, Vietnam, deadline not indicated
  2. Sampling and test methods for postconsumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recyclates in the form of flakes and pellets – Addendum, Uganda, deadline not indicated

Services, Company Organization, Management and Quality, Administration, Transport, Sociology

  1. Medical devices – Corrigendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  2. Marine pollution control devices – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  3. Consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated

Telecommunications, Audio, and Video Engineering

  1. Access terminal stations, when operating in the FR1 frequency range (Frequency Range 1) defined by 3GPP (450 MHz to 7.125 MHz), Brazil, 23 December 2024
  2. Cybersecurity, European Union, 29 November 2024
  3. Products, equipment, devices or apparatus for telecommunications or broadcasting – Addendum, Mexico, deadline not indicated
  4. Products, equipment, devices and apparatus intended for telecommunications or broadcasting – Addendum, Mexico, deadline not indicated
  5. Mobile telecommunications and BWA radio equipment for LTE/NR – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated
  6. Fifth generation mobile communication system in the 4.9 GHz band – Addendum, Japan, deadline not indicated
  7. Wireless power transfer devices – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
  8. Radio spectrum in the 5945 - 6425 MHz frequency band for the implementation of wireless access systems including radio local area networks – Addendum, European Union, deadline not indicated
  9. Radio equipment of earth stations communicating with low-orbit satellites operating in the 11 GHz to 14 GHz frequency bands, Republic of Korea, 16 December 2024
  10. Band 6425- 6930 MHz by point-to-point radio systems in the fixed service, Canada, 20 December 2024
  11. Aerial receiving digital terrestrial television – Addendum, Chile, deadline not indicated
  12. Rules for FM terrestrial digital audio broadcasting systems – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  13. Wireless microphones – Addendum, United States, deadline not indicated
  14. Cellular mobile telephone and access terminal station – Addendum, Brazil, deadlin not indicated
  15. Restricted radiation radio communication equipment, Brazil, 29 December 2024
  16. Maritime radio equipment, Republic of Korea, 29 December 2024
  17. Licenceexempt radio local area network (RLAN) devices operating in the 5925-7125 MHz frequency band (the 6 GHz band) – Addendum, Canada, deadline not indicated
  18. Band from 433.795 MHz to 434.045MHz, Japan, 27 December 2024

Textile and Leather Technology

  1. Textile good, Japan, 02 December 2024
  2. Wet wipes containing plastic, United Kingdom, 31 December 2024

Please submit your comments to the DTI Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) thru email at bps@dti.gov.ph and copy the DTI Export Marketing Bureau (exports@dti.gov.ph). The BPS serves as the Philippines’ National Enquiry Point (NEP) and the National Notification Authority (NNA) for the WTO-TBT Agreement. 

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