Customs

The WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement has a transparency obligation that requires WTO member countries to publish and notify the WTO, which in turn notifies its member countries, of any draft technical regulations at least 60 days in advance of adoption.

The notifications on all draft technical regulations are for the week 06 to 12 July 2015, comment on which may be submitted to wto@sabs.co.za. Be sure to mention the notification number eg, G/TBT/N/ZAF/* in the subject line of your e-mail.

15-3556, QAT, Infant formula, Qatar, 2015/07/10

15-3557, Instant coffee, Indonesia, 2015/07/10

15-3558, Glass blocks, Indonesia, 2015/07/10

15-3559, Labelling of pre-packaged food stuffs, Kuwait 2015/07/10

15-3560, Food intended for human consumption, 2015/07/10

15-3574, Motor compressors, Thailand, 2015/07/10

15-3575, A.C. electric fans, Thailand, 2015/07/10

15-3576, Interprovincial and intraprovincial buses, Ecuador, 2015/07/10

15-3577, Loudspeakers, Ecuador, 2015/07/10

15-3525, Fertilizers and basic soil amendments, France, 2015/07/09

15-3526, Biscuits and wafers, Kingdom of Saudi, 2015/07/09

15-3527, Vitamins and minerals permitted for use in foodstuff, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2015/07/09

15-3528, Chilled or frozen (cooked and uncooked), smoked or unsmoked poultry meat sausages, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2015/07/09

15-3531, Handling formulated caffeinated beverages, Qatar, 2015/07/09

15-3535, Fortification with vitamin A of plantation white sugar, Costa, 2015/07/09

15-3536, Miscellaneous products, Singapore, 2015/07/09

15-3539, Chilled or frozen (cooked and uncooked), smoked or unsmoked poultry meat sausages, Qatar, 2015/07/09

15-3540, Biscuits products and wafers, 2015/07/09

15-3541, Fishing vessels, Mexico, 2015/07/09

15-3542, Food for human consumption, 2015/07/09

15-3543, Biological medicines, Colombia, 2015/07/09

15-3514, Label of packaged food, 2015/07/08

15-3515, Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked, South Africa, 2015/07/08

15-3516, Food supplements, Turkey, 2015/07/08

15-3511, Rear aerodynamic devices attached to trailers and semitrailers (so-called rear flaps), European Union, 2015/07/07

15-3472, Gas equipment and appliances, liquefied petroleum Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, Notificaton, 2015/07/06

15-3473, Feed additives , Turkey, 2015/07/06

15-3475, Food, European Union, 2015/07/06

15-3483, United Arab Emirates, 2015/07/06

15-3484, Equipment for children, United Arab Ermirates, 2015/07/06

15-3490, Wastes, Thailand, 2015/07/06



The notifications on all draft technical regulations are for the week 13 to 19 July 2015, comment on which may be submitted to wto@sabs.co.za. Be sure to mention the notification number eg, G/TBT/N/ZAF/* in the subject line of your e-mail.

15-3676, Vegetable oils  Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3677, Electric water heaters, Israel ,2015/07/17

15-3678, Domestic electrical cooking appliances, Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3679, Gas-oil, Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3680, Low-voltage switchgear and control gear assemblies, Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3681, Self-contained smoke detectors for fire detection systems, Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3682, Microwave ovens, Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3683, Heat detectors for fire detection systems, 2015/07/17

15-3684, Cribs and cradle, Israel, 2015/07/17

15-3687, Air heating products, cooling products and high temperature process chillers, European Union, 2015/07/17

15-3688, Chemicals for water treatment, Kenya, 2015/07/17

15-3689, Disinfectants and antiseptics, Kenya, 2015/07/17

15-3690, Plastic posts, Kenya, 2015/07/17

15-3691, Baby feeding bottle, Kenya, 2015/07/17

15-3644, Vehicles and three wheel motor vehicles, European Union, 2015/07/16

15-3645, Playpens for domestic use, Israel, 2015/07/16

15-3646, Toys, Russian Federation, 2015/07/16

15-3647, Automobile gasoline, diesel fuel, Russian Federation, 2015/07/16

15-3648, Electro-mechanical devices used by beauticians, Italy, 2015/07/16

15-3649, Products intended for civil protection and defence in emergency situations of natural and anthropogenic character, Russian Federation, 2015/07/16

15-3650, Civil defence structures and means of civil defence, Russian Federation, 2015/07/16

15-3655, Infant formula for special medical purposes, Qatar, 2015/07/16

15-3656, Date paste, Qatar, 2015/07/16

15-3635, Alcoholic beverages, Japan, 2015/07/15

15-3636, Natural honey, Brazil, 2015/07/15

15-3637, Biocidal products, European Union, 2015/07/15

15-3623, Radio equipment and telecommunication terminal equipment, Switzerland, 2015/07/14

Story by : Riaan de Lange