The World Trade Organisation (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.
In South Africa the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) serves as the notification point – the South African TBT Enquiry Point – providing a weekly "Early Warning System for WTO/TBT Notifications" email, which contains the notifications on all proposed technical regulations for a specific week. The notification urges recipients to read the notifications relating to their specific area of trade and to provide comment on the draft technical regulations five working days from the receipt of the alert.
The WTO notification contains the following information, (1) Notification Member; (2) Agency responsible; (3) Notified under Article; (4) Products covered (Harmonised System (HS) or Customs Commodity Code Number (CCCN)) where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. International Classification for Standards (ICS) numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable; (5) Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document; (6) Description of content; (7) Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable; (8) Relevant documents; (9) Proposed date of adoption and proposed date of entry into force; (10) Final date for comments; and (11) Text available from – National enquiry point.
Comments on the notifications of all draft technical regulations may be submitted to ronel.greyvenstein@sabs.co.za.
The notifications on all draft technical regulations are for the week 09 to 15 February 2015, comment on which may be submitted to ronel.greyvenstein@sabs.co.za.
15-0899, Veterinary medicinal products, Notification, Turkey, 2015/02/13
15-0900, Vehicles and their trailers, Addendum, China, 2015/02/13
15-0901, Motor vehicle Lamps, Addendum, Notification, The People's Republic of China, 2015/02/13
15-0902, Marine compression ignition engines fitted in inland vessels, coastal vessels, river-sea ships and channel ships, Notification, China, 2015/02/13
15-0903, Interior materials used in vehicles of category M3 such as curtains and blinds (and/or other hanging materials), Notification, China, 2015/02/13
15-0904, Motor vehicle lamps, Notification, China, 2015/02/13
15-0905, Light-duty vehicle, Notification, China, 2015/02/13
15-0907, Motor vehicles entering the P.R.C., Notification, China 2015/02/13
15-0913, Domestic gas instantaneous water heater and gas fired heating and hot water combi-boiler – Revision, Notification, China, 2015/02/13
15-0886, Dried okra, Notification, Qatar, 2015/02/12
15-0887, Canned mangoes, Notification, Qatar, 2015/02/12
15-0888, Peanut butter, Notification, Qatar, 2015/02/12
15-0889, Honey, Notification, Qatar, 2015/02/12
15-0890, Benzene in natural gas, Notification, European Union, 2015/02/12
15-0893, Synthetic cannabinoids, Notification, Canada, 2015/02/12
15-0864, Dental bleaching agents, Addendum, Notification, Brazil, 2015/02/11
15-0865, Fluorescent lamp ballasts, Addendum, Notification - United States, 2015/02/11
15-0866, Dehumidifiers, Addendum, Notification, United States, 2015/02/11
15-0867, Lamps, Addendum, Notification, United States, 2015/02/11
15-0868, Commercial warm air furnaces, Notification - United States, 2015/02/11
15-0869, Hearing aid compatible devices, Addendum, Notification - United States, 2015/02/11
15-0870, Plants, plant products, Addendum, Notification, United States, 2015/02/11
15-0871, Mobile off shore drilling units, Notification, United States, 2015/02/11
15-0872, Switches for fixed installations, Notification - South Africa, 2015/02/11
15-0873, Children's products, Notification, Republic of Korea, 2015/02/11
15-0874, Children's products, Notification, Republic of Korea, 2015/02/11
15-0847, Explosive TNP-1 used for opencast mines, Notification, Viet Nam, 2015/02/10
15-0848, Primer , Notification, Viet Nam 2015/02/10
15-0849, Emulsion explosive, Notification, Viet Nam, 2015/02/10
15-0854Alcoholic beverages, Notification, Uganda, 2015/02/10
15-0821, Diet and low calories drinks, Notification, Brazil 2015/02/09
15-0833, Extension cords, Notification - United States, 2015/02/09
15-0834, Chemical substances, Notification - United States 2015/02/09
15-0835, Packaging and labelling - Addendum - Notification - United States 2015/02/09
The notifications on all draft technical regulations are for the week 16 to 22 February 2015, comment on which may be submitted to ronel.greyvenstein@sabs.co.za.
15-1026, Household pressure cookers, Addendum, Notification, Ecuador, 2015/02/20
15-1031, Plain and deformed steel wire and electrically welded mesh, Notification, Colombia, 2015/02/20
15-1033, Organic processed foods, Notification Republic of Korea, 2015/02/20
15-1034, Veterinary medicinal products, Notification, Republic of Korea, 2015/02/20
15-1035, Radiocommunications, Notification, Canada, 2015/02/20
15-1036, Prescription status of medicinal ingredients for human use, Mometasone furoate monohydrate, Notification, Canada, 2015/02/20
15-1000, Children's products, Notification, Republic of Korea, 2015/02/19
15-1001, Children's products, Notification, Republic of Korea, 2015/02/19
15-1002, Mobile telecommunications radio equipment, Notification - Republic of Korea, 2015/02/19
15-1003, Medical devices, Notification, Republic of Korea , 2015/02/19
15-1004, Quasi-drugs, Notification - Republic of Korea, 2015/02/19
15-1005, Chemical substances, Notification, European Union, Chemical substances,2015/02/19
15-1012, Halal feeds, Notification - 2015/02/19
15-1013, Semi-gloss latex paint, Notification, Philippines 2015/02/19
15-0970, Non-compressor residential refrigeration products, Notification - United States, 2015/02/18
15-0971, Manufactured housing, Notification ,United States, 2015/02/18
15-0972, Street lighting, Notification, Ecuador 2015/02/18
15-0990, Fresh beef, buffalo, mutton, goat and camel meat, Notification, Qatar, 2015/02/18
15-0991, Dried okra, Notification, 2015/02/18
15-0992, Honey, Notification, Kuwait,2015/02/18
15-0993, Canned mangoes, Notification, Kuwait, 2015/02/18
15-0994, Peanut butter, Notification, Kuwait 2015/02/18
15-0995Fresh beef, buffalo, mutton, goat and camel meat, Notification, Kuwait, 2015/02/18
15-0996, Construction products in contact with drinking water, Notification, Denmark, 2015/02/18
15-0955, Drinking water, Notification, Uganda, 2015/02/17
15-0956, Drinking water, Notification, Uganda, 2015/02/17
15-0957, Drinking water, Notification, Uganda, 2015/02/17
15-0958, Wine labelling, Notification, United States, 2015/02/17
15-0959, Domestic electrical appliances, Notification, United States, 2015/02/17
15-0960, Boilers, Notification, Brazil 2015/02/17
15-0961, Helmets, safety headgear, Notification, Brazil, 2015/02/17
15-0962, Carcass, meat and/or processed meat products, Notification, Indonesia, 2015/02/17
15-0923, Bicycles, Notification, Ecuador, 2015/02/16
15-0924, Grey and ductile cast iron, Notification, Ecuador, 2015/02/16
15-0937, Implementation and Administration of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, Communication from the Republic of Kenya, 2015/02/16
