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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BDI/190 ; G/TBT/N/KEN/1171 ; G/TBT/N/RWA/581 ; G/TBT/N/TZA/678 ; G/TBT/N/UGA/1512 | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda | 2021 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | DEAS 835-1:2021, Bath preparations —…
DEAS 835-1:2021, Bath preparations — Specification — Part 1: Synthetic detergent-based foam baths and shower gels, Second Edition: This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for synthetic foam baths and shower gels. This standard covers synthetic detergent-based foam baths (also referred to as cream baths), shower gels (also referred to as body wash, cream wash, cream shower, bath shower, and shower shampoo), and other such related products. This standard does not apply to bath salts, bath oils, bath powders, and soap-based bath and shower products. This standard does not apply to medicinal products for which therapeutic claims are made.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BHR/590 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 2021 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures…
Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | Draft Ministerial Order regarding prohibiting the…
Draft Ministerial Order regarding prohibiting the production, importation and marketing of bottled water bottles with volumes less than 200 ml in the Bahraini market: The purpose of this Ministerial Order is to prohibit the production, importation, marketing and use of bottled water bottles with volumes less than 200 ml
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BHR/596 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 2021 | Waste management and recycling | Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures…
Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing, Other | Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single…
Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market.: The purpose of this Ministerial Order is to ban single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market, with exempting garbage bags, bags used for medical purposes and bags manufactured to be exported from the Kingdom of Bahrain
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BHR/597 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 2021 | Waste management and recycling | Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | National Technical Regulation for plastic…
National Technical Regulation for plastic products: This draft is an update to the National Technical Regulation that regulates the import, manufacture and use of plastic products, by specifying their environmental requirements.
(...) The update includes the removal of the degradable plastic products list from the technical regulation and their inclusion in the guide to be issued by the regulators in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as the elimination of biodegradable plastic products covered by the regulations such as shopping clothes, vegetables and fruits plastic bags, where a new decision will be raised by the World Trade Organization regarding the banning single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BLZ/13 | Belize | 2021 | Environmentally friendly consumption, Waste…
Environmentally friendly consumption, Waste management and recycling
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Conformity assessment procedures | Manufacturing | Final Draft Belize Certification Scheme for…
Final Draft Belize Certification Scheme for Biodegradable Products: As required by the amendment to the Environmental Protection (Pollution from Plastics) Regulation, 2019, all biodegradable products shall be registered through this certification scheme before application for permits. This certification scheme is based on third party certification utilizing independent laboratories which forms the basis for suppliers, manufacturers, and importers of bio-based materials and biodegradable products for commercial sale to register products in Belize. The aim is to create consumer confidence, by proving that an independent, neutral and competent body has carefully examined and assessed the product on the basis of the test criteria (limited to bio-based content for the interim) . Third-party monitoring ensures that quality checks conducted on the product is maintained which gives added value to the customer in making informed purchases.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BLZ/14 | Belize | 2021 | Sustainable and environmentally friendly…
Sustainable and environmentally friendly production, Waste management and recycling
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Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Final Draft Belize Standard Specification for…
Final Draft Belize Standard Specification for Biodegradable Products – Specification and Labelling: This standard was developed to address specification and labelling of biodegradable products imported, distributed, manufactured or sold in Belize. It is intended to be established as a mandatory standard to support the enforcement of the Regulation primarily through the implementation of recognized independent third-party certifications and test results. This standard specifies minimum requirements, test methods and labelling of commercially biodegradable, commercially compostable, anaerobically biodegradable or environmentally biodegradable (soil, water, landfill, etc.) plastics manufactured in or imported into Belize.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BRA/1138 | Brazil | 2021 | Sustainable and environmentally friendly…
Sustainable and environmentally friendly production
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Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture, Manufacturing | Ordinance No. 32, 05 February 2021 published by…
Ordinance No. 32, 05 February 2021 published by the Brazilian Official Gazette No. 26, on 08 February 2021: The notified Ordinance No. 32, 05 February 2021, approves the regulation of the "More Integrity Seal" for the year 2021/2022, aimed at companies and agribusiness cooperatives known by developing good practices based on integrity, ethic, social responsibility and environmental sustainability.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BRA/1205 | Brazil | 2021 | Air pollution reduction | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing, Other | Inmetro Ordinance N° 281, 28 June 2021: Inmetro…
Inmetro Ordinance N° 281, 28 June 2021: Inmetro Ordinance No. 281 consolidates the Metrological Technical Regulation for measuring instruments intended to measure the volumetric fraction of certain components of exhaust gases of motor vehicle engines
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BRA/1214 | Brazil | 2021 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Inmetro Ordinance N° 299, 09 July 2021 (19 page(s…
Inmetro Ordinance N° 299, 09 July 2021 (19 page(s), in Portuguese): Inmetro Ordinance No. 299 consolidates the conformity assessment requirements for table, wall, pedestal and air circulator fans.
Decree 10.139 of 28 November 2019 provides for the need for revision and consolidation of normative acts below the decree. It aims to update and consolidate regulatory acts, elimination of obsolete regulations whose effects have been exhausted in time or the need cannot be identified. Thus, the inventories and complexity of regulatory processes will be reduced. The need to comply with Law No. 10.295 of 17 October 2001, which establishes the National Policy for the Conservation and Rational Use of Energy, and Decree No. 4.059, of 19 December 2001. (...) |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BRA/1218 | Brazil | 2021 | Energy conservation and efficiency | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Inmetro Ordinance N° 319, 23 July 2021: Inmetro…
Inmetro Ordinance N° 319, 23 July 2021: Inmetro Ordinance No. 319 consolidates the conformity assessment requirements for centrifugal pumps.
Decree 10.139 of 28 November 2019 provides for the need for revision and consolidation of normative acts below the decree. It aims to update and consolidate regulatory acts, elimination of obsolete regulations whose effects have been exhausted in time or the need cannot be identified. Thus, the inventories and complexity of regulatory processes will be reduced. The Need to define the minimum energy efficiency levels of three-phase electric motors induction rotor squirrel cage, nationally manufacturing or imported, for commercialization or use in Brazil. Need to establish minimum performance and safety requirements for all pumps and centrifugal pumps |
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