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Policy for Importing Hazardous waste: New draft policy announced by Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection named "Policy for Importing Hazardous waste".

The import of hazardous waste into Israel has been regulated already since 1994 by the provisions of "The Hazardous Materials Order (Import and Export of Hazardous Waste), 5744-1994". The regulations implement and ratify the principles of the Basel Convention and require a permit from the Commissioner for the export or import of hazardous waste, and thus effectively monitor the transboundary movements of hazardous waste and its disposal. (...)

Amendment of the Energy Sources Law, 5749-1989, incorporated into Israel's Economic Policy Law (Legislation Amendments for the Implementation of the Economic Policy for Budget Years 2021 and 2022), 5781-2021, Chapter _: Imports: (...) Israel's Economic Policy Law is a government bill presented to the Knesset (Israel's parliament) alongside the State Budget Law. This legislation incorporates government legislative amendments for structural, institutional and policy reforms necessary for the government to fulfil its economic policy. The Economic Policy Law devotes a separate section to Israel's Energy Sources Law and introduces an amendment aiming to reduce the cost of living by facilitating the flow of imported goods into Israel. (...)

Revision of the "Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc.": Based on Article 17 and 22 of Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), the following will be designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances which need authorization to manufacture or import. (...)

Revisions of the Ministerial Ordinance and the Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy: These revisions of the standards under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy include energy consumption efficiency standards for targeted fiscal year (FY2026), measurement method, etc. of the products listed in column 4.

Revision of the Notification of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy: This revision of the standard under the Act on the Rational Use of Energy includes energy consumption efficiency standard for targeted fiscal year (FY2025), measurement method, etc. of the products listed in column 4.

Partial amendments of "Public Notice that Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicles", etc: To obligate the installation of OBFCM (On-board Fuel and/or Energy Consumption Monitoring Device), requiring to satisfy with technical standard for OBFCM, which is based on the EU Regulation((EU)2017/1151)

Revision of the Ministerial ordinance and Notifications under the Act on Rational Use and Appropriate Management of Fluorocarbons: Among the already designated products, the Minister newly proposes the standard of judgement for part of multi-air conditioners for buildings. In order to do it, the "Ministerial order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry", which stipulates the scope for manufactures or importers who are designated to receive the recommendation by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, is revised and the standards of judgement and labeling requirement are newly stipulated in the "Notifications of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry".

Summary of the draft Amendment of the Food Labelling Standards (regarding labelling for GM products, methods of analysis for nutritional labelling, labelling for soy sauce and edible plant fat and oil.):
(1) 1. The Food Labelling Standards will be partially amended, because soybean with high oleic acid content can now be produced with conventional breeding techniques and are not subject to definition of "specific GM products" anymore.
2. The Food Labelling Standards will be partially amended, because soybean with high oleic acid content can now be produced with conventional breeding techniques and are not subject to definition of "specific GM products" anymore.
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DEAS 1064-1: 2021 Lighting products — Minimum energy performance standard — Part 1 — Lamps: This Draft East African standard covers the energy efficiency and functional performance requirements, sampling and test methods for general service lamps and tubular lamps. General service lamps include directional and non-directional lamps of all shapes and finishes; using incandescent, halogen, compact fluorescent, light emitting diode (LED), and other light source technologies

DEAS 1064-2: Lighting products — Minimum energy performance standard — Part 2 – Luminaires: This Draft East African standard covers the energy efficiency and functional performance requirements, sampling and test methods for luminaires described in Clause 4 which include the following:
1. indoor ambient luminaires; and
2. outdoor / streetlight luminaires