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Revision of the "Enforcement Order of the Act on Preventing Mercury Pollution of the Environment": Based on Article 2 of the Act on Preventing Mercury Pollution of the Environment, the following will be designated as specified mercury-using products whose manufacture is particularly in need of regulation. Their usage as components in the manufacture of other products will also be restricted. 1. Strain gauges to be used in plethysmographs; 2. Mercury vacuum pumps; 3. Tyre balancers and wheel weights; 4. Photographic film and paper; 5. Propellant for satellites and spacecraft

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 the 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 be manufactured or imported. (...)

The Partial amendments of the "Public Notice that Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Transport Vehicles", etc: Amendments of exhaust gas regulations for special large motor vehicles and special small motor vehicles fueled gasoline or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as following; i) strengthen exhaust gas emissions limits, ii) introduction of the LSI-NRTC (Large Spark Ignition engines Non-Road Transient Cycle) and the 7M-RMC (7 mode Ramped Modal Cycle) and iii) enforcement of installation of blow-by gas recirculation device

Overview of the revisions to the Japanese Agricultural Standards for Organic Products of Plant Origin, Organic Processed Foods and Organic Livestock Products MOF and MAFF will revise the Japanese Agricultural Standard for Organic Products of Plant Origin, Organic Processed Foods and Organic Livestock Products.

KS 2227:2022 Petroleum and petroleum products – Automotive biodiesel fuel - Specification: This Draft Kenya Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for marketed and delivered fatty acid methyl esters (FAME)/ biodiesel to be used either as automotive fuel for diesel engines at 100% concentration, or as an extender for automotive fuel for diesel engines. At 100% concentration, it is applicable to fuel for use in diesel engine vehicles designed or subsequently adapted to run on 100% FAME/biodiesel.

KS 2953:2022 Petroleum and petroleum products – Automotive B5 Biodiesel fuel - Specification: This Kenya Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for automotive B5 biodiesel fuel. This standard is applicable to automotive biodiesel at 5 % biodiesel and 95 % petroleum diesel concentration blend. For use in diesel engine vehicles designed or subsequently adapted to run on 5 % biodiesel and 95 % petroleum diesel concentration.

KS 2983-2023 Genetically modified organisms and derived products – Labelling of seed: This draft Kenya standard provides guidance for labelling of genetically modified (GM) seed for cultivation.

KS 2290: 2023 Organic Fertilizer-Specification: This Kenya standard specifies requirements for organic fertilizers.

he Sustainable Waste Management Act (No. 31 of 2022) (Extended Producer Responsibility) Regulations, 2022: (1) The purpose of these Regulations shall be to:(a) extend the responsibility of a producer over a product and its packaging during the entire life cycle of the product or its packaging; (b) provide an overarching framework for establishment and operation of mandatory extended producer responsibility schemes; (c) optimize the life cycle approach to management of products and associated wastes; (d) enhance resource mobilization for management of products and sustainable waste management; (e) operationalization of polluter pays principle; and (f) promote collaborative approach in management of products and associated wastes; 2. These Regulations shall apply to: (a) a producer; (b) an individual extended producer responsibility compliance schemes; and (c) a producer responsibility organisation. 3. (i)These Regulations shall apply to the products set out in the First Schedule. (ii) The products covered under these Regulations shall be those that negatively impact the environment and health due to: (a) the challenge they pose on: (i) reuse; (ii) recyclability; and (iii) recoverability. (b) the high management cost of the products at post-consumer stage because of the: (i) quantities involved; (ii) hazardous nature; (iii) risks involved.

DKS 2988: Mechanical recycling of PET into food-grade recycled PET: This draft Kenya standard pertains to the mechanical recycling process operation of transforming post-consumer PET bottles and containers into food-grade recycled PET resins suitable for bottling or packing