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Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TTO/139 Trinidad and Tobago 2023 Energy conservation and efficiency Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Electrical lighting products - Compulsory…
Electrical lighting products - Compulsory requirements: This National Standard specifies safety requirements for all electrical lighting products for use in Trinidad and Tobago, including but not limited to, fluorescent lamps, tungsten filament lamps, light-emitting diode lamps (LED), seasonal and holiday decorative products and luminaires. It also specifies labelling information to be placed on the electrical lighting products as well as information to be placed on the packaging for such products. This standard applies to electrical lighting products intended for use at either of the following nominal supply voltages: a) 115 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %; or b) 230 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %. (...) This standard does not apply to electrical lighting products designed exclusively for industrial purposes or electrical lighting products intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, e.g. the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (caused by dust, vapour or gas) .
Environment related objective
To protect the environment by regulating electrical lighting products including LED
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Electrical lighting products - Compulsory requirements: This National Standard specifies safety requirements for all electrical lighting products for use in Trinidad and Tobago, including but not limited to, fluorescent lamps, tungsten filament lamps, light-emitting diode lamps (LED), seasonal and holiday decorative products and luminaires. It also specifies labelling information to be placed on the electrical lighting products as well as information to be placed on the packaging for such products. This standard applies to electrical lighting products intended for use at either of the following nominal supply voltages: a) 115 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %; or b) 230 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %. (...) This standard does not apply to electrical lighting products designed exclusively for industrial purposes or electrical lighting products intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, e.g. the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (caused by dust, vapour or gas) .
Electric filament or discharge lamps, incl. sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infra-red lamps; arc lamps; light-emitting diode "LED" light sources; parts thereof
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
29.140
8539
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Energy
Labelling
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TTO/140 Trinidad and Tobago 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Electrical accessories and components -…
Electrical accessories and components - Compulsory requirements: This National Standard specifies safety requirements for all electrical accessories and components for use in Trinidad and Tobago. It also specifies labelling information to be placed on the electrical accessories and components as well as information to be placed on the packaging for such accessories and components. This standard applies to electrical accessories and components intended for use at either of the following nominal supply voltages: a) 115 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %; or b) 230 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %. (...) This standard does not apply to accessories and components designed exclusively for industrial purposes or accessories intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, e.g. the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (caused by dust, vapour or gas) .
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by member
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Electrical accessories and components - Compulsory requirements: This National Standard specifies safety requirements for all electrical accessories and components for use in Trinidad and Tobago. It also specifies labelling information to be placed on the electrical accessories and components as well as information to be placed on the packaging for such accessories and components. This standard applies to electrical accessories and components intended for use at either of the following nominal supply voltages: a) 115 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %; or b) 230 volts, with a relative tolerance of ± 6 %. (...) This standard does not apply to accessories and components designed exclusively for industrial purposes or accessories intended to be used in locations where special conditions prevail, e.g. the presence of a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (caused by dust, vapour or gas) .
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.02. (HS code(s): 8503); Parts of electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor, n.e.s. (excl. of vacuum cleaners, dry and wet vacuum cleaners) (HS code(s): 850990); Parts of electric shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor, n.e.s.; Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines, e.g. ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, sparking plugs, glow plugs and starter motors; generators, e.g. dynamos and alternators, and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof; Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction boxes, for a voltage > 1.000 V; Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits, e.g., switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and junction boxes, for a voltage <= 1.000 V; Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus (...)
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
29.120
8511
8535
8536
8548
8503
850990
851090
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TUR/207 Türkiye 2023 Other environmental risks mitigation Technical regulation or specifications Other
Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory…
Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory Deposit Management System Applications: The objective of this technical regulation is to determine the strategies and policies, administrative, financial and technical procedures and principles for the implementation of the deposit management system. This technical regulation covers general principles, responsibilities of Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, responsibilities of Turkish Environment Agency, responsibilities of General Directorate of Minting and Printing (Operator of Deposit Information Management System (DBYS) ), responsibilities of Deposit Field Management System Operator. Additionally, this regulation includes the obligations of all stakeholders in the process from the placing on the market to the recycling of the packages within the scope of the mandatory deposit management system. This technical regulation covers beverage containers and product groups (...) Annex 1: Beverage Containers (Volume included: 0,10-3,01 L)Class 1: Glass Bottles; Class 2: PET Bottles; Class 3: Aluminium Bottles/Containers; Class 4: HDPE Bottles/Containers; Class 5: Composite Bottles/Containers; Class 6: Other Bottles/Containers (...)
Environment related objective
To promote high quality recycling, encourage people to introduce recycling system, prevention beverage container littering into the environment (seas, oceans, gardens, forests etc.)
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory Deposit Management System Applications: The objective of this technical regulation is to determine the strategies and policies, administrative, financial and technical procedures and principles for the implementation of the deposit management system. This technical regulation covers general principles, responsibilities of Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, responsibilities of Turkish Environment Agency, responsibilities of General Directorate of Minting and Printing (Operator of Deposit Information Management System (DBYS) ), responsibilities of Deposit Field Management System Operator. Additionally, this regulation includes the obligations of all stakeholders in the process from the placing on the market to the recycling of the packages within the scope of the mandatory deposit management system. This technical regulation covers beverage containers and product groups (...) Annex 1: Beverage Containers (Volume included: 0,10-3,01 L)Class 1: Glass Bottles; Class 2: PET Bottles; Class 3: Aluminium Bottles/Containers; Class 4: HDPE Bottles/Containers; Class 5: Composite Bottles/Containers; Class 6: Other Bottles/Containers (...)
Beverages, spirits and vinager; Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics; Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets.; Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the commercial conveyance or packing of goods, and preserving jars, of glass (excl. ampoules, glass inners for containers, with vacuum insulation, perfume atomizers, flasks, bottles etc. for atomizers); Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, incl. rigid tubular containers, of aluminium, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity of <= 300 l, n.e.s. Composite and other beverage containers
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
22
392330
4807
701090
761290
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Proposed date of entry into force: Procedures and Principles Regarding Mandatory Deposit Management System Applications was published on 01 December 2022 on Turkish Environment Agency official web site.
Keywords
Environment
Pollution
Recycle
Water
Plastic
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TUR/208 Türkiye 2023 Air pollution reduction Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
Communique On Monitoring Of Gaseous Pollutant…
Communique On Monitoring Of Gaseous Pollutant Emissions From In-Service Internal Combustion Engines Installed In Non-Road Mobile Machinery: Article 2 – (1) These Communique covers the emission limits for all engines in the categories specified in the first paragraph of Article 5 of the aforementioned Regulation and for the gas and particulate pollutants arising from the engines of these machines, which are installed or intended to be fitted to mobile machines used outside the highway determined by The Regulation on Gas and Particulate Pollutant Emission Limits and Requirements Regarding Type Approval for Internal Combustion Engines Installed on Moving Machines Used Outside the Highway (2016/1628 / EU) (2) This Communique applies to monitoring of the gaseous pollutant emissions from the following categories of in-service engines of emission Stage V installed in non-road mobile machinery regardless of when the EU type-approval for those engines was granted (...)
Environment related objective
To monitor gaseous pollutant emissions from in-service internal combustion engines installed in non-road mobile machinery using portable emission measurement systems.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Communique On Monitoring Of Gaseous Pollutant Emissions From In-Service Internal Combustion Engines Installed In Non-Road Mobile Machinery: Article 2 – (1) These Communique covers the emission limits for all engines in the categories specified in the first paragraph of Article 5 of the aforementioned Regulation and for the gas and particulate pollutants arising from the engines of these machines, which are installed or intended to be fitted to mobile machines used outside the highway determined by The Regulation on Gas and Particulate Pollutant Emission Limits and Requirements Regarding Type Approval for Internal Combustion Engines Installed on Moving Machines Used Outside the Highway (2016/1628 / EU) (2) This Communique applies to monitoring of the gaseous pollutant emissions from the following categories of in-service engines of emission Stage V installed in non-road mobile machinery regardless of when the EU type-approval for those engines was granted (...)
In-Service Internal Combustion Engines Installed in Non-Road Mobile Machinery
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
27.020
Subsidy amount Implementation period
Proposed date of adoption: The Communique will be adopted upon its publication; Proposed date of entry into force: Provisions of this Communique shall apply from the date of publication.
Keywords
Emissions
Pollution
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/1017 Tanzania 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Manufacturing
DARS 470:2023, Wheat flour — Specification, Third…
DARS 470:2023, Wheat flour — Specification, Third Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, test methods and sampling for wheat flour prepared from common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) or club wheat (Triticum compactum Host), or their mixtures intended for human consumption. This revised standard has incorporated the specific compositional requirements for wheat flour. The standard prescribes the permissible levels of food additives in wheat flour. Microbiological requirements for wheat flour have also been stipulated. This African Standard is a technical revision of the second edition ARS 470:2016(E), Wheat flour — Specification which is hereby superseded and cancelled.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by memebr
Measure description Coverage of the measure
DARS 470:2023, Wheat flour — Specification, Third Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, test methods and sampling for wheat flour prepared from common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) or club wheat (Triticum compactum Host), or their mixtures intended for human consumption. This revised standard has incorporated the specific compositional requirements for wheat flour. The standard prescribes the permissible levels of food additives in wheat flour. Microbiological requirements for wheat flour have also been stipulated. This African Standard is a technical revision of the second edition ARS 470:2016(E), Wheat flour — Specification which is hereby superseded and cancelled.
Wheat or meslin flour; Cereals, pulses and derived products
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
1101
67.060
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/1018 Tanzania 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture, Manufacturing
DARS 872: 2023, Dry soybeans — Specification,…
DARS 872: 2023, Dry soybeans — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for dry whole soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from Glycine max (L.) intended for human consumption.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by member
Measure description Coverage of the measure
DARS 872: 2023, Dry soybeans — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for dry whole soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from Glycine max (L.) intended for human consumption.
Soya beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing; Cereals, pulses and derived products; Dry Soybeans
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
120190
67.060
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/1019 Tanzania 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture
DARS 878:2023, Barley grains — Specification,…
DARS 878:2023, Barley grains — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for barley grains of varieties (cultivars) grown from Hordeum vulgare Lin and Hordeum bulbosum intended for human consumption.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by member
Measure description Coverage of the measure
DARS 878:2023, Barley grains — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for barley grains of varieties (cultivars) grown from Hordeum vulgare Lin and Hordeum bulbosum intended for human consumption.
Grains of cereals, hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked (excl. rolled, flaked, flour, pellets, and oats and maize, and husked and semi- or wholly milled rice and broken rice); Cereals, pulses and derived products; Barley grains
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
67.060
110429
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/1020 Tanzania 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture
DARS 874:2023, Dry lima beans — Specification,…
DARS 874:2023, Dry lima beans — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for dry lima beans of cultivated varieties (cultivars) grown from Phaseolus lunatus L. intended for human consumption.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by member
Measure description Coverage of the measure
DARS 874:2023, Dry lima beans — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for dry lima beans of cultivated varieties (cultivars) grown from Phaseolus lunatus L. intended for human consumption.
Dried, shelled beans "Vigna and Phaseolus", whether or not skinned or split (excl. beans of species "Vigna mungo [L.] Hepper or Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek", small red "Adzuki" beans, kidney beans, Bambara beans and cow peas); Cereals, pulses and derived products; Dry lima beans
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
071339
67.060
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/1021 Tanzania 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture, Manufacturing
DARS 935: 2023, Edible full fat soybean flour —…
DARS 935: 2023, Edible full fat soybean flour — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for edible full fat soybean flour obtained from soybean(Glycine max(L.) Merr) for human consumption.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by member
Measure description Coverage of the measure
DARS 935: 2023, Edible full fat soybean flour — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for edible full fat soybean flour obtained from soybean(Glycine max(L.) Merr) for human consumption.
Soya bean flour and meal; Cereals, pulses and derived products; Edible full fat soya flour
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
120810
67.060
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment
Technical Barriers to Trade G/TBT/N/TZA/1022 Tanzania 2023 General environmental protection Technical regulation or specifications Agriculture
DARS 865: 2023, Dry green grams — Specification,…
DARS 865: 2023, Dry green grams — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for the dry green grams of the cultivar Vigna radiata (L.) intended for human consumption.
Environment related objective
To protect the environment as notified by member
Measure description Coverage of the measure
DARS 865: 2023, Dry green grams — Specification, Second Edition: This Draft African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for the dry green grams of the cultivar Vigna radiata (L.) intended for human consumption.
Dried, shelled beans of species "Vigna mungo [L.] Hepper or Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek", whether or not skinned or split; Cereals, pulses and derived products; Dry green grams
Type of measure
Technical regulation
 ICS - HS Code
071331
67.060
Subsidy amount Implementation period
To be determined
Keywords
Environment