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Notification of Emergency Measures: The notified Ministerial Decision concerning agriculture and livestock declares an animal health alert in line with the recommendation of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), which establishes that the epidemic season of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues in 2023 with outbreaks among poultry and notified outbreaks among wild birds in different countries...

The objective of this Regulation is to determine the necessary methods and basis in order to prevent the transmission and spreading of pest organisms through wooden package materials.
This Regulation covers principles regarding the heat treatment application and ISPM 15 marking and traceability marking on wooden packaging materials to be used in export, issuance of permit certificates, licensed businesses, non-permitted businesses, suppliers, users, HT/DH heat treatment furnace installation permit and marking apparatus sales permit, inspection and responsibilities of the businesses and the inspection of wooden packaging materials, in order to prevent the spread of harmful organisms carried with packaging materials made of wood... It introduces the security hologram application and it is explained in articles 3 and 4. Annex 1 on approved measures for wood packaging materials contains measures different from those adopted in accordance with ISPM 15. These measures are taken to prevent problems arising from application of ISPM 15.

Notification of emergency measures: As of 1 March 2023 Türkiye will require a phytosanitary certificate indicating that used agricultural machinery products (HS codes given below) do not contain soil, pests and plant residues in the additional declaration section of the certificate and these products shall be subject to phytosanitary control upon entry into the country.
The additional declaration section of the phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of the exporting country for the import of the machineries in question to Türkiye should include an additional statement explained below:" The machineries have been controlled and cleaned before export and are free from soil, pests and plant residues (including seeds and other plant parts capable of propagation)."

This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for organic fertilizers.
Organic fertilizers are naturally available mineral sources that contain moderate amount of plant essential nutrients. They are capable of mitigating problems associated with synthetic fertilizers. They reduce the necessity of repeated application of synthetic fertilizers to maintain soil fertility.

The draft Law provides for the regulation of legal relations with regard to the approval of active substances of biocidal products, obtaining a permission for placing on the market of biocidal products, production, trade and safe application of biocidal products for human, animal and environmental health, as well as placement of treated articles on the market, defines the rights and obligations of enterprises, institutions, organisations and individuals, as well as the authority of state bodies and officials in this area....The adoption of the draft Law will improve the functioning of the domestic market for biocidal products while ensuring a high level of protection of human, animal and environmental health.

Faced with imports of napkins (diapers) and sanitary towels in such increased quantities as to be detrimental, the domestic industry has filed a petition with the National Authority for Trade Remedies (ANMCC) requesting the implementation of a safeguard measure pursuant to Article XIX of the GATT, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (...). Unforeseen development: (...) Furthermore, users are increasingly choosing organic products and this has led to a slowdown in the growth of the world's sanitary towel market, unlike the market in Madagascar where imports have increased significantly.

(...) finding of serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports, and of the decision to apply a safeguard measure on imports of paints. (...) Unforeseen developments: (...) there is a new trend towards using powder paints in developed countries owing to the benefits they offer in terms of durability, aesthetics, design and the environment. This change has boosted exports of liquid paints to African countries, including Madagascar. Moreover, bans on lead paint, which have been implemented in a number of countries owing to its toxicity, have led systematically to the export of lead paint to countries where it is not yet banned.

(...) to extend a safeguard measure that is being applied against imports of yarns made of nylon or other polyamides and non application of the safeguard measure to developing countries. (...) Information relating to the extension of a safeguard measure: Evidence that the industry concerned is adjusting: (...) Energy saving measures aimed at increasing efficiency are among the priorities of the companies, and related investments have been started in the production facilities. At the first stage, it was taken into consideration that the compressors, which consume a lot of energy in production, should be replaced with addition, feasibility studies for solar energy systems were carried out in order to reduce energy costs.

Implementing Guidelines of the Philippine Energy Labeling Program for Display Monitors: Pursuant to Sections 5 and 9 of Department Circular No. 2020-06-0015, entitled "Prescribing the Guidelines of the Philippine Energy Labeling Program (PELP) for Compliance of Importers, Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers of Electrical Appliances and Other Energy-Consuming Products (ECP)", the Implementing Guidelines for Display Monitors, including the Particular Product Requirements (PPR) and Code of Practice (COPE) are hereby issued for the information and guidance of all those concerned and for compliance by all manufacturers, importers, distributors, dealers, retailers, and other key stakeholders.

Implementing Guidelines of the Philippine Energy Labeling Program for Clothes Washing Machines: Pursuant to Sections 5 and 9 of Department Circular No. 2020-06-0015, as amended, entitled "Prescribing the Guidelines of the Philippine Energy Labeling Program (PELP) for Compliance of Importers, Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers of Electrical Appliances and Other Energy-Consuming Products (ECP)", the Implementing Guidelines for Clothes Washing Machines, including the Particular Product Requirements (PPR) and Code of Practice (COPE) are hereby issued for the information and guidance of all those concerned and for compliance by all manufacturers, importers, distributors, dealers, retailers and other key stakeholders.