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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/RWA/280 | Rwanda | 2019 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements,…
Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for cigars. It does not cover the requirements for flavour and aroma of cigars.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/SVN/107 | Slovenia | 2019 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | The specification prescribes additional…
The specification prescribes additional requirements for fruit and processed fruit, which relate to the production methods and to the quality of the fruit. The specification specifies methods of fruit production that meets a number of additional requirements that are not required by EU regulations and standards. The specification encourages producers and processors to a more environmentally friendly production, which ensure consumers fruits that are harvested in their optimal maturity.
The specification also applies requirements for the soluble dry matter of fruit for additional type of fruits like apples, pears, cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, persimmons, kiwis, figs, apricots, strawberries, american blueberries, raspberries and table grapes. The moisture content for walnuts and hazelnuts is also prescribed. Consequently, this ensures better fruit quality. The use of digestate is allowed only from small sewage treatment plants, short transport routes are prescribed, input of pure nitrogen into the ground is limited, the maximum width of the herbicide band is determined, plant protection products is limited to the organic or integrated production. The specification also specifies requirements for the storage and marketing of the fruit from the "selected quality" scheme. The specification refers to the fruit and fruit products produced and processed within one country. The requirements of the proposed specification therefore relate to the labelling with the logo indicating the country of production and the processing of the raw material. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/THA/535 | Thailand | 2019 | Other environmental risks mitigation | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing…
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH Notification concerning "Requirements and Conditions for the term "Premium" on Food Labels" as follows:
1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 365) (B.E. 2556) entitled Displaying of the Term "Premium" on Food Labels and The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 366) (B.E. 2556) entitled Displaying of the Term "Premium" on Food labels of Pasteurized Cows’ Milk and Pasteurized Full Fat Cows' Milk shall be repealed and replaced by this draft Notification. 2. Definition; "Premium" is the word used to convey message referring to quality or standard and specific characteristic which are superior to the same food type. 3. Food labelled "Premium" on the label must be approved by regulatory authority (Thai FDA) 4. Food labelled "Premium" on the label must comply with the following terms and conditions: (1) Quality and standards shall comply with the relevant notifications of the Ministry of Public Health; (2) Production methods, equipments and storages shall comply with the relevant notifications of the Ministry of Public Health; (3) Food product shall have standards, quality or specific characteristic either one of the following: a. Organic certification from authorized official government agency/body or officially or internationally recognized certification body. b. Geographical Indication (GI) registration from the Ministry of Commerce; c. Food product shall have specific characteristic of products superior to the same food type, otherwise they shall meet the following requirements: 1) Having certificate or evidences that qualities or standards are superior to the same food type from authorized official government agency/body or officially or internationally recognized certification body. 2) Having evidences of certifying or approval that qualities or standards are superior to the same food type domestically sold product as requirements prescribed in the Announcement of the Food and Drug Administration according to an approval of the Food Committee. d. Food product shall have standards, quality or specific characteristic of products that are superior to the same food type as requirements prescribed in the Announcement of the Food and Drug Administration according to an approval of the Food Committee. 5. The food producer or importer shall test his/her product following to this Notification and shall submit evidences under clause 4 (3) to the regulatory authority every year. 6. The term "premium" on its label shall be valid as specified in the evidence showing the quality or standard of food in accordance with Clause 4 (3), except in cases validity is not specified in the evidence showing the quality or standard, it shall be three years from the date of permission. 7. This notification shall come into force the following day after its publication in the Government Gazette. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/346 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Environmental goods and services promotion | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | With a view to implementing the Organic…
With a view to implementing the Organic Agriculture Promotion Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), which will come into force on 30 May 2019, the Council of Agriculture is proposing the Draft Enforcement Rules for Organic Agriculture Promotion Act to provide further details in the following aspects:
1. To provide additional definitions of terms (Articles 2-3); 2. To specify the ratio of basic raw material content for organic agricultural processed products and agricultural products in conversion to organic farming (Article 4); 3. To identify matters to be observed (including confidentiality) by the competent authority in performing supervisory activities under the Act (Articles 5-6); 4. To specify methods of determining compliance of imported organic agricultural products with the requirements specified in Article 17 of the Act and the review procedures for announcing countries or WTO Members with organic equivalency (Articles 7-8); 5. To specify the unit of containers or packaging where labelling is required (Article 9); and 6. To specify the types of information and records to be checked or sampled for inspection by the competent authority when performing their responsibilities (Article 10) . |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/347 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Environmental goods and services promotion | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | With a view to implementing Article 17 of the…
With a view to implementing Article 17 of the Organic Agriculture Promotion Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), regarding the development of review procedures, data retention and other related management matters for imported organic agricultural products, the Council of Agriculture is proposing the Draft of Regulations Governing Imported Organic Agricultural Product Review and Inspection Management.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/348 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Environmental goods and services promotion | Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture | With a view to implementing Articles 17, 19 and…
With a view to implementing Articles 17, 19 and 20 of the Organic Agriculture Promotion Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act), regarding the marking, labelling, display and other matters of organic agricultural products, agricultural products in conversion to organic farming and imported organic agricultural products, the Council of Agriculture is proposing the Draft of Regulations Governing the Labeling and Marks Management of Organic Agricultural Products and Agricultural Products in Conversion to Organic Farming.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/363 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture, Chemicals | 1. To make agro-pesticides comply with GHS and…
1. To make agro-pesticides comply with GHS and consistent with international hazard labelling, a business support IT system is to be devised to assist agro-pesticide businesses in label application. The IT system produces label samples and allows specification of products information, including hazard pictograms and hazard statements. The IT system also provides Agro-pesticide business with a better procedure in application of label use or modification.
2. To avoid non-compliant labelling, such as correcting information by using stickers or by affixing both new and original labels on the package, the amendment adds new requirements on label modification applications. The original label must be replaced within a time limit after a label modification application is made (Article 3 was amended). 3. The amendment makes changes to the information items required on a label of formulated agro-pesticides. Mode of action classification codes and product barcodes are required. Also to comply with GHS, the warning labels and the notices to user are replaced with the GHS hazard pictograms, precautionary pictograms, signal words, and hazard statement. The amendment further aims to implement the user's manual policy. Each retail unit of agro-pesticide must be accompanied with a user's manual (Article 5 was amended). 4. The amendment makes change to the information items required on a label of technical grade agro-pesticides. The warning labels and the notices to user are replaced with the GHS hazard pictograms, precautionary pictograms, signal words, and hazard statement (Article 6 was amended). 5. To ensure visibility of agro-pesticide labels, the amendment adds new requirements on the labelling by the businesses. The information given from such labelling texts or images must not overlap with the information which is legally required on an agro-pesticide label (Article 7 was amended). 6. To comply with GHS and to categorize agro-pesticides by their properties, the amendment adds new requirements on technical grade agro-pesticides and formulated agro-pesticides. Hazard pictograms, signal words, and hazard statements must comply with the national standard, CNS 15030. The warning label is replaced with hazard pictograms; the notices to user are replaced with precautionary pictograms. Also, the amendment adds an Attachment of Honey Bee Acute Toxicity Classification, so that the control over agro-pesticide's effect to non-target organism will be further strengthened (Article 12 was amended). |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/364 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Environmentally friendly consumption | Conformity assessment procedures | Agriculture | The Organic Agriculture Promotion Act was…
The Organic Agriculture Promotion Act was promulgated on 30 May 2018 and will enter into effect on 30 May 2019. In accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Act, the "Mandatory and Prohibitory Items in the Contracts between Certification Bodies and Agricultural Product Operators" was drafted to ensure consistency of management The proposed text took into account current experiences of implementing production and certification of organic agricultural products as well as practices adopted in developed countries. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/365 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Environmentally friendly consumption | Conformity assessment procedures | Agriculture | The Organic Agriculture Promotion Act was…
The Organic Agriculture Promotion Act was promulgated on 30 May 2018 and will enter into effect on 30 May 2019. In accordance with Paragraph 5 of Article 11 of the Act, the "Regulations Governing the Approval and Management of Accreditation Bodies for Organic Agricultural Products" was drafted to stipulate provisions for the approval and supervision of accreditation bodies, information to be listed in the approval document, etc. The proposed text took into account current experiences of implementing production and certification of organic agricultural products as well as practices adopted in developed countries. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TPKM/366 | Chinese Taipei | 2019 | Environmentally friendly consumption | Conformity assessment procedures | Agriculture | With a view to supporting the implementation of…
With a view to supporting the implementation of the Organic Agriculture Promotion Act, the Agriculture and Food Agency is proposing a draft specifying the documents to be retained by certification bodies that operate certification of organic agricultural products. Such documents include quality manual, certification operation procedures, application records, qualifications of personnel, internal audit reports, subcontracting records, etc. The retention period is 6 years in principle and the documents may be retained in hard copies or electronic format.
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