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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/OMN/408 | Oman | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Ministerial decree obligating the Omani standard …
Ministerial decree obligating the Omani standard "Polyethylene Reusable Shopping Bags"
This Ministerial decree obligating the Omani standard "Polyethylene Reusable Shopping Bags" and prohibiting the exporting of polyethylene bags with thickness less than 50 micrometres or any kind of single use plastic bags. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/RWA/290 | Rwanda | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | All products/economic activities | Waste within healthcare facilities — Handling…
Waste within healthcare facilities — Handling and disposal.
1.1 This standard develops criteria for segregation, collection, movement, storage and on-site disposal of waste within healthcare units, biological research facilities, and veterinary facilities. 1.2 It also covers disposal of waste materials after removal from site of health care facility, the special precautions which may apply to infectious substances (or the transportation thereof), and efficiency of incinerators. 1.3 This standard does not cover the disposal of e- waste s (Covered by RS 276-1 and RS 276-2), radioactive waste s and the design of landfill dedicated to special waste s from healthcare facilities |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/RWA/407 | Rwanda | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Ear buds — Specification.
This Draft Rwanda…
Ear buds — Specification.
This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for ear buds. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/SAU/1129 | Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Technical regulation for used cars.
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Technical regulation for used cars.
This regulation specifies the following: Terms and Definitions, Scope, Objectives, Supplier Obligations, Labeling, Conformity Assessment Procedures, Responsibilities of Regulatory Authorities, Violations and Penalties, General Rules, Transitional Rules, Appendix (lists, vehicle checklist) |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BHR/596 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 2021 | Waste management and recycling | Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures…
Ban/Prohibition, Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing, Other | Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single…
Draft Ministerial Order regarding banning single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market.: The purpose of this Ministerial Order is to ban single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market, with exempting garbage bags, bags used for medical purposes and bags manufactured to be exported from the Kingdom of Bahrain
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BHR/597 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 2021 | Waste management and recycling | Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing | National Technical Regulation for plastic…
National Technical Regulation for plastic products: This draft is an update to the National Technical Regulation that regulates the import, manufacture and use of plastic products, by specifying their environmental requirements.
(...) The update includes the removal of the degradable plastic products list from the technical regulation and their inclusion in the guide to be issued by the regulators in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as well as the elimination of biodegradable plastic products covered by the regulations such as shopping clothes, vegetables and fruits plastic bags, where a new decision will be raised by the World Trade Organization regarding the banning single-use plastic bags in the Bahraini market. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CHL/576 | Chile | 2021 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Draft Resolution identifying the products that…
Draft Resolution identifying the products that constitute packaging and specifying their respective categories, in accordance with the provisions of Supreme Decree No. 12 of 2020 of the Ministry of the Environment establishing collection and recovery targets and other obligations relating to packaging and wrapping: The notified draft Resolution identifies the products that constitute packaging and specifies their respective categories, in accordance with the provisions of Supreme Decree No. 12 of 2020 of the Ministry of the Environment establishing collection and recovery targets and other obligations relating to packaging and wrapping.
The Resolution will determine which products are to meet the targets and other obligations for packaging for domestic use and which products are to meet the targets and other obligations for packaging for non-domestic use. (...) |
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/MUS/5 | Mauritius | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Ban/Prohibition | Manufacturing | 8. Ban on import of plastic bags, including non…
8. Ban on import of plastic bags, including non-woven polypropylene bags. However, a few categories of plastic bags, including biodegradable/compostable bags, are exempted. The import or manufacture of biodegradable and compostable plastic bags has to be in conformity with standards prescribed in the third schedule f the regulations.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/TZA/395 | Tanzania | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Garbage bags -Specification.
This Draft…
Garbage bags -Specification.
This Draft Tanzania standard specifies the general characteristics, requirements and test methods for garbage bags made from thermoplastic materials containing a minimum of 10% of postconsumer recyclate that ensures fitness for purpose and which can be handled without additional support when they are filled. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/UGA/1204 | Uganda | 2020 | Waste management and recycling | Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Manufacturing, Other | Non-woven bags — Specification, First Edition.
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Non-woven bags — Specification, First Edition.
This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and test methods for non-woven bags used for packaging. |
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