NIST Lists New Foreign Regulations That May be Barriers to Trade for October 3-10, 2007
The National Institute of Standards and Technology offers an e-mail notification service which alerts readers to drafts or changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
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The following are the NIST postings for October 3-10, 2007:
| Country(Number) | Action/Title |
|---|---|
| Argentina(ARG/224) | MERCOSUR Technical Regulation |
| Argentina(ARG/126/Add.1) | List of Products Subject to Control |
| Brazil(BRA/215/Add.2) | Draft Ministerial Act No. 141 |
| Brazil(BRA/255) | Technical Regulation on Terminology |
| Brazil(BRA/256) | Ministerial Act 314 on compulsory technical requirements and procedures to assess the conformity |
| Brazil(BRA/257) | Draft Ministerial Act 336 on conformity assessment procedures |
| Canada(CAN/214) | Proposed Order Amending Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act |
| China(CHN/293) | Standard for Pollutant Emission From Boilers in Shijiazhuang City |
| China(CHN/291, 292) | Safety Technical Regulation;Type Test Rules |
| Colombia(COL/83/Add.1) | Draft Resolution establishing technical regulations on sanitary requirements |
| Colombia(COL/56/Add.3) | Draft Resolution Issuing Technical Regulation |
| Colombia(COL/101) | Resolution No. 2906 Establishing the Maximum Residue Limits for pesticides |
| Colombia(COL/99) | Emergency technical regulations |
| Colombia(COL/100) | Technical regulation for use in motor vehicles and their trailers |
| Ecuador(ECU/32/Add.1) | Draft Technical Regulation on domestic or imported motor vehicle safety parts |
| France(FRA/66) | Draft Decree on the recycling and treatment of waste |
| France(FRA/67) | Draft notice on the prevention of risks arising from use |
| Indonesia(IDN/16) | Mandatory National Standard for SNI 07-2052-2002 Steel bar for concrete reinforcement, SNI 07-0065-2002 Re-rolled concrete enforcement steel bars, and SNI 07-0954-2005 Concrete reinforcement steel bar in reel |
| Indonesia(IDN/17) | Mandatory National Standard for SNI 07-2053-2006 Zinc coated steel sheet |
| Israel(ISR/187) | Amendment 1 to SI 1220,Part 3 |
| Malaysia(MYS/10) | Technical Specifications for various equipment: telephone systems and networks, broadband wireless access, short range devices, etc. |
| Malaysia(MYS/11, 12) | National Measurement System Act; The Weight and Measures (Amendment) Act 2007 |
| New Zealand(NZL/39) | Draft Land Transport Rule Vehicle Exhaust Emissions |
| Oman(OMN/21) | Methods of testing for electrical installations |
| Paraguay(PRY/11) | Draft Decree establishing essential safety requirements |
| Slovenia(SVN/63, 64) | Actions on structures - Part 1-3: General actions - Snow loads; Actions on structures - General Actions - Part 1- 4: Wind actions |
| Switzerland(CHE/86) | Ordinance on combined warnings on tobacco products |
| Switzerland(CHE/89) | Draft revision of the Ordinance |
| Switzerland(CHE/90) | Draft revision of the Ordinance |
| Switzerland(CHE/91) | Draft revision of the Ordinance |
| Switzerland(CHE/92) | Draft revision of the Ordinance |
| Switzerland(CHE/93) | Draft revision of the Ordinance |
| Switzerland(CHE/88) | Decree on telecommunications installations |
Notifications and complete texts (though not always available, or in English) can be accessed through the Notify U.S. list-serve by signing up for a free subscription at http://tsapps.nist.gov/notifyus/data/index/index.cfm