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WTO/TBT Monthly Notification Bulletin (October 2009)
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WTO/TBT NOTIFICATIONS BULLETIN (October 2009)
No / Date of issue / Notification reference / Product covered / Country notifying / Title of regulation notified / Deadline for submission of commentsElectrical Engineering and Telecommunication Systems
01 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/156 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1884-4:2008 Specification — Accessories for use in antenna installations — Part 4: TV channel convertors / 60 days from the circulation date
02 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/157 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1884-5:2008 Specification — Accessories for use in antenna installations — Part 5: Low noise block converters / 60 days from the circulation date
03 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/158 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1885:2008 Code of practice — Installation of mobile radio equipment in land based vehicles ( / 60 days from the circulation date
04 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/159 / Solar power systems / Kenya / KS 1860: 2008 Code of practice — Solar heating systems for domestic hot water — Design, installation, repair and maintenance / 60 days from the circulation date
05 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/160 / Solar power systems / Kenya / KS 1869: 2008 Method test for determination of solar reflectance near ambient temperature using a portable solar reflectometer / 60 days from the circulation date
06 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/161 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1893-1, Kenya standard ― Code of practice ― The installation of communal and single antenna systems for the reception of television and sound broadcast transmissions ― Part 1: VHF and UHF television and VHF sound antenna systems / 60 days from the circulation date
07 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/162 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1893-2, Kenya standard ― Code of practice ― The installation of communal and single antenna systems for the reception of television and sound broadcast transmissions ― Part 2: Satellite antenna systems / 60 days from the circulation date
08 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/162 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1894-1: 2008. radio sites — Part 1:Technical performance (narrowband analogue mobile radio services) / 60 days from the circulation date
09 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/164 / Industrial Nitrogen / Kenya / DKS 2200-1:2009 Nitrogen —Specification Part 1: High Purity Nitrogen / 60 days from the dates of notification
10 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/165 / Solar power systems / Kenya / KS 1895: 2008 Code of Practice. Solar heating systems for swimming pools / 60 days from the circulation date
11 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/166 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1897, Radio broadcasting systems — Very High Frequency (VHF), frequency modulated, sound broadcasting transmitters — Code of practice for site engineering / 60 days from the circulation date
12 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/167 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1901: 2008, Satellite television receiving antennas — Mechanical requirements / 60 days from the circulation date
13 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/168 / Telecommunication Systems / Kenya / KS 1904: 2008, Digital cellular telecommunications system — Radio equipment and systems — Radio site engineering for radio equipment and systems in the mobile service / 60 days from the circulation date
14 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/176 / Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Systems / Kenya / KS 2109: 2009, Closed circuit television (CCTV), Management and operation Code of practice / 60 days from the circulation date
15 / 20 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/EEC/300 / Portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators / European Communities / Draft Commission Regulation establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, rules as regards capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators / 60 days from date of notification
Chemical Technology
16 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/EEC/301 / Cosmetic products / European Communities / Draft Commission Directive amending, for the purpose of adaptation to technical progress, Annexes II and III to Council Directive 76/768/EEC concerning cosmetic products / 60 days from date of notification
Agriculture
17 / 22 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/151 / Cigarittos / Bahrain / Tobacco and Tobacco product- Cigarittos /60 days from the notification date
18 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/153 / Snuff Tobacco / Bahrain / Snuff Tobacco /60 days from the notification date
19 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/152 / Chewing Tobacco / Bahrain / Chewing Tobacco /60 days from the notification date
20 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/160 / Cigar and Toscani Cigar / Bahrain / Cigar and Toscani Cigar /60 days from the notification date
21 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/159 / Pipe Tobacco / Bahrain / Pipe Tobacco /60 days from the notification date
Food Technology
22 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/CHE/115 / Products from organic agriculture. / Switzerland / Draft of Amendment of the Ordinance on Organic Farming of 22 September 1997 (910.18), 22 pages; and Draft of Amendment of the Federal Department of Economy (FDE) Ordinance on Organic Farming of 22 September 1997 (910.181), 20 pages, /9 November 2009
23 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/175 / Tea / Kenya / The Tea Act. (Legal Notice No. 122, Legislative Supplement No. 43 dated 3 October 2008). The Tea Licensing, Registration and Trade Regulations, 2008 /Not applicable
24 / 20 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/EEC/299 / Food / European Communities / Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of nutrition claims /60 days from date of notification
25 / 22 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/154 / Edible starch / Bahrain / Edible starch /60 days from the notification date
26 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/155 / Cabbage / Bahrain / Cabbage /60 days from the notification date
27 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/156 / Frozen Fish Fillet Blocks / Bahrain / Frozen Fish Fillet Blocks /60 days from the notification date
28 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/158 / Canned Carrots / Bahrain / Canned Carrots /60 days from the notification date
29 / 23 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/BHR/157 / Lettuce / Bahrain / Lettuce /60 days from the notification date
30 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/71 / Canned Humus / Oman / Canned Humus (chick peas) with Tehena /60 days after the date of circulation
31 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/70 / Complementary foods based on milk for infants and children “follow up formula” / Oman / Complementary foods based on milk for infants and children “follow up formula” /60 days from the date of circulation
32 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/69 / Organs and Viscera of Mutton, Goat, Cattle, Camel, and Buffalo (chilled and frozen) / Oman / Organs and Viscera of Mutton, Goat, Cattle, Camel, and Buffalo (chilled and frozen) /60 days after the date of circulation
33 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/68 / Fruit drink / Oman / Fruit drink /60 days from the date of circulation
34 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/72 / Quick frozen peaches / Oman / Quick frozen peaches /60 days from the date of circulation
35 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/73 / Meat bouillons, consommé’s and similar product named by other culinary terms intended for direct consumption / Oman / Bouillons and Consommes /60 days after the date of circulation
36 / 26 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/OMN/75 / Preserved Tomatoes / Oman / Preserved Tomatoes /60 days after the date of circulation
Construction materials and building
37 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/177 / Masonry cement / Kenya / KS 2168-1: 2009 Masonry Cement — Part 1: Composition, Specifications and conformity criteria /60 days from the circulation date
38 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/178 / Masonry cement / Kenya / KS 2168-2: 2009 Masonry Cement — Part 2: Test Methods /60 days from the circulation date
Textiles and leather technology
39 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/173 / Disposable baby diapers / Kenya / KS 2108:2009 Disposable baby diapers — Specification /60 days from notification
40 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/174 / Woven fabrics / Kenya / KS 1056-2: 2009 Specification for woven wrapping cloth. Part 2. Jute cloth /60 days from the date of notification
Road Vehicle s engineering
41 / 2 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/CHE/116 / Spark ignition engines with a net power ≤ 19 kW for non-road mobile machinery. / Switzerland / Draft revision of the Ordinance on Air Pollution Control; 6 pages; available in German and French /60 days from the day of notification.
42 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/182 / Motor vehicle / Kenya / KS 2190: 2009 Motor vehicles spare parts – Code of practice /60 days from the date of notification
Petroleum and related technologies
43 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/170 / Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Regulations, 2008 (Kenya Gazette Notice 11383, 28 November 2008) / Kenya / The Energy Act: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Regulations, 2008 (Kenya Gazette Notice 11383,28 November 2008) /
60 days from date of notification
44 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/172 / Medical gases / Medical gases / DKS 2170-1: 2008: Medical Gases —Specification. Part 1: Medical OxygenMiscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment
45 / 1 October 2009 / G/TBT/N/KEN/169 / Safety matches / Kenya / KS 03-25: 2008 Specification for matches /11 January 2009
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