NIST Lists New Foreign Regulations That May be Barriers to Trade for December 18-21, 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 December 18-21, 2007:
| Country(Number) | Action/Title |
|---|---|
| Bahrain, Kingdom of(BHR/23-29) | Gulf Standards |
| Colombia(COL/97/Add.1) | Draft Decree Establishing the Technical Regulation for marketing, processing, importing, etc. |
| Costa Rica(CRI/68/Add.1) | Central American Technical Regulation: Good manufacturing practices for laboratories |
| Costa Rica(CRI/69/Add.1) | Costa Rican Technical Regulation: Specifications and analysis methods for marketing and processing |
| Costa Rica(CRI/70/Add.1) | Costa Rican Technical Regulation: General standard |
| Guatemala(GTM/58/Add.1) | Central American Technical Regulation: Good manufacturing practices for laboratories |
| Honduras(HND/46/Add.1) | Central American Technical Regulation: Good manufacturing practices for laboratories |
| Mexico(MEX/129) | Draft Mexican Standard on Emergency Transport |
| Nicaragua(NIC/87/Add.1) | Central American Technical Regulation: Good manufacturing practices for laboratories |
| Thailand(THA/250/251/252) | Draft Technical Standards for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Equipment/27 MHz Citizens Band Equipment on Board Ship |
| Thailand(THA/253) | Notification Rules and Procedures for Declaring Quantity of Goods and Maximum Permissible Error |
| Thailand(THA/254) | Criteria, Procedures and Conditions for Displaying Pictorial Labels and Statements of Warning on Harm of Cigars |
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