NIST Lists New Foreign Regulations for Manufactured Products for May 17, 2010
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and 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 May 17, 2010 (including links to the regulations, which may be in a foreign language, if available):
| Country | Date Issued | Comment Due Date | Products Covered | Available Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5/7/2010 | 6/7/2010 | Pesticides | BRA/369 Part 1 (PDF) (PORTUGUESE)/Part 2/Part 3 |
| Brazil | 5/10/2010 | Not given by country | Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel | Not applicable |
| Canada | 5/7/2010 | 8/22/2010 | Radio communications equipment | CAN/313 Part 1 (PDF) (ENGLISH)/Part 2 |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Motorcycles and mopeds (HS 8711) | CHN/735 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Passenger motor vehicles up to 9 seats (HS 8702) | CHN/736 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Microwave interruption intrusion detector | CHN/737 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Household and similar disinfecting tableware cabinet | CHN/738 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Pad-mounted, dry vault type unipolar or multipolar high voltage AC automatic circuit reclosers with rated voltage of 12 kV40.5 kV, frequency 50 Hz (HS 8535.10) | CHN/739 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Explosion proof electrical product | CHN/740 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| China | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Explosion proof electrical product | CHN/741 (PDF) (SIMPLIFIED CHINESE) |
| Colombia | 5/7/2010 | Not given by country | LPG cylinders, LPG tanks (HS 7311, 3923) | COL/71/Add.4 (PDF) (SPANISH) |
| Guatemala | 5/10/2010 | Not given by country | Grain and soya seeds | Not applicable |
| Switzerland | 5/7/2010 | 7/7/2010 | Biocidal products, active substances | CHE/125 (PDF) (FRENCH)CHE/125 (PDF) (GERMAN) |
E-mail Notifications or requests for full texts of foreign regulations not available online (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