66 Notificaciones OMC • Establish regulation for recall disposal of unqualified products to strengthen standard for post-certification management (Article 31.5) (Article 60.2) • Enhance organic agriculture equipment management standard by providing supplementary regulations for organic agriculture and fishery equipment (Article 41) (Article 60.2) (Article 53.2, New Act) • Establishment of legal system by setting scope of responsibility of greffier in charge of certification and public announcement, and other administrative procedures (Article 31.2, 6) (Article 49.2, 6) B.Proposed Amendments to the enforcement rule of the Act on Promotion of Environment-Friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management and Support for Organic Foods, etc. under ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs • New scope of coverage such as institution or organization in accordance with the revision of Article 26. 6 (Article 26.2) • Improvement of types of approved materials such as organic food and improvement of qualifications (Annex 1) • Strengthen hygiene management for certified products, new accreditation procedure for organic seed, amendment of certification procedure such as strict procedure standard for certified work areas (Annex 3) • Adjustment of section according to the number of farmhouses for cancellation of certification, revision of administrative regulation such as punishment for violation of the certification standard (Annex 8). Objeto y razón de ser: Protection of human health or safety. UCRANIA Notificación: G/TBT/N/UKR/101 Draft Law of Ukraine as of 13 May 2015 No. 2820 “On amendments to certain Laws of Ukraine concerning public health protection from harmful impact of tobacco” (12 pages, in Ukrainian). Draft Law of Ukraine amends the Law of Ukraine as of 22 September 2005 No. 2899-IV “On prevention and reduction of tobacco use and its harmful impact on public health”. The main aim of the Draft is to ensure a high level of protection of public health, especially of young people, fulfillment of commitments of Ukraine under the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on struggle against tobacco. Draft Law approximates laws and regulations to EU requirements on: • Ingredients and products of allocation of tobacco products, including maximum levels of tars, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarette’s smoke • Labelling and packaging of tobacco products including health warnings, which should be placed on packets of tobacco products and outside packaging • Regulation of certain products related to tobacco, such as electronic cigarettes and herbal products for smoking • Completely prohibition of advertisement of tobacco products in the Internet. Objeto y razón de ser: Protection of human health or safety. Notificación: G/TBT/N/LTU/27 Draft Law of the Republic of Lithuania amending and supplementing Articles 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 141, 15, 18, 181, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 381, 39, 40, 41, 42, 431, 45, 47, 49, 52, 541, 542, 543, 55 of the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania No I‑1240 (hereinafter – the Draft Law) (28 pages, in Lithuanian). The aim of the Draft Law is to solve practical problems encountered during the application of the Law on Construction of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter – the Law on Construction), accelerate the investment process, to create preconditions for a unified understanding of the construction process among all the participants of this process, to liberalize individual stages of the construction process thereby reducing the bureaucratic burden on businesses, municipalities, supervisory authorities, to elaborate the qualification requirements of the construction process participants, to provide additional guarantees to the builder (client), to supplement the obligations of manufacturers of the construction products belonging to a non-harmonized area, to perform certain editorial changes. Objeto y razón de ser: The Draft Law is notified in the light of the fact that it is proposed to amend paragraphs 3 and 17 of Article 18 of the Law on Construction regulating rights and obligations of the manufacturer, importer and distributor of the construction products belonging to a non-harmonized area. It is proposed to supplement paragraph 3 of Article 18 of the Law on Construction with the provision that the product type of the construction product belonging to a non-harmonized area is determined by its manufacturer. The Draft Law foresees changes of editorial nature of paragraph 17 of Article 18 setting out the principal of mutual recognition in the area of construction products. REPÚBLICA DE COREA Notificación: G/TBT/N/KOR/59 • Proposed Amendments to the Act on Promotion of Environment Friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management and Support for Organic Foods • Proposed Amendments to the enforcement rule of the Act on Promotion of Environment-friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management and Support for Organic Foods (38 pages, in Korean; 45 pages, in Korean). The main amended contents in this document are as follows: A.Proposed Amendments to the Act on Promotion of Environment friendly Agriculture and Fisheries, and Management and Support for Organic Foods • Limit application of certification for a longer period of time for habitual violators (Article 20.2.1) • Strengthen requirement standard for members of accreditation institute, apply longer period of time for re-appointment application, strengthen management of private certification institute by adopting evaluation and rating system (Article 26.2, New Act) (Article 29) (Article 32.3) • Strengthen requirement standard for certification body and adopt refresher training system (Article 26 2.4) (Article 26.3, New Act)
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