70 Notificaciones OMC Organización Mundial del Comercio JUNIO ALEMANIA Notificación: G/TBT/N/DEU/15 Draft Second Ordinance amending the Tobacco Products Ordinance (18 pages, in English) Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC is to be transposed by 20 May 2016 into national law. The Directive is transposed into German Law by the Tobacco Products Act of 4 April 2016 and the Tobacco Products Ordinance enacted on the basis of this Act of 27 April 2016. In accordance with Article 7(6), in conjunction with Article 20(3c) of Directive 2014/40/EU, tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and refill containers containing the following additives may not be placed on the market: • vitamins or other additives that create the impression that a tobacco product, electronic cigarette or refill container has a health benefit or presents reduced health risks • caffeine or taurine or other additives and stimulant compounds that are associated with energy and vitality • additives having colouring properties for emissions • in the case of tobacco products for smoking, electronic cigarettes and refill containers: additives that facilitate inhalation or nicotine uptake • additives that have CMR properties in unburnt form The additives specifically prohibited are listed in Annexes 1 and 2 of the Ordinance. Furthermore, the Draft Second Ordinance ammending Tobacco Products Ordinance provides for regulations to nicotine free cigarettes and refill containers. Objeto y razón de ser: The additives specifically prohibited under Article 7 (6), also in conjunction with Article 20 (3) (c) of Directive 2014/40/EU must be specified by the Member States. The regulations relating to nicotine-free electronic cigarettes and refill containers were necessary as a result of the inclusion of nicotine-free electronic cigarettes and refill containers in the regulation through the Act amending the Tobacco Products Act. BRASIL Notificación: G/TBT/N/BRA/678 Resolution CONTRAN Nº. 593, 24 May 2016 (Resolução CONTRAN Nº 593, 24 May 2016) (24 pages, in Portuguese). Resolution establishing technical specifications for the manufacture and installation of rear bumpers in the national manufacturing or imported vehicles classified as N2, N3, O3 and O4 categories. From first January 2017 it will revokes Resolution CONTRAN Nº 805/95 and Resolution CONTRAN Nº 152/2003. Objeto y razón de ser: Quality requirements; Protection of Human health or Safety; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection. Notificación: G/TBT/N/BRA/679 Draft Ordinance Nº. 51, 31 May 2016 (Portaria Nº 51, de 31 de Maio de 2016) (1 page, in Portuguese). Draft Technical Regulation Establishing the Identity and Quality Standards for Dietary and Low-Calorie Non-Alcoholic Beverages that should have the content of sugars normally added in conventional drink, entirely replaced by low-calorie or non-caloric, natural or artificial sweeteners, among others requirements, in order to review the Normative Instruction Nº 30, 27 September 1999 (Instrução Normativa Nº 3, de 27 de Setembro de 1999). Objeto y razón de ser: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements ESTADOS UNIDOS Notificación: G/TBT/N/USA/1137 Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) Devices in the 5 GHz Band (6 pages, in English). This document invites interested parties to update and refresh the record on the status of potential sharing solutions between proposed Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (UNII) devices and Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) operations in the 5.850-5.925 GHz (U-NII-4) band. The Commission also solicits the submittal of prototype unlicensed interference-avoiding devices for testing, and seeks comment on a proposed FCC test plan to evaluate electromagnetic compatibility of unlicensed devices and DSRC. The collection of relevant empirical data will assist the FCC, the Department of Transportation, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in their ongoing collaboration to analyze and quantify the interference potential introduced to DSRC receivers from unlicensed transmitters operating simultaneously in the 5.850- 5.925 GHz band. Objeto y razón de ser: Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection. Notificación: G/TBT/N/USA/1142 Acceptance Criteria for Portable Oxygen Concentrators Used On Board Aircraft (26 pages, in English). This final rule replaces the existing process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (Agency or FAA) approves portable oxygen concentrators (POC) for use on board aircraft in air carrier operations, commercial operations, and certain
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