Notificaciones OMC 69
Organización Mundial
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DICIEMBRE
ARABIA SAUDÍ
Notificación: G/SPS/N/SAU/329
Lifting the temporary ban on the importation of live
birds, hatching eggs and one-day old chicks originating
from the Czech Republic, Mozambique and Romania.
Objeto y razón de ser: Inocuidad de los alimentos.
Notificación: G/SPS/N/SAU/262/Add.1
The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
issued the Decision No. 178328 dated 9 March 2017
(10/06/1438 AH) entitled “Temporary Ban of Importation
of Live Bird, Hatching Egg and One-day Old Chick”
originating from Greece, due to the outbreak of Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Greece. The Ministry
of Environment, Water and Agriculture has subsequently
issued the Decision No. 1439/1291/123 dated 11
December 2017 (23/03/1439 AH), lifting the temporary
ban on the importation of live birds, hatching eggs and
one-day old chicks originating from Greece. Based on
OIE reports in the last three months, HPAI has not been
registered in Greece. In compliance with the OIE Terrestrial
Animal Health Code, Chapter 10.4, the risk of importing
live birds, hatching eggs and one-day old chicks
from Greece is negligible.
Objeto y razón de ser: Sanidad animal.
BRASIL
Notificación: G/TBT/N/BRA/768
Draft Bill establishing maximum limit of lead in paints
and materials similar to Surface coating, elaborated
in the category of the National Commission Chemical
Safety Agency (CONASQ), with a coordination of
the Ministry of the Environment (Ministério do Meio
Ambiente-MMA). Informed and identified suggestions
should be forwarded exclusively through the electronic
form available at www.mma.gov.br, within the deadline
45 (forty-five) days from the date of publication of
this Notice. It revokes Law 11,762, 1 August, 2008, keeping
the concentration limit of lead in paints and similar
coating materials the approval of the new law by
the congress.
Objeto y razón de ser: Protección de la salud o seguridad
humana, Prescripciones en materia de calidad.
BURUNDI
Notificación: G/TBT/N/BDI/2
This East African Standard specifies the requirements
and methods of sampling and test for wheat flour
(other than durum wheat flours) intended for human
consumption.
Objeto y razón de ser: Información al consumidor, Etiquetado,
Protección de la salud o seguridad humana,
Prescripciones en materia de calidad.
Notificación: G/TBT/N/BDI/3
This East African Standard specifies the requirements
and methods of sampling and test for maize grains
of varieties grown from common maize grains, Zea
Mays indentata L., and/or Zea mays indurata L., or
their hybrids intended for human consumption.
Objeto y razón de ser: Información al consumidor, Etiquetado,
Protección de la salud o seguridad humana,
Prescripciones en materia de calidad.
CANADÁ
Notificación: G/TBT/N/CAN/502/Add.1
The proposed Regulations notified in G/TBT/N/
CAN/502 (dated 5 November 2016) were adopted
and published on 13 December 2017, with significant
modifications following public consultations, as the
Regulations Amending the Prohibition of Certain Toxic
Substances Regulations, 2012. These Regulations came
into force on the day on which they were registered, 24
November 2017. The full text of the adopted measure
can be downloaded from the Internet addresses below:
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2017/2017-12-13/
html/sor-dors247-eng.html (English) http://www.gazette.
gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2017/2017-12-13/html/sor-dors247-
fra.html (French) http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/
p2/2017/2017-12-13/pdf/g2-15125.pdf (PDF bilingual) or
requested from: Canada’s SPS & TBT Notification Authority
and Enquiry Point Technical Barriers and Regulations
Division Global Affairs Canada 111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Canada Telephone: +(343)
203-4273 Fax: +(613) 943-0346 E-mail: enquirypoint@
international.gc.ca.
Objeto y razón de ser: Protección del medio ambiente.
ECUADOR
Notificación: G/TBT/N/ECU/94/Add.5
La República de Ecuador comunica y da a conocer el
Addendum 5 correspondiente a la Primera Revisión
del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 080
“ETIQUETADO DE CALZADO”, notificado mediante el
documento identificado con la signatura G/TBT/N/
ECU/94/Add.1 del 13 de junio de 2013. Esta Primera Revisión
ha sido expedido mediante la Resolución N° 17
572 del 21 de noviembre de 2017, emitida por la Subsecretaría
del Sistema de la Calidad del Ministerio de
Industrias y Productividad, publicada en el Registro
Oficial Nº 141 de 15 de diciembre de 2017. Texto disponible
en el Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad,
Subsecretaría de la Calidad, Organismo Nacional
encargado de la Notificación: Responsable: Ing. Juan
Carlos Cadena. Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión
Financiera - Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Av. Amazonas entre
Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Telf.:
(+593-2) 3948760, Ext.2358 / 2272 Punto de Contacto: