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    <title>Regional Active TBT Notifications for European Communities</title>
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    <description>Here you will find all proposed notifications for the region along with a comment expiration date. Comments can be made through Notify US. If you do not have an account please sign up at www.notifyus.com</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Albania ALB/54 (Non-automatic weighing instruments)</title>
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      <description>This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers approves the technical regulation which shall apply to all non-automatic weighing instruments.
 Last Date for Comments: 06/30/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Czech Republic CZE/155 (Prism refractometers (HS 9031.80))</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-78B6895A_3C6D_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>Prism refractometers are legal measuring instruments within the meaning of Section 3(3) of Act No 505/1990 Coll. on metrology, as amended, and are therefore subject to State metrological controls, i.e. type approval and verification. The specific metrological and technical requirements are currently contained in the metrological regulations. In order to avoid problems with their enforceability, the requirements must be incorporated into the binding General Measure within the meaning of Section 24c of Act No 505/1990 Coll. on metrology, as amended.
 Last Date for Comments: 06/01/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Czech Republic CZE/156 (Taximeters (HS 9029.10))</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-2CDAB883_3C6D_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>Taximeters are legal measuring instruments within the meaning of Section 3(3) of Act No 505/1990 Coll. on metrology, as amended, and are therefore subject to State metrological controls, i.e. verification. The specific metrological and technical requirements for taximeters are currently contained in Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on measuring instruments, which does not, however, include all requirements for a complete taximeter after installation in a taxi. In order to avoid problems with their enforceability, the requirements must be incorporated into the binding General Measure within the meaning of Section 24c of
 Last Date for Comments: 06/01/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Czech Republic CZE/157 (Animal products (HS 02))</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-B007AF73_4A95_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The Draft Regulation establishes veterinary requirements for establishments, plants and other facilities in which animal products originating from crocodiles are handled, the technical conditions of the construction of said establishments and other facilities, their organisation and furnishing; it furthermore regulates the method of preparing crocodiles, their bodies, meat and organs for veterinary examination and in connection with veterinary examination, examination of crocodiles and animal products originating from crocodiles, assessment and designation of said products on the basis of their veterinary examination, as well as the veterinary conditions for releasing said products into circulation.&#xd;
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The draft of the legislation was created in
 Last Date for Comments: 09/01/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Denmark DNK/89 (Diving equipment)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-7E2864B2_BC88_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>Order on diving equipment contains requirement on composition and approval of personal diving equipment (referring to appropriate international standards) and further contains requirements on auxiliary diving equipment.
 Last Date for Comments: 07/04/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Estonia EST/8 (Alcohol)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-A01568B7_2E78_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The design of revenue stamp on alcohol will be changed from 1 May 2012.
 Last Date for Comments: 06/26/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>European Communities EEC/412 (Inland waterway vessels)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-C1185FE3_9305_E111_9FED_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>This draft Commission Directive amending technical requirements for inland waterway vessels aims at revising and clarifying requirements about railings, stability and transitional provisions. It also contains provisions modernizing radar specifications. A series of new or revised administrative instructions on various subjects give clarification on how to interpret the regulations. More specifically:&#xd;
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In Annex II the draft measure incorporates revised requirements in chapter 7, reduction on regulations for navigation lights by referring to a standard, chapter 10.03 on fire extinguishers, chapter 11: safety at workstations provided by railings and on safe operations with cranes, chapter 14 on liquefied gas installations, chapter 15
 Last Date for Comments: 12/28/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hungary HUN/26 (Construction products)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-60AA51FB_E392_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>For new buildings, the requirement of disabled access applies only to buildings for public use, i.e., in parts of primary, secondary and higher educational, health protection, curative, social, cultural, educational, sports, financial, commercial, insurance, service, administration and justice buildings and structures available for use by anyone contrary to the previous requirement, which applied to the whole building. In addition to the main rules and standards, the planning programme, which significantly increases the freedom of the investor and the architect, as well as the responsibility of not only the investor but also the architect, becomes increasingly important. New, complex requirements are
 Last Date for Comments: 07/16/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lithuania LTU/17 (Natural mineral waters and spring waters)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-548B3326_CD79_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The document specifies packaging labelling and marketing requirements. Natural mineral water may bear label "Suitable for infant food" only if it meets the following requirements:&#xd;
Concentration of sodium not exceeding 20 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of nitrate not exceeding 10 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of nitrite not exceeding 0.02 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of sulphate not exceeding 240 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of fluoride not exceeding 0.7 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of manganese not exceeding 0.05 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of arsenic not exceeding 0.05 mg/l&#xd;
Concentration of uranium not exceeding 0.002 mg/l
 Last Date for Comments: 05/27/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lithuania LTU/18 (Beer (HS 2203))</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-9A2F499C_B69A_E111_B429_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The draft amendment of the regulation currently in force expands its scope to non-alcoholic beer, changes classification by ethyl alcohol concentration, also changes concentration limits, additionally defines law alcohol beer, also new groups of non-alcoholic beer, flavoured beer and beer cocktails, as well as processes and materials used for them. Given that beer labels in Lithuania indicate ethyl alcohol concentration, the labels for law alcohol beer shall also indicate ethyl alcohol concentration between 0.5% and 1.2% by volume.
 Last Date for Comments: 07/10/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Switzerland CHE/143 (Receptacles for the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and cableway)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-CFF7CEAD_C551_E111_BD7F_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The ordinance: (1) regulates the placing on the market, the conformity assessment, the reassessment of conformity, periodic and intermediate inspections, exceptional checks and the market surveillance of dangerous goods receptacles. The term receptacles stands for all packaging, containers, tanks etc. which are allowed to be used for the transport of dangerous goods according to the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) and the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID). With regard to "transportable pressure equipment" (definition according to Directive 2010/35/EU) the ordinance follows closely the European Directive 2010/35/EU. With
 Last Date for Comments: 05/31/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Switzerland CHE/150 (Marine engines for recreational and commercial crafts)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-BC8BBD3B_C884_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The proposed revision of the BSO anticipates the on-going revision of the European Community Directives on exhaust gases of engines for Recreational Craft 94/25/EC and 2003/44/EC (RCD). The "International Navigation Commission for Lake Constance" (ISKB) has decided to limit the total amount of exhaust gases produced by an engine during an hour of operation to an "Emissions Ratio" (ER, see BSO appendix C, § 3.4.3) of 58. This ER primarily limits the maximum power of propulsion engines of recreational craft on Lake Constance.&#xd;
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A diesel particle filter will be mandatory for diesel engines of more than 37 kW used in any
 Last Date for Comments: 06/15/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Switzerland CHE/151 (Certain dangerous chemicals in specific applications (e.g. cadmium, dichloromethane), substances of very high concern (e.g. musk xylene, certain phthalates, hexabromocyclododecane, certain lead pigments), persistent organic pollutants (polybrominated diph)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-42FEA793_4E8D_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The most important amendments of the Ordinance on risk reduction related to chemical products are:&#xd;
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- Restricting marketing and / or use of products containing cadmium, organostannic compounds, acrylamide, cyclohexane, isocyanates, glycol ethers, dichloromethane and dimethylfumarate.&#xd;
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- Inclusion of fourteen substances in the annex of substances which are subject of an authorisation process.&#xd;
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- New thresholds for polybrominated diphenyl ethers and perfluorooctyl sulfonates (PFOS) in mixtures and products.&#xd;
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- Prohibition of the manufacture of the pesticide endosulfan according to the decision at the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 5) to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).&#xd;
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- Recast of
 Last Date for Comments: 06/20/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ukraine UKR/51 (Machinery of all types, in particular - replaceable parts, replaceable parts of transmission, unaccomplished machinery, lifting machines, safety devices.)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-566D8CF6_6409_E011_B26D_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The proposed Technical Regulation establishes general requirements for machinery and equipment in order to protect human health and environment as well as the procedure of conformity of machinery and equipment and their maintenance.
 Last Date for Comments: 06/01/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ukraine UKR/73 (Shoes)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-868CDA62_567F_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The regulatory act provides requirements for labelling of materials used to manufacture the main components of footwear that go on sale.
 Last Date for Comments: 05/23/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ukraine UKR/76 (Conformity assessment)</title>
      <link>http://gsi.nist.gov/global/index.cfm/L1-7/L2-28/A-413/R-CAFD0E44_BB84_E111_B9C7_0019B9C8C923</link>
      <description>The proposed amendments provide that claiming to be appointed conformity assessment bodies are to be accredited by national accreditation body of Ukraine. In case if the national body of Ukraine does not perform accreditation in respect of appropriate activities on conformity assessment - by the national accreditation body of another state.
 Last Date for Comments: 05/23/2012 (Texts provided by the World Trade Organization.)</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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