| Notifications under Article 10.6 of the WTO TBT Agreement |
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This page lists recent notifications by WTO Member States of changes to technical legislation related to metrology or which may have implications for legal metrology. The BIML cannot guarantee that this is a complete list, and so recommends that you search the WTO's Information Management System here for full and up-to-date information. You can download a .doc file of each notification, which gives more details, by clicking on the link in the "WTO Reference" column. Any specific questions on these notifications should be directed to your national TBT enquiry point or that of the notifying WTO Member State. Contact point details can be found from this page. For general questions on relations between the OIML and the WTO, please contact Ian Dunmill at the BIML. |
Last updated: 8 October 2010
| Date of notification | WTO Member State | Subject | Final date for comments | Proposed date of adoption/coming into force | WTO Reference |
| 2010.09.01 | Dominican Republic | Dominican Technical Regulation on the metrological control of equipment used in the marketing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) | 60 days after circulation | To be determined | G/TBT/N/DOM/96 |
| 2010.08.31 | The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu | Prepackaged Goods | 60 days from date of notification | 23 July 2010 / 1 January 2010 (?) | G/TBT/N/TPKM/91 |
| 2010.08.31 | The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu | Prepackaged Products | 60 days from date of notification | 1 July 2010 / 30 August 2010 (?) | G/TBT/N/TPKM/90 |
| 2010.08.06 | Czech Republic | Regular (Class 5), precise (Class 4) and fine (Class 2 and 3) commercial and special mass standards | 8 October 2010 | After 11 October 2010 | G/TBT/N/CZE/141 |
| 2010.08.06 | Czech Republic | High-speed weigh-in-motion scales for road vehicles | 8 October 2010 | After 11 October 2010 | G/TBT/N/CZE/140 |
| 2010.07.08 | Philippines | Prepackaged Food Products | 60 days after notification | This order shall take effect immediately upon approval and publication in two (2) Newspapers of general circulation | G/TBT/N/PHL/128 |
| 2010.07.07 | Czech Republic | Alcohol meters use to measure the volume of alcohol produced | 8 September 2010 | -/after 13 September 2010 | G/TBT/N/CZE/138/Rev.1 |
| 2010.07.02 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Labelling of Prepackaged Goods | 30 August 2010 | On a date to be determined by the Minister with responsibility for standards matters in St. Vincent and the Grenadines | G/TBT/N/VCT/11 |
| 2010.07.02 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Labelling of Prepackaged Foods | 30 August 2010 | On a date to be determined by the Minister with responsibility for standards matters in St. Vincent and the Grenadines | G/TBT/N/VCT/10 |
| 2010.06.30 | Czech Republic | Automatic level gauges and automatic level gauges with automatic checking of metrological parameters | 31 August 2010 | -/after 13 September 2010 | G/TBT/N/CZE/139 |
| 2010.06.17 | Indonesia | Totalizing water meters | 60 days after notification | 2 months/6 months after notification | G/TBT/N/IDN/39 |
| 2010.02.23 | United States | Motor vehicles - emission standards and gasoline sulfur control requirements | 22 March 2010 | To be determined | G/TBT/N/USA/520 |
| 2010.02.23 | Brazil | Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use | 1 April 2010 | To be determined/On date of adoption | G/TBT/N/BRA/366 |
| 2010.02.23 | Brazil | Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use | 1 April 2010 | To be determined/On date of adoption | G/TBT/N/BRA/364 |
| 2010.02.12 | Oman | GCC draft technical regulation for Motor Vehicles: Dimensions and Weights | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/OMN/98 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Water meters intended for the metering of cold potable water and hot water - Part 2: test methods - Part 3: Test Report Format | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/163 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Standard burettes for verification officers | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/162 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Instruments for measuring the hectolitre mass of cereals | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/161 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Automatic pipettes | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/160 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Conventional value of the result of weighing in air | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/159 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Quantities and units - Part 8: Acoustics | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/157 |
| 2010.02.12 | Saudi Arabia | Electricity metering equipment (ac) - acceptance inspection - Part 11: General acceptance inspection methods | 60 days from date of circulation | Not yet determined | G/TBT/N/SAU/155 |
| 2010.02.08 | Saint Lucia | Pre-packaged products with declared net quantities in British Imperial Units or U.S. customary units, weights of non-metric denomination, measuring devices or instruments which indicate only in British Imperial units or U.S. customary units. | - | June 2010 | G/TBT/N/LCA/49/Rev.1 |
| 2010.01.20 | Czech Republic | Devices for measuring blood pressure - tonometers | 2010.03.17 | April 2010 | G/TBT/N/CZE/134 |
| 2010.01.20 | Czech Republic | Highway speed indicators used to monitor observance of the road traffic rules | 2010.03.17 | April 2010 | G/TBT/N/CZE/133 |
| 2010.01.19 | Republic of Korea | Draft of technical standard for grain moisture meters | 60 days from notification | February 2010 or later/May 2010 or later | G/TBT/N/KOR/260 |
| 2010.01.18 | Georgia | Law of Georgia on "Ensuring the unity of measurements" | - | 3 November 2009/Just with publication | G/TBT/N/GEO/9 |
| 2010.01.12 | Saint Lucia | Legal and standard units of measurement Order | - | June 2010 | G/TBT/N/LCA/49 |
| 2010.01.12 | United Arab Emirates | UAE and GCC draft technical regulation for motor vehicles: dimensions and weights | 60 days from notification | To be determined | G/TBT/N/ARE/27 |
| 2010.01.08 | Ukraine | Draft law "On making amendments to the Law of Ukraine "On standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures"" | 60 days from notification | 2010/From the date of publication | G/TBT/N/UKR/44 |
| 2009.12.09 | The separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu | Draft technical specification for verification and inspection of electricity meters | 60 days from notification | 1 July 2010 | G/TBT/N/TPKM/78 |