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Nummer/Land Titel Inhalt Einspruchsfrist
BHR/264
Bahrain		 Snacks (8 pages in English, 8 pages in Arabic). This draft technical regulation specifies the requirements stated in the Gulf standard GSO "Snacks" under 7 and 10 (packaging and labelling) as mandatory requirements It specifies the following:
- The product shall be packed in clean, hygienic, suitable, moisture proof and well-sealed containers that have no effects on product properties and human consumption.
- The inner surface of the container in contact with the product completely free from any kind of printing inks and their effects.
- In case of use informative label in the package it shall be in a separate and closed bag and after the approval of the Health Authorities.
It also describes label requirements such as :
- Labelling and adjoining explanatory statements shall be in Arabic and, where another language is used, it shall be alongside the Arabic. All the information provided in another language shall be identical with those written in Arabic.
- Name and kind of product.
- Nutrition facts
- Production and expiration dates.		 2012-03-12
BHR/273
Bahrain		 Guidelines on nutritional labelling (13 pages in Arabic, 12 pages in English). This draft technical regulation specifies the requirements stated in the Gulf standard GSO "Guidelines on nutritional labelling" as mandatory requirements. These guidelines recommend procedures for the nutrition labelling of foods and applies to the nutrition labelling of all foods. (RVE 04.02.02) should be used to determine the emission and immission impacts. The measures include construction changes to the track (emission area), open space (transmission area) and the buildings to be protected (immission area). Measures relating to rolling stock and operational measures (timetabling) are not the subject of this RVE. 2012-03-10
EU/4
European Union		 Draft Commission Implementing Directive amending, for the purpose of adaptation to technical progress, Annexes II and III to Council Directive 76/768/EEC relating to cosmetic products (9 pages, in English). The purpose of this draft Directive is to list 27 hair dye substances, recently assessed by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS), in Part 1 of Annex III. Based on the latest safety assessment by the SCCS, the draft Directive proposes the ban of substance HC Red No. 16 in cosmetic products by listing it in Annex II of the Cosmetics Directive. In addition, it amends the current conditions for use for 1-naphthol and resorcinol in Part 1 of Annex III. 2012-02-09
EU/5
European Union		 Draft Commission Implementing Regulation amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 as regards the documents accompanying consignments of wine products and wine sector registers to be kept (20 pages, in English). This draft Regulation concerns a modification of Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008, with regard to the coordination of controls between competent bodies of EU Member States and access to information via the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS) by the competent bodies in the wine sector, and Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009, with regard to:
- establishment and use of electronic documents accompanying a consignment of wine products and specific accompanying documents for wine products not subject to excise duties,
- common rules of validation of these documents,
- the installation of a single document for certificates of origin for wines with protected designation of origin (PDO) or protected geographic indication (PGI) or for certification of a wine with indication of the harvest year or wine grape variety, including wines for export and imports from third countries.
This draft Regulation primarily aims at implementing the procedure rules. It also aims to simplify existing Commission Regulation (EC) No 436/2009 while proposing to coordinate the shape and the contents of the accompanying documents, as far as possible to reduce administrative burdens for operators, and to specify the responsibilities of operators when they attest an origin or the quality of a wine product.
It finally aims at specifying the rules concerning the certification of the origin or the quality of the products which will have to be applied in exchanges within the EU and for export, as well as setting at the disposal of the public models which will be used bearing the logo of the Member State of dispatch.		 2012-03-06
EU/7
European Union		 Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (7 pages, in English). The draft Regulation proposes the prohibition of placing on the market of mercury measuring devices for professional and industrial uses. 2012-03-13
EU/8
European Union		 Draft Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (5 pages, in English). The draft Regulation proposes the prohibition of manufacture, use and placing on the market of five phenylmercury compounds as substances or in mixtures, as well as the placing on the market of articles or parts thereof containing one or more of these substances.
The above provisions concerning mixtures and articles are not applicable if The draft Regulation proposes the prohibition of manufacture, use and placing on the market of five phenylmercury compounds as substances or in mixtures, as well as the placing on the market of articles or parts thereof containing one or more of these substances.
The above provisions concerning mixtures and articles are not applicable if the concentration in a mixture or in articles or any parts thereof does not exceed 0.01% weight by weight mercury.		 2012-03-13
SAU/273
Saudi Arabia		 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) / Continuous Totalizing Automatic Weighing Instruments (Belt Weighers) - Part 1: Metrological and Technical Requirements Tests (58 pages, in English). This regulation Metrological requirements and Technical requirements and Requirements for electronic belt weighers and Metrological controls and Test methods. 2012-03-09
SAU/274
Saudi Arabia		 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) / Continuous Totalizing Automatic Weighing Instruments (Belt Weighers) - Part 2: Test report format (59 pages, in English). This regulation contains the Metrological requirements and Technical requirements and Requirements for electronic belt weighers and Metrological controls and Test methods. 2012-03-09

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