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Sl. No.	Country	Notification	Authority	Notification No.	Date
India
1	India	Clarification w.r.t exemptions of specific activities incl. supply of essential goods	Ministry of Home Affairs	-	21 Apr 2020
2	India	Standard Operating Procedure for movement of stranded labour with in State published	-	19 Apr 2020
3	India	More Additions for Small and Medium Sectors in Exemption List for Lockdown	-	17 Apr 2020
4	India	MHA issues order to exempt certain activities regarding Minor Forest Produce, Plantations, NBFCs, Cooperative Credit Societies and Construction in Rural Areas from Lockdown Restrictions to fight COVID-19	-	16 Apr 2020
5	India	MHA circular clarifying agri and horticulture activities	-	16 Apr 2020
6	India	Laying down of modalities for import of Peas and Pulses for the fiscal year 2020-21.	Directorate General of Foreign Trade	Trade Notice No. 06/2020-2021	21 Apr 2020
7	India	Restriction on import of Pulses	Trade Notice No. 05/2020-2021	21 Apr 2020
8	India	Procedure for allocation of quota for import of (i) Calcined Pet Coke for use as Calcined Pet coke (CPC) in Aluminium Industry and (ii) Raw Pet Coke for CPC manufacturing industry for the year 2020-2021 is notified	Public Notice No. 04/2015-2020	17 Apr 2020
9	India	Formulations made of Paracetamol changed to free for exports. However, Paracetamol APIs remain restricted	Notification No. 03/2015-2020	17 Apr 2020
10	India	Additional quantity of 745 MTRV (Seven Hundred and Forty-Five Metric Ton Raw Value) of raw cane sugar, for export to USA, under TRQ, up to 30.09.2020, has been notified	Public Notice No. 03/2015-2020	17 Apr 2020
11	India	Import of additional quota of Urad (2.5 lakh MT) for the fiscal year 2019-20.	Trade Notice No. 04/2020-2021	16 Apr 2020
12	India	IGST refunds on exports-extension in SB005 alternate mechanism- reg	Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs	Circular No. 22/2020	21 Apr 2020
13	India	Review of Circular No. 17/2020 dated 03.04.2020 namely, 'Measures to facilitate trade during the lockdown period- section 143 AA of the Customs Act, 1962' - reg	Circular No. 21/2020	21 Apr 2020
14	India	Electronic Sealing-Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses	Circular No. 20/2020	21 Apr 2020
15	India	Exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees	Notification No.39/2020 - Customs (N.T.)	16 Apr 2020
16	India	Order for extension of date of enforcement of 12 Indian Steel Products Standards published	Ministry of Steel	-	22 Apr 2020
17	India	Helpdesk established for taking up issues raised by various stakeholders including secondary steel producers	-	22 Apr 2020
18	India	SMART Registration – Discontinuation of offline test reports	Bureau of Indian Standards	-	22 Apr 2020
19	India	Announcement of incentives for Freight traffic reg	Ministry of Railway	Press Release	22 Apr 2020
20	India	DG Shipping Order extended the validity of original DGS Order No. 7 and 8 reg	Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai	Order No. 11	22 Apr 2020
21	India	Additional activities permitted w.e.f 23rd April 2020 reg	Karnataka Government Secretariat	-	22 Apr 2020
22	India	SOP for movement of goods, workers and opening of vehicle repair shops reg.	Revenue and Disaster Management Department	-	21 Apr 2020
23	India	Exemption or remission of charges at Major Ports reg	Ministry of shipping	-	21 Apr 2020
24	India	Special refund and drawback disposal drive reg	Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh & Chandigarh	Public Notice No. 16/2020	21 Apr 2020
25	India	Special refund of drawback disposal drive by Customs (Jodhpur) reg	Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Jodhpur	Public Notice No. 16/2020	21 Apr 2020
26	India	Initiation of Anti-Dumping investigation concerning imports of "Copper & Copper Alloy Flat Rolled Products" originating in and exported from China PR, Korea RP, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand	Directorate General of Trade Remedies	Case No. ADD-0I- 06/2020	20 Apr 2020
27	India	Extension of Validity of Sanitary Import Permit (SIP) due to COVID-19 Lockdown: SIP Portal is not functioning completely and not able to issue Sanitary Import Permits (SIPs) at present. Importers are advised not to import consignments of livestock products into the country without valid SIP, otherwise, such consignments will be straightaway rejected.	Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying	-	20 Apr 2020
28	India	Algerian Economy and COVID 19- updated note received from Embassy of India	Embassy of India, Algeria	-	20 Apr 2020
29	India	Extension in working hours of factory workers	Government of Punjab, Department of Labour	-	20 Apr 2020
30	India	Lock down measures guidelines reg. compressed	Department of Revenue and Disaster Management	-	19 Apr 2020
31	India	PCR Kits approved for testing of Covid-19 as on 19.04.2020	Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation	-	19 Apr 2020
32	India	274 flights operated under Lifeline Udan to transport essential medical supplies across the country	Ministry of Civil Aviation	-	18 Apr 2020
33	India	Review of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy for curbing opportunistic takeovers/acquisitions of Indian companies due to the current COVID-19 pandemic	Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade	Press note 3	17 Apr 2020
34	India	UP guidelines for starting activities from 20 April 2020	-	-	16 Apr 2020
35	India	Permission of select activities as per MHA order reg	Department of Revenue	-	16 Apr 2020
36	India	Direction under Section 16 (5) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 dated 16th April 2020 regarding extension of Provision of Provisional NIC (P-NOC) to other imported food products in view of the lockdown due to COVID-19	Food Safety and Standard Authority	-	16 Apr 2020
37	India	Operation of SEZ and EOU under MEPZ SEZ reg	Office of the Development Commissioner MEPZ Special Economic Zone	-	15 Apr 2020
38	India	Instructions for compliance w.r.t movement of workers, employees reg	Office of the District Magistrate, Solan, Himachal Pradesh	-	15 Apr 2020
39	India	Validity of e-passes extended till 03.05.2020 regarding	Delhi Disaster Management Authority	-	14 Apr 2020
ASEAN
40	Laos	Customs Procedures for Export-Import, Customs through Local and Customary Border	-	No. 3708 / MOF	21 Apr 2020
41	Indonesia	Importation of Live Animals (Pet animals and Mammals) from importing country that is not free from COVID-19 should be accompanied by Certificate of Declaration free from COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) and Certification of Laboratory Analysis that the consignment (live animals) is negative tested COVID 19 (SARS-Cov-2) from accredited laboratory or authorised laboratory in the importing country. The measure effective from 21 April 2020	Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency	-	22 Apr
42	Indonesia	Concerning Provision of Customs and / or Excise Facilities as well as Taxation of Imported Goods for the Purpose of Handling Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)	Ministry of Finance	Regulation Number 34 / PMK.04 / 2020	17 Apr 2020
43	Indonesia	Presidential Regulation concerning Amendment to Presidential Regulation Number 71 Year 2015 concerning Determination and Storage of Staple Goods and Important Goods	-	Regulation No. 59	8 Apr 2020
44	Indonesia	Presidential Regulation on the Arrangement and Simplification of Import Licensing		Regulation No. 58	8 Apr 2020
45	Indonesia	Provisions on the Use of National Sea Transportation and National Insurance for the Export and Import of Certain Goods		Regulation No. 40	1 Apr 2020
46	Indonesia	Third Amendment to Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 24 of 2018 concerning Provisions and Procedures for the Issuance of Certificate of Origin for Goods from Indonesia	Ministry of Trade	Regulation No. 39	1 Apr 2020
47	Myanmar	New Cosmetics Recordings (New) Available on 20-4-2020	Food and Drug Administration	-	21 Apr 2020
48	Myanmar	Certificate of Importation Medication issued on 20-4-2020	-	21 Apr 2020
49	Myanmar	Certificate of Importing Medicines Imported on 20-4-2020	-	21 Apr 2020
50	Myanmar	Announcement of the specifications for the value-added crops, particularly maize, sesame, pulses and beans	Ministry of Commerce	Newsletter No. 2/2020	21 Apr 2020
51	Philippines	Revisions to the contact details of the National Veterinary Quarantine Service Division	-	-	22 Apr 2020
52	Philippines	Guidelines for the establishment, maintenance, and amendments of the national list of permitted substances for organic agriculture	Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards	Circular No. 07	17 Apr 2020
53	Philippines	Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Bio-control Agents (OBCA) Producers and Products		Circular No. 05	17 Apr 2020
54	Philippines	Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Soil Amendments (OSA) Producers and Products		Circular No. 04	17 Apr 2020
55	Philippines	Accepts Electronic Export Health Certificate during the enhanced community quarantine period	Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry	-	17 Apr 2020
56	Singapore	Maximum Residue limits established for pesticides	Singapore Food Agency	-	20 Apr 2020
57	Vietnam	Approving internal processes in handling administrative procedures in the livestock domain under the management functions	Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development	Decision 1466 / QD-BNN-CN	21 Apr 2020
58	Vietnam	Amending Joint Circular 47/2011 / TTLT-BCT-BTNMT regulating the management of import, export and temporary import - re-export of substances that deplete the ozone layer under the provisions of the Montreal Protocol on substances depleting the ozone layer promulgated	Minister of Industry and Trade	Circular 05/2020 / TT-BCT	20 Apr 2020
SAARC
59	Nepal	Precautionary measures for food business operator during COVID 19 pandemics.	Department of Food Technology and Quality Control	-	20 Apr 2020
60	Nepal	Notice for Import permit schedule during COVID 19 lockdown period.	Department of Food Technology and Quality Control	-	17 Apr 2020
61	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Customs and Commercial Banks are obliged to suspend the facilitation of importation of certain items under the payment term relating to Letter of Credit (LC), Documents against Acceptance (DA), Documents against Payment (DP), Advance Payment and combination of these, from April 16, 2020 to July 15, 2020.	Department of Imports and Exports Control	Gazette No 2171/05	16 Apr 2020
European Union
62	EU	Proposes amend Regulation (EU) 2018/848 by June 2020 on the provisions for the use of in-conversion and non-organic plant reproductive material. Some provisions can affect also organic operators in Third Countries	European Commission	-	22 Apr 2020
63	EU	Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167 as regards harmonised standards for certain international mobile telecommunications cellular networks equipment	Decision (EU) 2020/553	21 Apr 2020
64	EU	Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices, as regards the dates of application of certain of its provisions amended	-	20 Apr 2020
65	EU	EU authorises the placing on the market of partially defatted chia seed (Salvia hispanica) powders as novel foods under Regulation	-	17 Apr 2020
66	EU	EU makes correction to the Union list of novel foods concerning the specifications of Schizochytrium sp	-	17 Apr 2020
MERCOSUR
67	Argentina	Simplifies the regulations applicable to the pickling process and expands the universe of pickled products and processed vegetables, packaged in acidic liquid coverage products	National Food Commission	-	22 Apr 2020
68	Brazil	Resolution establishes criteria for the import of products for in vitro diagnosis of Coronavirus during the Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to the new Coronavirus (Covid-19)	Health Department	-	16 Apr 2020
Japan & South Korea
69	Japan	Notice on new coronavirus infectious diseases related to import and export of agricultural chemicals	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	-	17 Apr 2020
70	South Korea	Livestock Sanitation Management Act Enforcement Rules published	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety	Prime Minister No. 0161	16 Apr 2020
Australia
71	Australia	Consumer Goods (Miniature Motorbikes) Safety Standard 2019: A regulation banning miniature motorbikes with unsafe design and introduces new requirements including a speed limiting device, warnings and user instructions	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	-	21 Apr 2020
72	Australia	Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock	Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment	-	22 Apr 2020
73	Australia	Import condition for processed grapes leaves established	-	21 Apr 2020
74	Australia	Temporary changes to operation of Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility at Mickleham during COVID-19	Import Industry Advice Notice No. 57-2020	17 Apr 2020
75	Australia	Temporary measures to assist with assessment and issuance of import permits due to COVID-19	Import Industry Advice Notice No. 56-2020	17 Apr 2020
76	Australia	Import condition for cacti for use as nursery stock	-	17 Apr 2020
Russia
77	Russia	Announced duty-free import of medical products to combat COVID-19	-	Order no. 545	-
Canada & USA
78	Canada	Adopted MRLs for tetraniliprole.	Pest Management Regulatory Agency	-	21 Apr 2020
79	Canada	Canada proposes modification to the list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of Phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products	Health Canada	-	20 Apr 2020
80	USA	By 1 June 2021, proposes to adopt rules to clarify processes and develop criteria to determine the types of food service packaging that are reusable, recyclable, or compostable as required by the Sustainable Packaging for the State of California Act	Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery, State of California	-	21 Apr 2020
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania and Taiwan
81	Jordan	Plastic prices published	-	Circular No. 520	22 Apr 2020
82	Jordan	Metal prices published	-	Circular No. 519	22 Apr 2020
83	Saudi Arabia	Guideline on Classification of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products	Saudi Food and Drug Authority	-	16 Apr 2020
84	South Africa	Temporary changes to certification requirements for imported live animals and animal products/by-products	Chief Veterinary Officer	-	16 Apr 2020
85	Switzerland	Temporary exemptions from the authorisation requirements, conformity assessment procedures for medical devices and personal protective equipment are introduced as well as import requirements for placing medicinal products on the market	State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	-	16 Apr 2020
86	Tanzania	Proposes to adopt standards for following products by June 2020 Edible ices Samosa (Manda) and spring roll sheets Pasta products Ice cream cone	Tanzania Buru of Standards	-	21 Apr 2020
87	Taiwan	Adopted an amendment to the Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives. The amendment is effective April 14, 2020.	Food and Drug Administration	-	14 Apr 2020

Sl. No.

Country

Notification

Authority

Notification No.

Date

India

India

Clarification w.r.t exemptions of specific activities incl. supply of essential goods

Ministry of Home Affairs

21 Apr 2020

India

Standard Operating Procedure for movement of stranded labour with in State published

19 Apr 2020

India

More Additions for Small and Medium Sectors in Exemption List for Lockdown

17 Apr 2020

India

MHA issues order to exempt certain activities regarding Minor Forest Produce, Plantations, NBFCs, Cooperative Credit Societies and Construction in Rural Areas from Lockdown Restrictions to fight COVID-19

16 Apr 2020

India

MHA circular clarifying agri and horticulture activities

16 Apr 2020

India

Laying down of modalities for import of Peas and Pulses for the fiscal year 2020-21.

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Trade Notice No. 06/2020-2021

21 Apr 2020

India

Restriction on import of Pulses

Trade Notice No. 05/2020-2021

21 Apr 2020

India

Procedure for allocation of quota for import of (i) Calcined Pet Coke for use as Calcined Pet coke (CPC) in Aluminium Industry and (ii) Raw Pet Coke for CPC manufacturing industry for the year 2020-2021 is notified

Public Notice No. 04/2015-2020

17 Apr 2020

India

Formulations made of Paracetamol changed to free for exports. However, Paracetamol APIs remain restricted

Notification No. 03/2015-2020

17 Apr 2020

India

Additional quantity of 745 MTRV (Seven Hundred and Forty-Five Metric Ton Raw Value) of raw cane sugar, for export to USA, under TRQ, up to 30.09.2020, has been notified

Public Notice No. 03/2015-2020

17 Apr 2020

India

Import of additional quota of Urad (2.5 lakh MT) for the fiscal year 2019-20.

Trade Notice No. 04/2020-2021

16 Apr 2020

India

IGST refunds on exports-extension in SB005 alternate mechanism- reg

Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs

Circular No. 22/2020

21 Apr 2020

India

Review of Circular No. 17/2020 dated 03.04.2020 namely, 'Measures to facilitate trade during the lockdown period- section 143 AA of the Customs Act, 1962' - reg

Circular No. 21/2020

21 Apr 2020

India

Electronic Sealing-Deposit in and removal of goods from Customs Bonded Warehouses

Circular No. 20/2020

21 Apr 2020

India

Exchange rate of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees

Notification No.39/2020 - Customs (N.T.)

16 Apr 2020

India

Order for extension of date of enforcement of 12 Indian Steel Products Standards published

Ministry of Steel

22 Apr 2020

India

Helpdesk established for taking up issues raised by various stakeholders including secondary steel producers

22 Apr 2020

India

SMART Registration – Discontinuation of offline test reports

Bureau of Indian Standards

22 Apr 2020

India

Announcement of incentives for Freight traffic reg

Ministry of Railway

Press Release

22 Apr 2020

India

DG Shipping Order extended the validity of original DGS Order No. 7 and 8 reg

Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai

Order No. 11

22 Apr 2020

India

Additional activities permitted w.e.f 23rd April 2020 reg

Karnataka Government Secretariat

22 Apr 2020

India

SOP for movement of goods, workers and opening of vehicle repair shops reg.

Revenue and Disaster Management Department

21 Apr 2020

India

Exemption or remission of charges at Major Ports reg

Ministry of shipping

21 Apr 2020

India

Special refund and drawback disposal drive reg

Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh & Chandigarh

Public Notice No. 16/2020

21 Apr 2020

India

Special refund of drawback disposal drive by Customs (Jodhpur) reg

Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Jodhpur

Public Notice No. 16/2020

21 Apr 2020

India

Initiation of Anti-Dumping investigation concerning imports of "Copper & Copper Alloy Flat Rolled Products" originating in and exported from China PR, Korea RP, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

Directorate General of Trade Remedies

Case No. ADD-0I- 06/2020

20 Apr 2020

India

Extension of Validity of Sanitary Import Permit (SIP) due to COVID-19 Lockdown: SIP Portal is not functioning completely and not able to issue Sanitary Import Permits (SIPs) at present. Importers are advised not to import consignments of livestock products into the country without valid SIP, otherwise, such consignments will be straightaway rejected.

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

20 Apr 2020

India

Algerian Economy and COVID 19- updated note received from Embassy of India

Embassy of India, Algeria

20 Apr 2020

India

Extension in working hours of factory workers

Government of Punjab, Department of Labour

20 Apr 2020

India

Lock down measures guidelines reg. compressed

Department of Revenue and Disaster Management

19 Apr 2020

India

PCR Kits approved for testing of Covid-19 as on 19.04.2020

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation

19 Apr 2020

India

274 flights operated under Lifeline Udan to transport essential medical supplies across the country

Ministry of Civil Aviation

18 Apr 2020

India

Review of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy for curbing opportunistic takeovers/acquisitions of Indian companies due to the current COVID-19 pandemic

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

Press note 3

17 Apr 2020

India

UP guidelines for starting activities from 20 April 2020

16 Apr 2020

India

Permission of select activities as per MHA order reg

Department of Revenue

16 Apr 2020

India

Direction under Section 16 (5) of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 dated 16th April 2020 regarding extension of Provision of Provisional NIC (P-NOC) to other imported food products in view of the lockdown due to COVID-19

Food Safety and Standard Authority

16 Apr 2020

India

Operation of SEZ and EOU under MEPZ SEZ reg

Office of the Development Commissioner MEPZ Special Economic Zone

15 Apr 2020

India

Instructions for compliance w.r.t movement of workers, employees reg

Office of the District Magistrate, Solan, Himachal Pradesh

15 Apr 2020

India

Validity of e-passes extended till 03.05.2020 regarding

Delhi Disaster Management Authority

14 Apr 2020

ASEAN

Laos

Customs Procedures for Export-Import, Customs through Local and Customary Border

No. 3708 / MOF

21 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Importation of Live Animals (Pet animals and Mammals) from importing country that is not free from COVID-19 should be accompanied by Certificate of Declaration free from COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) and Certification of Laboratory Analysis that the consignment (live animals) is negative tested COVID 19 (SARS-Cov-2) from accredited laboratory or authorised laboratory in the importing country. The measure effective from 21 April 2020

Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency

22 Apr

Indonesia

Concerning Provision of Customs and / or Excise Facilities as well as Taxation of Imported Goods for the Purpose of Handling Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)

Ministry of Finance

Regulation Number 34 / PMK.04 / 2020

17 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Presidential Regulation concerning Amendment to Presidential Regulation Number 71 Year 2015 concerning Determination and Storage of Staple Goods and Important Goods

Regulation No. 59

8 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Presidential Regulation on the Arrangement and Simplification of Import Licensing

Regulation No. 58

8 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Provisions on the Use of National Sea Transportation and National Insurance for the Export and Import of Certain Goods

Regulation No. 40

1 Apr 2020

Indonesia

Third Amendment to Regulation of the Minister of Trade No. 24 of 2018 concerning Provisions and Procedures for the Issuance of Certificate of Origin for Goods from Indonesia

Ministry of Trade

Regulation No. 39

1 Apr 2020

Myanmar

New Cosmetics Recordings (New) Available on 20-4-2020

Food and Drug Administration

21 Apr 2020

Myanmar

Certificate of Importation Medication issued on 20-4-2020

21 Apr 2020

Myanmar

Certificate of Importing Medicines Imported on 20-4-2020

21 Apr 2020

Myanmar

Announcement of the specifications for the value-added crops, particularly maize, sesame, pulses and beans

Ministry of Commerce

Newsletter No. 2/2020

21 Apr 2020

Philippines

Revisions to the contact details of the National Veterinary Quarantine Service Division

22 Apr 2020

Philippines

Guidelines for the establishment, maintenance, and amendments of the national list of permitted substances for organic agriculture

Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards

Circular No. 07

17 Apr 2020

Philippines

Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Bio-control Agents (OBCA) Producers and Products

Circular No. 05

17 Apr 2020

Philippines

Guidelines on the Registration of Organic Soil Amendments (OSA) Producers and Products

Circular No. 04

17 Apr 2020

Philippines

Accepts Electronic Export Health Certificate during the enhanced community quarantine period

Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry

17 Apr 2020

Singapore

Maximum Residue limits established for pesticides

Singapore Food Agency

20 Apr 2020

Vietnam

Approving internal processes in handling administrative procedures in the livestock domain under the management functions

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Decision 1466 / QD-BNN-CN

21 Apr 2020

Vietnam

Amending Joint Circular 47/2011 / TTLT-BCT-BTNMT regulating the management of import, export and temporary import - re-export of substances that deplete the ozone layer under the provisions of the Montreal Protocol on substances depleting the ozone layer promulgated

Minister of Industry and Trade

Circular 05/2020 / TT-BCT

20 Apr 2020

SAARC

Nepal

Precautionary measures for food business operator during COVID 19 pandemics.

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control

20 Apr 2020

Nepal

Notice for Import permit schedule during COVID 19 lockdown period.

Department of Food Technology and Quality Control

17 Apr 2020

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Customs and Commercial Banks are obliged to suspend the facilitation of importation of certain items under the payment term relating to Letter of Credit (LC), Documents against Acceptance (DA), Documents against Payment (DP), Advance Payment and combination of these, from April 16, 2020 to July 15, 2020.

Department of Imports and Exports Control

Gazette No 2171/05

16 Apr 2020

European Union

Proposes amend Regulation (EU) 2018/848 by June 2020 on the provisions for the use of in-conversion and non-organic plant reproductive material. Some provisions can affect also organic operators in Third Countries

European Commission

22 Apr 2020

Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/167 as regards harmonised standards for certain international mobile telecommunications cellular networks equipment

Decision (EU) 2020/553

21 Apr 2020

Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices, as regards the dates of application of certain of its provisions amended

20 Apr 2020

EU authorises the placing on the market of partially defatted chia seed (Salvia hispanica) powders as novel foods under Regulation

17 Apr 2020

EU makes correction to the Union list of novel foods concerning the specifications of Schizochytrium sp

17 Apr 2020

MERCOSUR

Argentina

Simplifies the regulations applicable to the pickling process and expands the universe of pickled products and processed vegetables, packaged in acidic liquid coverage products

National Food Commission

22 Apr 2020

Brazil

Resolution establishes criteria for the import of products for in vitro diagnosis of Coronavirus during the Public Health Emergency of International Concern due to the new Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Health Department

16 Apr 2020

Japan & South Korea

Japan

Notice on new coronavirus infectious diseases related to import and export of agricultural chemicals

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

17 Apr 2020

South Korea

Livestock Sanitation Management Act Enforcement Rules published

Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Prime Minister No. 0161

16 Apr 2020

Australia

Australia

Consumer Goods (Miniature Motorbikes) Safety Standard 2019: A regulation banning miniature motorbikes with unsafe design and introduces new requirements including a speed limiting device, warnings and user instructions

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

21 Apr 2020

Australia

Medium risk plants for use as nursery stock

Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment

22 Apr 2020

Australia

Import condition for processed grapes leaves established

21 Apr 2020

Australia

Temporary changes to operation of Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility at Mickleham during COVID-19

Import Industry Advice Notice No. 57-2020

17 Apr 2020

Australia

Temporary measures to assist with assessment and issuance of import permits due to COVID-19

Import Industry Advice Notice No. 56-2020

17 Apr 2020

Australia

Import condition for cacti for use as nursery stock

17 Apr 2020

Russia

Russia

Announced duty-free import of medical products to combat COVID-19

Order no. 545

Canada & USA

Canada

Adopted MRLs for tetraniliprole.

Pest Management Regulatory Agency

21 Apr 2020

Canada

Canada proposes modification to the list of permitted food enzymes to enable the use of Phospholipase from Aspergillus oryzae AT969 in Bread, Flour, Whole Wheat Flour and Unstandardized Bakery Products

Health Canada

20 Apr 2020

USA

By 1 June 2021, proposes to adopt rules to clarify processes and develop criteria to determine the types of food service packaging that are reusable, recyclable, or compostable as required by the Sustainable Packaging for the State of California Act

Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery, State of California

21 Apr 2020

Jordan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania and Taiwan

Jordan

Plastic prices published

Circular No. 520

22 Apr 2020

Jordan

Metal prices published

Circular No. 519

22 Apr 2020

Saudi Arabia

Guideline on Classification of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

Saudi Food and Drug Authority

16 Apr 2020

South Africa

Temporary changes to certification requirements for imported live animals and animal products/by-products

Chief Veterinary Officer

16 Apr 2020

Switzerland

Temporary exemptions from the authorisation requirements, conformity assessment procedures for medical devices and personal protective equipment are introduced as well as import requirements for placing medicinal products on the market

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

16 Apr 2020

Tanzania

Proposes to adopt standards for following products by June 2020

Tanzania Buru of Standards

21 Apr 2020

Taiwan

Adopted an amendment to the Standards for Specification, Scope, Application and Limitation of Food Additives. The amendment is effective April 14, 2020.

Food and Drug Administration

14 Apr 2020


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