Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Proactive Release: Cabinet paper removing barriers to overseas building products


WTO code G/TBT/N/NZL/133/Add.2
Date notice 21/08/2025
Notice type Regular
Title Proactive Release: Cabinet paper removing barriers to overseas building products
Summary

The Building (Product Certification) Amendment Regulations 2025 (the Regulations) signal the completion of the current legislative reform to remove barriers to using high quality overseas building products in New Zealand.

The Regulations specify the decision-making criteria that must be satisfied for the:

 Minister for Building and Construction to recognise groups of overseas standards and standard certification schemes

chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to recognise overseas certified building products or methods (mandating their acceptance by building consent authorities).

 With the remaining provisions of the Amendment Act enacted, and the Regulations in force, recognitions by the Minister for Building and Construction and the chief executive of MBIE may commence

Product The Building (Product Certification) Amendment Regulations 2025 (the Regulations)
Country New Zealand

File attach:
NZL133A2.pdf

Orther Notice:


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G/TBT/N/USA/2062/Add.5 - Extension of Postponement of Effectiveness for Certain Provisions of Trichloroethylene (TCE); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1385 - DARS 1037:2025,Domiati cheese — Specification, First edition
G/TBT/N/TZA/1384 - DARS 1043:2025, Harzer cheese — Specification, First edition;
G/TBT/N/TZA/1383 - DARS 1044:2025,.Romadur cheese — Specification, First edition ; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1382 - DARS 1045:2025,Labneh — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1381 - DARS 1046:2025,Blended Mozzarella cheese — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1380 - DARS 1057:2025, Yoghurt — Specification, First edition.; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1379 - DARS 1047:2025,Blended ice cream — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1378 - DARS 1038:2025,Karish cheese — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1377 - DARS 1042:2025, Butterkase cheese — Specification, First edition; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/TZA/1376 - DARS 1039:2025,Limburger cheese — Specification, First edition ; (9 page(s), in English)
G/TBT/N/KGZ/58 - Draft amendments to the Requirements for the implementation, maintenance and evaluation of the quality management system of medical devices, depending on the potential risk of their use (2 pages, in Russian); (2 page(s), in Russian)
G/TBT/N/JPN/871/Add.1 - Proposed revision of Ministerial Ordinance on the Specifications and Standards of Feeds and Feed Additives
G/TBT/N/CHN/2102 - National Standards of the P.R.C., Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades of LED products for indoor lighting; (8 page(s), in Chinese)
G/TBT/N/CHN/2101 - National Standard of the P.R.C.,Firefighter's emergency call; (59 page(s), in Chinese)
G/TBT/N/CHN/2100 - National Standard of the P.R.C., Minimum allowable values of the energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for ducted air conditioners; (6 page(s), in Chinese)
G/TBT/N/CHL/748 - PROYECTO REGULATORIO, INCORPORA A LOS REACTIVOS DE DIAGNÓSTICO IN VITRO PARA CALIFICACIÓN MICROBIOLÓGICA DE DONACIONES EN SERVICIOS DE SANGRE QUE SE INDICAN, AL RÉGIMEN DE CONTROL SANITARIO ESTABLECIDO EN EL ARTÍCULO 111 DEL CÓDIGO SANITARIO (Draft regulation incorporating the indicated in vitro diagnostic reagents for the microbiological qualification of blood donations into the health control system established in Article 111 of the Health Code); (3 pages, in Spanish)
G/TBT/N/BRA/1601 - Public Consultation No. 22, 19 August 2025; (2 page(s), in Portuguese)
G/TBT/N/BRA/1591/Add.1 - Ordinance No. 459, 9 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/1489/Add.1 - SDA/MAPA Ordinance No. 1.358, 14 August 2025
G/TBT/N/BRA/475/Add.3 - Public Consultation No. 24, 19 August 2025
G/TBT/N/AUS/183 - Consultation paper: Proposed amendments to the Poisons Standard in relation to homosalate, oxybenzone and benzophenone;
G/SPS/N/TZA/470 - DARS 1037:2025, Domiati cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/469 - DARS 1039:2025, Limburger cheese — Specification , First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/468 - DARS 1042:2025, Butterkase cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/467 - DARS 1043:2025, Harzer cheese — Specification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/TZA/466 - DARS 1045:2025, Labneh cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/465 - DARS 1044:2025, Romadur cheese — Specification, First Edition
G/SPS/N/TZA/464 - DARS 1046:2025, Blended Mozzarella cheese — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/463 - DARS 1047:2025, Blended ice cream — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/462 - DARS 1057:2025, Yoghurt — Specification, First Edition.
G/SPS/N/TZA/461 - DARS 1038:2025, Karish cheese — Specification, First edition.
G/SPS/N/NZL/781/Add.1 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/JPN/1353/Add.1 - Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation
G/SPS/N/GEO/34 - On the approval of the health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption.
G/SPS/N/CAN/1603 - Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: Metamitron (PMRL2025-15)
G/SCM/N/428/AUS/Corr.1 - The investigations on "Certain hot-rolled deformed steel reinforcing bar in lengths"
G/ADP/N/193/ISL/Rev.1 G/SCM/N/202/ISL/Rev.1 - The establishment of the authority competent
G/AG/N/CHE/136 - Concerns imports under tariff quotas (Table MA:2) during the calendar year 2024
GPA/LEGIS/CAN/1 - Amendments to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations
G/TFA/N/SWZ/8 - The notification G/TFA/N/SWZ/5/Rev.1
G/SPS/N/RUS/303/Add.2 - Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified regulation
G/SPS/N/RUS/300/Add.1 - Withdrawal of regulation
G/SPS/N/AUS/620 - Proposal to amend Schedule 20 of the revised Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (5 August 2025)
G/SPS/N/AUS/502/Add.22 - Update to pest risk analysis for khapra beetle
G/SCM/N/436/AUS - The semi-annual report for the period 1 January-30 June 2025