GHSTS version 2.1.0 is released

19 November 2021

A minor update of the Globally Harmonised Submission and Transport Standard (GHSTS), version 2.1.0, was published on 19 November 2021. 

This update contains corrections to the GHSTS submission schema definition.

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GHSTS version 2.0 is released

17 July 2019

A major update of the Globally Harmonised Submission and Transport Standard (GHSTS), version 2.0, was published on 17 July 2019. 

The improvements are described in the GHSTS format specification document.

GHSTS v2.0 supports use in other regulated domains as well as the pesticides domain. GHSTS v2.0 also includes improvements in the lifecycle management of documents over a series of submissions for one regulatory action.

The GHSTS is a standardised set of technical specifications used to assemble electronic files in a predefined manner for evaluation. Once assembled according to the specifications, the files within the dossier can be transferred from a business entity to a regulatory authority and can be extracted for use in a regulatory process.

Regulatory authorities in the pesticide and other regulated domains are invited to use the GHSTS.

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GHSTS Brochure and Benefits published

31 January 2018

A brochure on the GHSTS and a document describing the benefits of the GHSTS were published in January 2018.

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The GHSTS version 01 is released

28 May 2014

The OECD has published the first version of the Globally Harmonised Submission and Transport Standard (GHSTS) in May 2014. The GHSTS is a standardised set of technical specifications used to assemble electronic files for any pesticide package in a predefined manner. Once the files are assembled according to the specifications, they can be transferred from a business entity to a regulatory authority and can be extracted for use in a regulatory process.

GHSTS version 2.0, described in this document, includes changes to support the use of the GHSTS for electronic packages in other regulatory domains in addition to the pesticides domain and includes improvements in the lifecycle management of documents in a series of dossier electronic submissions by a registrant for a dossier regulatory action.