| Party |
Party response |
Decision |
Date published |
| Albania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law no. 9362 dated 24/03/2005 on "Plant Protection Service", as amended. Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 1555, dated 12.11.2008 "On approval of rules of registration and assessment criteria of Plant Protection Products (PPP)." According to paragraph 7.2, Chapter II, PPP may be registered for trade and use in the Republic of Albania, if its active substance(s) is/are included in Appendix II, attached to this decision. In this Annex, ethylene dichloride is not included. |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final decision is based primarily on the fact that Ethylene dichloride is a highly hazardous chemical based on the WHO classification. It poses an unacceptably high risk to human health and the environment. The pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board is committed to registering only lowest risk pesticides for use in the country unless viable alternatives are unavailable. Viable alternatives are available for this product. |
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| Argentina |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2002 |
Conditions for import:
The Degree 3489/1958 established that all products determined for treatment and control of enemies of animals and plants cultivated or used, which are commercialized in the country, have to be registered in the National Register of Plant Therapy. The Resolution SAGPy A No.; 350/99 established the registration requirements for phytosanitary products in the Republic of Argentine. | Remarks:
Product not commercialized in Argentine. |
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| Armenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is included in the "List of regulated under the Rotterdam Convention chemicals and pesticides banned in the Republic of Armenia" approved by the Governmental Decision of the Republic of Armenia (No293-N dated 17 March 2005) | Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured, formulated in the Republic of Armenia. The chemical is not included in the "List of chemical and biological plant protection measures allowed for use in the Republic of Armenia", approved by the Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia No 198 dated 18 November 2003. |
|
| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2002 |
Conditions for import:
Subject to registration, exemption or permit under the Agricultural and veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994. |
|
| Bahrain |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order No. 7 of 2002 with respect to Control of Banned and Severly Restricted Chemicals Minesterial Order No 4 of 2006 with respect to Hazardous Chemicals Management. |
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| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Classified as a prohibited pesticide in Schedule IV of the Pesticides Control Act of 1985, Chapter 181B of the Laws of Belize, and in the Pesticides Control (replacement of Schedules) Order, 1995. |
|
| Benin |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in Plant Protection Products in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of BiH" No 11/11) |
|
| Botswana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
AGROCHEMICALS ACT OF 1999 - provides for registration and licensing of agrochemicals to control or regulate their importation, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal, so as to prevent pollution to the environment or harm to human, plant or animal life, and to provide for matters, incidental and connected to the foregoing. |
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| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law No. 7.802 of 11 July 1989 and Decree No. 4.074 of 04 January 2002 - Pesticides and its compounds need to be registered by the Federal Authority prior to produce, export, import, trade or use. |
|
| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride is listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on import and export of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 129 of 01.07.2002, SG 66 of 09.07.2002, p. 7) as banned for use as a plant protection product. The placing on the market and public use of the substances and preparations containing ethylene dichloride in concentrations equal or greater than those prescribed by Regulation (BG) on classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous chemical substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 316 of 20.12.2002, SG 5 of 17.01.2003), are prohibited by Regulation (BG) on bans and restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 130 of 01.07.2002, SG 69 of 17.07.2002). |
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| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Results of the Sahelian Pesticides Committee (CSP) meeting. |
|
| Burundi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
Such as for ethylene oxide, ethylene dichloride has never been traded or used in Burundi. Considering its carcinogenicity , it was decided to include it on the list of banned products in Burundi. |
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| Cabo Verde |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee which is the regional organization in charge of pesticides registration according to national legislation, Act n 26/97 |
|
| Cambodia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
-Law on Pesticide Fertilizer Management, 2012 -Law of Banned Pesticides, 2012 |
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| Cameroon |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical not registered for pest control in Canada. |
|
| Chad |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product is toxic, especially by inhalation due to its high vapor pressure, it is corrosive to the eyes, to the respiratory tract and the skin ; it is highly inflammable. The product is not registered in the CLISS CEMAC sub-region | Remarks:
RAS |
|
| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2002 |
Remarks:
The measure is based on the absence of authorisation as an agricultural pesticide for this substance; such authorisation can be obtained from the Agricultural and Husbandry Service; without authorisation, it is not possible to import, manufacture, distribute, sell or use this pesticide in Chile. To get the authorisation, it is necessary to comply with strict norms at the national level, indicating the procedures, evaluations and information necessary to get the authorisation. |
|
| China |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulations on Pesticide Administration. Additional information related to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) related to the import response for Annex III chemicals: Published: 12/06/2009; Final decision on import: No consent to import. |
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| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measure: In compliance with Andean Nations Decision No.436; Andean Regulation for the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural Use, published in Official Gazette (year XIV, No.347, in Lima, Peru, 17 June 1988, regarding Cartagena Agreement) and Resolution ICA No.03759, of 16 December 2003, enacting provisions on the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural use, pesticides must be registered to be used and commercialised in the country. IMPORTANT NOTE: The product is not registered for domestic sale by the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), therefore it can't be imported, manufactured, formulated, distributed, commercialised or used in Colombia as Chemical Pesticide for Agricultural use. | Remarks:
Decree No.1220 published in Official Gazette No.45890 of 25 April 2005, Title II, on the need of Environmental Licenses, in its Article 8th determined that the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development is the one and only authority to grant or deny environmental licenses for the activities: "12. The import and production of pesticides and substances, materials or products subject to control under International Agreements, Conventions and Protocols, and the import of chemical pesticides for agricultural use shall follow the procedure outlined in the Andean Decision 436 of the Cartagena Agreement and its regulations". |
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| Congo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law 003/91 of 23/04/91 on environment protection. |
|
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned, Decree No 31997 MAG-S of November 22, 2004. |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to sell or use this product. It is highly toxic to human health and the environment. |
|
| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 7/2006 of the Ministry of Agriculture. | Remarks:
The adopted decision does not include the use of the product as a reference pattern or reactive used for the development of research and analysis activities. |
|
| Cyprus |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The are no registered pesticides containing Ethylene dichloride as an active ingredient. According to national legislation (Pest Control Products Law of 1993, N1 (I)/1993), import into Cyprus of any pesticide containing ethylene dichloride is not allowed. |
|
| Czechia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import of the substance is banned by the Act No. 147/1996 Code, on phytosanitary care and its implementing Decree No. 84/1997 Code, as last amended. The import of the substance for research purposes is permitted. |
|
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
This chemical can be imported, put on sale and used only under the assurance that the damage to user will be minimized in the relevant using condition. The use for plant proctection is severely restricted. | Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide is restricted for using as plant protection chemical by "The Law for Environment Protection" (April 9, 1984) and "The National Regulation of Pesticide Management", because of its toxicity to human and animals. |
|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Circular note No. 5011/0195/AGRI/PE.EL/2012 of 16 February 2012 concerning the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, Section V, Article 19 : the use of all chemicals listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention is prohibited in the DRC. |
|
| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution No. 015 published in the Official Register No 116 of 3 October 2005 of the Equatorian Service of Agriculture and Fishing Health, SESA. |
|
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2009 |
Conditions for import:
Import of 1 litre is allowed as limit quantity. Limit quantity: refers to the amount equal or less, by weight or volume, which does not require the submission of environmental documentation. Quantities above this, should submit to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the corresponding environmental documentation for the purpose of obtaining responses to determine that does Not Require to Elaborate Environmental Impact Study, through a Resolution for the Environmental License for import and/or transport on national territory. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Decision No. 40 published in the Official Gazette Volume 83 number 375, May 9, 2007, Annex 1: List of Regulated Substances. |
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
| Eritrea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legal Notice N 113/2006. Regulations for Importation, Handling, Use, Storage and Disposal of Pesticides |
|
| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Ethiopia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. |
|
| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant protection products containing 1,2-dichloroethane as an active ingredient according to Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances (OJ L33, 8.2.1979, p. 36), as last amended by Regulation (EC) 850/2004 of 29/04/2004 (OJ L 229 of 29/06/2004, p.5). | Remarks:
Ethylene dichloride is classified under Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of Laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (OJ L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1) as F; R11-Carc.Cat.2; R45-Xn; R22-Xi; R36/37/38. R45: May cause cancer. R11: Highly flammable. R22: Harmful if swallowed. R36/37/38: Irritating to eyes, respiratory system and skin. It has been classified by the EC as a category 2 carcinogen (probably carcinogenic to humans). |
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| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DecisionN 2112/PM modifying and completing certain provisions of decision N 00515/PM of 17h July 2010 laying down the import and use conditions of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
|
| Gambia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Chemicals and pesticides Control Management Act of 1994 The pesticie is not registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee of which the Gambia is a member. |
|
| Georgia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely Restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Georgia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention On The Prior Informed consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and by the Georgian Law 1998 of Pesticides and Agrochemicals |
|
| Ghana |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
The import should obtain import permit from the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana containing information including but no limited to: - Quantity of chemical to be imported; - Source of chemical (exporting country); - End use(s) of the chemical within Ghana. |
|
| Guinea |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product has not been authorized by the Sahelien Pesticide Committee (CSP). |
|
| Guyana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative decision of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board. The product is not registered nor any application for registration has been received for this product as a pesticide. |
|
| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
SAG note No, 488-2016, 24 May 2016 |
|
| India |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2001 |
Conditions for import:
The import of ethylene dichloride is permitted only in the form of ethylene dichloride + carbon tetrachloride mixture in the ratio of 3:1. | Remarks:
Decision of the Registration Committee in its meeting. The registration Committee is a statutory body which registers pesticides for import/manufacture in the country. |
|
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Decree of Agriculture No 39/2015 concerning Procedure and Requirement for Pesticide Registration. |
|
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2005 |
Conditions for import:
Allowed to be used in industry but prohibited for use as plant protection product. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for use and import as a plant protection product based on the Resolution of 29 August 1999, under The Pesticide Control Act 1968. |
|
| Israel |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Plant Protection Law, 1956 2. Hazardous Substances Regulations (Registration of Formulations for the Control of Pests Harmful to Man), 1994 3. Free Import Order, 2006 |
|
| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - The pesticides Act of 1975 allows importation of registered pesticides only. This pesticide was registered as an active ingredient with ethylene oxide and is due for registration. Issued by the Pesticides Control Authority. |
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| Japan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
For agricultural pesticide, a domestic importer is required to register with both the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. No consent to import of pesticide except agricultural uses. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law 2. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law |
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| Jordan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
The decision was taken by the Pesticide registration committee due to the information received from the PIC. |
|
| Kazakhstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam Convention from 20 March 2007 N239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II. |
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| Kenya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pest control products act cap 346 - laws of kenya empowers The pest control products board to make final decisions | Remarks:
Ethylene dichloride is banned for use in the country |
|
| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Regulation Law (21/2009). Executive Regulations for the Law (Regulation) of Pesticides in Kuwait issued by Law No. (21) of 2010. |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulation on the Control of Pesticide in Lao PDR, No. 2860/MAF, dated 11 June 2010 |
|
| Lebanon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision # 94/1 Dated 20/05/1998 |
|
| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environment Act 2008 |
|
| Liberia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
| Libya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide |
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| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride is banned as agricultural chemical ( it is not listed on annex 1 of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in July 2011). Ethylene dich bnde is not on the list of active substances to be examined under the EU review programme (Annex II of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase ofthe 10-yearwork programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market). The Swiss Ordinance on Biocide Products (entered into force on Mai 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. Ethylene dichloride is not authorized in biocide preparations. lt is prohibited to supply to the general public substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction according to Annex XVII, Appendices 1 - 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/200645, or substances and preparations containing them, if they have a content by mass exceed ing the concentration specified: a) in Part 3 ofAnnex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; or b) in Annex II, Part B, Number 6, Tables VI and VI A of Directive 1999/45/EC, if no specific concentration limit is included in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.10) Ethylene dichlonide is classified as Carc.Cat.2 |
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| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Interministirial Decree N45.555/2011 of 28/12/2011 banning the import, distribution, sale, use and manufacturing of some pesticide active materials in agriculture and of chemicals of the industrial sector. |
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| Malawi |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Import and manufacture of all pesticides are controlled under the Pesticides Act 1974 through a registration scheme, and the Act is implemented by the Pesticides Board of Malaysia. No ethylene dichloride is permitted for import, manufacture, sale or use in the country except for purposes of research or education, where certain conditions apply. |
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| Maldives |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Description of the national legislative or administrative measure: banned through a public announcement. Please find below the link to access the banned list (Ministry of Fisheries Marine Resources and Agriculture Website) https://www.fishagri.gov.mv/category/ guidance_and_regulations/2a8b8da0-0e95-4b53-9ef8-5734e3a4062b national gazette announcement link (in Dhivehi)http://www.gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/ view/102762 |
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| Mali |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree n 01-2699/MICT-SG of 16th October 2001 listing the products the import and export of which are prohibited. Act n 01-020 of 30yh May 2001 on pollution and nuisance |
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| Mauritania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee, the regional body for registration, under national legislative and regulatory texts (Act 042/2000 on plant protection). |
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| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride has been listed as a prohibited chemical under the Dangerous Chemicals Control Act 2004. |
|
| Mexico |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
No product registered in the country |
|
| Montenegro |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on chemicals (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 051/17), Article 44, Article 47, Article 48, Ethylene dichloride is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro and is not on the list of active substances permitted for use in the plant protection plant for 2018. Uses of this substance are restricted under Decree on prohibited and permitted methods of use, Manufacture, and placing on the market of chemicals that present unacceptable risk to human health and the environment which fully transposed Annex XVII of REACH regulation. |
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| Morocco |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2016 |
Conditions for import:
The import of the product as a pesticide is not authorized. For uses other than pesticide, the product shall not be exported without the consent of the Moroccan DNA responsible for industrial chemicals (Department of the Environment) The DNA of the exporting country shall send the Moroccan DNA responsible for industrial chemicals an application for an import consent for the product and shall wait for the decision of that DNA. |
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| Nepal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene Dichloride has not been registered in our country under the Pesticide Act 1992. Therefore it can not be imported, manufactured, sold or used in the country. |
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| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There are no approvals for pesticide formulations containing ethylene dichloride under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO) | Remarks:
Small-scale use of this substances in a laboratory for research and development or teaching is exempt from a HSNO approval provided all the requirements of Section 33 of the HSNO Act are met. |
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| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 001-2022; Published La Gaceta, Official Gazette of Nicaragua, on April 26, 2022. | Remarks:
The National Pesticide Commission is the advisory and consultative body on pesticides issues, and should be consulted for the final decision of the final regulatory action, in this case Ethylene dichloride was never registered and is prohibited in many countries, it will therefore be requested the prohibition of manufacturing, formulating and marketing of the pesticide as active ingredient or in any formulation. |
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| Niger |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
| Nigeria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene diclhloride is under national regulatory control through Act 59 of 1988 as amended by Act 59 of 1992 for the control of hazardous substances which might impact the Nigerian environment and public health The complete name and address of the institution/authority responsible for issuing this national legislative or administrative measure: FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT 7TH & 9TH FLOOR, FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, SHEHU SHAGARl WAY, P.M.B. 468. GARKI, ABUJA, NIGERIA |
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| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in Plant Protection Products in R. Macedonia (Official Gazette of RM 159/2010). |
|
| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
Plant protection products Act and Regulations relating to plant protection products. |
|
| Oman |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
- According to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries legislations. - Royal Decree No. 46/95. Issuing the Law of Handling and Use of Chemicals. |
|
| Pakistan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned in Pakistan |
|
| Panama |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Executive Decree No. 305 of 4 September 2002, published in the Official Gazette No. 24634 of 9 September 2002, establishes a national legislative measure. In its fifth Article states: "All substances banned or severely restricted in, at least, four States, will be banned in our country too". Substance No. 264 of Annex I of this Executive Decree. Ethylene dichloride is banned in more than 4 States and is not registered for agricultural use in Panama. |
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| Paraguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no record of use as herbicide in the country. |
|
| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution N 50-2004-AG-SENASA (4.3.2004) modified by Resolution N 132-2004-AG-SENASA (6.6.2004). |
|
| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministry of Environment to perform all the tasks and actions to protect the environment in the country, according to the law No. 30 of 2002 Article (26), prohibiting the import or handling of transport of hazardous materials, without authorization from the competent administrative authority, and article (29) of law No. 30 of 2002 prohibiting the use of pesticides or other chemical compounds for agriculture, public health or other purposes. |
|
| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The import if the chemical was prohibited from all sources by RDA. Notification No. 2004-11 (11 Feb. 2004). | Remarks:
The chemical has never been registered in Korea. |
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| Republic of Moldova |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride has been prohibited since 1986. Not included in the official register of permitted substances for use in agriculture, including and individual farms, forestry and household. No import or sale permitted. | Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova. Not used. |
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| Romania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order No. 396 /2002 on the banning of the use of plant protection products containing certain active substances on Romania's territory transposed partially the Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 banning the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances, laid down in the Annex 1 at the Ministerial Order No.396/2002, excepting for research or laboratory analyses uses and export. In the emergency situations which can not be solved through other means, the Interministerial Commission for the certification of plant protection products may authorize for a period of maximum 120 days the placing on the market or the use of the plant protection products containing one or several substances mentioned in the annex. * Romanian final regulatory action bans all formulations in plant protection products of the 1, 2 Dicloroethane. | Remarks:
The manufacturing and the import of plant protection products containing one or several of the active substances laid down in annex and which are certificated for their use in Romania are banned, the existing stocks to be consumed within 12 months from the entrance into force of the present order. This means, starting with 18 January 2003 as it is foreseen in the Ministerial order No.396/2002. |
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| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Federal law No 109-3 of 19.07.1997 concerning safe handling of pesticides and agricultural chemicals. Permitted for use on the territory of the Russian Federation. 2012 (approved by Ministry of Agriculture of Russia). |
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| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Remarks:
All uses are forbidden in the country. Product never registered |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative Measure: Policy decision to prohibit the product for use as a pesticide. |
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| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
Pesticides regulations 1990 and decision of the Pesticides Technical Committee (PTC) on 10th May 2001. Agenda 24/6B. |
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| Sao Tome and Principe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision based on recommendation from the relevant technical departments. | Remarks:
It was registered in the past, but its registration was cancelled because it was proven risky to human health, animal and the environment. |
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| Senegal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee and is not listed in the National Profile of Chemicals management of Senegal. |
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| Serbia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cannot be placed on the market according to the Law on Plant Protection Products (Official Gazette RS No 41/09) |
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| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2003 |
Conditions for import:
A hazardous Substance License is required for the import of the chemical. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is controlled as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its regulations. A license is required for the import, use and sale. |
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| Slovenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order on prohibition, restriction or use of phytopharmaceutical products, which contain specific active ingredients (O.J. 105/01). |
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| South Africa |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Approved by the Pesticide Technical & Advisory Committee as its 85th Meeting held on 21.04.2017 under the Control of Pesticides Act No. 33 of 1980. | Remarks:
There is no history of use in Sri Lanka |
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| State of Palestine |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Palestinian Environmental Law No7 for the year 1999. Article (14) the Ministry, in coordination with the specialized agencies shall designate the environmental conditions for the import, distribution, manufacturing, use, and store of pesticides, substances, and agro-chemicals fertilizers, which may pose hazards to the environment. Article (15), the Ministry, in coordination with the specialized agencies shall set instructions and standards specified for agrichemicals, that are allowed to be imported, manufactured and distributed in Palestine, and shall ensure observance of it. 2. Palestinian agricultural law No. 2of 2003 give responsabilities to the Ministry of Agriculture to establish national scientific committee to register pesticides and specify technical specifications and information related to pesticides. 3. agricultural pesticides bylaw No9 for the year 2012 Article (4) It is prohibited to register any pesticide of the following pesticides: 1. Banned pesticides in Palestine. 2. Banned pesticides in the origin country for health or environmental reasons. 3. Pesticides classified by the World Health Organization and the US Environmental Protection Agency as containing chemicals that cause cancerous tumors, congenital malformations, genetic mutations or highly toxic to humans or animals. 4. Pesticides that cause contamination of groundwater. 4. The national scientific committee of agricultural pesticides adopt national Guide list of agricultural pesticides allowed to be used in state of Palestine. 5. The National Technical Committee for the Management of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes reviewed the chemicals have been listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention and Stockholm convention and adopted import responses. |
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| Sudan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Plant Protection Materials Act, 1994. The decision of "no consent" was taken by the National Pesticides Council at its meeting No. 3/2001 dated 3/7/2001. |
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| Suriname |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree negative list imports and exports, September 1, 1999, SB 34 (State Gazette) |
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| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride is banned as agricultural chemical ( it is not listed on annex 1 of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in July 2011). Ethylene dich bnde is not on the list of active substances to be examined under the EU review programme (Annex II of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase ofthe 10-yearwork programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market). The Swiss Ordinance on Biocide Products (entered into force on Mai 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. Ethylene dichloride is not authorized in biocide preparations. lt is prohibited to supply to the general public substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction according to Annex XVII, Appendices 1 - 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/200645, or substances and preparations containing them, if they have a content by mass exceed ing the concentration specified: a. in Part 3 ofAnnex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008; or b. in Annex II, Part B, Number 6, Tables VI and VI A of Directive 1999/45/EC, if no specific concentration limit is included in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.10) Ethylene dichlonide is classified as Carc.Cat.2 |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Notification of Ministry of Industry entitled "List of Hazardous Substances (No. 2)". In this list, ethylene dichloride has been identified as type 4 hazardous substance which is prohibited for import, production, distribution, possession or use in Thailand. |
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| Togo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2012 |
| Tonga |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Act Pescitice Act |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act, 1979 allows importation of registered pesticides only. Issued by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board. |
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| Tunisia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide has not been registered by the General Direction of the protection and quality control of agricultural products (DGPCQPA ) (MARHP). |
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| Türkiye |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to the Law on Veterinary Services, Plant Health, Food and Feed Law no. 5996 dated 11/06/2010 and the By-law On Licensing/Registration and Marketing of Plant Protection Products (Official Gazette no. 30235 dated09.11.2017), marketing (including import) and use of unregistered plant protection products within the territory of the country are prohibited. Ethylene Dichloride is not registered as plant protection product or biocidal product in the country therefore the final decision of Turkey is no consent to import. |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ethylene dichloride is banned as a pesticide in UAE according to the ministerial decree No. 13 for the year 2012 concerning banned and restricited-use pesticides in UAE. |
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| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Tropical Pesticides Research Institute Act (1979) and Pesticides Registration and Control Regulation (1984). Issued by the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no legislative or administrative measure banning the use of Ethylene dichloride, it is not registered in the country and therefore cannot be imported for marketing under Decree 149/977. | Remarks:
There is no current register, a resolution prohibiting its registration and use is envisaged. |
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| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Viet Nam |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - With Decision No 23/BVTV-KHKT/QD dated 20 January 1992 and decision No 165/1999/QD-BNN-BVTV dated 13th January 1999, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). |
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| Yemen |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in Yemen. |
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| Zimbabwe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Institute Chapter (18:12) and Statutory Instrument 144 of 2012 (pesticide Regulations). |
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