| 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, heptachlor is not included. |
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final decision based on the policy of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board of Antigua and Barbuda, not to register for use in the country chemicals listed in Annexes A, B or C of the Stockholm Convenion once viable alternatives are readily available. |
|
| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution SAGP and A, NO.1030/92 Published on the Congressional Record, November 16, 1992. Prohibits: importation, manufacturing, commercialisation and use of active ingredient Heptachlor in the Republic of Argentine. |
|
| Armenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Armenia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention "On Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade". Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia "On implementation of the Republic of Armenia obligations under Rotterdam Convention signed September 10, 1998 (No. 1508-N dated October 29, 2004); Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia "On approval of the list of the chemicals and pesticides banned in the Republic of Armenia" (No. 293-N dated March 17, 2005). |
|
| Australia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995 Customs (Prohibited Import) Regulations 1956. | Remarks:
As a Party to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, legislation has been introduced prohibiting import, manufacture, use and export. Import is only permitted for environmentally sound disposal. |
|
| Bahrain |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1996 |
| Barbados |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| 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 |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Authorization of the Ministry of the environment after opinion of the National Committee for the Approval and the Control of Plant Protection Products |
|
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| 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 |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agro chemical Act, 1999, which provides for the 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. |
|
| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Directive No. 329 of 2 September 1985 - Prohibit the trade, use and distribution of the pesticides for agricultural use, including Heptachlor. Resolution RDC No. 347 of 16 December of 2002 - National Health Surveillance Agency - Exclude the heptachlor from the list of toxics substances, which can be authorized as pesticides. 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 |
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
Use forbidden since 1991. |
|
| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
As resutl of the meeting of the Sahelian Pesticides Committee | Remarks:
None |
|
| Burundi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It has been prohibited in Burundi for being carcinogenic, its bioaccumulation and its persistence in the environment, and for contaminating the environment. This product is listed under N. 2001-01-P006 in the register of pesticides for agricultural purposes which are prohibited in Burundi according to the Ministerial Ordinance N 710/838 of 29th October 2001. |
|
| 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 |
|
| Cameroon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Act n 66/9/COR of 18 November 1966 Decree n 77/171 of 03 June 1977 Decree n 83-661 of 27 December 1983 Order n 0002/MINAGRI/DIRAGRI/SDPV of 17/01/1989 |
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| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Chad |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1997 |
Remarks:
Resolution No 2142 of 18/10/87. |
|
| China |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
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. Additional information related to Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao related to the Import responses for Annex III chemicals: Final decision on import: No consent to import. National legislative or administrative measure upon which the final decision is based: In accordance with the Chief Executive Order no. 164/2019, the import and the transit of chemical substances, listed in the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutions, and contained as part of the order, were prohibited in the MSAR from 22 October 2019. Date of publication: 12/06/2021 |
|
| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Importation, production and use prohibited by Resolution 10255 of 1993 (Ministry of Health). Registration cancelled (ICA). |
|
| Congo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree No. 27773-MAG-S-TSS "Prohibits registration, formulation, manufacture, import, export, transit, deposit, storage, sale and agricultural-veterinary use, of products containing DDT, Lindane and its isomers, Pentachlorophenol and micro-pollutants", in point 3 of the decree the reason why the measure was adopted is described: 3- Pesticides of generic name: DDT, Lindane and its isomers, Pentachlorophenol and the micro-pollutants Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HxCDD), Endrin, Chlordane, Heptachlor, Aldrin, Dechlorine, Dieldrin, Toxaphene, Chlordecone, Chlordimeform, Dibromochloropropane, Ethylene Dibromide, Dinoseb and Nitrofen, have shown persistence in the soil, are highly toxic to aquatic life, birds and bees; and can cause a considerable reduction of non-target organisms. Some of them present accumulation of residues in fat tissues of humans and domestic animals, teratogenic effects, carcinogenicity, potential to cause sterility in humans and to produce mutagenic disorders, aplastic anemia, leukemia, skin irritation and toxicity at the central nervous system level by absorption through the skin. Article 1 of the decree describes the prohibition established in the decree, which is indicated below: Article 1: Prohibit the registration, formulation, manufacture, import, export, transit, deposit, storage, sale and agricultural, veterinary use and medication of products containing DDT, Lindane and its isomers, Pentachlorophenol and the micro-pollutants Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (HxCDD), Endrin, Chlordane, Heptachlor, Aldrin, Dechlorine, Dieldrin, Toxaphene, Chlordecone, Chlordimeform, Dibromochloropropane, Ethylene Dibromide, Dinoseb and Nitrofen as active ingredient. This regulation is available at <https://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRTC&nValor1=1&nValor2=45072&nValor3=47523&strTipM=TC> | Remarks:
Restricted to professional use on ornamentals and pine trees. |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Heptachlor is banned in the Cte d'Ivoire. It is therefore prohibited to import, locally produce, place on the market or use this product in order to protect human health and the environment. The product has not been registered since 1998. |
|
| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 268/1990 of the Ministry of Public Health | 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 |
12/01/1998 |
| Czechia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
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:
It is permitted to produce, import, put on sale and use this chemical, only under the admission of the National Pesticide Registration Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture. | Legislative or administrative measures:
According to "The Law for Environment Protection" (April 9, 1984) and "The National Regulation of Pesticide Management", the use of this chemical is restricted because of its toxicity to human body and animal and persistence in environment. |
|
| 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. |
|
| Dominica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1996 |
| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| 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 |
12/06/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to produce, place on the market or use heptachlor. The chemical, whether on its own, in preparations or as a constituent of articles, was banned by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p.5). |
|
| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision N 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 |
12/07/1994 |
| 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 |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Control and Management Act, 1996 (Act 528). |
|
| Guatemala |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Guinea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1) Decision No 2395/MAE/SGG/2001 of 6/06/2001 restricting and prohibiting the use of active substances in agriculture. 2) The product is listed in the group of organic product persistent in the environment "POP" 3) National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses. Information issued by international conventions, regional legislation or institutions |
|
| 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:
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Prohibited Pesticides) Order No. 22 of 2006 made under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act 2000 (No. 13 of 2000). |
|
| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Hungary |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
| India |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Based on Resolution of 11 July 1976, under "The Pesticides Control Act" 1968. Product, use, import are prohibited. Never been used in I.R. Iran. |
|
| 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 |
12/06/1999 |
|
| Japan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc. 2. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law 3 Pharmaceutical Affairs Law |
|
| Jordan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
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 Stockholm Convention from 7 June 2007 N259-3 and LAW of Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam convention from 20 March 2007 N 239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17, item 4-1 of article 239, and item 2 of article 280 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II. |
|
| Kenya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
Remarks:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for similar use. |
|
| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Not registered. Decree No. 95/1995. |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 27 July 2001 No. 376 on measures to protect the environment and health of the population from adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
|
| 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 |
12/07/1993 |
| 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 |
|
| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use: a) heptachlor; b) substances and preparations that contain heptachlor and are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Swiss Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1) |
|
| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree N4196/06 of 23 March 2006, prohibiting the sale and use in agriculture of any pesticide active subtance. |
|
| Malawi |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
Remarks:
Except for small quantities for research/ educational use through import permit. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 |
|
| Malta |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| 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). |
|
| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Mexico |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Mongolia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government resolution n 95/2007 Annex I "List of prohibited chemicals in Mongolia". | Remarks:
500,5 liter was used in 3 soums of 3 aimags during 1972-2003, 15,5 liter of deposit |
|
| Montenegro |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
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 |
|
| Morocco |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Mozambique |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
Import, production and use banned. |
|
| Namibia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Link: <https://www.lac.org.na>, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Remedies ACT 36 of 1947, Section 7. Heptachlor pesticides was never registered, imported and used in Namibia. |
|
| Nepal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Niger |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Nigeria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| 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 |
12/07/1993 |
| 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 |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Deregistered - banned in 1997 | Remarks:
This product deregistered and banned in 1997. |
|
| Panama |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
Remarks:
Not registered. Prohibited for use in agriculture. |
|
| Paraguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
Remarks:
Resolution 447/93. |
|
| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
| Philippines |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Law No (10) 1968 Article No (26) from Environment No (30) 2002 |
|
| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1997 |
Remarks:
Prohibit the use of heptachlor since 1979 because of residue problem. |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Heptachlor and its mixtures with TMTD and Hexachlorobenzene have 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. |
|
| 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 Heptachlor. | 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. |
|
| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Item 1.4. Plant protection agents which import is banned to the Customs Union's territory and fall under Annexes A and B of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, 22.05.2001 from the Unified list of goods subject to bans and restrictions for import and export by the Customs Union members within EurASEC in the trade with the third countries which was approved by Decision No 134 Regulatory legislative acts on the non-tariff regulation made by the EurASEC College on 16.8.2012. List of substances banned for use in cosmetics and toiletries products. Cosmetic Technical Regulation of the Customs Union N. 799 of 23.09.2011. 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) |
|
| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Remarks:
All uses are forbidden in the country. Product never registered |
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure: Policy decision. |
|
| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
| 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. |
|
| Senegal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Senegal is Party to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants. | Remarks:
Heptachlor has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee |
|
| Serbia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned by Regulation on bans and restrictions of production, placing on the market and use of chemicals which represent unacceptable risk on human health and environment (Official Gazette RS, No 89/10) |
|
| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2003 |
Conditions for import:
Import for re-export purposes only. 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. It is banned for local use since 1985. |
|
| Slovakia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| Slovenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
|
| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Gazette 40166 published in Government Notice R. 862 on the 29 July 2016 in terms of the Gazette for the Prohibition on the Import, Export, Possession, Acquisition, Sale, Use and Disposal of Agricultural Remedies, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947). However there is the possibility of importing the chemicals for analytical purposes only. |
|
| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| 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 |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Plant Protection Act. The National Pesticide Council decision number 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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| Sweden |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use: a) heptachlor; b) substances and preparations that contain heptachlor and are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1). |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Togo |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
Remarks:
Not currently included in list of banned or severely restricted pesticides . |
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| Tonga |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
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. No permission will be granted to import into Trinidad and Tobago. |
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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 |
12/07/1994 |
| Uganda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Plant Protection Act 1997, Plant Protection Regulations of 1999 and National Advisory Committee do not allow registration of chemicals listed under Annex III. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - "Resolucin Ministerial del 23/09/97". Prohibit the use of substances based on organochlorinated products, excepted endosulfan and products based on dodecachlore with restrictions for the use as ant-killer. Products based on heptachlore were registered until 1991. |
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| Vanuatu |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
| Viet Nam |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for import, trade and use |
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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 |
12/07/1998 |