| Party |
Party response |
Decision |
Date published |
| Albania |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1) Resolution MS No. 437/01 and MTEFRH No. 209/01 Published on the Congressional Record, May 04, 2001. Prohibits: production, importation and commercialisation of polychlorinated biphenyls and products and/or equipment formulated on its basis. 2) Resolution SA and DS, No.249/02 Published on the Congressional Record, May 31, 2002. Prohibits: import, production, commercialisation and/or new applications of PCBs(PCB: polychlorinated biphenyls, PCD: polychlorinated diphenyls, PCT: polychlorinated terphenyls, PBB: polybrominated byphenyls and all mixes), and any material containing this elements or contaminated, whatever could be the adopted use or application. |
|
| Armenia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Remarks:
A final decision is under active consideration. |
|
| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2006 |
Conditions for import:
That the introduction has been approved by the Executive Director of the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) in writing before the industrial chemical is introduced; and that the person keep the records relating to the introduction of the chemical (Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 and Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019, Chapter 6, Part 2, Sections 71 and 74). | Legislative or administrative measures:
Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 and the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019 implemented on 1 July 2020. |
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| Bahrain |
Interim decision |
|
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
Additional time is needed to reach a final decision. Uncertain whether the chemical has been imported into the country. |
|
| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Act, Schedule of Hazardous Substances, Part I, Subpart A. |
|
| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Under authorization of the registration committee of chemicals and Ministry for the Environment (DNA). |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2017 |
Conditions for import:
For all polybrominated biphenyls except hexabromobiphenyls: Shall not be placed on the market or used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. For hexabromobiphenyls: No consent to import. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Shall not be used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. 2. Articles not complying with paragraph 1 shall not be placed on the market. 3. The import, manufacture, placing on the market and use of hexabromobiphenyls, mixtures and articles containing these substances is prohibited, so as their export. Legislation: 1. Rulebook on conditions for restrictions and bans on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of chemicals (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no 100/10 and 63/13) (Annex I Part 1 (entry no 8)). 2. Decision on bans and restrictions on the import, manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain hazardous industrial chemicals in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, no 52/16). |
|
| Botswana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure to protect public health. |
|
| Brazil |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2011 |
Conditions for import:
The use of the isomer hexabromobiphenyl is prohibited in Brazil , since the entry into force of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The use of octa- and deca- isomers remain allowed. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative Decree No: 204, of 2004 - Approves the text of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Executive Decree No: 5472, 20 June 2005 - Promulgates the text of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, adopted at that city, May 22, 2001 |
|
| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2004 |
Conditions for import:
PBBs are prohibited for use in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with skin by Regulation (BG) on bans and restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree No. 130 of 01.07.2002, SG 69 of 17.07.2002 | Legislative or administrative measures:
PBBs are listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on import and export of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree No. 129 of 01.07.2002, SG 66 of 09.07.2002, p7) as severely restricted industrial chemicals. |
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| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law n 005/97/ADP dated 30 January 1997 concerning the Burkina Faso Environmental Code |
|
| Cabo Verde |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
| Cambodia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2022 |
Conditions for import:
For use in laboratory and do a research in industry fields. The companies, manufacturers, enterprises and handicrafts have to notify as the official letter to institute of Cambodian standard of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation prior to import these chemical substances. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Proclamation No.252 MISTI/2020 on Restricted Chemical in Industrial Sector of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. In article 2 of this Proclamation stated that this article has the objective to define the 17 industrial chemicals that listed in annex III of the Rotterdam Convention as restricted chemicals and registration for using in an industrial sector of the Kingdom of Cambodia to protect safely and human health, animals and environment. | Remarks:
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) is allowed to use in laboratory and do a research in industry fields only. |
|
| Cameroon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
ORDER No 004/MINEPDED/CAB of 21st SEPT 2017 amending and completing the list of chemicals of Decree No 2011/2581/PM of 23rd August 2011 on the regulation of harmful and/or dangerous chemicals. |
|
| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2005 (SOR/2005-41) (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2005-41/index.html) under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) (http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.31/index.html) prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and import of certain toxic substances, including Polybrominated Biphenyls, that appear on the list of toxic substances in Schedule I to CEPA 1999. These Regulations do not apply to the import of Polybrominated Biphenyls for use in a laboratory for scientific research purposes, in a laboratory for analysis, or as a laboratory analytical standard. Import for these purposes is outside of the scope of the Convention as per Article 3. |
|
| Chad |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
The decision applies to hexabromobiphenyl only. Additional time is needed to reach a final decision. |
|
| Chile |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
No express legislative measure of prohibition has been issued by the public health authorities or other authority. An authorisation is needed for its import into the country. |
|
| China |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1995 |
Conditions for import:
Permission must be obtained from the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) of China. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Additional information related to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) related to the import response concerning the Annex III chemical Final decision on import: Consent under conditions. Conditions of import: Permission must be obtained from the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the HKSAR, China. Date of publication: 12/06/2009. |
|
| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Colombia is not and has not been a manufacturer of polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); according to the import and export records of the BACEX database, it was found that for the last 10 years (2007-2016), there were no import and export records under tariff sub-item 2903993100 corresponding to polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs). The management of PBBs is covered by Act 1196 of 2008, considering that the country is a Party to the Stockholm Convention, which was approved in Colombia through Act 1196 of 2008. Its instrument of ratification was deposited on October 22 of the same year. Therefore, the Convention entered into force for the country on January 20, 2009. It was declared enforceable by Constitutional Court Decision C-944/08. |
|
| Congo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cook Islands Environment Act 2003. |
|
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Order 30051-S, published in the Official Gazette No. 10 of 15 October 2002. |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
| Cuba |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2008 |
Conditions for import:
Industrial use in textile production is prohibited. An environmental license is previously required for its use in other industries. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Nr. 176/2018 "Regulations on the National Registry of Hazardous Chemicals". Standard applicable only to hazardous chemicals for industrial use. It contains Annex Nr. 2, wherein "Chemicals subject to a differentiated control regime" are listed. |
|
| Cyprus |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| Czechia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2003 |
Conditions for import:
The substance may not be used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with skin. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The placing on the market and use of products containing the substance is restricted by the Act. No. 157/1998 Code, on chemical substances and chemical preparations and amending some other Acts, as last amended, and its implementing Decree No. 301/1998 Code, as last amended. |
|
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
The import of hexa- or octa-bromobiphenyl must be accompanied with the permission of the Ministry of Chemical Industry and the Ministry of Public Health |
|
| 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 |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
*Executive Act N 046 published in the Official Register N 324 dated 11 May 2001, modified by Executive Act N 3516 published in the Oficial Register dated 31 March 2003, especial edition N 2 of the unified text of the secondary legislation from the Ministry of Environment, book VI, annex 7 "List of Hazardous banned chemicals " **External trade and investments Council (COMEXI), Annex I, resolution n 182. published at the Official Register N 057 dated 8 april 2003 ""Nmina de Subpartidas Arancelarias de Prohibida Importacin". Complete name and address of the institution / authority in charge of this legislative or administrative measure at national level. * Ministerio del Ambiente, Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Edif. MAG, Piso 7 - Quito. ** Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrializacion, Pesca y Competitividad Consejo de Comercio Exterior e Inversiones (COMEXI), Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Piso 1 - Quito. |
|
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2009 |
Conditions for import:
The import is allowed for 25 grams of weight or volume, as quantity limits. Quantity limits: refers to less or equal amount, of weight or volume, which does not require the submission of environmental documentation. For quantities above this, it should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the environmental documentation in order to obtain the response to determine that It is not required to elaborate an Environmental Impact Study, through an Environmental Permit Resolution to import and/or transport in the national territory. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Decision No: 40 published in the Official Journal n83, volume n375 of 9 May 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:
Due to administrative measures and market forces. |
|
| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| European Union |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Within the Community, the placing on the market and use of PBB is prohibited in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. There is a total prohibition on PBB in Austria. No consent is given to imports of hexabromo-1,1'-biphenyl. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Within the Community, the placing on the market and use of PBB is subject to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396,30.12.2006, p. 1). It is prohibited in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. Member States that do not consent to import: Austria (there is a total prohibition on PBB (Verordnung Ober das Verbot von halogenierten Stoffen, Federal Law Gazette 1993/210)). No consent is given to imports of hexabromo-1,1'-biphenyl since any production, placing on the market and use of this substance is prohibited. 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 |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The final regulatory action taken by Gabon is primarily based on Law No 007/2014 on Environmental Protection in the Gabonese Republic and on three of its implementing regulations, namely: - Order No 0376/MDDPNPG/SG/CNAP regulating the conditions for obtaining consents to the cross-border shipment of dangerous waste, to the import of chemicals for industrial use into the Gabonese Republic, of 5th September 2008. - Order No 00515/PM laying down the conditions for import and use of certain dangerous chemicals and pesticides, of 27th July 2010 - Order No 21-12/PM amending and supplementing the provisions of Order No 00515/PM laying down the conditions for import and use of certain dangerous chemicals and pesticides, of 17th September 2015. |
|
| Gambia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1997 |
Remarks:
Regulated by the Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act of 1994. Alternatives: CO2, foams as fire retardants. |
|
| Georgia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Governmental decree N263 on Rule of Import and Export of Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides and Implementation of Prior Informed Consent Procedure (Adopted 13.06.2016). |
|
| Ghana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (ACT 490) |
|
| Guinea |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2005 |
Conditions for import:
The conditions are as follow: - to address a written request in order to obtain the previous authorization for import, to the responsble autority elected by the minister of the environment (reference: Articles 6 and 10 of the decision A/2001/4785/MMGE/SGG of October 26, 2001, concerning article 8 of the D/97/287/ decree PRGSGG of 24 december 1997, stablishing the management and control of harmful and dangerous chemicals in Guinee Republic); - to obtain a previous authorization to import, delivered by competent authority (reference: Article 5 of the decision A/2001/4785/MMGE/SGG 26 october 2001) - PBB only can be imported by industrials unities, mining industry, building constructions companies, electricity centrals and production and distribution centers, laboratories and research centers, etc, and this, for certain uses when the need is justify, since this product appears in order no. 57 of appendix II of the decision A/2001/4784/MMGE/SGG of October 26, 2001, making reference for application to articles 3, 4 and 5 of the D/97/287/PRG/SGG of December 24, 1997. - importer obligation to present the stocks of import products once arrived at the terrestrial borders, maritime or air of the national territory, for a chemical and physical control by qualified agents of the service of the environment or by any other organization of control entitled for this procedure (reference: Article 12 of the decision A/2001/4785/MMGE/SGG of October 26, 2001. - name, address of the competent authority from which the previous autorisation should be obtained: M. le directeur national, Direction nationale de la prevention et de la lutte contre les pollutions et nuisances, Ministere de l'Environnement, BP 3118, Conakry, Republique de Guinee. Fax: (224) 46 85 46 | Remarks:
Guinea has a certain number of plastic factories, of foam and painting that use diverse chemical agents like raw materials, between which the PBB could be found. This product imported and used in the industrial units under diverse commercial names, is very bad t known by the workers and the populations in general. In quality of substitute of the PBB, there is a possibility that fractions of PBB exist in the oil remainders of PBB that are in some electrical mining and central societies of the sector. The workers of these industrial units are regularly exposed to these products and dangerous remainders with the risks and dangers that it means for their health, their families' and the environment. The Government, finding a lack of instruments for the characterization, evaluation of the toxicity, ecotoxicity, cancerigenocity, etc, of these industrial products and their remainders, with the purpose of restricting the field of use of all the forms of PBB and to reduce the exhibition of the populations, workers and of the environment, etc, decided to classify this product PIC in the national list of chemical substances strictly regulated (Annexed II of the A/2001/4784/decisionMMGE/26 SGG of October 2001, until a final decision is taken on this matter. |
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| Guinea-Bissau |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2011 |
| 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 the product. |
|
| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Resolution 1071-2014. |
|
| Hungary |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2003 |
Conditions for import:
MS Sans Serif;Not permitted for use in textile articles intended to come into contact with the skin (e.g. garment, undergarment, linen) | Legislative or administrative measures:
Restricted by the Hungarian Decree 41/2000 (XII.20) EM-Km on the restriction of certain activities involving dangerous substances and dangerous preparations (published in Magyar Kzlny 2000/126, page 8240 - 8251) |
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| India |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1995 |
Conditions for import:
License on the recommendation of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. |
|
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
This chemical has to complete the notification process prior to its import. This chemical must be registered to Ministry of Environment and Forestry before being distributed or used. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Regulation Number 74 Year 2001 concerning Hazardous and Toxic Substances Management. |
|
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
A decree by the supreme council of Environment Protection |
|
| Israel |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2012 |
Conditions for import:
1. In accordance with the importer Hazardous material permit, which is required to hold the chemical itself and preparations containing the chemical. 2. Subject to import license. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous substances Law, 1993. Free import order, 2006. |
|
| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Food and Drug Act |
|
| Japan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
For hexa- and octa-brominated biphenyls, import can occur only after prior notification to and prior approval by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment. For deca-brominated biphenyl, no notification or approval is required. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemcial Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc | Remarks:
In Japan, commercial production and import of PBBs have not been implemented on voluntary decision of manufacturers and importers. |
|
| Jordan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2002 |
Conditions for import:
Permission by the Ministry of Health is required prior to the entry of this chemical to Jordan. Additional time is needed to reach a final decision. Responsible institution actively considering a final decision: Ministry of Health, Environmental Health Directorate. | Remarks:
In 1996 the Ministry of Health adopted a list of banned and restricted chemicals, after consulting the international agencies and authorities to improve control of chemicals entering the market. The list was updated in 2001. This chemical was included in the list in 1996 as a banned chemical. Yet the monitoring system is not functioning as it should, and sometimes some chemicals may enter the market without referring to the Ministry of Health for permission. |
|
| Kazakhstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Stockholm convention from 7 June 2007 N 259-3 and Law of the 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 N 212-II. |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 6, 2011 No. 289 about entering additions and changes to the Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from July 27, 2001 No. 376 on measures for environmental protection and public health from the adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
|
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/1999 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Law on the Chemicals Management, No. 07/NA, (2016). 2. Ministerial Decision on the Industrial Chemicals Type, No 0389/MolC.DoIH (2018). |
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| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned under the Environment Act 2008. |
|
| Liberia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
It is unclear whether the chemical is being used or imported into the country. The DNA of Liberia requests exporting countries to inform the DNA of address of companies/agencies in Liberia to which this chemical is being imported. |
|
| 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. polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); b. substances and preparations that contain polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) 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) |
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| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
| Malawi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is an administrative measure not to import and use the chemical in the country. |
|
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 1988, first schedule under Customs Act 1967. |
|
| Mauritania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
"Supplies (Control of Imports) Regulations", 1991; "Consumer Protection Act". |
|
| Mexico |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2008 |
Conditions for import:
The importation of PBBs in the case of hazardous waste, is subject to import control in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VII of the General Law on the Prevention and Management of Wastes and Articles 115 and 177 of the Rules of the same Law. |
|
| Mongolia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government resolution No. 95/2007 Annex I - List of prohibited chemicals in Mongolia. |
|
| Montenegro |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on chemicals ("Official Gazette of Montenegro" no. 051/17 as of 03/08/2017), Article 44, Article 47, Article 48. Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs) are not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro. Uses of this substance are prohibited 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. |
|
| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (under which only approved hazardous substances can be imported or used) |
|
| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 001-2022; Published in Gaceta, Official Gazette of Nicaragua, on 26 April 2022. |
|
| Niger |
Interim decision |
|
12/12/1999 |
Remarks:
A final decision is under active consideration. Approximate time needed before a final decision can be reached - 6 months. |
|
| Nigeria |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
Permit by FEPA (Federal Environmental Protection Agency) must be obtained. | Remarks:
Placed under severe restriction. The chemical is not manufactured or formulated in the country. Additional time is needed to reach a final decision (3-5 years). It is recommended that a national survey be conducted urgently in order to identify the level of use for effective phase-out of the chemical in conjunction with users. |
|
| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2012 |
Conditions for import:
Shall not be placed on the market or used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. | Legislative or administrative measures:
List on Bans and Restrictions of the use of chemicals (Official Gazette of RM 57/2011) |
|
| Norway |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/07/1995 |
Conditions for import:
Permit, except for use in textile articles intended to come into contact with the skin (e.g. garment, undergarment, linen). |
|
| Oman |
Interim decision |
|
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
It is unclear whether the chemical is being used or imported into the country. The DNA of Oman requests exporting countries to inform the DNA of address of companies/agencies in Oman to which this chemical is being imported. |
|
| Pakistan |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Remarks:
Details can be provided once the national inventory for Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) is developed. |
|
| Panama |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Decree n 305 of September 4, 2002 published in Official Gazette n 24634 29 September 2002, a national legislative mesure, established at its fifth article: "All substances banned or severely restricted in at least four States, will also be banned in our country". The substance polybrominated biphenyls n106 of annex I to this executif decree. |
|
| Peru |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2021 |
Conditions for import:
Prior to the introduction of the industrial chemical into the country, it must have the Sanitary Authorization granted by the General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (Digesa) of the Ministry of Health. | Legislative or administrative measures:
To obtain the Health Authorization for the Importation of Chemical Substances subject to the Information Procedure and Prior Informed Consent (PIC), the requirements established in Procedure No. 24 of the Single Text of Administrative Procedures (TUPA) of the Ministry of Health, approved by Supreme Decree No. 001-2016-SA, modified by the Ministerial Resolution No. 263-2016-MINSA and Ministerial Resolution No. 041-2018-MINSA, must be complied with. |
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| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Article 26 Environment Law (30) 2002 |
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| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2002 |
Remarks:
PBBs and mixtures containing 0.1% or more of PBBs are banned for manufacture, import and use as an industrial chemical, except for the use of the chemical for research or laboratory purposes. No remaining uses are allowed. The authority responsible for issuing the legislative measure is Ministry of Environment. |
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| Republic of Moldova |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
| Romania |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2005 |
Conditions for import:
PBBs may not be used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Government Decision (GD) No 347/27.03.2001 (published in O.J. no 236/7 April 2003; into force starting 1 July 2005) regarding the restriction of placing on the market and of the use of some certain dangerous chemical substances and preparations transposed the European Council Directive no 76/769/EEC of 12 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restriction on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations and establishes the restrictions to the placing on the market and to the use of substances, groups of substances and the dangerous chemicals preparations presented in its Annex No 1, with the purpose of ensuring the health protection of the population and environment. This GD establishes severe restrictions on the use of PBBs. PBBs may not be used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. 2. Government Decision No 173/13.03.2000 for the regulation of the special management and control regime of polychlorinated biphenyls and other similar compounds transposed the European Council Directive No 96/59/EC on the disposal of PCB/PCT. In order to avoid negative impacts on human health, goods and the environment, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and similar compounds, hereinafter called designated compounds, shall be subject to a specidal management and control regime, established by this Decision. The provisions of this Decision shall apply to all equipment and waste or other materials containing the designated compounds in concentrations of at least 50 parts per million (ppm) in a volume of more than 5 dm3. Minimal values, of 50 ppm for concentration and of 5 dm3 for volume, respectively, of the designated compounds shall be included together under the name of minimal quantities. For power capacitors the volume of designated compounds shall be calculated as total volume of all the elements in a set. |
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| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Item 1.2. "Dangerous waste which import to the customs territory of the Customs Union is banned" 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 16.08.2012. |
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| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order No 003/2021 of 08/02/2021, determining the list of chemicals and other polluting substances that are not permitted. Published in Official Gazette n Special of 10/02/2021. |
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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 use of the product. |
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| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1996 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Senegal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
No regulation |
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| Serbia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2011 |
Conditions for import:
For all polybrominated biphenyls except hexabomobiphenyls: 1. Shall not be placed on the market or used in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. For hexabromobiphenyls: 1. No consent to import | Legislative or administrative measures:
For all polybrominated biphenyls except hexabomobiphenyls: Severely restricted by Serbian 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) For hexabomobiphenyls: Banned by Serbian 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). |
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| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2003 |
Conditions for import:
A Hazardous Substance Licence is required for the import of polybrominated biphenyls | Legislative or administrative measures:
Polybrominated biphenyls is controlled as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its Regulations. A licence is required for the import, use and sale of PBBs. PBB has been banned from use since 1980. |
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| Slovenia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2003 |
Conditions for import:
Import and placing on the market of textile articles intended to come into contact with the skin is prohibited. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Order on the restrictions of placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances and preparation (O.J.73/99, 24/01, 71/02) |
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| South Africa |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2006 |
Conditions for import:
For industrial use |
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| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulation published by the Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification No. 1813/14 of 05.06.2013 under the Imports and Exports (control) Act, No. 1 of 1969. |
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| State of Palestine |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Palestinian Environmental Law No.7 for the year 1999 Article11 :The Ministry (Environment Quality Authority) shall issue, in coordination with the competent authorities, one list or more of the hazardous materials and waste Article 12: No one may process, store, distribute, use, treat or dispose of any solid or liquid or gaseous hazardous materials or waste except according to the regulations and instructions determined by the Ministry in coordination with the competent parties. 2. 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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| Suriname |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order of the negative list 2003 "from the" Law Traffic of Goods S.B. 2003 no.58. |
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| 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. polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs); b. substances and preparations that contain polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) 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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| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
PBBs are classified as Hazardous Substances Type 4 in industry, agriculture and public health, is that of which the production, import, export or having in possession is prohibited according to Notification of Ministry of Industry No: 4 (B.E. 2544) under the Hazardous Substances Act (B.E. 2535 of 1992) |
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| Togo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Remarks:
Need for a national socio-economic assessment with the participation of national stakeholders. |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Remarks:
A final decision is under active consideration by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board, Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division. The following administrative action is being undertaken during the period a final decision is being considered: the enacting into law of the toxic chemical regulations. The legislation will require imported to obtain license to import.
Approximate time needed before a final decision can be reached: 2 years.
At present there is no registration of toxic chemicals (only pesticides) and there is not government agency responsible for the control of importation and usage of this chemical. There is no information on whether the chemicals is imported into Trinidad and Tobago. |
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| Tunisia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2022 |
Remarks:
The National Technical Committee for the health and environmental safety of chemicals gave the non-consent to the export of this chemical. |
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| Türkiye |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to the By-law on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (Official Gazette no. 30105 dated 23.06.2017) the placing on the market and use of PBB is prohibited in textile articles, such as garments, undergarments and linen, intended to come into contact with the skin. And also manufacturing/production, marketing (including import) and use of Hexabromobiphenil (as substance, in the mixture and as a constituent of articles) were banned according to the By-law on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Official Gazette no. 30595 dated 14.11.2018) by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. Therefore no consent is given to imports of Hexabromobiphenil. |
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| Ukraine |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2018 |
Conditions for import:
It is allowed subject to compliance with the order of Hygienic regulation and state registration of hazardous factors in accordance with the Law of Ukraine On ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population dated on February 24, 1994 (item 9 of the Law) and subject to entering into the State Register of dangerous factors. |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2004 |
Conditions for import:
Not for import in products or for production of textiles or other products to come into direct contact with the skin. |
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| Uruguay |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |