| Party |
Party response |
Decision |
Date published |
| Albania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law No. 9108, dated 17.07.2003 "On substances and preparations", prohibits the manufacture, import, export and distribution in the Republic of Albania for substances included in Appendix II of this Law. Actinolite asbestos fibers are part of this Appendix. |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2005 |
| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution MS, NO.845/00 Published in the Congressional Record, October 17, 2000. Prohibits: production, importation, commercialization and use of Asbestos fibres Amphiboles forms (Crocidolites, Amosite, Actinolite, Tremolite, Anthophyllite) and products formulated on its basis. |
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| Armenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
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 "On implementation of the Republic of Armenia obligations under the Rotterdam Convention" signed September 10, 1998 (No. 1508-N dated October 29, 2004); Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia dated September 8, 2016 (No. 930-N) "On approval of changes to Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia 'On approval of the List of chemicals and pesticides regulated by Rotterdam Convention and banned in the Republic of Armenia' (No. 293 -N of March 17, 2005)". |
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| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
Import prohibited for uses that would contravene State, Territory or Commonwealth legislation. All forms of actinolite asbestos are severely restricted in Australia. Please note the following: The Australia wide ban on all new uses of asbestos and materials containing asbestos starts today (31 December 2003). It will be illegal under the laws of each state and territory to use, re-use or sell any products containing asbestos, including automotive brake pads and gaskets The same prohibition applies in the Australian government sector and it will be complemented by a Customs regulation banning imports and exports. The ban does not apply to asbestos products and materials that are already in place. But when they are replaced, non-asbestos alternatives must be used. Any stockpiles of asbestos-containing products must be safely disposed of under the applicable state and territory regulations. The few exemptions to the ban are restricted in scope and will operate for a limited time. They only apply where there are much greater risks to safety is asbestos is not used. Protection for exposure is still required in these cases. For more information, visit the latest news on NOHSC's website at www.nohsc.gov.au. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1) Work Health (Occupational Health and Safety) Regulations 2003 and Schedule 7 - Prohibited Substances - under the Work Health Act 2002 (Northern Territory) 2) Workplace Health and Safety Regulation Amended Regulation (No. 4) 2003 and Schedule 7 - Prohibited Substances under the Work Health Act 1995 (Queensland) 3) Occupational Health and Safety (Chrysotile Asbestos) Variation Regulations 2003 under the Occupational Health and Safety and Welfare Act 1986 (South Australia) 4) Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1988 under the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 (Tasmania) 5) Occupational Health and Safety (Asbestos) Regulations 2003 under the Occupational Health and Safety Action 1985 and the Dangerous Goods Act 1985 (Victoria) 6) Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 1996 (Western Australia) 7) Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992 (Western Australia) 8) Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 - Sec 163 (New South Wales) 9) Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) (National Standards) Regulations 2003 under the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993 10) Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956 11) Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958 12) National Model Regulations for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances (National Occupational Health and Safety Commission: 1004(1994) Schedule 2 - Substances prohibited for specific uses. The importation into Australia of amphibole asbestos or goods containing amphibole asbestos is prohibited unless under conditions specified in the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulstiona 1956 are met. Responsible institution or authority would be specified for each State or Territory. Initial contact for queries should be to Australia's DNA for industrial chemicals. |
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| 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 Severely Restricted Chemicals. -Ministerial Order No. 4 of 2006 with respect to Hazardous Chemicals Management |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Following bans and restrictions for asbestos fibres in general are applicable: 1. The import, manufacture, placing on the market and use of these fibres and of articles and mixtures containing these fibres added intentionally is prohibited. 2. The use of articles containing asbestos fibres referred to in paragraph 1 which were already installed and/or in service before entry into force of this rulebook/decision shall continue to be permitted until they are disposed of or reach the end of their service life. However, Ministry may, for reasons of protection of human health, restrict, prohibit or make subject to specific conditions, the use of such articles before they are disposed of or reach the end of their service life. 3. Without prejudice to the application of other provisions on the classification, packaging and labelling of substances and mixtures, the placing on the market and use of articles containing these fibres, as permitted according to the paragraph 2, shall be permitted only if articles bear appropriate label in accordance with specific legislation on labelling of asbestos containing products. 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 01 Srpska, no 100/10 and 63/13) (Annex I Part 1 (entry no 6)). 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) |
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| Botswana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure to protect public health. |
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| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law No. 9.055 of 1 July 1995 - prohibits extraction, production, use and trade of the chemicals amosite, actinolite, anthophyllite, crocidolite and trmolite asbestos, as well as products containing such minerals. |
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| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
All forms of asbestos are listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on the import and export of dangerous substances, preparations and products in Republic of Bulgaria (CM Decree No 129 of 1.07.2002, SG 66 of 2002) as banned for use as industrial chemicals. The placing on the market and use of these fibres and of products containing these fibres added intentionally are prohibited according to Regulation (BG) on bans and restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (CM Decree No 130 of 1.07.2002, SG 70 of 17.07.2002, as last amendment by CM Decree no. 156 of 7.07.2004, SG/2004). The use of products containing asbestos fibres which were already installed and/or in service before 1.01.2005 shall continue to be used until they are disposed of or reach the end of their service life, only if the products bear a label in accordance with teh special provisions on the labeling of products containing asbestos under Regulation (BG) on bans and restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations. |
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| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law no. 005/97/30 ADP January 1997, which stablishes an Environment Code in Burkina Faso. Decree n.97-039/PRES/P.m.MCIA of 04 February 1998, which prohibits the manufacture, transformation, commercialised imports and the use of construction equipments with asbestos in Burkina Faso. |
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| 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:
Actinolite asbestos is allowed to use in laboratory and do a research in industry fields only. |
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| Cameroon |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
| Canada |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2012 |
Conditions for import:
The Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations do not prohibit the: import and use of asbestos in the chlor-alkali industry (until December 31, 2029); import, sale and use of products containing asbestos to service equipment in nuclear facilities if no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative is available (until December 31, 2022); import, sale and use of products containing asbestos to service military equipment if no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative is available (until December 31, 2022); import, sale and use, under the authority of a permit, of products containing asbestos to service military equipment or equipment of a nuclear facility if there was no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative available at the time the permit application was submitted (after December 31, 2022); import, sale and use of military equipment serviced with a product containing asbestos while it was outside of Canada for the purpose of a military operation if no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative is available; import, sale and use of asbestos and products containing asbestos for the purpose of display in a museum; import, sale and use of asbestos and products containing asbestos for scientific research, for sample characterization or as an analytical standard in a laboratory; transfer of physical possession or control of asbestos or a product containing asbestos to allow its disposal; and import, use and sale, under the authority of a permit, of asbestos and products containing asbestos to protect the environment or human health if there was no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative available at the time the permit application was submitted. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations. P.C. 2018-1210, 28 September, 2018, SOR/2018-196, Canada Gazette, Part II, vol. 152, no. 21, p.3405, October 17, 2018. http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-10-17/html/sor-dors196-eng.html The above named regulations prohibit the import, sale and use of asbestos, as well as the manufacture, import, sale and use of products containing asbestos, with a limited number of exclusions, see "Other remarks" section. | Remarks:
In addition to the exclusions mentioned above, the Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations (the Regulations) do not apply to: Asbestos or a product containing asbestos that is in transit through Canada, from a place outside Canada to another place outside Canada. Asbestos that is integrated into a structure or infrastructure if the integration occurred before the day on which these Regulations came into force (December 30, 2018). A product containing asbestos used before the day on which these Regulations came into force (December 30, 2018). Pest control products (as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act), as pest control products are regulated under this Act. The Regulations do not apply to mining residues except for the following activities, which are prohibited: The sale of asbestos mining residues for use in construction and landscaping, unless the use is authorized by the province in which the construction or landscaping occurs; and The use of asbestos mining residues to manufacture a product that contains asbestos. |
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| Chad |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Remarks:
Nothing to report |
|
| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Supreme decree no. 656 of 2000, prohibits the asbestos use in products indicated. This legislative national measure prohibits in the country the production, import, distribution, sale and use of crocidolite and any material or product that contain it. Additionally, it prohibits the production, import, distribution and sale of construction equipments that contain any type of asbestos and, finally, it prohibits the production, import, distribution, sale and use of crisotile, actinolite, amosite, antofilite, tremolite and another type of asbestos, or any mix of them for any thing, element or product, with some exceptions specified, whenever these do not concern to construction equipment. | Remarks:
Supreme Decree Not 656 of 2000, that prohibits asbestos use in indicated products, establishes as follow: 1. The use of crocidolite is prohibited in absolute form and without exceptions. 2. The use of all type of asbestos in construction equipment is prohibited in absolute form and without exceptions 3. The asbestos use will be only authorized, by Express Sanitary Resolution, in fabrication of products or elements that are not construction equipment and that is not crocidolita, when the interested part demonstrates that it does not exist any tecnic nor economic feasibility that allows to replace it in a especific use by another material. |
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| China |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Catalogue of Outdated Production Capacity, Technologies and Products to be Phased out (Batch 3). (Enacted by the State Economic and Trade Commission as Decree No. 32, and came into force on July 1, 2002) The complete name and address of the institution/authority responsible for issuing this national legislative or administrative measure: State Economic & Trade Commission (It has already turned into National Development and Reform Commission), No. 38 Yuetan Nanjie, Beijing 100824, China. 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. |
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| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 007 of 2011, which adopts the Health and Safety Regulation on Chrysotile fibers and other similar use . 3.1. Exposure Limits. 3.1.1. Type of asbestos management and limitation. a) The only type of asbestos allowed for industrial or commercial use, is chrysotile or white asbestos, b) use of any variety of amphibole asbestos is prohibited c) application of friable chrysotile form or spray is prohibited. |
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| Congo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Order 28113-S, published in Supplement No. 74 of the Official Gazette No. 197 of 6 October 1999 | Remarks:
The use of products containing asbestos made with actinolite asbestos is regulated by Executive Order 25056 "Regulation of Controlled Use of Asbestos and products containing it" published in the Official Gazette No. 72, 16 April 1996; Legislation establishing preventive and protective measures for exposure and occupational health of workers, transportation, demolition, waste, signs and penalties. |
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| Croatia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Restricted Substances - Official Gazette |
|
| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
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 N 2, wherein "Chemicals subject to a differentiated control regime" are listed. |
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| 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. |
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| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2009 |
Conditions for import:
Imports are subject to an environmental authorization, no import for use in construction is allowed. Before making imports companies must notify the Secretary of State for the Environment and request their authorization as established by Law 64-00 in its chapter V. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Law 64-00 in its Chapter V |
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| Ecuador |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2013 |
Conditions for import:
Allow to import only subject to certain conditions |
|
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2009 |
Conditions for import:
The import is allowed for 1kilogram 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. |
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| 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 No 52/ 2001, Customs Tariff Regulations. |
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| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to place on the market and use all forms of asbestos fibres and products containing them. The chemicals were banned by a series of regulatory actions dating from 1983, the latest of which is Commission Directive 1999/77/EC (Official Journal of the European Communities (OJ) L207 of 6 August 1999, p18) adapting to technical progress for the sixth time Annex I to Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations. |
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| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order n 2112/PM amending and supplementing certain provisions of Order n00515/PM of 17 July 2010 setting out import and use conditions of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
|
| Gambia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act1994. |
|
| 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). |
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| Ghana |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Importer should obtain an import permit from the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana containing information including but not limited to: -Quantity of chemical to be imported -Sources of chemical (exporting country) -End uses of the chemical within Ghana. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act. 490) |
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| 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) - asbestos actinolite 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:
Differents forms of asbestos are used in Guinea among which the actinolita asbestos could exist and, particularly, in the industrial units, mining societies, real estate constructions, power stations and networks of production and electricity, distribution, laboratories and research centers, etc. Although this product is dangerous for the health and the environment, for economic reasons it would be used at the moment in the sectors of activities sus cites. Some existence of asbestos remainders that can contain asbestos physically exists or has been hidden in some electrical power stations and mining societies, thus it is a potential danger for the workers of these sectors of activities, the workers of the informal sector and even the populations that are exposed to these dangerous and bad known products and all the implications of risks and dangers for their health, their families and to the environment. Before this situation, and awaiting the final decision concernign the actinolita asbestos, the Government, with the purpose of reducing the field of use of this dangerous product and reducing the exhibition of the populations, workers and workers of the different sectors of activities, decided to classify this product in the national list of severely restricted chemicals (Annexed II of the A/2001/4784/decision MMGE/SGG of 26 October 2001. |
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| Guinea-Bissau |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
| 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 has any application for registration been received for this product. |
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| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agreement 032 - 2004. Prohibition of Importation, Marketing and Use of Asbestos. |
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| India |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2005 |
Conditions for import:
The import would be allowed subject to obtaining licence for imports from the Government. | Legislative or administrative measures:
This is published in ITC (HS) classification of Export-Import items issued vide notirication No 03/2004-09, 31 August 2004. | Remarks:
It is clarified that registration of Pesticides and their formulation is mandatory under 'The Insecticides Act'. No such registration is required for industrial chemicals. |
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| Indonesia |
Interim 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. |
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| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
A decree by the Supreme Council of Environment Protection |
|
| Israel |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Proposed legislation for Asbest Ordonance, 2010. |
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| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure - no issue of a permit to import. |
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| Japan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2009 |
Conditions for import:
Allowed use (import) is as follows. 1.Seal materials that is used under a specific condition in existing facilities of chemical industry 2.An insulation material for rocket motors used for a missile produced in Japan 3.Raw materials of the product mentioned above These products will be banned sequentially from the thing which is able to replace with other materials. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The Industry Safety and Health Law |
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| Jordan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
A decree by the Minister of Health issued in the Official Journal No. 4717 dted 16-08-2005, prohibited the import, use and marketing of all forms of asbestos and the products containing these materials. The total ban on this chemical was effective since August 2006. |
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| Kazakhstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
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 of Ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 N 212-II. |
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| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned Decree No. 26/1995. |
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| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of on June 6, 2011 Number 289 About entering additions and changes to the Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from July 27, 2001 Number 376 On Measures for environmental protection and public health from the adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
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| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Law on the Chemicals Management, No. 07/NA, date 10 Nov 2016 2. Ministerial Decision on the Industrial Chemicals Type, No 0389/MolC.DoIH, date 03 Apr 2018 |
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| Lebanon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Common Decision of the Minister of Environment and the Minister of Public Health # 174/1 dated 2/11/1998 |
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| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned under the Environment Act 2008. |
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| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited: a. to use actinolite; b. to place preparations and articles containing actinolite on the market; c. to export preparations and articles containing actinolite. (Swiss Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.6) |
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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 |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
These Chemicals (Amosite, Actinolite, Anthophyllite and Tremolite will be listed under the First Schedule of Customs (Prohibition of Import) Order and Customs (Prohibition of Export) Order, under the Customs Act 1967. |
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| Mauritania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
All five forms of asbestos fibres have been listed as prohibited under the Dangerous Chemicals Control Act 2004 |
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| Mexico |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2007 |
Conditions for import:
The asbestos is generically defined, in the agreement that establishes the classification and codification of woods which import is subject to regulation from the dependencies that integrate the intersectarial commission for the control of the process and use of pesticides, fertilizers and toxic chemicals . The asbestos fibers included in annexed III are not used in Mexico. In prohibition process. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Agreement establishing the classification and codification of woods which import is subject to regulation from the dependencies that integrate the intersectarial commission for the control of the process and use of pesticides, fertilizers and toxic chemicals. Published in the official bulletin of the federation on 29 march 2002 (first section) 174. |
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| Montenegro |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on chemicals ("Official Gazette of Montenegro" no. 051/17). Article 44. Article 47. Article 48 Actinolite asbestos is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro. Some 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 |
12/06/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Comply with the provisions of the Decree of the Minister of Trade No. 2916-11 of 12 October 2011 establishing the list of goods subject to measures of quantitative restrictions on imports and exports , published in BO No. 5996 of 17 November 2011. | Remarks:
The import is subject to import license since October 2011. The health safety of asbestosat work is regulated (protection of workers exposed to asbestos dust, medical prevention). : Decree No. 2-98-975 of 23 January 2001 ( Official Gazette , 2001-02-01 , No. 4870 , p. 192-194 ) amended and completed by Decree No. 2-12-387 of 14 September 2012 ( Bulletin Official , 2012-10-04 , No. 6088 , p. 2647-2648 ) on the protection of workers exposed to asbestos dust . Article 3 : The use of asbestos belong to the amphibole group ( anthophyllite , amosite (brown asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos) , actinolite and tremolite ) or products containing it, shall be prohibited in the work of manufacturing and processing of products asbestos-based . Article 4: The use of asbestos in all its forms is prohibited in flocking work. The Joint Order No. 3352-10 of 26 October 2010 from the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Minister of Health , the Minister of Industry, Trade and New Technologies and the Minister of Energy, Mines , Water and Environment , sets the average value of exposure to asbestos fibers in the workplace . ( Official Gazette , 2011-01-06 , No. 5906 , p. 7). |
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| New Zealand |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2005 |
Remarks:
There is no domestic manufacture of any form or asbestos in New Zealand. Actinolite asbestos can be legally imported. |
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| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 001-2022; Published in Gaceta, Official Gazette of Nicaragua, on 26 April 2022. |
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| Niger |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2015 |
Conditions for import:
For industrial use for service needs | Remarks:
Niger ratified in January 2006 the Rotterdam Convention which entered into force since June 2006. - Niger ratified the Common Regulation of CILSS member countries (with the Sahelian Pesticides Committee responsible for the implementation of this regulation). Given all the above, the country is required to comply with the regulations in force at the national, regional and international levels. |
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| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2012 |
Conditions for import:
1. The Production, placing on the market and use of these fibres and of articles containing these fibres is prohibited. By the way of derogation form Paragraph 1 of this point placing on the market and use shall be allowed for: a) reinforced asbestos klingerit; b) asbestos graphite braids, which are necessary for functioning in conditions of extremely high temperature, pressure and aggressive mediums, until the technological process is changed or technological changes of the equipment in which they are used are conducted. | Legislative or administrative measures:
List on Bans and Restrictions of the use of chemicals (Official Gazette of RM 57/2011) |
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| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulations concerning Asbestos (order no 235) laid down 15 August 1991 in pursuance of the Act relating to Worker Protection and Working Environment and the Product Control Act. |
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| Oman |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is based on the unified Customs law of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Law of Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs. |
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| Panama |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Pursuant to resolution n 50 of June 23, 1999 which approuves the health rules for the management, storage and transport of asbestos in the Republic of Panama. 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 friable asbestos n81 of annex I to this executif decree. |
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| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The possession, processing, export, import, distribution, manufacture and cession, whether free of charge or not, of all types of amphibole asbestos fibers such as crocidolite, amosite, actinolite, anthophyllite and tremolite, as well as the fiber types or products that contain the said compound, are prohibited throughout the national territory. Act No. 29662, "Law that prohibits amphiboles asbestos and regulates the use of chrysotile asbestos", published in the Official Journal El Peruano on February 9, 2011. Supreme Decree No. 028-2014-SA, which approves the Regulation of Act No. 29662, "Law that prohibits amphiboles asbestos and regulates the use of chrysotile asbestos", published in the Official Journal El Peruano on October 4, 2014, and its Annex, published on November 19, 2017 in the aforementioned Official Journal. |
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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 Moldova |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Law on amendment and supplementing of certain legislative acts, No. 141 of 17 June 2016. This act has been published in the Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova, No. 215-216 of 19 July 2016. The act will enter into force on 19 January 2017. In conformity with the above mentioned act, the production, import, placing on the internal market, trade and use of construction products, chemicals products and other articles consisting of or containing asbestos Actinolite (CAS: 77536-66-4), are prohibited. | Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova. |
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| Romania |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2005 |
Conditions for import:
Starting from 01.01.2007, the placing on the market and use of all forms of asbestos (crocidolite, amosite, snthophyllite, actinolite, tremolite and chrysotile), and products containing these fibres added intentionally, will be prohibited, with one limited exception in the case of chrysotile (used in diaphragms for electrolysis installations). The chrysotile will be prohibited for placing on the market and using starting from 01.01.2008. |
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| Russian Federation |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
| 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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| 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:
The Production, placing on the market and use of these fibres and of articles containing these fibres is prohibited. 2. By the way of derogation form Paragraph 1 of this point placing on the market and use shall be allowed for: a) reinforced asbestos klingerit; b) asbestos graphite braids, which are necessary for functioning in conditions of extremely high temperature, pressure and aggressive mediums, until the technological process is changed or technological changes of the equipment in which they are used are conducted. | Legislative or administrative measures:
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). |
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| Singapore |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Asbestos in the form of crocidolite, amosite, chrysotile and amphiboles and products containing these forms of asbestos are controlled as Hazardous Substances under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its Regulations. Asbestos in the above forms and the products containing the above forms of asbestos have been banned from import for local use except for: asbestos products containing chrysotile other than roofing sheets, refuse chutes, ceiling boards, partition boards, fire barriers, doors, paints, cement, floor tiles and putty since 1989: asbestos in the form of chrysotile in any vehicle brake or clutch lining not installed in any vehicle if the packaging of the vehicle brake or clutch lining is affixed with the appropriate label or in any vehicle brake or clutch lining installed in any vehicle registered before 1st April 1995. |
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| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Gazette 30904 published in Government Notice R. 341 on the 28 March 2008 in terms of the Gazette for Regulations for the Prohibition of the Use, Manufacturing, Import and Export of Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Materials, published in terms of Environment Conservation Act, 1989. | Remarks:
- May be imported from Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Countries for safe disposal in South Africa in line with the provisions of the Basel Convention and the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (as amended). - May be imported for Laboratory Analysis and Research. |
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| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to the Cabinet decision No: 20/2018 taken by the government of Sri Lanka, all types of asbestos in amphibole group (Crocidolite, Amosite, Actinolite, Anthophyllite, Tremolite) are banned. |
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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: a. to use actinolite; b. to place preparations and articles containing actinolite on the market; c. to export preparations and articles containing actinolite. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.6) |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial committee decision No. 97/1/31 dated 6/2/2000 Ministerial committee decision headed by the Prime Minister. |
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| Thailand |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
| 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 |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
All asbestos compounds are regulated under the Toxic Chemicals Regulations 2007. Asbestos and its compounds are listed under Schedule III, Highly Toxic Chemicals, of the said regulations. |
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| Tunisia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
-Notice from the Ministers of Tourism, Commerce and Handicrafts, Industry and Energy, Public Health and Social Affairs and Solidarity relating to the prohibition of the import and sale of amphibole asbestos and its by-products. -Notice from the National Technical Committee for the health and environmental safety of chemicals who 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:
It is prohibited to place on the market and use all forms of asbestos fibers and products containing them. The chemicals were banned by a series of legislation actions dating from 2008, the latest of which is By-law on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (Official Gazette no. 30105 dated 23.06.2017). Therefore the final decision of Turkey is "no consent to import". | Remarks:
Current By-laws provisions prohibiting asbestos fibers are below:
1- The manufacture, placing on the market and use of these fibers and of articles and mixtures containing these fibers added intentionally is prohibited.
2- The use of articles containing asbestos fibers referred to in paragraph 1 which were already installed and/or in service before 26.12.2008 shall continue to be permitted and labeled according to the Annex VII of this By Law.
3- Without prejudice to the application of the By-law on the classification, packaging and labeling of substances and mixtures, those articles bear a label in accordance with Annex VII of this By-law. |
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| Ukraine |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order of Ministry of Health of Ukraine N 762 dated on October 01, 2012 on approval of State Sanitary Rules and Norms On safety and protection of workers from the harmful effects of asbestos and asbestos- containing materials (item1.5). |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Actinolite asbestos is banned based on the Cabinet Decree No. (39) of 2006 banning the Import, Production and Use of Asbestos Boards in UAE. |
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| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Industrial and Consumer Chemicals (Management and Control) Act no 3 of 2003, chemicals banned or severely restricted in accordance to MEAs ratified by the government. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2007 |
Conditions for import:
The authorization should be requested from the Ministry of Public Health, who will extend it previous acceptation from the Comisin Honoraria de Trabajos Insalubres..." (Unhealthy Work Honorary Commission). | Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision 154/002. Prohibition of asbestos. It is banned the production and introduction into the national territory in all its forms and commerce of products that contains asbestos included under consigment 6811 and in item 6812.50.00.00 of MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature. For the manufacture, introduction to the national territory under any form and asbestos commercialization or asbestos products, when it does not concerned those mentioned in the previous paragraph, an authorisation should be asked to the Ministry of Public Health. Legislation can be consulted at: <http://www.dinama.gub.uy/discargas/decretos/Dec.154_02.pdf> |
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| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |