Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) and its salts (such as ammonium salt, potassium salt and sodium salt)
(Pesticide)
| Party |
Party response |
Decision |
Date published |
| Albania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law no. 9362 dated 24/03/2005 on "Plant Protection Service", as amended. Decision of the Council of Ministers no. 1555, dated 12.11.2008 "On approval of rules of registration and assessment criteria of Plant Protection Products (PPP)." According to paragraph 7.2, Chapter II, PPP may be registered for trade and use in the Republic of Albania, if its active substance(s) is/are included in Appendix II, attached to this decision. In this Annex, dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) and its salts (such as ammonium salt, potassium salt and sodium salt) are not included. |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2005 |
| Argentina |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2006 |
Conditions for import:
Decision N 3489/1 958 established an obligatory register at the Registro Nacional de Teraputica Vegetal for all products used for treatment or destruction against animals or vegetals, cultivated or useful plants to be commercialized in the country. ResolutionSAGPyA N 350/99 stablish the registration requirements for the phytosanitary products in the Argentinean Republic. | Remarks:
Decision N3489/1958 - Published in the Official Bulletin: 24 mars 1958 Resolution SAGPyA N 350/99 - Published in the Official Bulletin: 8 septembre 1999 Secretariat of Agriculture, Cattle, fish and food (SAGPyA) Ministry of Economy and Production Av. Paseo Coln 982 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Armenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is included in the "List of regulated under the Rotterdam Convention chemicals and pesticides banned in the Republic of Armenia" approved by the Governmental Decision of the Republic of Armenia (No293-N dated 17 March 2005) | Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured, formulated in the Republic of Armenia. It was used in the Soviet Republic of Armenia of the former USSR until 1991. The chemical was not included in the "List of plant protection chemical and biological substances allowed for use in Republic of Armenia" approved by Governmental Decision No.608 dated 30 September 2000. The chemical is not included in the "List of chemical and biological plant protection measures allowed for use in the Republic of Armenia", approved by the Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia No 198 dated 18 November 2003. |
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| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
Subject to approval, registration, exemption or permit under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994, noting that there are no registered uses of DNOC. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994. | Remarks:
Industrial use of this chemical also occurs in Australia. |
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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 Severly Restricted Chemicals Minesterial Order No 4 of 2006 with respect to Hazardous Chemicals Management. |
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| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Classified as a prohibited pesticide in Schedule IV of the Pesticides Control Act of 1985, Chapter 181B of the Laws of Belize, and in the Pesticides Control (replacement of Schedules) Order, 1995. |
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| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Authorization of the Ministry of the environment after opinion of the National Committee for the Approval and the Control of Plant Protection Products. |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision on prohibiting of the registration, import and placing on the market plant protection products containing certain active substances ("Official gazette of BH" No 55/08) |
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| Botswana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
AGROCHEMICALS ACT OF 1999 - provides for registration and licensing of agrochemicals to control or regulate their importation, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal, so as to prevent pollution to the environment or harm to human, plant or animal life, and to provide for matters, incidental and connected to the foregoing. | Remarks:
The decision is taken to ensure compliance to international export market requirements for certain crops. |
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| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law No. 7.802 of 11 July 1989 and Decree No. 4.074 of 04 January 2002 - Pesticides and its compounds need to be registered by the Federal Authority prior to produce, export, import, trade or use. | Remarks:
There is no pesticide registered for any purpose. |
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| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DNOC and its salts (such as ammonium, potassium and sodium salts) are listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on the import and export of dangerous substances, preparations in Republic of Bulgaria (CM Decree N 161 of 12.07.2004, SG 63 of 2004, in force from 01.01.2005) as banned for use as a plant protection product. It is prohibited to use and place on the market all plant protection products containing DNOC according to the annual adopted list of banned active ingredients for plant protection products under Article 15g of the Law on plant protection (SG 91 of 10.10.1997, as amended in SG 90 of 15.10.1999, as amended in SG 96 of 09.11.2001, as amended in SG 18 of 05.03.2004). |
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| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Results of the Sahelian Pesticides Committee (CSP) meeting. |
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| Burundi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial order N 710/81 of 9/2/2004 bans the import, trade, distribution and use of DNOC and its salts in Burundi. The reason for its ban is its likely mutagenic potential with risks of irreversible effects ; its extremely high toxicity by inhalation, contact and ingestion, risks of proven serious eye damage. It is registered in the register of banned pesticides under N 2004-09-P001. |
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| Cabo Verde |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee which is the regional organization in charge of pesticides registration according to national legislation, Act n 26/97 |
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| Cambodia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
-Law on Pesticide Fertilizer Management, 2012 -Law of Banned Pesticides, 2012 |
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| Cameroon |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Unless registered under the Canadian Pest Control Products Act, pesticides may not be imported, sold or used in Canada. DNOC is not registered for pest control use in Canada. |
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| Chad |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product is not registered in the CLISS and CPAC subregion. |
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| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The measure is based on the lack by this chemical of an Authorisation as Agricultural Pesticide to be imported, manufactured distributed, sold and used in Chile. To obtain this authorisation (Resolution 3670), stringent national regulations establishing the necessary procedures and information to obtain such authorisation are to be met. |
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| China |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulations on Pesticide Administration. Additional information related to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) related to the import response for Annex III chemicals: Published: 12/06/2009; Final decision on import: No consent to import. |
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| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measure: In compliance with Andean Nations Decision No.436; Andean Regulation for the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural Use, published in Official Gazette (year XIV, No.347, in Lima, Peru, 17 June 1988, regarding Cartagena Agreement) and Resolution ICA No.03759, of 16 December 2003, enacting provisions on the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural use, pesticides must be registered to be used and commercialised in the country. | Remarks:
Decree No.1220 published in Official Gazette No.45890 of 25 April 2005, Title II, on the need of Environmental Licenses, in its Article 8th determined that the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development is the one and only authority to grant or deny environmental licenses for the activities: "12. The import and production of pesticides and substances, materials or products subject to control under International Agreements, Conventions and Protocols, and the import of chemical pesticides for agricultural use shall follow the procedure outlined in the Andean Decision 436 of the Cartagena Agreement and its regulations". |
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| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned, Decree No 31997 MAG-S of November 22, 2004. |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Remarks:
For a final decision to be taken, decisions must be adopted at national level. This is why, for an effective implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, we have worked out a draft decree on the implementation of the above Convention. We shall be able to finalize all import responses as soon as the decree is signed. |
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| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National decision adopted and disseminated to the interested Parties, under the power conferred to the Designated National Authority, as entity empowered to register pesticides authorized for use at national level (Joint Resolution of March 7, 2007, Ministries of Agriculture and Public Health). It is in process of approving the resolution which grants legal status to the decision adopted at national level. | Remarks:
The adopted decision does not include the use of the product as a reference pattern or reactive used for the development of research and analysis activities. |
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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 |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is a molecule, it is prohibited production, use and marketing from 2004, by the Rotterdam Convention. |
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| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution No. 015 published in the Official Register No 116 of 3 October 2005 of the Equatorian Service of Agriculture and Fishing Health, SESA. |
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| El Salvador |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2009 |
Conditions for import:
Import of 25 grams in weight or volume is allowed, as limit quantity. Limit quantity: refers to the amount equal or less, by weight or volume, which does not require the submission of environmental documentation. Quantities above this, should submit to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the corresponding environmental documentation for the purpose of obtaining responses to determine that does Not Require to Elaborate Environmental Impact Study, through a Resolution for the Environmental License for import and/or transport on national territory. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Decision No. 40 published in the Official Gazette Volume 83 number 375, May 9, 2007, Annex 1: List of Regulated Substances. |
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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 N 113/2006. Regulations for Importation, Handling, Use, Storage and Disposal of Pesticides |
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| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Ethiopia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for same use. |
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| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant protection products containing DNOC. DNOC was excluded from Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and thus authorisations for plant-protection products containing this active substance have been withdrawn. (Commission Decision 1999/164/EC of 17 February 1999, OJ L54, 2.3.1999, p. 21). |
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| Gambia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Chemicals and pesticides Control Management Act of 1994 The pesticie is not registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee of which the Gambia is a member. |
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| Georgia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely Restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Georgia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention On The Prior Informed consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and by the Georgian Law 1998 of Pesticides and Agrochemicals |
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| Ghana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides Control and Management Act, 1996 (Act 528). |
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| Guinea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1) Decision No 2395/MAE/SGG/2001 of 6/06/2001 restricting and/or prohibiting the use of active substances in agriculture. 2) National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses. 3) Human and environment protection. |
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| Guinea-Bissau |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product has not been authorized by the Sahelien Pesticide Committee (CSP). |
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| Guyana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative decision of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board. The product is not registered nor any application for registration has been received for this product as a pesticide. |
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| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
SAG note No, 488-2016, 24 May 2016. |
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| India |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Insecticides Act 1968 and the rules forward under thereto. |
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| Indonesia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Decree of Agriculture No 39/2015 concerning Procedure and Requirement for Pesticide Registration. |
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| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is not registered in the country. | Remarks:
It is not registered. |
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| Israel |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Plant Protection Law, 1956 2. Hazardous Substances Regulations (Registration of Formulations for the Control of Pests Harmful to Man), 1994 3. Free Import Order, 2006 |
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| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides Act 1975, Not registered |
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| Japan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
For agricultural pesticide, a domestic importer is required to register with both the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prefectural Governor. No consent to import of pesticide except agricultural uses. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law 2. Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law 3. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law |
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| Kazakhstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam Convention from 20 March 2007 N239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II. |
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| Kenya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pest control products act cap 346 - laws of kenya empowers The pest control products board to make final decisions |
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| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Regulation Law (21/2009). Executive Regulations for the Law (Regulation) of Pesticides in Kuwait issued by Law No. (21) of 2010 |
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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 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. |
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| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulation on the Control of Pesticide in Lao PDR, No. 2860/MAF, dated 11 June 2010 |
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| Lebanon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision of the Minister of Agriculture # 570/1 Dated 24/12/2008. |
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| Lesotho |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
| Libya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide |
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| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DNOC and its salts are banned as agricultural chemical (it is not listed on annex I of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in August 2005). DNOC and its salts are not on the list of active substances to be examined under the EU review programme (Annex II of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market). The Swiss Ordinance on Biocide Products (entered into force on Mai 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. DNOC and its salts are not authorized in biocide preparations. |
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| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Interministirial Decree N45.555/2011 of 28/12/2011 banning the import, distribution, sale, use and manufacturing of some pesticide active materials in agriculture and of chemicals of the industrial sector. |
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| Malawi |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Currently the pesticide is not registered under the Pesticides Act 1974. Therefore it cannot be imported into, manufactured, sold and used in the country. However, small amount of the pesticide could be imported into the country for research and educational purposes subject the approval of import permit issued by the Pesticides Board. |
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| Maldives |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Description of the national legislative or administrative measure:banned through a public announcement. Please find below the link to access the banned list (Ministry of Fisheries Marine Resources and Agriculture Website) https://www.fishagri.gov.mv/category/ guidance_and_regulations/2a8b8da0-0e95-4b53-9ef8-5734e3a4062b national gazette announcement link (in Dhivehi)http://www.gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/ view/102762 | Remarks:
To be included in the Pesticide banned list of Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture for pesticide import responses. |
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| Mali |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree n 01-2699/MICT-SG of 16th October 2001 listing the products the import and export of which are prohibited. Act n 01-020 of 30yh May 2001 on pollution and nuisance |
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| Mauritania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee, the regional body for registration, under national legislative and regulatory texts (Act 042/2000 on plant protection). |
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| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DNOC and its salts are listed as prohibited chemicals in the Dangerous Chemicals Control Act 2004. |
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| Mexico |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Remarks:
Pesticide never registered in Mexico, It can not be imported. |
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| Mongolia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government resolution n 95/2007 Annex I "List of prohibited chemicals in Mongolia" |
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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, 051/17), Article 44, Article 47, Article 48, Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) and its salts is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro and is not on the list of active substances permitted for use in the plant protection plant for 2018. In addition to the notification requirement, the export of chemicals included in parts 2 and 3 of Annex I to the PIC Regulation are also subject to the existence of a valid explicit consent provided by the designated national authority of the importing country outside the EU. It is possible to search for Explicit Consents based on the chemical/mixture name, importing and or exporting country, category of use, date of request, validity start and end date, and status, under Rulebook about detailed contents prior notification for export of chemical. (Official Gazette of Montenegro", 061/17) |
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| Morocco |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has been withdrawn from the market (Opinion of the Commission for agricultural pesticides, meeting of 25 June 2002). Act No. 42-95 concerning the supervising and management of trade of agricultural pesticides (21st January 1997: Article 5 : if, following a new event or because of its use or following new examination a product no longer meets the requirements of efficacy and harmlessness for men, animals and their environment, registration or sale authorization are withdrawn. |
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| Namibia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Link: <https://www.lac.org.na>, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Remedies ACT 36 of 1947, Section 7. DNOC (BSI,E-ISO) pesticides was never registered, imported and used in Namibia. |
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| Nepal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has never been manufactured, formulated and imported in the nation and not included in the list of registration in Nepal |
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| New Zealand |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2006 |
Conditions for import:
The transitional provisions for DNOC under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO) expire on 1st July 2006, when the Toxic Substances Regulations 1983 are revoked. From 1st July 2006, DNOC will be transferred into the HSNO Act as a single existing substance. General conditions relating to the hazards of this chemical will then apply. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO) | Remarks:
Small-scale use of this substance in a laboratory for research and development or teaching is exempt from a HSNO approval provided all the requirements of Section 33 of the HSNO Act are met. |
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| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 001-2022; Published La Gaceta, Official Gazette of Nicaragua, on April 26, 2022. | Remarks:
The National Pesticide Commission is the advisory and consultative body on pesticides issues, and should be consulted for the final decision of the final regulatory action, in this case DNOC was never registered and is prohibited in many countries, it will therefore be requested the prohibition of manufacturing, formulating and marketing of the pesticide as active ingredient or in any formulation. |
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| Niger |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
| Nigeria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DNOC and its salts are under national regulatory control through Act 59 of 1988 as amended by Act 59 of 1992 for the control of hazardous substances which might impact the Nigerian environment and public health The complete name and address of the institution/authority responsible for issuing this national legislative or administrative measure: FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT 7TH & 9TH FLOOR, FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, SHEHU SHAGARl WAY, P.M.B. 468. GARKI, ABUJA, NIGERIA |
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| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in Plant Protection Products in R. Macedonia (Official Gazette of RM 159/2010). |
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| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DNOC is not authorized for use, import or marketing in Norway. |
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| Oman |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
- According to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries legislations. - Royal Decree No. 46/95. Issuing the Law of Handling and Use of Chemicals. |
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| Pakistan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Never registered in Pakistan |
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| Panama |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Executive Decree No. 304 of 4 September 2002, published in the Official Gazette No. 24634 of 9 September 2002, in its fifth Article states: "All substances banned or severely restricted in, at least, four States, will be banned in our country too". Substance No. 108 of Annex I of this Executive Decree. Binapacryl is banned in more than 4 States and is not registered for agricultural use in Panama. |
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| Paraguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no record of use as herbicide in the country. |
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| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution NO. 182-2000-AG-SENASA (9.10.2000). |
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| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministry of Environment to perform all the tasks and actions to protect the environment in the country, according to the law No. 30 of 2002 Article (26), prohibiting the import or handling of transport of hazardous materials, without authorization from the competent administrative authority, and article (29) of law No. 30 of 2002 prohibiting the use of pesticides or other chemical compounds for agriculture, public health or other purposes. |
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| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The import of the chemical was prohibited from all sources by RDA Notification No. 2005-12 (7 May 2005) | Remarks:
The chemical has never been registered in Korea. |
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| Republic of Moldova |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova. |
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| Romania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant products containing DNOC. DNOC is not authorized to be used as plant protection product. |
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| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The decision of the Ministry of Health in 1986. |
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| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order 003/2021 of 08/02/21, determining the list of chemicals and other polluting substances which are not permitted. Published in Official Gazette no Special of 10/02/21. |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Legislative Measure: Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act, Chapter 9.18 Schedule 3 Prohibited Products. |
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| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision based on recommendation from the relevant technical departments. | Remarks:
It was registered in the past, but its registration was cancelled because it was proven risky to human health, animal and the environment. |
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| Senegal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Dinitro-orthocresol (DNOC) and its salts have not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee and is not listed in the National Profile of Chemicals management of Senegal. |
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| Serbia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cannot be placed on the market according to the Law on Plant Protection Products (Official Gazette RS No 41/09) |
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| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
A Hazardous Substance Licence is required for the import of the chemical. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is controlled as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its Regulations. A licence is required for the import, use and sale. |
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| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Approved by the Pesticide Technical & Advisory Committee as its 85th Meeting held on 21.04.2017 under the Control of Pesticides Act No. 33 of 1980. | Remarks:
There is no history of use in Sri Lanka |
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| State of Palestine |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Palestinian Environmental Law No7 for the year 1999. Article (14) the Ministry, in coordination with the specialized agencies shall designate the environmental conditions for the import, distribution, manufacturing, use, and store of pesticides, substances, and agro-chemicals fertilizers, which may pose hazards to the environment. Article (15), the Ministry, in coordination with the specialized agencies shall set instructions and standards specified for agrichemicals, that are allowed to be imported, manufactured and distributed in Palestine, and shall ensure observance of it. 2. Palestinian agricultural law No. 2of 2003 give responsabilities to the Ministry of Agriculture to establish national scientific committee to register pesticides and specify technical specifications and information related to pesticides. 3. agricultural pesticides bylaw No9 for the year 2012 Article (4) It is prohibited to register any pesticide of the following pesticides: 1. Banned pesticides in Palestine. 2. Banned pesticides in the origin country for health or environmental reasons. 3. Pesticides classified by the World Health Organization and the US Environmental Protection Agency as containing chemicals that cause cancerous tumors, congenital malformations, genetic mutations or highly toxic to humans or animals. 4. Pesticides that cause contamination of groundwater. 4. The national scientific committee of agricultural pesticides adopt national Guide list of agricultural pesticides allowed to be used in state of Palestine. 5. The National Technical Committee for the Management of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes reviewed the chemicals have been listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention and Stockholm convention and adopted import responses. |
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| Sudan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision of National Pesticide Council No. 4/2009 dated 15/7/2009. |
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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:
DNOC and its salts are banned as agricultural chemical (it is not listed on annex I of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in August 2005. DNOC and its salts are not on the list of active substances to be examined under the EU review programme (Annex II of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16 (2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market). The Swiss Ordinance on Biocide Products (entered into force on May 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. DNOC and its salts are not authorized in biocide preparations. |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Notification of Ministry of Industry entitled "List of Hazardous Substances (No. 2)". In this list, DNOC and its salts have been identified as type 4 hazardous substance which is prohibited for import, production, distribution, possession or use in Thailand. |
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| Togo |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2012 |
| Tonga |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Act Pescitice Act |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Currently this chemical is not registered for use in Trinidad and Tobago nor has an important licence to allow for the importation of such. This is required under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act 1979 and Pesticides Import Licencing and Pesticides Registration Regulations 1987. |
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| Tunisia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide has not been registered by the General Direction of the protection and quality control of agricultural products (DGPCQPA ) (MARHP). |
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| Türkiye |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to the Law on Veterinary Services, Plant Health, Food and Feed Law no. 5996 dated 11/06/2010 and the By-law On Licensing/Registration and Marketing of Plant Protection Products (Official Gazette no. 30235 dated 09.11.2017), marketing (including import) and use of unregistered plant protection products within the territory of the country are prohibited. DNOC (Dinitro-ortho-cresol) is not registered as plant protection product in the country. By the Ministry of Agriculture, production and import of DNOC (Dinitro-ortho-cresol) were banned in 01.01.2009 and its use was banned in 01.01.2011. Therefore the final decision of Turkey is no consent to import. |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) and its salts is banned as a pesticide in UAE according to the ministerial decree No. 13 for the year 2012 concerning banned and restricted-use pesticides in UAE. |
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| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned since 1950s and appeared in the Government gazette in the list of banned chemicals. | Remarks:
It was used for locust control during colonial period and was later banned, 57,000 tons of obsolete DNOC was disposed off in 1996 by incineration in a local cement kiln at temperature of 1400 C. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no legislative or administrative measure banning the use of DNOC and its salts, it is not registered in the country and therefore cannot be imported for marketing under Decree 149/977. | Remarks:
There is no current register, a resolution prohibiting its registration and use is envisaged. |
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| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Remarks:
No import/export records found for this chemical |
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| Viet Nam |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
At article 5, Paragraph 6, of Circular No 03/2013/TT-BNNPTNT Jan 11, 2013 and At Article6, Paragraph3, of Circular No 21/2015/TT-BNNPTTNT Jun 8,2015 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Regulating on the managent of pesticides, shows that the pesticides listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention are not permitted to register. |
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| Yemen |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in Yemen. |
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| Zimbabwe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Institute Chapter (18:12) and Statutory Instrument 144 of 2012 (pesticide Regulations). |
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