| Party |
Party response |
Decision |
Date published |
| Argentina |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2023 |
Conditions for import:
i. Expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings. It shall be ensured that expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene containing hexabromocyclododecane can be easily identified, by labeling or other means, during their life cycle. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution MAyDS No. 451/2019. |
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| Armenia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Remarks:
The Republic of Armenia ratified Stockholm Convention on October 22, 2003. Armenia has no specific legislation for the ban on export or import of hexabromocyclododecane in the country yet. The Law "On Chemicals" is under preparation. after its adoption decrees, governmental decisions about prohibition of hazardous chemicals will be approved. |
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| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2020 |
Conditions for import:
That the introduction has been approved by the Executive Director of the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) in writing before the industrial chemical is introduced; and that the person keep the records relating to the introduction of the chemical (Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019, Chapter 6, Part 2, Sections 71 and 74). | Legislative or administrative measures:
Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019 implemented on 1 July 2020. |
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| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Listed under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. |
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| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2022 |
Conditions for import:
After favourable decision of the multisectoral commission for the approval of chemical products. |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
1. The manufacture, placing on the market and the use of substances, mixtures, products or parts of products used as flame retardants are permitted to contain, as an impurity, hexabromcyclododecane in concentrations equal to or less than 100 mg / kg (0.01% by weight) . 2. The use of hexabromycyclododecane, as a substance or in mixtures, for the manufacture of expanded polystyrene products, as well as the manufacture and placing on the market of hexabromycyclododecanes for this purpose, is authorized provided that authorization is granted for this use in the European Union, or its issuance in the process . Placing on the market and use of hexabromycyclododecane, as a substance or in mixtures, in accordance with this paragraph, is allowed until the expiration date stated in the authorization. Placing on the market and the use of expanded polystyrene products containing hexabromycyclododecan in accordance with the exception given at this point in buildings is allowed within six months of the expiration of the deadline specified in the authorization. Such products that are already used can still be used. 3. Products that were in use before 12 April 2017 containing hexabromcyclododecane may continue to be used and placed on the market, without applying point 5. 4. The placing on the market and the use of expanded polystyrene products containing hexabromycyclododecane in buildings up to the expiry of the deadline referred to in point 2 shall be permitted and item 5 shall apply if such products are manufactured in accordance with the exception in item 2. Such products already used can still be used. 5. Without prejudice to the application of the regulations on the classification, packaging and labeling of substances and mixtures, an expanded polystyrene in which hexabromycyclododecane is used in accordance with the exception from point 2 is adequately labeled so that it can be identified throughout the life cycle. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Rulebook on conditions for restrictions and bans on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of chemicals (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no 100/10, 63/13 and 33/17) in Annex I Part 1 define restrictions stated in 4.3. 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 and 47/19). |
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| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures: Brazil is a Party to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, which was approved in Brazil through Decree n 5.472 of 20 June 2005. The Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) were listed in Annex A (Elimination) of the Stockholm Convention under the group of industrial POPs. Brazil has not requested any specific exemptions for its use or production, therefore, their use is deemed prohibited in country. Exceptions apply to the import or manufacture of small quantities for use as an analytical standard or for research and development in a laboratory. |
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| Cabo Verde |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
| 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:
Hexabromocyclododecane is allowed to use in laboratory and do a research in industry fields only. |
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| Canada |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
The Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 do not prohibit:
- The manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of HBCD or an expanded polystyrene (EPS) or extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam product containing it, if HBCD is incidentally present
- The manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of products that contain HBCD other than EPS or XPS foams and their intermediary products for a building or construction application | Legislative or administrative measures:
Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 (SOR/2012-285) made under subsection 93(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2012-285/index.html The above named regulations prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of HBCD, as well as expanded and extruded foams and their intermediary products containing HBCD used in building/construction applications, with a limited number of exemptions, see the "specified conditions" section and "other remarks" section. | Remarks:
In addition to the exceptions mentioned above, the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 do not apply to any toxic substance that is:
a) contained in a hazardous waste, hazardous recyclable material or non-hazardous waste to which Division 8 of Part 7 of CEPA applies;
b) contained in a pest control product as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act; or
c) present as a contaminant in a chemical feedstock that is used in a process from which there are no releases of the toxic substance and on the condition that the toxic substance is destroyed or completely converted in that process to a substance that is not a toxic substance set out in either Schedule 1 or 2 of the regulations.
The Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 also do not apply to any toxic substance or to any product containing it that is to be used in a laboratory for analysis, in scientific research or as a laboratory analytical standard. |
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| Chile |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2023 |
Remarks:
This answer applies only to chemicals for industrial use. Chemicals for industrial use in Chile do not have registers, but import authorization for their commercialization in accordance with the Sanitary Code, art. 90 and 93 (1), and exempt Resolution No. 408/2016 of the MINSAL, approves the list of hazardous substances for health (2). (1) Available at: https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=5595 (2) Available at: https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1090269 |
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| China |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2020 |
Conditions for import:
The trading companies should apply to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China for registration of environmental management on import of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). The trading companies must comply with other chemical management regulations in China. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Announcement on the Entry into Force of the Amendment to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants about the Addition of HBCD (Announcement 2016 No.84) jointly issued by Ministry of Environmental Protection and other 10 ministries and commissions on December 26, 2016. 2. Announcement on Issuance of the List of China's Severely Restricted Toxic Chemicals (2020) (Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Custom, announcement 2019 NO.60) issued on December 30, 2019. The permitted use of HBCD is for the production and use for expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings (mainly as a flame retardant) by December 25, 2021. Additional information in relation to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on the import response concerning a chemical listed in Annex III Final decision: Consent to import only subject to specified conditions. The specified conditions are: Permission must be obtained from the Environmental Protection Department of the HKSAR, China. National legislative or administrative measure upon which the final decision is based: Import of hexabromocyclododecane is regulated under the Hazardous Chemicals Control Ordinance (Cap. 595) of the HKSAR, China, with effect from 1 June 2017. Date of publication: 12 December 2020. Additional information in relation to Macao Special Administrative Region on the import response concerning the Annex III chemical Final decision: No consent to import. Note: Currently, MSAR hasn't any registered record for domestic production of Hexabromocyclododecane for the MSAR. National legislative or administrative measure upon which the final decision is based: In accordance with the Chief Executive Order no.164/2019, the import and transit of chemical substances, which listed in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and contained as part of the order, were prohibited in the MSAR from 22 October 2019. Date of publication: 12 December 2020. |
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| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The management of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is covered by Act 1196 of 2008, taking into account that the country is a Party to the Stockholm Convention, which was approved in Colombia through Act 1196 of 2008. Its instrument of ratification was deposited on October 22 of the same year. Therefore the Convention entered into force for the country on January 20, 2009. It was declared enforceable by Constitutional Court Decision C-944/08. There are no specific import records. However, HBCD was listed in Annex A (Elimination) to the Stockholm Convention under the group Industrial POPs in 2013. Therefore, its manufacture and global use is prohibited as provided under the Stockholm Convention. Colombia has not requested any specific exemptions for its use or production; thus, their use is deemed prohibited in the country. |
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| Congo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
General Health Law No. 5395 Stockholm Convention, ratified on 26 November 2014. |
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| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 253 of 2021 of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment "Regulations for the management of hazardous chemical products for industrial use, for consumption by the population and hazardous waste." |
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| El Salvador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agreement No. 409. Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources. Official Gazette No. 210, Volume No. 417, dated 10 November 2017, pages 32-35. |
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| Eritrea |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2020 |
Conditions for import:
Hexabromododecane is not imported and used in Eritrea, but based on the information from the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Eritrea which says there may be specific situations that demand the use, but at this period of time they can not say which specific exemptions are needed. | Remarks:
There is no centralized registration system of industrial chemicals yet. In addition, there is no any legislation dealing with the life cycle management of industrial chemicals. |
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| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
In the Union, the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of hexabromocyclododecane are prohibited under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45). Information in relation to United Kingdom - The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. During the transition period, which ends on 31 December 2020, unless extended, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in the United Kingdom and any reference to Member States in Union law shall be understood as including the United Kingdom. | Remarks:
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p.1), which implements the UN Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals in the Union, hexabromocyclododecane is classified as: Repro. 2 - H361 - Suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child. Lact. - H362 - May cause harm to breast-fed children. |
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| Gabon |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
Within the meaning of the final regulatory action provisions (see Orders No 00515 and 21-12) and in application of the precautionary principle, before being imported into the Gabonese Republic all chemicals and certain dangerous pesticides, listed in Annexe III of the Rotterdam Convention..., are subject to a Prior Consent Document which must be obtained from the Competent Authority (see art. 2 of Order No 21-12, signed by the Prime Minister on the 17th September 2010). | Legislative or administrative measures:
The final regulatory action taken by Gabon is primarily based on Law No 007/2014 on Environmental Protection in the Gabonese Republic and on three of its implementing regulations, namely: - Order No 0376/MDDPNPG/SG/CNAP regulating the conditions for obtaining consents to the cross-border shipment of dangerous waste, to the import of chemicals for industrial use into the Gabonese Republic, of 5th September 2008. - Order No 00515/PM laying down the conditions for import and use of certain dangerous chemicals and pesticides, of 27th July 2010 - Order No 21-12/PM amending and supplementing the provisions of Order No 00515/PM laying down the conditions for import and use of certain dangerous chemicals and pesticides, of 17th September 2015. |
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| Georgia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
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); Amendment reflecting Hexabromocyclododecane regulation was adopted on 3.12.2019 by Governmental Decree N593. |
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| Guinea |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures: Law L/2019/0034/AN of 04 July 2019 on the Environmental Code of the Republic of Guinea. |
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| Guyana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order Made Under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act (Cap. 68.09) Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Prohibited Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals) No. 10 of 2021. |
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| Japan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hexabromocyclododecane is designated as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances (or the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL)). A person who intends to operate a business of manufacturing, import or use of a Class I Specified Chemical Substance shall obtain permission. (Manufacture, import or use of these chemical substances is prohibited in principle.). |
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| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
According with Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from July 27, 2001 N 376 On Measures for environmental protection and public health from the adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
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| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import on a private basis or use Hexabromocyclododecane as well as mixtures and new articles containing Hexabromocyclododecane that is not merely an unavoidable impurity. The prohibition is laid down in chapter 1 of annex 1.1 of the Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks relating to the Use of Certain Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles, SR814.81. |
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| Malawi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is an administrative measure not to import and use the chemical in the country. |
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| Malaysia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2022 |
Conditions for import:
Currently the chemical is not imported and manufactured in Malaysia. However, any future import and export of this chemical need an approval / permit by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department. Remarks: Malaysia has signed Stockholm Convention on 16 May 2002 and yet to ratify and this chemical is listed under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention. Import response for this chemical may be modified in the future. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Quality Act 1974 Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2017 And Customs (Prohibition of Exports) Order 2017. |
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| Montenegro |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on chemicals ('Official Gazette of Montenegro' no. 051/17 as of 03/08/2017), Article 44, Article 47, Article 48 Hexabromocyclododecane is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro. Substances whose production and use are banned or severely restricted under the Decree on prohibited or permitted methods of use, production and placing on the market of chemicals that pose an unacceptable risk to human health and the environment and/or which are subject to release reduction provisions under the POPs Regulation. 1. Manufacturing, placing on the market and use of substances mixtures and articles that contain HBCDD as impurity in concentrations equal to or below 100 mg/kg (0,01 % by weight) shall be allowed. 2. Use of HBCDD as a substance or as an ingredient of the mixture in manufacturing of expanded polystyrene articles containing (EPS) already in use in buildings shall be allowed as well as manufacturing and placing on the market solely for intended use defined by this Item, the latest by 26 November 2019. 3. Placing on the market and use of expanded polystyrene (EPB) articles containing HBCDD already in use in buildings and which were manufactured in the manner defined in this Item, the latest by 26 May 2020, shall be allowed. Articles defined in this item that were in use before or on 26 May 2020 may be still used. 4. Placing on the market and use of imported articles of expanded polystyrene (EPS) containing HBCDD already in use in buildings and are used in the manner defined in this Item, the latest by 26 May 2020, shall be allowed. Articles defined in this item that were in use before or on 26 May 2020 may be still used. 5. Besides legislation governing classification, packaging and labelling of chemicals and certain articles, articles referred to in Item 2 shall bear additional information "Contain HBCDD" for the purpose of identification throughout lifecycle. Rulebook on amendments of the rulebook on the list substances of high concern ("OG of MNE", no. 64/22) which transposed the changes to Annex XIV of the RECH regulation. |
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| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is listed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) in Schedule 2A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO Act). Under section 25A of the HSNO Act it is prohibited to be imported or manufactured or used. This includes manufactured articles containing this substance. Exceptions apply to the import or manufacture of small quantities for use as an analytical standard or for research and development in a laboratory, or the import for environmentally sound disposal, or where it is present as an unintentional trace contaminant in products and articles. An 'articles in use' notification has been made to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention for expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene, containing HBCD, manufactured before 1 January 2017. | Remarks:
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is also listed in Schedule 1: Stockholm chemicals and Schedule 2: Rotterdam chemicals of the Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No 2) 2004. It may not be exported unless a permit is issued by the Environmental Protection Authority, which is subject to particular conditions and restrictions. |
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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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| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on chemicals of North Macedonia: The legal entities which manufacture hazardous chemicals must be licensed for manufacturing of dangerous chemicals. Placing certain hazardous chemicals on market must be performed by legal entities who have a permit for performing trade of extremely hazardous chemicals. No one legal entities are licensed for Hexabromocyclododecane in North Macedonia. |
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| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
In Norway HBCD is regulated according to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 in Chapter 4 of the "Regulations related to restriction on manufacture, import, export, sales and use of chemicals and other products hazardous to health and environment (Products Regulation)" by the Ministry of Environment. Act no 922 of 1 June 2004. 1. For the purposes of this entry, point (b) of Article 4(1) shall apply to concentrations of hexabromocyclododecane equal to or below 100 mglkg (0,01 % by weight) where it is present in substances, mixtures, articles or as constituents of the flame-retarded articles, subject to review by the Commission by 22 March 2019. 2. Expanded polystyrene articles containing hexabromocyclododecane already in use in buildings before 21 February 2018 in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/293(5) and Commission Implementing Decision No 2016/C 12/06(6), and extruded polystyrene articles containing hexabromocyclododecane already in use in buildings before 23 June 2016 may continue to be used. Article 4(2), third and fourth subparagraphs shall apply to such articles. 3. Without prejudice to the application of other Union provisions on the classification, packaging and labelling of substances and mixtures, expanded polystyrene placed on the market after 23 March 2016 in which hexabromocyclododecane was used shall be identifiable by labelling or other means throughout its life cycle. |
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| Oman |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to Royal Decree No. 46/95. Issuing the Law of Handling and Use of Chemicals. |
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| Panama |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2022 |
Conditions for import:
In accordance with the requirements of the Stockholm Convention. | Remarks:
Consent will be given until 2023, until the new regulation is created, where entry will be prohibited, according to the Stockholm Convention. In Panama, regulations for banning HBCD, in accordance with the Stockholm Convention, are under discussion. |
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| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National legislative: Resolution No. 4 of 2005 by the Chairperson of the Supreme Council of the Environment and Natural Reserves (SCENR) issuing executive bylaw for law No. 30 of 2002 on environment protection. |
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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 |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative Measure: Policy decision. |
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| Serbia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on Chemicals (Official Gazette of the RS" No. 36/09, 88/10, 92/11, 93/12 and 25/15) Rulebook on Restrictions and Bans of Production, Placing on the Market and Use of Chemicals (Official Gazette of the RS" No. 90/13, 25/15, 2/16, 44/17 and 36/18), Annex 2, List of POPs substances subject to bans 1. Manufacturing, placing on the market and use of substances, mixtures and articles that contain HBCDD as impurity in concentrations equal to or below 100 mg/kg (0,01 % by weight) shall be allowed. 2.Use of HBCDD as a substance or as an ingredient of the mixture in manufacturing of expanded polystyrene articles containing (EPS) already in use in buildings shall be allowed as well as manufacturing and placing on the market solely for intended use defined by this Item, the latest by 26 November 2019. Placing on the market and use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) articles containing HBCDD already in use in buildings and which were manufactured in the manner defined in this Item, the latest by 26 May 2020, shall be allowed. Articles defined in this item that were in use before or on 26 May 2020 may be still used. Placing on the market and use of imported articles of expanded polystyrene (EPS) containing HBCDD already in use in buildings and are used in the manner defined in this Item, the latest by 26 May 2020, shall be allowed. Articles defined in this item that were in use before or on 26 May 2020 may be still used. 3. Placing on the market and use of extruded polystyrene (XPS) containing HBCDD already in use in buildings, which were manufactured before June 2017, shall be allowed. Placing on the market and use of articles containing HBCDD as an ingredient, which are not exempted by Item 2 and which were in use before June 2017, shall be allowed. Economic operators that use articles containing HBCDD were obliged to submit this information to the ministry in charge of environmental protection, as well as data on quantities of the remaining stocks of these articles until June 2017. 4. Besides legislation governing classification, packaging and labelling of chemicals and certain articles, articles referred to in Item 2 shall bear additional information "Contain HBCDD" for the purpose of identification throughout lifecycle. On articles referred to in Item 3 provisions on additional information laid down by this Item shall not apply. |
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| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2019 |
Conditions for import:
A Hazardous Substance Licence is required for the import/export of the chemical. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is controlled by the National Environmental Agency as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and EPM (Hazardous Substances) Regulations. A Hazardous Substance Licence/Permit is required for the import/export, sale, storage and use of the chemical. | Remarks:
The chemical is controlled by the National Environmental Agency as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and EPM (Hazardous Substances) Regulations. A Hazardous Substance Licence/Permit is required for the import/export, sale, storage and use of the chemical. |
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| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Notice 43747, Regulations to prohibit the production, distribution, import, export, sale, and use of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Republic of South Africa in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act No. 107 of 1998). |
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| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2023 |
Conditions for import:
- lmporter should obtain the Prior Approval from Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka for the importation. - lntended use and the method of the disposal of any waste associated with this chemical should be notified by the importer to the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Based on the Regulation No.2044/40 dated 09.11.2017 published under the lmport & Export Control Act in Sri Lanka. |
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| State of Palestine |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
| 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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| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import on a private basis or use Hexabromocyclododecane as well as mixtures and new articles containing Hexabromocyclododecane that is not merely an unavoidable impurity. The prohibition is laid down in chapter 1 of annex 1.1 of the Ordinance on the Reduction of Risks relating to the Use of Certain Particularly Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles, SR814.81. |
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| Thailand |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
An importer of hexabromocyclododecane as a substance or mixture of > 1,000 kilograms per year, has a duty to declare the chemical information in accordance with the Notification of Ministry of Industry on Declaration of the production or import of hazardous substances of list 5.6 under the responsibility of Department of Industrial Works, B.E. 2558 (2015). | Remarks:
Hexabromocyclododecane is currently under the review process by the Hazardous Substance Committee for control and listing under the Hazardous Substance Act, B.E. 2535 (1992). |
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| Togo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This chemical is currently not registered under the Toxic Chemicals Regulations 2007. As such, no imports will be allowed and no import licenses to do so will be issued. |
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| Tunisia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2022 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
-This chemical is a persistent organic pollutant (POP) and its import and export are banned under the Stockholm Convention to which Tunisia is a Party. -The National Technical Committee for the health and environmental safety of chemicals gave the non-consent to the export of this chemical. |
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| Türkiye |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Manufacturing/production, marketing (including import) and use of HBCDD (as substance, in the mixture and as a constituent of articles) were banned according to the By-law on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Official Gazette no. 30595 dated 14.11.2018) by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. Therefore the final decision of Turkey is "no consent to import". |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The manufacturing, placing on the market and use of hexabromocyclododecane are prohibited in the UK under retained Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants. Note: Import responses submitted by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland only apply to future imports of chemicals to Great Britain. Under the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP) and the EU PIC Regulation, import responses made by the European Commission will apply to Northern Ireland. |
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