| 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, chlordane is not included. |
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final decision based on the policy of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board of Antigua and Barbuda, not to register for use in the country chemicals listed in annexes A, B or C of the Stockholm Convenion once viable alternatives are readily available. |
|
| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution SAGP and A, No.513/98 published on the Congressional Record August 13, 1998. Prohibits: importation, commercialisation and phytosanitary use of Chlordane active ingredient, and all products formulated with its basis, in the Republic of Argentine. | Remarks:
National production for national consumption not prohibited simultaneously. |
|
| Armenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Armenia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention On Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia On implementation of the Republic of Armenia obligations under Rotterdam Convention signed September 10, 1998 (No. 1508-N dated October 29, 2004); Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia On approval of the list of the chemicals and pesticides banned in the Republic of Armenia (No. 293-N dated March 17, 2005). |
|
| Australia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Regulations 1995 Customs (Prohibited Import) Regulations 1956. | Remarks:
As a Party to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, legislation has been introduced prohibiting import, manufacture, use and export. Import is only permitted for environmentally sound disposal. |
|
| Bahrain |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1996 |
| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Classified as a prohibited pesticide in Schedule IV of the Pesticides Control Act of 1985, Chapter 181B of the Laws of Belize, and in the Pesticides Control (replacement of Schedules) Order, 1995. |
|
| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Authorization of the Ministry of the environment after opinion of the National Committee for the Approval and the Control of Plant Protection Products. |
|
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in Plant Protection Products in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of BiH" No 11/11) |
|
| Botswana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agro chemical Act, 1999, which provides for the registration and licensing of agrochemicals to control or regulate their importation, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal, so as to prevent pollution to the environment or harm to human, plant or animal life and to provide for matters incidental and connected to the foregoing. |
|
| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Directive No. 040 from December 26, 1980 - Ministry of Agriculture - Prohibits the registration of Chlordane-based pesticides for application in livestock and agriculture. Law No. 7.802 of 11 July 1989 and Decree No. 4.074 of 04 January 2002 - Pesticides and its compounds need to be registered by the Federal Authority prior to produce, export, import, trade or use. |
|
| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
|
| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Results of the Sahelian Pesticides Committee (CSP) meeting. |
|
| Burundi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Considering its harmful effects on human beings and the environment, the use of chlordane as a pesticide for agricultural purposes has been prohibited by Ministerial Ordinance N.710/838 of 29th October 2001. It is listed in the register of pesticides prohibited in Burundi under N. 2001-01-P005 |
|
| Cabo Verde |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee which is the regional organization in charge of pesticides registration according to national legislation, Act n 26/97 |
|
| Cambodia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
-Law on Pesticide Fertilizer Management, 2012 -Law of Banned Pesticides, 2012 |
|
| Cameroon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
|
| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Chad |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
Remarks:
Resolution No. 2142 of 18/10/1987. |
|
| China |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Additional information related to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) related to the import response for Annex III chemicals: Published: 12/06/2009; Final decision on import: No consent to import. Additional information related to Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao related to the Import responses for Annex III chemicals: Final decision on import: No consent to import. National legislative or administrative measure upon which the final decision is based: In accordance with the Chief Executive Order no. 164/2019, the import and the transit of chemical substances, listed in the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutions, and contained as part of the order, were prohibited in the MSAR from 22 October 2019. Date of publication: 12/06/2021 |
|
| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Importation, production and use prohibited by Decree 305 of 1988 and Resolution 10255 of 1993. Registration cancelled. |
|
| Congo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned by the "Decreto Ejecutivo No. 20184-S-MAG". |
|
| Cτte d'Ivoire |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to import, locally produce, place on the market, sell or use this product in order to protect human health and the environment. The product has not been registered since 1998. |
|
| Croatia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legal administrative ban in 2004. |
|
| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 268/1990 of the Ministry of Public Health | Remarks:
The adopted decision does not include the use of the product as a reference pattern or reactive used for the development of research and analysis activities. |
|
| Cyprus |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Czechia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import of the substance is banned by the Act No. 147/1996 Code, on phytosanitary care and its implementing Decree No. 84/1997 Code, as last amended. The import of the substance for research purposes is permitted. |
|
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
The import for use in restricted scope is only permitted, after registering to the National Pesticide Registration Agency and evaluating the efficiency, toxicity and eco-toxicity. |
|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Circular note No. 5011/0195/AGRI/PE.EL/2012 of 16 February 2012 concerning the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, Section V, Article 19 : the use of all chemicals listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention is prohibited in the DRC. |
|
| Dominica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1996 |
| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
| Eritrea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legal Notice N 113/2006. Regulations for Importation, Handling, Use, Storage and Disposal of Pesticides |
|
| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
| Ethiopia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for same use. |
|
| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to produce, place on the market or use chlordane. The chemical, whether on its own, in preparations or as a constituent of articles, was banned by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p.5). |
|
| Finland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Gabon's final Regulation is essentially based on Act 007/2014 concerning the protection of the environment in the Gabonese Republic and on three of its implementing texts, including: 1.Order 0376/MDDPNPG/SG/CNAP of 05 September 2008 regulating the requirements for obtaining the consent to cross-border transfer of hazardous wastes and the import of industrial chemicals in the Gabonese Republic, -Order n 00515/PM of 27 July 2010 setting the requirements for the import and use of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides -Order n 21-12/PM of 17 September 2015 amending and supplementing certain provisions of Order n 00515/PM setting the requirements for the import and use of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides |
|
| Gambia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
| Georgia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely Restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Georgia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention On The Prior Informed consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and by the Georgian Law 1998 of Pesticides and Agrochemicals |
|
| Ghana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Control and Management Act, 1996 (Act 528) |
|
| Guatemala |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Guinea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1)Decision No 2395/MAE/SGG/2001 of 6/06/2001 restricting and/or prohibiting the use of active substances in agriculture. 2) The product is listed in the group of organic product persistent in the environment "POP" 3)National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses. |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product has not been authorized by the Sahelien Pesticide Committee (CSP). |
|
| Guyana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Prohibited Pesticides) Order No. 22 of 2006 made under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act 2000 (No. 13 of 2000). |
|
| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Hungary |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
| India |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1996 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Use, production and import are banned. Based on the Resolution of 16 April 1973, under "The Pesticides Control Act" 1968. Ministry of Agriculture. Effective date: 1976. |
|
| Iraq |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
| Israel |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Plant Protection Law, 1956 2. Hazardous Substances Regulations (Registration of Formulations for the Control of Pests Harmful to Man), 1994 3. Free Import Order, 2006 |
|
| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| Japan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc. 2. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law. 3. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. |
|
| Jordan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Kazakhstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Stockholm Convention from 7 June 2007 N259-3 and LAW of Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam convention from 20 March 2007 N 239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17, item 4-1 of article 239, and item 2 of article 280 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II. |
|
| Kenya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
Remarks:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for similar use. |
|
| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. Decree No. 95/1995. |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 27 June 2001 No. 376 on measures to protect the environment and health of the population from adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
|
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulation on the Control of Pesticide in Lao PDR, No. 2860/MAF, dated 11 June 2010 |
|
| Lebanon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environment Act 2008 prohibits importation of the chemical. |
|
| Liberia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
| Libya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide |
|
| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use: a. chlordane; b. substances and preparations that contain chlordane that are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Swiss Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1) |
|
| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree N. 6225/93 of 30 November 1993. Use almost non-existent. |
|
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import and manufacture of all pesticides are controlled under the Pesticides Act 1974 through a registration scheme and the Act is implemented by the Pesticides Board of Malaysia. No chlordane is permitted to be imported, manufactured, sold or used in the country except for purposes of research or education, where certain conditions apply. Entry into force of the final regulatory action: 19970 |
|
| Maldives |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Description of the national legislative or administrative measure:banned through a public announcement. Please find below the link to access the banned list (Ministry of Fisheries Marine Resources and Agriculture Website) https://www.fishagri.gov.mv/category/ guidance_and_regulations/2a8b8da0-0e95-4b53-9ef8-5734e3a4062b national gazette announcement link (in Dhivehi)http://www.gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/ view/102762 |
|
| Mali |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree n 01-2699/MICT-SG of 16th October 2001 listing the products the import and export of which are prohibited. Act n 01-020 of 30yh May 2001 on pollution and nuisance |
|
| Malta |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Mauritania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee, the regional body for registration, under national legislative and regulatory texts (Act 042/2000 on plant protection). |
|
| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Mexico |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
Remarks:
Manufactured in country. Use as termiticide only. |
|
| 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" |
|
| 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, Chlordane 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. Uses of this substance are restricted under Decree on prohibited and permitted methods of use, Manufacture, and placing on the market of chemicals that present unacceptable risk to human health and the environment which fully transposed Annex XVII of REACH regulation. |
|
| Morocco |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Mozambique |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
Import, production and use banned. |
|
| Nepal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Niger |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
| Nigeria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in Plant Protection Products in R. Macedonia (Official Gazette of RM 159/2010). |
|
| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Oman |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Royal Decree No.46/95 Issuing the Law of Handling and Use of Chemicals. |
|
| Pakistan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| Panama |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
Remarks:
Not registered. Prohibited for use in agriculture. |
|
| Paraguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no record of use as insecticide in the country. |
|
| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
| Philippines |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
No additional importation allowed since December 31,
1996. Phase-out for its use by December 1998. |
|
| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1994 |
| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1997 |
Remarks:
Chlordane has never been registered in Korea. |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not included in the official register of permitted substances for use in agriculture, including and individual farms, forestry and household. No import or sale permitted. | Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova. Not used. |
|
| Romania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order No. 396 /2002 on the banning of the use of plant protection products containing certain active substances on Romania's territory transposed partially the Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 banning the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances, laid down in the Annex 1 at the Ministerial Order No.396/2002, excepting for research or laboratory analyses uses and export. In the emergency situations which can not be solved through other means, the Interministerial Commission for the certification of plant protection products may authorize for a period of maximum 120 days the placing on the market or the use of the plant protection products containing one or several substances mentioned in the annex. *Romanian final regulatory action bans all formulations in plant protection products of the Chlordane. | Remarks:
The manufacturing and the import of plant protection products containing one or several of the active substances laid down in annex and which are certificated for their use in Romania are banned, the existing stocks to be consumed within 12 months from the entrance into force of the present order. This means, starting with 18 January 2003 as it is foreseen in the Ministerial order No.396/2002. The use of Chlordane was banned through a decision of the Inter-ministerial Committee for authorization of plant protection products and the beninning of '80. |
|
| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Item 1.4. Plant protection agents which import is banned to the Customs Union's territory and fall under Annexes A and B of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, 22.05.2001 from the Unified list of goods subject to bans and restrictions for import and export by the Customs Union members within EurASEC in the trade with the third countries which was approved by Decision No 134 Regulatory legislative acts on the non-tariff regulation made by the EurASEC College on 16.8.2012. List of substances banned for use in cosmetics and toiletries products. Cosmetic Technical Regulation of the Customs Union N. 799 of 23.09.2011. Federal law No 109-3 of 19.07.1997 concerning safe handling of pesticides and agricultural chemicals. Permitted for use on the territory of the Russian Federation. 2012 (approved by Ministry of Agriculture of Russia) |
|
| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Remarks:
All uses are forbidden in the country. Product never registered |
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure: Policy decision. |
|
| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Saudi Arabia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision based on recommendation from the relevant technical departments. | Remarks:
It was registered in the past, but its registration was cancelled because it was proven risky to human health, animal and the environment. |
|
| Senegal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Senegal is Party to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. | Remarks:
Toxaphen has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee |
|
| Serbia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned by Regulation on bans and restrictions of production, placing on the market and use of chemicals which represent unacceptable risk on human health and environment (Official Gazette RS, No 89/10) |
|
| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2003 |
Conditions for import:
Import for re-export purposes only. A hazardous Substance License is required for the import of the chemical. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is controlled as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its regulations. A license is required for the import, use and sale of the chemical. The chemical is banned for local use since 1999. |
|
| Slovakia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| Slovenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical banned by the Minister in terms of Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act (Act 36 of 1947). |
|
| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final regulation to import prohibition effective since 1 January 1996. |
|
| 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. |
|
| Sudan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Plant Protection Act. The National Pesticide Council decision number 3/2001 dated 3-7-2001. |
|
| Suriname |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree negative list imports and exports, September 1, 1999, SB 34 (State Gazette) |
|
| Sweden |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use: a) chlordane; b) substances and preparations that contain chlordane that are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1) |
|
| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1993 |
| 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, chlordane has been identified as type 4 hazardous substance which is prohibited for import, production, distribution, possession or use in Thailand. |
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| Togo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
| Tonga |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Act. |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act, 1979 allows importation of registered pesticides only. Application was voluntarily withdrawn by applicant. No permission will be granted to import into Trinidad and Tobago. |
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| Tunisia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide has not been registered by the General Direction of the protection and quality control of agricultural products (DGPCQPA ) (MARHP). |
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| Tόrkiye |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1994 |
| Uganda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Plant Protection Act 1997, Plant Protection Regulations of 1999 and National Advisory Committee do not allow registration of chemicals listed under Annex III. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1996 |
| Vanuatu |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
These chemicals are currently not registered nor approved under the national legislative act (Pesticide Control Act No. 11 of 1993). |
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| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
| Viet Nam |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for import, trade and use. |
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| Yemen |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in Yemen. |
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| Zimbabwe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |