| 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, hexachlorobenzene 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.750/2000 Published on the Congressional Record, November 02, 2000. Prohibits: importation, manufacturing, processing, commercialisation and use of active ingredient HCB (Hexachlorobenzene) and all the phytosanitary products formulated with its basis. |
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| 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 |
12/06/2016 |
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. |
|
| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not classified as an approved pesticide in the Pesticides Control (replacement of Schedules), Order, 1995 and the Official Register of Pesticides for Belize. |
|
| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2014 |
| 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:
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. |
|
| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hexachlorobenzene is listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on import and export of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 129 of 01.07.2002, SG 66 of 09.07.2002, p. 7) as banned for use as a plant protection product. The placing on the market and public use of the substances and preparations containing hexachlorobenzene in concentrations equal or greater than those prescribed by Regulation (BG) on classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous chemical substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 316 of 20.12.2002, SG 5 of 17.01.2003), are prohibited by Regulation (BG) on bans and restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 130 of 01.07.2002, SG 69 of 17.07.2002). |
|
| 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 |
12/06/1999 |
| 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 |
12/06/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree n2011/2581/pm of 23 August 2011 on the regulation of harmful and/or dangerous chemicals. |
|
| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Chad |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Final decision pending passage of pesticide control decree. |
|
| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This action is based on the absence, for this chemical substance, of the authorization as a pesticide in agriculture, without which it is not allowed to import, manufacture, distribute, sell or use this substance in Chile. To obtain this authorization, it is necessary to follow strict national regulations that reflect many procedures and information needed to obtain the permission. |
|
| 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:
Resolution 447/94 (Ministry of Agriculture) prohibits the use and sale of chlorinated insecticides for tobacco. Resolution 29/78 restricts organochlorine insecticide use on coffee trees. |
|
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cook Islands Pesticides Act 1987 |
|
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
All use of Hexachlorebenzene is prohibited to protect human health and the environment. |
|
| Croatia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 49/2001 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 |
01/01/1998 |
Remarks:
There are no registered pesticides containing HCB as an active ingredient. According to national legislation, imports into Cyprus (of any pesticide containing HCB) are not allowed. |
|
| 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 Republic of the Congo |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Circular note No. 5011/0195/AGRI/PE.EL/2012 of 16 February 2012 concerning the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, Section V, Article 19 : the use of all chemicals listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention is prohibited in the DRC. |
|
| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Prohibited use and marketing by Decree N. 217-91, June 4, 1991. |
|
| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2000 |
| 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 |
|
| Estonia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Compound has not been submitted for registration. |
|
| Eswatini |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Ethiopia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. |
|
| 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 hexachlorobenzene. The chemical, whether on its own, in preparations or as a constituent of articles was banned by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p.5). |
|
| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
DecisioN 2112/PM modifying and completing certain provisions of decision N 00515/PM of 17h July 2010 laying down the import and use conditions of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides. |
|
| Gambia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
It has never been registered. |
|
| 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) |
|
| 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 |
12/07/1997 |
Remarks:
Not registered. Banned in May 1991 due to problems of high persistance and bioaccumulation. |
|
| Hungary |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Withdrawal document of Ministry of Agriculture: 21465/1978. Reason for withdrawal: the unacceptable toxic effect of the active substances. |
|
| India |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
No application has been received for registration. |
|
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
| Iraq |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| 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 |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
Remarks:
Not registered. No application for registration has been received.Submission made to cabinet for chemical to be added to the prohibited list of pesticides. |
|
| 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 |
12/12/2001 |
Remarks:
The decision was taken by the Pesticide registration committee due to the information received from the PIC. |
|
| 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 |
12/06/1999 |
|
| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Decree No. 95/1995. |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 27 July 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 |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
| Latvia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Compound has not been submitted for registration. |
|
| 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. |
|
| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hexachlorobenzene has been banned in Lesotho under the Environment Act 2008. Therefore no imports, manufacture, handling, selling, transportation of this pesticide is allowed in Lesotho. |
|
| 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) hexachlorbenzene; b) substances and preparations that contain hexachlorbenzene and are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Swiss Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1) |
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| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree N4196/06 of 23 March 2006, prohibiting the sale and use in agriculture of any pesticide active subtance. |
|
| Malawi |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import and manufacture of all pesticides are controlled under the Pesticides Act 1974 through a registration scheme. The Act is implemented by the Pesticides Board of Malaysia. Hexachlorobenzene is not registered under the above Act. This means that it cannot be imported, manufactured, sold or used in the country. |
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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. |
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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 |
|
| Malta |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
| 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 |
12/01/1998 |
| Mexico |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Compound not registered and no request for registration. |
|
| 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". | Remarks:
5983.6 liter was used in 17 soums of 9 aimags during 1972-2003, 52,1 liter of deposits in 3 business entities. |
|
| Montenegro |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
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 |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product is prohibited in Morocco, under Act No. 466-84 of March 19, 1984 regulating organo-chloride pesticides. According to Art 1 it is prohibited to import, manufacture, sell, supply buy or use any substance or mixture of substances containing hexachlorobenzene |
|
| 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 |
|
| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
All registrations of HCB withdrawn by the Pesticides Board in 1972. No import or sale permitted. |
|
| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Agreement No. 23-2001: import, commercialisation and use throughout the national territory of pesticide Hexachlorobenzene is prohibited; in its raw materials, formulated products and in any other mixture. Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, empowered conferred under Law No.274 "Basic Law for regulation and control of pesticides, toxic and hazardous substances, and other similar", and its regulations | Remarks:
This final regulatory action was based on the administrative provisions of the General Management of Plant Protection and Health (DGPSA/MAGFOR) on 18 August 1993, recommended by the National Commission of Agrochemicals at the meeting of 5 August 1993. |
|
| Niger |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Remarks:
Niger ratified the Rotterdam Convention which entered into force in June 2006, in January 2006 Niger ratified the Common Regulation of CILSS Member States (the Sahelian Pesticide Committee is in charge of implementing that regulation). Order N 092/MAG/EL/DPV of 08-07-99, listing plant protection products prohibited in Niger. All that has been said allows the country to conform to the regulation in force at a national, regional and international level. |
|
| Nigeria |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
Placed under severe restriction with permit for research purposes only. Importation is only by approval of FEPA/NAFDAC/Ministry of Agriculture. | Remarks:
Final decision pending additional local information on its use, effects and toxicity. |
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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). |
|
| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Never approved in Norway. |
|
| Oman |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
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. |
|
| Pakistan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Agricultural Pesticide Ordinance 1971. Agricultural Pesticide Rules 1971. |
|
| 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 |
01/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no record of use as herbicide in the country. |
|
| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
| Philippines |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Law (10) 1968 Article No (26) from Environment Law No (30) 2002 |
|
| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
It has never been registered. |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hexachlorobenzene is 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 Hexachlorobenzene. | 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 Hexachlorobenzene was banned through a decision of the Inter-ministerial Committee for authorization of plant protection products and the beginning of '80. |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
12/01/1998 |
| 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:
Hexachlorobenzene has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee and is not listed in the National Profile of Chemicals management of Senegal. Senegal is Party to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants. |
|
| 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:
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. The chemical has been banned from local use since 1985. |
|
| Slovakia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Act No 285 of November 20 1995 of the National Council of Slovak Republic on phytosanitary care and list of registered pesticides. |
|
| Slovenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Gazette 8561 published in Government Notice R. 384 on the 25th February1983 Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, Act 36 of 1947. |
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| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
Remarks:
no history of registration or use |
|
| 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 |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
The Pesticides and Plant Protection Materials Act, 1994; the National Council for Pesticides. Not registered. |
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| 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) |
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| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use: a) hexachlorobenzene; b) substances and preparations that contain hexachlorobenzene and are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1). |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
| 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, Hexachlorobenzene 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 |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
For scientific experiments. |
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| 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 |
12/06/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act, 1979 allows importation of registered pesticides only. 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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| Türkiye |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Banned by Ministry of Agriculture in 1978. |
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| Uganda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/1999 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Not registered / importation prohibited. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - "Resolucin Ministerial del 23/09/97". Registration, manufacture, formulation, import and use of substances based on organochlorinated compounds are prohibited, except for endosulfan and substances based on dodecachlore in restricted conditions. There is no registration on import of this active ingredient, neither of its prepaprations for agricultural use since 1977. |
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| Vanuatu |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| 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 |
12/12/2001 |