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Methyl-parathion (Emulsifiable concentrates (EC) at or above 19.5% active ingredient and dusts at or above 1.5% active ingredient)

Category: Severely hazardous pesticide formulation CAS number 298-00-0

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Methyl-parathion (Emulsifiable concentrates (EC) at or above 19.5% active ingredient and dusts at or above 1.5% active ingredient)

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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, methyl-parathion (emulsifiable concentrates (EC) at or above 19.5% active ingredient and dusts at or above 1.5% active ingredient) is not included.
Argentina Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution SAGyP N 606/93: Published in the Official Bulletin, 10 Agost 1993
Ban the production, import, trade and use of products with active ingredients as methyl parathion and ethyl parathion, in all the territory of the Argentina Republic.
Resolution SS N7/96: published in the Official Bulletin: 06 February 1996
Ban the production, import, trade and use of products with the active ingredient.
It prohibits the production, import, division, storage, publicity and commercialization of parathion and its products, for all uses, in the country.
Armenia Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2017
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Armenia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention On Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.
Decision of the Government 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 Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2018
Conditions for import:
Subject to approval, registration, exemption or permit under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994.
Legislative or administrative measures:
These Regulations are the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (administration) Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).
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:
No dust formulation of methyl parathion registered/approved and included in the official Register of Pesticides.
Benin Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2022
Conditions for import:
After favorable opinion of the multisectoral commission for the approval of chemical products.
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)
Brazil Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in pesticides products in Brazil. Registration, import, manufacture, local formulation, distribution, commercialization, storage, packaging and use of commercial formulations of agricultural pesticides based on Methyl- parathion is prohibited.
Resolution - RDC No. 56 of 12 October 2015 - National Health Surveillance
Agency - Exclude Methyl- parathion from the list of toxics substances, which can be authorized as pesticides.
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, no intention of acceptance
Bulgaria Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use and place on the market all plant protection products containing methyl parathion according to the provisions of Article 15 of the Law on plant protection (SG 91 of 10.10.1997, amended SG 90 of 15.10.1999, amended SG 96 of 09.11.2001).
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 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Import, distribution, sale and use of Methyl-parathion as an agricultural pesticide are prohibited for its high acute toxicity, high risks of congenital malformations and male sterility.
It is listed in the register of banned pesticides under N 2004-01-P002 by Ministerial Decree
N 710/81 of 9 February 2004.
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
Conditions for import:
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision n71/08/d/minader/sg/sdrp/srp of 17 July 2008 to ban the use of some pesticides.
Remarks:
Canada Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Chad Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product is highly toxic and may cause health problems in certain storage and transport conditions.
The product is not registered in the CLISS and CPAC subregion
Chile Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - With the Resolution No. 312 of 29 January 1999, it was decided to prohibit the manufacture, the selling, the distribution, and the use in agriculture of all the formulations based on Methyl parathion, excepted encapsulated suspensions.
China Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/01/1998
Conditions for import:
Special permit documents. Import restricted to certain bodies.
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.
Remarks:
Restricted. Not permitted for use on fruit, vegetables, herbs and tobacco.
Colombia Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2019
Remarks:
Decree No 1076, 26 May 2015, Single Regulatory Decree of the Environment and Sustainable Development Sector, published in the Official Gazette No. 49523, 26 May 2015, in its article 2.2.2.3.2.2, on the COMPETITION of the ENVIRONMENTAL LICENSING NATIONAL AUTHORITY (ANLA), which will grant or deny of privatively manner... '10 .2. The importation of the environmental license for the following projects, works or activities: pesticides in the following cases: a) Pesticides for agricultural use (active ingredient and/or formulated product), with the exception of biological origin pesticides elaborated of vegetal extracts. The importation of chemical pesticides for agricultural use shall comply with the procedure established in Andean Decision 436 of 1998, or regulation that modifies, replaces or repeals it. 11. The importation and/or production of those substances, materials or products subject to international treaties, conventions and protocols of environmental nature, except in those cases in which said regulations require special authorization for this purpose. In case of Modified Living Organisms (LMOs), for which only the procedure established in Law 740 of 2002 will be applied for evaluation and pronouncement, and in its regulatory decrees or orders that modify it, replace or repeal it.
Cook Islands Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cook Islands Pesticides Act 1987
Costa Rica Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/1999
Conditions for import:
Restricted use
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Banned by the "Decreto Ejecutivo No. 24337 MAG-S-TSS", dated 16 June 1995
Côte d'Ivoire Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision N. 159/MINAGRI of 21 June 2004 that bans the use of active ingredients in the production of plant protection products for agricultural uses states in article one that the import, the production and the conditioning of Methyl Parathion in order to place it on the market are prohibited, as well as its use in agriculture.
Cuba Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
National decision based on the process of registration of a pesticide formulation and published in the Official List of Authorized Pesticides in the Republic of Cuba
Remarks:
Working in the gradual reduction of the imported quantities, based on the use of lower environmental and health impact alternatives
Cyprus Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/07/1998
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply.
Czechia Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2003
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2004
Conditions for import:
These formulations can be imported to use under the admission of the Ministry of Agriculture and/or the Ministry of Public Health, after registering to the National Pesticide Registration Agency.
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to "The Law for Environment Protection" (April 9, 1984) and "The National Regulation of Pesticide Management", the use of this chemical for plant protection is severely restricted because of its high toxicity to human body and animal.
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 Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2009
Conditions for import:
Import of 25 grams in weight or volume is allowed, as limit quantity.
Limit quantity: refers to the amount equal or less, by weight or volume, which does not require the submission of environmental documentation. Quantities above this, should submit to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the corresponding environmental documentation for the purpose of obtaining responses to determine that does Not Require to Elaborate Environmental Impact Study, through a Resolution for the Environmental License for import and/or transport on national territory.
Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Decision No. 40 published in the Official Gazette Volume 83 number 375, May 9, 2007, Annex 1: List of Regulated Substances.
Equatorial Guinea Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product is not homologated by CPAC.
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 12/12/2015
Ethiopia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered.
European Union Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant protection products containing methyl parathion. Methyl parathion was excluded from Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and thus authorisations for plant protection products containing this active substance had to be withdrawn by 9 September 2003 (Commission decision 2003/166/EC of 10 march 2003, OJL 67, 12.2.2003, p. 18).
Remarks:
Methyl parathion is classified under Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (OJ L 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1) as: T+; R28 (Very Toxic; Very toxic if swallowed) - T; R24 (Toxic; toxic in contact with skin).
Gabon Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2008
Remarks:
Uncertain knowledge on the import of Alachlor
Gambia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Never 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 12/06/2017
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree N2395/MAE/SGG/2001 restricting and/or banning the use of the substance in agriculture.
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 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agreement N 674-06. To deny or cancel indefinitely register of pesticides based on methyl parathion active ingredient. Prohibiting importation and marketing of pesticides containing methyl parathion active ingredient, in any formulation and concentration.
Hungary Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/01/1998
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply.
Remarks:
The active ingredient is being revised under the National Re-registration Programme, started in 1995.
India Final decision Consent to import 12/12/2000
Remarks:
The use of formulations 50% EC and 2% DP is allowed for a period of 3 years. A final decision is under active consideration. Approximate time needed before a final decision can be reached: 3 - 4 years.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import and use of the substance as agricultural chemical are banned. Based on the Resolution of 23 May 1994, under the Pesticide Control Act" 1968.
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 12/06/1999
Remarks:
Not registered.
Japan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law
2. Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law
3. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
Jordan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for all agricultural use by the pesticide registration committee in MOA.
Kazakhstan Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam Convention from 20 March 2007 N239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II.
Kenya Final decision No consent to import 12/06/1999
Remarks:
Not registered.
Kuwait Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. 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 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 Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2007
Conditions for import:
Only the formulation Methyl-parathion 10% (a.i) EC + 50% winter oil is excluded from the ban of import.
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision of the Minister of Agriculture # 262/1 dated 26/09/2001
Lesotho Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2018
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned under the Environment Act 2008
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:
Methyl-parathion has been removed from the list of authorized active substances of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in August 2005.
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 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered.
Maldives Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
Based on the "Pesticides used in agriculture Control Act".
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
Mauritania Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide hasn't 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 Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2007
Conditions for import:
The Health Secretary in Mexico requires an import license.
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,
Methyl-parathion (Emulsifiable concentrates (EC) at or above 19.5% active ingredient and dusts at or above 1.5% active ingredient) is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro.
It is possible to search for Explicit Consents based on the chemical/mixture name, importing and or exporting country, category of use, date of request, validity start and end date, and status, under Rulebook about detailed contents prior notification for export of chemical. (Official Gazette of Montenegro, No. 061/17).
Morocco Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2013
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide formulations based on Methyl Parathion have been withdrawn from the market (Opinion of the Commission for agricultural pesticides, meeting of 19 May 2004).
Act No. 42-95 concerning the supervising and management of trade of agricultural pesticides (21st January 1997:
Article 5 : if, following a new event or because of its use or following new examination a product no longer meets the requirements of efficacy and harmlessness for men, animals and their environment, registration or sale authorization are withdrawn.
Namibia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2023
Legislative or administrative measures:
Link: <https://www.lac.na> , Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Remedies ACT 36 of 1947, Section 7.
Methyl-parathion pesticides was never registered, imported and used in Namibia.
Nepal Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has never been manufactured, formulated and import in the nation and not included in the list of registration in Nepal.
New Zealand Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2006
Conditions for import:
Methyl-parathion emulsifiable concentrates at 60% active ingredient registered in New Zealand.
Conditions are as specified in the Hazardous Substances (Pesticides) Transfer Notice 2004, pursuant to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO)
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO)
Nicaragua Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Resolution No.019-2008: registration of Methil parathion molecule is cancelled; import, commercialisation and use throughout the national territory of the pesticide 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 is based on the final recommendations of the National Commission of Pesticides during the session of 27 April 2004 and the mandate of the Act 274 "Basic Law for the regulation and control of toxic, hazardous and other pesticides and its regulations.
The deregistration of Methyl-parathion entered into force on October 2008, thereafter banned the import, and set a deadline of one year to the companies having stocks for their consumption. At the meeting of Health Ministers of Central America and Dominican Republic (RESSCAD) was agreed to ban or restrict 12 pesticides causing the greatest number of poisonings, including Methylparathion.
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 Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered.
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 12/12/2000
Remarks:
Legislative or administrative measures - Plant protection products Act and Regulations relating to plant protection products.
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 Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/07/1998
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply.
Remarks:
Alternative - Lower concentrations.
Panama Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2013
Legislative or administrative measures:
According to Executive Decree No. 305 of September 4, 2002, published in Official Gazette No. 24634, on September 9, 2002, establishing a national legislative measure. In his fifth Article states: "All substances banned or severely restricted, in at least four States, will be also in our country." Substance No. 524 of Annex I of this Executive Decree.
The active ingredient Methylparathion, in any form, is prohibited for agriculture use by Resolution 24 of June 10, 2011, published in Official Gazette No. 26809 of June 17, 2011.
Remarks:
There is currently no stock of this product.
It is forbidden import and use in agriculture due to the high risk to public health and other living organisms because of its extreme toxicity.
Paraguay Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2009
Legislative or administrative measures:
SENAVE Resolution No. 488/03, "which prohibits registration, import, synthesis, formulation and marketing of products based on methyl and ethyl parathion.
Published on the Web site of SENAVE: www.senave.gov.py <http://www.senave.gov.py>
Peru Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2001
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Registration, import, local formulation, distribution, sale and use of methyl parathion are prohibited ("Resolucin jefatural No. 182-2000-AG-SENASA del 13.10.2000). Issued by the National Service for Agrarian Health (SENASA).
Philippines Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Banned for all uses.
Qatar Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Law No. (10) 1968
Article No. (26) Environment Law No. (30) 2002
Republic of Korea Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered.
Republic of Moldova Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2012
Remarks:
The formulations have never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova.
Romania Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant products containing Methyl-parathion.
Methyl-parathion is not authorized to be used as plant protection product
Russian Federation Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2015
Conditions for import:
Methyl-parathion only as product Parachute, MKC (microencapsulated suspension of methyl-parathion with the content of the main substance of 450 g/l) is applied to treat wheat, cereal and grain legume cultures.
Country may require an import permit for each shipment in order that regulations can monitor chemicals being imported.
Legislative or administrative measures:
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:
National Legislative Measure: Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act, Chapter 9.18 Schedule 3 Prohibited Products.
Samoa Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered.
Sao Tome and Principe Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2015
Saudi Arabia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2009
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Act M/67.
Senegal Interim decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Remarks:
Methyl-parathion has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee
Serbia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2011
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cannot be placed on the market according to the Law on Plant Protection Products (Official Gazette RS No 41/09)
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.
Slovakia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Slovenia Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2003
Conditions for import:
MS Sans Serif;
System;
Prior registration required.
Legislative or administrative measures:
MS Sans Serif;
Articles 4 and 13 of Act on Plant Protection Products (O.J. No. 11/01) oblige legal and physical persons to conduct registration of phytopharmaceutical products prior to their placing on the market.
South Africa Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2006
Conditions for import:
Only for use in insect control.
Sri Lanka Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2001
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final regulation to import, prohibition effective since November 19, 1984. Pesticide Formulary Committee (presently PeTAC) of 14/1984.
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 12/12/2009
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision of National Pesticide Council No. 4/2009 dated 15/7/2009.
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)
Switzerland Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
Methyl-parathion has been removed from the list of authorized active substances of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in August 2005.
Syrian Arab Republic Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision: NO 754/Wla Date 15/8/1998 From Minister of Agricnlture and agrarian reform
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, methyl-parathion has been identified as type 4 hazardous substance which is prohibited for import, production, distribution, possession or use in Thailand.
Togo Interim decision No consent to import 12/12/2012
Tonga Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Act
Pescitice Act
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.
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).
United Arab Emirates Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
United Republic of Tanzania Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Plant Protection Act (1997) sections 16, 17 and 18.
Remarks:
Product was de-registered because of its high toxicity risks.
Uruguay Final decision Consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries regulation dated Jan/20/2002.
1. Bans registration and application of plant protection products based on Methyl Parathion for all agricultural uses.
2. Above mentioned ban does not apply to capsule suspensions, for a maximum concentration of 45% p/v and for powder plaguicides for ants with a percentage of active ingredient equal or less to 2%.
Vanuatu Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
These chemicals are currently not registered nor approved under the national legislative act (Pesticide Control Act No. 11 of 1993).
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ministry of People Power for Agriculture and Lands. National Institute of Integrated Agricultural Health. Administrative Order. Office of the President /INSAI No 28, Caracas, July 15, 2009. According to this Order, registration of chemicals for agricultural use, compounded or formulated with Methyl-parathion as active ingredient, will no be authorised for import and use in the country from 30/04/2010.
Viet Nam Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for import, trade and use
Yemen Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in Yemen.
Zimbabwe Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001