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HCH (mixed isomers)

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HCH (mixed isomers)

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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, HCH (mixed isomers) is not included.
Antigua and Barbuda Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final decision is based primarily on the fact that HCH is a highly hazardous chemical based on the WHO classification. It poses an unacceptably high risk to human health and the environment. The pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board is committed to registering only lowest risk pesticides for use in the country unless viable alternatives are unavailable. Viable alternatives are available for this product.
Argentina Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2002
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law 22 289 Published on the Congressional Record October 02, 1980. Prohibits: importation, manufacturing, formulation, commercialisation and use of HCH (Hexachlorocichlohexane), whatever could be its commercial denomination.
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 Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2004
Conditions for import:
Subject to approval, registration, exemption or permit under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994, noting that this pesticide has never been registered for use in Australia.
Prohibited import under Schedule 9 of Customs (Prohibited Import) Regulations, unless authorised by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry or an authorised officer of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - contact DNA (pesticides).
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994.
Customs (Prohibited Import) Regulations 1956.
Austria Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1994
Bahrain Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1996
Barbados Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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 Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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 12/06/2023
Legislative or administrative measures:
AGROCHEMICALS ACT OF 1999 - provides for registration and licensing of agrochemicals to control or regulate their importation, manufacture, distribution, use and disposal, so as to prevent pollution to the environment or harm to human, plant or animal life, and to provide for matters, incidental and connected to the foregoing.
Brazil Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Directive No. 329 of 2 September 1985 - Ministry of Agriculture - Prohibit the trade, use and distribution of the pesticides for agricultural use, including HCH.
Directive No. 11 of 8 January 1998 - Ministry of Health, National Surveillance - Exclude the HCH 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.
Bulgaria Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1995
Burkina Faso Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Burundi Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
Given its carcinogenic effects, its persistence and bioaccumulation in the environment as well as its high toxicity, HCH has been prohibited in Burundi by Ministerial Decree n 710/838 of 29/10/2001 under n 2001-01-2004.
Cabo Verde Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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
Remarks:
Not registered.
Canada Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Chad Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1995
Chile Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution No. 2142 of 18/10/1987.
China Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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.
Colombia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Importation, production and sale prohibited by Resolution 10255 of 1993 (Ministry of Health). Registration cancelled (ICA).
Congo Interim decision Consent to import 12/07/1993
Cook Islands Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1995
Costa Rica Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Remarks:
Not registered.
Côte 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.
Cuba Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 181/1995 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 12/07/1993
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.
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 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Prohibited use and marketing by Decree N. 217-91, June 4, 1991.
Ecuador Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
El Salvador Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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 12/12/2015
Ethiopia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered.
European Union Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to produce, use or place on the market HCH. 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 12/07/1993
Gabon Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2016
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision N 2112/PM modifying and completing certain provisions of decisionN 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 12/07/1994
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 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490).
Guatemala Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Guinea Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
-National policy on health and environment protection
-Decision No 2395/MAE/SGG/2001 of 6/06/2001 restricting and/or prohibiting the use of active substances in agriculture.
-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 12/01/1995
India Interim decision Consent to import 12/07/1993
Remarks:
Need more time; certain uses banned.
Indonesia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1996
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - The use, production and import are prohibited, Based on Resolution of 7 May 1978, under "The Pesticides Control Act", Ministry of Agriculture.
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
Remarks:
Not registered.
Japan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law
2 Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
Jordan Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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 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 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for similar use.
Kuwait Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Not registered. Decree No. 95/1995.
Kyrgyzstan Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2007
Lao People's Democratic Republic Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Lebanon Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Lesotho Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2018
Libya Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide
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) HCH (mixed isomers);
b) substances and preparations that contain HCH (mixed isomers) 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
Remarks:
Decree N. 6225/93 of 30 November 1993. Not used since 1980s.
Malawi Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Malaysia Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Remarks:
Except for research through permit.
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 12/07/1993
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 12/01/1995
Mexico Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1994
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:
During years 1960-1999 huge amount of HCH were used in western Mongolia Khovd, Baya-Oigii, Gobi-altai and Ovorkhangai aimags to control grasshoppers in pastureland. Moreover, the HCH was used very commonly in herder households to disinfect the livestock fences and ranges
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, HCH 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 12/07/1993
Mozambique Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1995
Nepal Interim decision Consent to import 12/07/1993
Remarks:
Need more time.
New Zealand Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Nicaragua Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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 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 12/06/2004
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 12/07/1995
Panama Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Prohibited for use in agriculture. Medical formulations for treatment of human scabies permitted.
Paraguay Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1995
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 447/93.
Peru Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Philippines Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1994
Remarks:
As per pesticide circular N°. 04 series of 1989. Re: Revised list of banned and restricted pesticides in the Philippines.
Qatar Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
Article No (26) from Environment Law No (30) 2002
Pesticide Law No (10) 1968
Republic of Korea Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1997
Remarks:
Banned because of residue since 1979.
Republic of Moldova Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2009
Legislative or administrative measures:
HCH has been prohibited since 1986. 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 HCH (mixed isomers), containing less than 99% isomer gamma.
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 insecticides based on DDT and HCH were banned by the Ministerial Order No. 20/1985 of Agriculture and Food Industry.
Russian Federation Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
The decision of the Ministry of Health in 1986.
Rwanda Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Saint Kitts and Nevis Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
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:
HCH (mixed isomers) has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee and is not listed in the National Profile of Chemicals management of Senegal.
Serbia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2011
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cannot be placed on the market according to the Law of Plant Protection Products (Official Gazette RS, No 41/09) and 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 is banned from local use since 1985.
Slovakia Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered. All uses banned.
Slovenia Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
MS Sans Serif;
Order on prohibition, restriction or use of phytopharmaceutical products, which contain specific active ingredients (O.J. 105/01).
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 in terms of the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, Act 36 of 1947.
Sri Lanka Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Remarks:
Only the gamma isomer is registered for restricted use for coconut beetle control in coconut nurseries, or emergency use in spotted locust control.
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 12/07/1993
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) HCH (mixed isomers);
b) substances and preparations that contain HCH (mixed isomers) 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 12/07/1993
Togo Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
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).
Türkiye Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1995
Uganda Interim decision Consent to import 12/07/1993
Remarks:
Need more time.
United Arab Emirates Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
United Republic of Tanzania Final decision Consent to import 12/07/1993
Uruguay Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1996
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:
Ministry of People Power for Agriculture and Lands. National Institute of Integrated Agricultural Health. Administrative Order. Office of the President/ INSAI N28, Caracas, 15 July, 2009. According to this Order, registration of products used in cattle, aquaculture and fisheries with organic chlorine active ingredient will not be allowed to import and use in the country as of 30/04/2010.
Viet Nam Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1993
Yemen Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in Yemen.
Zambia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/1999
Zimbabwe Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998