| 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, captafol is not included. |
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| 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 Captafol 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. |
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| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree No.2121/90 Published on the Congressional Record October 16,1990. Prohibits: importation, manufacturing, processing, commercialisation and use of agriculture applications products, on the basis of Captafol (active ingredient) |
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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). |
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| 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 the pesticide is not currently approved for use. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994. |
|
| 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. |
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| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not classified as an approved pesticide in the Official Register of Pesticides for Belize. |
|
| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Authorization of the Ministry of the environment after opinion of the National Committee for the Approval and the Control of Plant Protection Products. |
|
| 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) |
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| 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. |
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| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Directive No. 4 of 19 February 1987 - Ministry of Agriculture - Prohibit register, trade and use of all products and formulations containing active ingredient captafol. Directive No. 4 of 05 February 1987 - Ministry of Health, National Surveillance - exclude the Captafol 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 |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol 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. It is prohibited to use and place on the market all plant protection products containing captafol 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). |
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| 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 |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Act n 66/9/COR of 18 November 1966 Decree n 77/171 of 03 June 1977 Decree n 83-661 of 27 December 1983 Order n 0002/MINAGRI/DIRAGRI/SDPV of 17/01/1989 |
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| 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 |
12/01/1998 |
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. |
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| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
ICA Resolution 5053/89 prohibits the importation and sale of this product. |
|
| 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 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Banned by the "Decreto Ejecutivo No. 19260-MAG". |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol has not been registered since 2000. It is therefore prohibited to import, sell or use this product in the whole of the Cte d'Ivoire in order to protect human health and the environment. |
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| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National decision adopted and disseminated to the interested Parties, under the power conferred to the Designated National Authority, as entity empowered to register pesticides authorized for use at national level (Joint Resolution of March 7, 2007, Ministries of Agriculture and Public Health). It is currently in the process of adopting the resolution which grants legal status to this national decision adopted. |
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| Cyprus |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned as agricultural pesticide. Pest Control Products Board decision 31/3/1989. |
|
| 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 People's Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide is prohibited completely for agricultural use by "The Law for Environment Protection" (April 1, 1984) and "The National Regulation of Pesticide Management", because of its high toxicity to human and animals, and also its environmental polluting effect. |
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| 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. |
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| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
| Ecuador |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
"R/ Decreto ejecutivo No. 151, del 28 de junio de 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 |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
| Ethiopia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for similar use. |
|
| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant protection products containing captafol as an active ingredient according to Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances (OJ L 33 of 8.2.1979, p. 36) as last amended by Regulation (EC) 850/2004 of 29/04/2004 (OJ L 229 of 29/06/2004, p.5). | Remarks:
Captafol 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 of 16.8.1967, p. 1) as: Carc. Cat. 2; R 45 (Carcinogen in category 2; May cause cancer.) - R 43 (May cause sensitization by skin contact.) - N; R 50/53 (Dangerous to the environment; Very Toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment). |
|
| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision N 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 |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides 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) National policy on health and environment protection, pesticide management 3) National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses. |
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| 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). |
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| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 014-99, dated 17-6-1999. Prohibiting Captafol. |
|
| Hungary |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Withdrawal documents of Ministry of Agriculture: 22984/1984; 22983/1984; 22792/1984. Reason for withdrawal: the unacceptable toxic effect of the active substances. |
|
| India |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply. | Remarks:
Captafol shall be used only as a seed dresser. Use as foliar spray is banned. |
|
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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. |
|
| 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 |
12/12/2001 |
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 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:
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 |
|
| 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 |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision # 94/1 Dated 20/05/1998 |
|
| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environment Act 2008 prohibits importation of the chemical. |
|
| Liberia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
| Libya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide |
|
| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol is banned as agricultural chemical (it is not listed on annex I of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in August 2005). Captafol is not on the list of active substances to be examined under the EU review programme (Annex II of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market). The Swiss Ordinance on Biocide Products (entered into force on Mai 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. Captafol is not authorized in biocide preparations. |
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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. |
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| Malawi |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import and manufacture of all pesticides are controlled under the Pesticides Act 1974 through a registration scheme and the Act is implemented by the Pesticides Board of Malaysia. No captafol is permitted to be imported, manufactured, sold or used in the country except for purposes of research or education, where certain conditions apply. Entry into force of the final regulatory action: 1997 |
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| Maldives |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Conditions for import:
The specified conditions are: 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. | Legislative or administrative measures:
The specified conditions are 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 |
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| 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). |
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| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Mexico |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply. |
|
| 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, Captafol 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. |
|
| Morocco |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide is not registered in Morocco. Act No. 42-95 concerning the supervising and management of trade of agricultural pesticides (21st January 1997) : Article 2 : it is prohibited to import, manufacture, stock in the view of selling, to sell or distribute even for free pesticides for agricultural uses which have not been registered or which sale has not been authorized, or which have been exempted from registration according to the provisions of this law. |
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| 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 |
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| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
There are no approvals for pesticide formulations containing captafol under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO) | Remarks:
Small-scale use of this substances in a laboratory for research and development or teaching is exempt from a HSNO approval provided all the requirements of Section 33 of the HSNO Act are met. |
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| Nicaragua |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Remarks:
The National Pesticide Commission is the advisory and consultative body on pesticides issues, and should be consulted for the final decision of the final regulatory action, in this case Captafol was never registered and is prohibited in many countries, it will therefore be requested the prohibition of manufacturing, formulating and marketing of the pesticide as active ingredient or in any formulation. |
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| 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. |
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| Nigeria |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
Chemical is under severe restriction to be used only in seed dressing. Importation allowed only by permit from FEPA and NAFDAC pending phase-out. |
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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 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision 23/81 of 31 March 1981. |
|
| 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. |
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| Pakistan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural Pesticide Ordinance 1971. Agricultural Pesticide Rules 1971. |
|
| Panama |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Paraguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
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 |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministry of Environment to perform all the tasks and actions to protect the environment in the country, according to the law No. 30 of 2002 Article (26), prohibiting the import or handling of transport of hazardous materials, without authorization from the competent administrative authority, and article (29) of law No. 30 of 2002 prohibiting the use of pesticides or other chemical compounds for agriculture, public health or other purposes. |
|
| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Banned in 1993 because of carcinogenicity. |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova. |
|
| 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 Captafol. | 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. Captafol was witdrawn from the market in '90. |
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| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
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 |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative Measure: Policy decision to prohibit the product for use as a pesticide. |
|
| 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 |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Remarks:
Captafol 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 of the chemical. |
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| Slovakia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Act No 285 of November 20 1995 of the National Council of Slovak Republic on phytosanitary care and list of registered pesticides. |
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| 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). |
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| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Gazette 40166 published in Government Notice R. 862 on the 29 July 2016 in terms of the Gazette for the Prohibition on the Import, Export, Possession, Acquisition, Sale, Use and Disposal of Agricultural Remedies, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947). However there is the possibility of importing the chemicals for analytical purposes only. |
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| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Remarks:
National legislative and administrative measures - Final regulation to import: prohibition effective since 26 January 1989. |
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| 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 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
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:
Captafol is banned as agricultural chemical ( it is not listed on annex I of the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products, which entered into force in August 2005). Captafol is not on the list of active substances to be examined under the EU review programme (Annex II of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1451/2007 on the second phase of the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market). The Swiss Ordinance on Biocide Products (entered into force in May 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. Captafol is not authorized in biocide preparations. |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1998 |
| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol was banned according to notification of Ministry of Industry issued under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E.2535 (1992) which has been effective since 2 May 1995. |
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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:
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:
Product banned since 1986. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Remarks:
Resolution of 21 November 1990 (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) prohibits registration, importation and use. |
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| Vanuatu |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Authorisations and registrations will be granted by the Institute of Comprehensive Agricultural Health, INSAI, created by Decree with Status, Value and Effect of the Law of Comprehensive Agricultural Health, Decree No 6129, June 3, 2008, as management entity for integrated Agricultural Health, under the Ministry of People Power with competence in agriculture and lands, been responsible to: authorise, certify, suspend, revoke o renew the practice of the integrated agricultural health through the issuance of permits and licenses, registrations, certifications, accreditations and authorisations. |
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| 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 |
12/06/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Institute Chapter (18:12) and Statutory Instrument 144 of 2012 (pesticide Regulations). |
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