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Toxaphene (Camphechlor)

Category: Pesticide CAS number 8001-35-2

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Toxaphene (Camphechlor)

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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, toxaphene is not included.
Antigua and Barbuda Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final decision based on the policy of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board of Antigua and Barbuda, not to register for use in the country chemicals listed in annexes A, B or C of the Stockholm Convenion once viable alternatives are readily available.
Argentina Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2002
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution SAGP and A, NO.750/2000 Published on the Congressional Record, November 2, 2000.
Prohibits: importation, manufacturing, processing commercialisation and use of active ingredient Campheclor, and all the phytosanitary products formulated on basis of it.
Armenia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is included in the "List of regulated under the Rotterdam Convention chemicals and pesticides banned in the Republic of Armenia" approved by the Governmental Decision of the Republic of Armenia (No293-N dated 17 March 2005).
Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured, formulated in the Republic of Armenia.
The chemical was not included in the "List of chemicals, biological substances, heavy metals or their compounds and other substances, which have negative impact on the ecosystem of Lake Sevan" approved by the Governmental Decision No.57 dated 24 January 2002.
The chemical is not included in the "List of chemical and biological plant protection measures allowed for use in the Republic of Armenia", approved by the Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia No 198 dated 18 November 2003.
Australia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Remarks:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals 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.
Belize Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
Classified as a prohibited pesticide in Schedule IV of the Pesticides Control Act of 1985, Chapter 181B of the Laws of Belize, and in the Pesticides Control (replacement of Schedules) Order, 1995.
Benin Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2014
Conditions for import:
Authorization of the Ministry of the environment after opinion of the National Committee for the Approval and the Control of Plant Protection Products.
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 - Prohibit the trade, use and distribution of the pesticides for agricultural use, including toxaphene.
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:
Toxaphene 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 or place on the market all plant protection products containing toxaphene 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 12/06/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
The use of toxaphene as a pesticide for agricultural purposes has been prohibited in Burundi because of its persistence in the environment, the bioaccumulation of residuals in the food chain and its carcinogenic and mutagenic effects.
It is prohibited in Burundi under N. 2003-01-P001 by Ministerial Ordinance N. 710/405 of 24th March 2003.
Cabo Verde Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee which is the regional organization in charge of pesticides registration according to national legislation, Act n 26/97
Cambodia Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
-Law on Pesticide Fertilizer Management, 2012
-Law of Banned Pesticides, 2012
Cameroon Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2016
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree n2011/2581/pm of 23 August 2011 on the regulation of harmful and/or dangerous chemicals.
Canada Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical not registered for pest control in Canada.
Chad Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
The contamination of the aquatic environment may be a threat to human beings. Exposure to the product may have considerable effects on human health
The product is not registered in the sub-region CLISS CEMAC
Remarks:
None
Chile Final decision No consent to import 12/12/1999
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Through the Resolution No. 2179 of 27 July 1998, the Service of Agriculture and Husbandry, from the Ministry of Agriculture, prohibited to import, to manufacture, to sell, to distribute and to use the agricultural pesticides based on toxaphene or camphechlor.
China Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2021
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulations on Pesticide Administration.
Additional information related to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) related to the import response for Annex III chemicals:
Published: 12/06/2009;
Final decision on import: No consent to import.
Additional information related to Macao Special Administrative Region, Macao related to the Import responses for Annex III chemicals:
Final decision on import: No consent to import.
National legislative or administrative measure upon which the final decision is based:
In accordance with the Chief Executive Order no. 164/2019, the import and the transit of chemical substances, listed in the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutions, and contained as part of the order, were prohibited in the MSAR from 22 October 2019.
Date of publication: 12/06/2021
Colombia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measure: In compliance with Andean Nations Decision No.436; Andean Regulation for the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural Use, published in Official Gazette (year XIV, No.347, in Lima, Peru, 17 June 1988, regarding Cartagena Agreement) and Resolution ICA No.03759, of 16 December 2003, enacting provisions on the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural use, pesticides must be registered to be used and commercialised in the country.
Remarks:
Decree No.1220 published in Official Gazette No.45890 of 25 April 2005, Title II, on the need of Environmental Licenses, in its Article 8th determined that the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development is the one and only authority to grant or deny environmental licenses for the activities: "12. The import and production of pesticides and substances, materials or products subject to control under International Agreements, Conventions and Protocols, and the import of chemical pesticides for agricultural use shall follow the procedure outlined in the Andean Decision 436 of the Cartagena Agreement and its regulations".
Congo Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law 003/91 of 23/04/91 on environment protection, article 57, 58, 59 on chemical substances potentially toxic.
Remarks:
All tests on pesticides actually carried on in the country revealed that toxaphene has never been used in the country.
Cook Islands Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2006
Costa Rica Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Banned by the "Decreto Ejecutivo No. 18346 MAG-S-TSS", dated 10 August 1988.
Côte d'Ivoire Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Toxaphene is prohibited in the Cte d'Ivoire. It is therefore prohibited to import, to locally produce, place on the market, sell or use this product in order to protect human health and the environment. The product has not been registered since 1998.
Croatia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legal administrative ban in 2004.
Cuba Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 268/1990 of the Ministry of Public Health
Remarks:
The adopted decision does not include the use of the product as a reference pattern or reactive used for the development of research and analysis activities
Cyprus Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision is based on the Pest Control Products Law of 1993, N1 (I) / 93.
Czechia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import of the substance is banned by the Act No. 147/1996 Code, on phytosanitary care and its implementing Decree No. 84/1997 Code, as last amended.
The import of the substance for research purposes is permitted.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2004
Conditions for import:
This chemical can be imported for agricultural use under the admission of the Ministry of Agriculture, after registering to the National Pesticide Registration Agency. In the case of the request for public health or trade, the admission of the relevant ministry.
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. The evaluation on the toxicity and environment pollution of this chemical is based on the data from the Secretariat of Rotterdam Convention.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2012
Legislative or administrative measures:
Circular note No. 5011/0195/AGRI/PE.EL/2012 of 16 February 2012 concerning the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, Section V, Article 19 : the use of all chemicals listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention is prohibited in the DRC.
Dominican Republic Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Prohibited use and marketing by Decree N. 217-91, June 4, 1991.
Ecuador Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2001
El Salvador Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Remarks:
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
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 12/06/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to produce, place on the market or use toxaphene. The chemical, whether on its own, in preparations or as a constituent of articles was banned by Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p.5).
Gabon Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Gabon's final Regulation is essentially based on Act 007/2014 concerning the protection of the environment in the Gabonese Republic and on three of its implementing texts, including:
1.Order 0376/MDDPNPG/SG/CNAP of 05 September 2008 regulating the requirements for obtaining the consent to cross-border transfer of hazardous wastes and the import of industrial chemicals in the Gabonese Republic,
-Order n 00515/PM of 27 July 2010 setting the requirements for the import and use of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides
-Order n 21-12/PM of 17 September 2015 amending and supplementing certain provisions of Order n 00515/PM setting the requirements for the import and use of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides.
Gambia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/1999
Legislative or administrative measures:
The decision is based on the Acting under the Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticide Control and Management Act 1994, the Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticide Management Board came up with the conclusions.
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) National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses.
2) the product is listed in the group of organic product persistent in the environment "POP"
3) Human and environment protection
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:
Resolution 09-91. Pesticide register is indefinitely prohibited.
India Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
The insecticides Act, 1968 and Rules Framed thereunder.
Remarks:
Toxaphene is banned in India for import, manufacture and use.
Indonesia Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Decree of Agriculture No 39/2015 concerning Procedure and Requirement for Pesticide Registration.
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 15 October 1984, 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 12/06/2000
Remarks:
Decision is based on the Pesticides Act 1975, Section 14 Subsection (1).
Japan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc.
2. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law
3 Pharmaceutical Affairs Law
Jordan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Remarks:
The decision was taken by the Pesticide registration committee due to the information received from the PIC.
Kazakhstan Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Stockholm Convention from 7 June 2007 N259-3 and LAW of Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam convention from 20 March 2007 N 239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17, item 4-1 of article 239, and item 2 of article 280 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II.
Kenya Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pest control products act cap 346 - laws of kenya empowers
The pest control products board to make final decisions
Remarks:
Toxaphene (Camphechlor) is banned for use in the country
Kuwait Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Regulation Law (21/2009).
Executive Regulations for the Law (Regulation) of Pesticides in Kuwait issued by Law No. (21) of 2010.
Kyrgyzstan Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2012
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of June 6, 2011 No. 289 about entering additions and changes to the Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from July 27, 2001 No. 376 on measures for environmental protection and public health from the adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides.
Lao People's Democratic Republic Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulation on the Control of Pesticide in Lao PDR, No. 2860/MAF, dated 11 June 2010
Lebanon Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision of the Minister of Agriculture # 94/1 dated 20/05/1998
Lesotho Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2018
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned under Second schedule of the Environment Act 2008. Therefore it cannot be imported, manufactured, sold or used in Lesotho.
Liberia Interim decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Libya Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide
Liechtenstein Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use:
a) toxaphene;
b) substances and preparations that contain toxaphene 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 12/06/2011
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree N6225/93 of 30 November 1993, Due to their high toxicity and the important bioaccumulation of their residues, the sale and the use of plant protection preparations containing this active substance (toxaphen) and intended for crop protection are suspended
Malawi Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Malaysia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
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 toxaphene is permitted to be imported, manufactured, sold or used in the country except for purposes of research or education, where certain conditions apply.
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
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 12/12/1999
Mexico Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered
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 as of 03/08/2017). Toxaphene is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro.
Uses of this substance are restricted under Decree on prohibited and permitted methods of use, Manufacture, and placing on the market of chemicals that present unacceptable risk to human health and the environment which fully transposed Annex XVII of REACH regulation
Morocco Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2003
Nepal Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has never been manufactured, formulated and imported in the nation and not included in the list of registration in Nepal.
New Zealand Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
The decision is based on the Agriculture Chemicals Act 1959 (replaced by the Pesticides Act 1979). Under both Acts, only registered pesticides are / were permitted to be imported or sold. Agriculture Chemicals Board Minutes of April 1970 (general policy on phase-out of organochlorine pesticides). The single Toxaphene-based product, registered for field testing only, was withdrawn by the registrant on 8th March 1968. No Toxaphene-based pesticides currently registered.
Nicaragua Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Agreement No.23-2001, import, commercialisation and use throughout the national territory of pesticide Toxaphene is prohibited; in its raw materials, formulated products and in any other mixture. Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, empowered conferred under Law No.274 "Basic Law for regulation and control of pesticides, toxic and hazardous substances, and other similar", and its regulations
Remarks:
This final regulatory action was based on the administrative provisions of the General Management of Plant Protection and Health (DGPSA/MAGFOR) on 18 August 1993, recommended by the National Commission of Agrochemicals at the meeting of 5 August 1993.
Niger Final decision No consent to import 12/12/1999
Nigeria Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2001
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Decree 58 of (1988) as amended by decree 59 of (1992) S.I.9 National Environmental Protection Regulations (1991)
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
Legislative or administrative measures:
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 Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
Deregistered since 1992
Panama Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned as pesticide use in agriculture by Resolution ALP 074 of 18 September 1997, been the substance No.61 listed as insecticide.
Executive Decree No.305 of 4 September 2002, published in Official Gazette No.24634 of 9 September 2002. In its fifth Article states: All substances banned or severely restricted in, at least, four States, will be banned in our country too. Substance No.594 of Annex I of this Executive Decree.
Paraguay Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2022
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no record of use as herbicide in the country.
Peru Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2000
Remarks:
The decision is based on the "Decreto Supremo Nş 037-91-AG", of 12 September 1991.
Qatar Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Law No. (10), 1968
Article (26) Environment Law (30), 2002
Republic of Korea Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
All registration of the chemical withdrawn by Agrochemical Management Act in 1983. The import of the chemical was prohibited from all sources by RDA Notification No. 2004-11 (11 Feb. 2004).
Remarks:
Withdrawn in 1983 because of residue.
Republic of Moldova Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2009
Legislative or administrative measures:
Toxaphene has been prohibited since 1991. 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 Toxaphene.
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.
Russian Federation Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
Item 1.4. Plant protection agents which import is banned to the Customs Union's territory and fall under Annexes A and B of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, 22.05.2001 from the Unified list of goods subject to bans and restrictions for import and export by the Customs Union members within EurASEC in the trade with the third countries which was approved by Decision No 134 Regulatory legislative acts on the non-tariff regulation made by the EurASEC College on 16.8.2012.
Federal law No 109-3 of 19.07.1997 concerning safe handling of pesticides and agricultural chemicals. Permitted for use on the territory of the Russian Federation. 2012 (approved by Ministry of Agriculture of Russia).
Rwanda Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2002
Remarks:
All uses are forbidden in the country.
Product never registered
Saint Kitts and Nevis Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure: Policy decision.
Samoa Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Pesticides Regulations 1990 and decision of the Pesticide Technical Committee (PTC) on 20 April 2000.
Sao Tome and Principe Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2015
Saudi Arabia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision based on recommendation from the relevant technical departments.
Remarks:
It was registered in the past, but its registration was cancelled because it was proven risky to human health, animal and the environment.
Senegal Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
Senegal is Party to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants.
Remarks:
Toxaphen has not been registered by the Sahelian Committee on Pesticides.
Serbia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2011
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned by Regulation on bans and restrictions of production, placing on the market and use of chemicals which represent unacceptable risk on human health and environment (Official Gazette RS, No 89/10)
Singapore Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2003
Conditions for import:
A hazardous Substance License is required for the import of the chemical.
Legislative or administrative measures:
The chemical is controlled as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its regulations. A license is required for the import, use and sale.
The chemical is banned for local use since 1985.
Slovakia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Decree No. 33/1999 on Plant Protection Products of Ministry of Agriculture of Slovak Republic.
Slovenia Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2003
Conditions for import:
System;
MS Sans Serif;
MS Sans Serif;
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 10739 published in Government Notice R. 1061 on the 17th May1987 in terms of Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, Act 36 of 1947.
Sri Lanka Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Remarks:
Formal declaration of prohibition of this pesticide was issued on 29 March 2001 (Pesticide Technical and Advisory Committee 15/2001).
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 12/07/1997
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures The Pesticides and Plant Protection Materials Act of 1994.
The decision of "No consent for import of binapacryl" was taken by The Pesticides Council in its periodical meeting No. 4/99, on the 21st of December, 1999. Stopped use since 1982, following the Pesticide Committee decision to prohibit the use of DDT, containing mixtures and some hazardous organochlorines in agriculture.
Suriname Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order of the negative list 2003 from the Law Traffic of Goods S.B. 2003 no. 58.
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) toxaphene;
b) substances and preparations that contain toxaphene 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 12/06/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decisin No 1193/WIa dated 25/10/1999 by Minister of Agriculture and agrarian reform
Thailand Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision made by the Toxic Substance Controlling Board, effective by March 1983, which has been replaced by decision made by the Hazardous Substances Board, effective by 2 May 1995.
Togo Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2012
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order No 31/MAEP/SG/DA of 21-09-2004 banning the import and manufacturing of POPs, among which Endosulfan and Toxaphne.
Tonga Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals 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 12/12/1999
United Arab Emirates Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Decision of the UAE Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries No. 97 (1993), amended December 1997.
United Republic of Tanzania Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Plant Protection Act 1997, Plant Protection Regulations of 1999 and National Advisory Committee do not allow registration of chemicals listed under Annex III.
Uruguay Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Ministerial resolution of 23/09/1997. It is not allowed to register substances based on organochlorinated compounds for agricultural use, except endosulfan. Although it is a general measure, toxaphene is included in it.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2007
Viet Nam Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision No. 165/1999/QA/BNN-BVTV dated on 13th December 1999.
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 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Institute Chapter (18:12) and Statutory Instrument 144 of 2012 (pesticide Regulations).