| Party |
Party response |
Decision |
Date published |
| Albania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law No. 9108, dated 17.07.2003 "On substances and preparations", prohibits the manufacture, import, export and distribution in the Republic of Albania for substances included in Appendix II of this Law. Based in this Appendix II, are prohibited Polychlorinated triphenyl (PCT) and preparations with content of this substance in quantity higher than 0,005%. |
|
| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2002 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1) Resolution MS NO.437/01 and MTEFRH NO. 209/01 Published on the Congressional Record, May 04, 2001. Prohibits: production, importation and commercialisation of bifenilos polichlorados and products and/or equipos formulated on its basis. 2) Resolution SA and DS, NO.249/02 Published on the Congressional Record, May 31, 2002. Prohibits: import, production, commercialisation and/or new applications of PCBs(PCB: polychlorinated biphenyls, PCD: polychlorinated dyphenyls, PCT: polychlorinated terphenyls, PBB: polybrominated byphenyls and all different mixes), and any material containing this elements or contaminated, whatever could be the adopted use or application. |
|
| Armenia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Remarks:
A final decision is under active consideration. |
|
| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2002 |
Conditions for import:
That the introduction has been approved by the Minister responsible for Customs (Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956, regulation 4AB). Additional legislation may apply in states and territories. Initial contact for queries on the import these chemicals should be Australia's DNA for industrial chemicals. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations 1956. |
|
| Bahrain |
Interim decision |
|
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
Additional time is needed to reach a final decision. Uncertain whether the chemical has been imported into the country. Banned for use as a pesticide in the country. |
|
| Belize |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Act, Schedule of Hazardous Substances, Part I, Subpart A. |
|
| Benin |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2014 |
Conditions for import:
Under authorization of the registration committee of chemicals and Ministry for the Environment (DNA). |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Shall not be imported, placed on the market. or used: -as substances, -in mixtures, including waste oils, or in equipment, in concentrations greater than 50 mg/kg (0,005 % by weight). Legislation: 1. Rulebook on conditions for restrictions and bans on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of chemicals (Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no 100/10 and 63/13) (Annex I Part 1 (entry no 1)) 2. Decision on bans and restrictions on the import, manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain hazardous industrial chemicals in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Official Gazette of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, no 52/16). |
|
| Botswana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure to protect public health. |
|
| Brazil |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
PCTs are listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on import and export of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree No. 129 of 01.07.2002, SG 66 of 09.07.2002, p7) as banned for use as industrial chemicals. Exceptionally, derogation may be granted till the end of 2005 for primary and intermediate products on the terms of closed system, such as transformers, resistors and inductors according to Regulation (BG) on bans and restriction on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree No. 130 of 01.07.2002, SG 69 of 09.07.2002). Further to general prohibition of PCTs, the import of any preparation with a PCT content of more that 0.005% is prohibited. |
|
| Burkina Faso |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law n 005/97/ADP dated 30 January 1997 concerning the Burkina Faso Environmental Code |
|
| Cabo Verde |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
| Cambodia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2022 |
Conditions for import:
For use in laboratory and do a research in industry fields. The companies, manufacturers, enterprises and handicrafts have to notify as the official letter to institute of Cambodian standard of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation prior to import these chemical substances. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Proclamation No.252 MISTI/2020 on Restricted Chemical in Industrial Sector of the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation. In article 2 of this Proclamation stated that this article has the objective to define the 17 industrial chemicals that listed in annex III of the Rotterdam Convention as restricted chemicals and registration for using in an industrial sector of the Kingdom of Cambodia to protect safely and human health, animals and environment. | Remarks:
Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) is allowed to use in laboratory and do a research in industry fields only. |
|
| Cameroon |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2018 |
Conditions for import:
The import of this substance is subject to a prior authorization from the Environment ministry. | Legislative or administrative measures:
ORDER No 004/MINEPDED/CAB of 21st SEPT 2017 amending and completing the list of chemicals of Decree No 2011/2581/PM of 23rd August 2011 on the regulation of harmful and/or dangerous chemicals. |
|
| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2005(SOR/2005-41) (<http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2005-41/index.html>) under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999(CEPA 1999) (<http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.31/>) prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale and import of certain toxic substances, including Polychlorinated Terphenyls, that appear on the list of toxic substances in Schedule I to CEPA 1999. These Regulations do not apply to the import of Polychlorinated Terphenyls for use in a laboratory for scientific research purposes, in a laboratory for analysis, or as a laboratory analytical standard. Import for these purposes is outside of the scope of the Convention as per Article 3. |
|
| Chad |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
Additional time is needed to reach a final decision. |
|
| Chile |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
No express legislative measure of prohibition has been issued by the public health authorities or other authority. An authorisation is needed for its import into the country |
|
| China |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1995 |
Conditions for import:
Permission must be obtained from the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) of China. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Additional information related to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) related to the import response concerning the Annex III chemical Final decision on import: Consent under conditions. Conditions of import: Permission must be obtained from the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the HKSAR, China. Date of publication: 12/06/2009. |
|
| Colombia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The country is not and has not been a manufacturer of this substance; there are no discriminated records for the tariff sub-heading corresponding to the polychlorinated triphenyls or terphenyls (PCTs). |
|
| Congo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cook Islands Environment Act 2003. |
|
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2022 |
Conditions for import:
To have a valid Health registration. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Technical Regulation RTCR 478: 2015 Chemical products. Hazardous chemical products. Registration, import and control, DE - 40705. |
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Nr. 176/2018 "Regulations on the National Registry of Hazardous Chemicals". Standard applicable only to hazardous chemicals for industrial use. It contains Annex Nr. 2, wherein "Chemicals subject to a differentiated control regime" are listed. |
|
| Cyprus |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
The import, use, etc., of PCTs in Cyprus is controlled by the Dangerous Substances Law of 1991 and regulations that are under preparation, expected to be enacted in 1994. At present the import is regulated by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which is the import licensing authority and which refuses to grant such license for import of this substance . |
|
| Czechia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2001 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Production, import, export and distribution of the preparations containing more than 0.005% by weight of the substance is banned by the Act No. 157/1998 Code, on chemical substances and chemical preparations and amending some other Acts, as last amended, and its implementing Decree No. 301/1998 Code, as last amended. The production and import of the substance for research, scientific and analytic purposes in quantity less than 100 g per year from one producer or importer is permitted. The institution responsible for issuing this national legislative or administrative measure is Ministry of Environment. |
|
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
| 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 |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2009 |
Conditions for import:
Import is permitted at concentrations below 50 ppm |
|
| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
*Executive Act N 046 published in the Official Register N 324 dated 11 May 2001, modified by Executive Act N 3516 published in the Oficial Register dated 31 March 2003, especial edition N 2 of the unified text of the secondary legislation from the Ministry of Environment, book VI, annex 7 "List of Hazardous banned chemicals " **External trade and investments Council (COMEXI), Annex I, resolution n 182. published at the Official Register N 057 dated 8 april 2003 ""Nomina de Subpartidas Arancelarias de Prohibida Importacin". Complete name and address of the institution / authority in charge of this legislative or administrative measure at national level. * Ministerio del Ambiente, Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Edif. MAG, Piso 7 - Quito. ** Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrializacion, Pesca y Competitividad Consejo de Comercio Exterior e Inversiones (COMEXI), Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Piso 1 - Quito. |
|
| El Salvador |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2009 |
Conditions for import:
Import is allowed for 25 grams of Polyhalogenated Diphenyls, liquids or Diphenyls Terphenyls Polyhalogenated, liquids and 25 grams of Polyhalogenated Diphenyls, solids or Terphenyls Polyhalogenated solids, as limit quantity The import is allowed for 25 grams of weight or volume, as quantity limits. Quantity limits: refers to less or equal amount, of weight or volume, which does not require the submission of environmental documentation. For quantities above this, it should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), the environmental documentation in order to obtain the response to determine that It is not required to elaborate an Environmental Impact Study, through an Environmental Permit Resolution to import and/or transport in the national territory. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Executive Decision No: 40 published in the Official Journal n83, volume n375 of 9 May 2007, Annex 1: List of Regulated Substances. |
|
| 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:
Due to administrative measures and market forces. |
|
| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to place on the market or use PCTs, except for certain specific exemptions on a case-by-case basis. The chemicals were banned by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 761769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 931105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1). However Member States may, provided prior notification stating the reasons is sent to the Commission, grant derogations for primary and intermediate products for further processing into other products not prohibited by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, in so far as they consider that these derogations have no deleterious effects on health and the environment. |
|
| Gabon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The final regulatory action taken by Gabon is primarily based on Law No 007/2014 on Environmental Protection in the Gabonese Republic and on three of its implementing regulations, namely: - Order No 0376/MDDPNPG/SG/CNAP regulating the conditions for obtaining consents to the cross-border shipment of dangerous waste, to the import of chemicals for industrial use into the Gabonese Republic, of 5th September 2008. - Order No 00515/PM laying down the conditions for import and use of certain dangerous chemicals and pesticides, of 27th July 2010 - Order No 21-12/PM amending and supplementing the provisions of Order No 00515/PM laying down the conditions for import and use of certain dangerous chemicals and pesticides, of 17th September 2015. |
|
| Gambia |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/01/1997 |
Remarks:
PCTs are supposedly imported in closed systems. |
|
| Georgia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Governmental decree N263 on Rule of Import and Export of Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides and Implementation of Prior Informed Consent Procedure (Adopted 13.06.2016). |
|
| Ghana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (ACT 490) |
|
| Guinea |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2005 |
Conditions for import:
The conditions are as follow: - to address a written request in order to obtain the previous authorization for import, to the responsble autority elected by the minister of the environment (reference: Articles 6 and 10 of the decision A/2001/4785/MMGE/SGG of October 26, 2001, concerning article 8 of the D/97/287/ decree PRGSGG of 24 december 1997, stablishing the management and control of harmful and dangerous chemicals in Guinee Republic); - to obtain a previous authorization to import, delivered by competent authority (reference: Article 5 of the decision A/2001/4785/MMGE/SGG 26 october 2001) - PCTs/ or PCTs equipments only can be imported by industrials unities, mining industry, building constructions companies, electricity centrals and production and distribution centers, laboratories and research centers, etc, and this, for certain uses when the need is justify, since this product appears in order no. 57 of appendix II of the decision A/2001/4784/MMGE/SGG of October 26, 2001, making reference for application to articles 3, 4 and 5 of the D/97/287/PRG/SGG of December 24, 1997. - importer obligation to present the stocks of import products once arrived at the terrestrial borders, maritime or air of the national territory, for a chemical and physical control by qualified agents of the service of the environment or by any other organization of control entitled for this procedure (reference: Article 12 of the decision A/2001/4785/MMGE/SGG of October 26, 2001. - name, address of the competent authority from which the previous autorisation should be obtained: M. le directeur national, Direction nationale de la prevention et de la lutte contre les pollutions et nuisances, Ministere de l'Environnement, BP 3118, Conakry, Republique de Guinee. Fax: (224) 46 85 46 |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
| Guyana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative decision of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board. The product is not registered nor any application for registration has been received for this product. |
|
| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial resolution 1071-2014. |
|
| Hungary |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Restricted by the Hungarian Decree 41/2000 (XII.20) EM-Km on the restriction of certain activities involving dangerous substances and dangerous preparations (published in Magyar Kzlny 2000/126, page 8240 - 8251) |
|
| India |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1995 |
Conditions for import:
License on the recommendation of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. |
|
| Indonesia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
This chemical has to complete the notification process prior to its import. This chemical must be registered to Ministry of Environment and Forestry before being distributed or used. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Regulation Number 74 Year 2001 concerning Hazardous and Toxic Substances Management. |
|
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
A decree by the supreme council of Environment Protection |
|
| Israel |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2012 |
Conditions for import:
1. In accordance with the importer Hazardous material permit, which is required to hold the chemical itself and preparations containing the chemical. 2. Subject to import license. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous substances Law, 1993. Free import order, 2006. |
|
| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Food and Drug Act |
|
| Japan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
Prior notification to and prior approval by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Law Concerning the Evaluation of Chemcial Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc |
|
| Jordan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2002 |
Remarks:
Regulation of import N(1) of 1997 and its amendment of 1999 authorise the Ministry of Health to regulate the import of restricted and banned chemical to Jordan. A special permission is required from the Ministry of Health for chemicals prior to they entry into the country. The regulation is under the process of modification after issuing new law for " import and export" No 21 for 2001. The institution responsible for issuing the Law and regulation for import is the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The import of chemical is regulated by the Ministry of Health which is the focal point for chemicals in Jordan and the DNA (C) for the PIC procedure, In 1996 the Ministry of Health adopted a list of banned and restricted chemicals, after consulting the international agencies and authorities to improve control of chemicals entering the market. The list was updated in 2001. This chemical was included in the list in 1996 as a banned chemical. |
|
| Kazakhstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2019 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Stockholm convention from 7 June 2007 N 259-3 and Law of the 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 N 212-II. |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of on June 6, 2011. Number 289 About entering additions and changes to the Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic from July 27, 2001 Number 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 |
12/12/1999 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Law on the Chemicals Management, No. 07/NA, (2016). 2. Ministerial Decision on the Industrial Chemicals Type, No 0389/MolC.DoIH (2018). |
|
| Lesotho |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2018 |
Conditions for import:
Banned for use in manufacturing and processing uses. |
|
| 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. polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); b. substances and preparations that contain polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) and are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Swiss Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1) |
|
| Madagascar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
| Malawi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is an administrative measure not to import and use the chemical in the country. |
|
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1998 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 1988, first schedule, under Customs Act 1967. |
|
| Mauritania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
| Mauritius |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2000 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
"Supplies (Control of Imports) Regulations", 1991; "Consumer Protection Act". |
|
| Mexico |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Conditions for import:
The importation of PBBs in the case of hazardous waste, is subject to import control in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VII of the General Law on the Prevention and Management of Wastes and Articles 115 and 177 of the Rules of the same Law. |
|
| Mongolia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government resolution No. 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" no. 051/17 as of 03/08/2017), Article 44, Article 47, Article 48. Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs) are not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro. Uses of this substance are prohibited 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. |
|
| New Zealand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (under which only approved hazardous substances can be imported or used) |
|
| Nicaragua |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Niger |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2015 |
Conditions for import:
For industrial use for service needs. | Remarks:
Niger ratified in January 2006 the Rotterdam Convention which entered into force since June 2006. - Niger ratified the Common Regulation of CILSS member countries (with the Sahelian Pesticides Committee responsible for the implementation of this regulation). Given all the above, the country is required to comply with the regulations in force at the national, regional and international levels |
|
| Nigeria |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/01/1998 |
Conditions for import:
Permit from FEPA (Federal Environmental Protection Agency) must be obtained. | Remarks:
Placed under severe restriction. The chemical is not manufactured or formulated in the country. Additional time is needed to reach a final decision (3-5 years). Phase-out programme and a three-year moratorium are being proposed. |
|
| North Macedonia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
List on Bans and Restrictions of the use of chemicals (Official Gazette of RM 57/2011) |
|
| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/07/1995 |
Remarks:
Exceptionally, derogation may be granted for primary and intermediate products on a case by case basis. Further to general prohibition of PCT, the import of any preparation with a PCT content of more than 0,005% is prohibited. |
|
| Oman |
Interim decision |
|
12/01/1995 |
Remarks:
It is unclear whether the chemical is being used or imported into the country. The DNA of Oman requests exporting countries to inform the DNA of address of companies/agencies in Oman to which this chemical is being imported. |
|
| Pakistan |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
Remarks:
Details can be provided once the national inventory for Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) is developed. |
|
| Panama |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Executive Decree n 305 of September 4, 2002 published in Official Gazette n 24634 29 September 2002, a national legislative mesure, established at its fifth article: "All substances banned or severely restricted in at least four States, will also be banned in our country". The substance polychlorinated terphenyls n569 (PCT) of annex I to this executif decree. |
|
| Peru |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2021 |
Conditions for import:
Prior to the introduction of the industrial chemical into the country, it must have the Sanitary Authorization granted by the General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (Digesa) of the Ministry of Health. | Legislative or administrative measures:
To obtain the Health Authorization for the Importation of Chemical Substances subject to the Information Procedure and Prior Informed Consent (PIC), the requirements established in Procedure No. 24 of the Single Text of Administrative Procedures (TUPA) of the Ministry of Health, approved by Supreme Decree No. 001-2016-SA, modified by the Ministerial Resolution No. 263-2016-MINSA and Ministerial Resolution No. 041-2018-MINSA, must be complied with. |
|
| Philippines |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/07/1996 |
Conditions for import:
An Interim Importation Clearance has to be obtained from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, under Republic Act 6969. The issuance of such an Interim Importation Clearance may be denied based on the evaluation of data required. |
|
| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Article 26 Environment Law (30) 2002 |
|
| Republic of Korea |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2002 |
Conditions for import:
PCTs are new chemical that has never been manufactured in or imported into Korea and, therefore, are subject to hazard evaluation by the Ministry of Environment prior to import or manufacture. | Remarks:
A person who intends to manufacture or import PCTs are required to apply for hazard evaluation to the Ministry of Environment prior to import or manufacture in accordance with Article 7 of Toxic Chemicals Control Act (TCCA). The authority responsible for issuing the legislative measure is Ministry of Environment. |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2009 |
Conditions for import:
| Legislative or administrative measures:
The Government Decision on Approval of Regulation on Polychlorinated Biphenyls, No. 81 of 02 February 2009. This act has been published in the Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova, No. 27-29 of 10 February 2009. The production and placing on the market of PCT whether on its own, in preparations or as constituents of articles, is prohibited. Placing on the market means supplying or making available to third persons against payment or free of charge. Imports into Moldova shall also be deemed to be placed on the market. |
|
| Romania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
The placing on the market and use of polychlorinated terphenyls and preparations, including waste oils, with a PCT content higher than 0.005% by weight shall be prohibited. It grants derogations from the ban on marketing and use of such primary and intermediate products for further processing into other products, in so far as they consider that these derogations have no deleterious effects on health and the environment. | Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Decision No 347/27.03.2003 regarding the restriction of placing on the market and of the use of some certain dangerous chemical substances and preparations transposed the European Council Directive no 76/769/EEC of 12 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations and establishes the restrictions to the placing on the market and to the use of substances, groups of substances and the dangerous chemical preparations presented in its Annex No 1, with the purpose of ensuring the health protection of the population and environment. The provisions of the present Decision don't apply to: the transport of dangerous chemical substances and preparations by land, by air or by sea the dangerous chemical substances and preparations which are exported in countries not being members of the European Union the dangerous chemical substances and preparations that are in transit or which are subjected to the customs operations, on the condition not to be processed. According with the Art. 4(1) - The substances, groups of substances and the dangerous chemical preparations provided at Art 1 may be placed on the market and used only with the abidance of the specific restriction conditions established in the Annex No. 1 Column B. (2) the provisions of the Align (1) don't apply to the substances, groups of substances and the dangerous chemical preparations used for the research and development activities. Government Decision No 173/13.03.2003 for the regulation of the special management and control regime of polychlorinated biphenyls and other similar compounds. In order to avoid negative impacts on human health, goods and the environment, polychlorinated biphenyls and similar compounds, hereinafter called designated compounds, shall be subject to a special management and control regime, established by this Decision. The provisions of this Decision shall apply to all equipment and waste or other materials containing the designated compounds in concentrations of at least 50 ppm for concentration in a volume of more that 5 dm3. Minimal values, of 50 ppm for concentration and of 5 dm3 for volume, respectively, of the designated compounds shall be included under the name of minimal quantities. For power capacitors the volume of designated compounds shall be calculated as total volume of all the elements in a set. |
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| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Item 1.2. "Dangerous waste which import to the customs territory of the Customs Union is banned" 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 16.08.2012. |
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| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order No 003/2021 of 08/02/2021, determining the list of chemicals and other polluting substances that are not permitted. Published in Official Gazette n Special of 10/02/2021. |
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| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Administrative measure: Policy decision to prohibit use of the product. |
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| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/01/1996 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Senegal |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
No regulation |
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| Serbia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2011 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned by Serbian 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). |
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| Singapore |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2003 |
Conditions for import:
A Hazardous Substance Licence is required for the import of PCTs. | Legislative or administrative measures:
PCT is controlled as a Hazardous Substance under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and its Regulations. A licence is required for the import, use and sale of PCTs. PCT has been banned from use since 1980. |
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| Slovenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Order on the restrictions of placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances and preparation (O.J.73/99, 24/01, 71/02) |
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| South Africa |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2006 |
| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Regulation published by the Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification No. 1813/14 of 05.06.2013 under the Imports and Exports (control) Act, No. 1 of 1969. |
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| State of Palestine |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2020 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Palestinian Environmental Law No.7 for the year 1999 Article11 :The Ministry (Environment Quality Authority) shall issue, in coordination with the competent authorities, one list or more of the hazardous materials and waste Article 12: No one may process, store, distribute, use, treat or dispose of any solid or liquid or gaseous hazardous materials or waste except according to the regulations and instructions determined by the Ministry in coordination with the competent parties. 2. 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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| 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. |
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| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to manufacture, place on the market, import in a private capacity, or use: a. polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); b. substances and preparations that contain polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) and are not merely unavoidable impurities. (Ordinance on Risk Reduction related to the Use of certain particularly dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles of August 2005, Annex 1.1) |
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| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
PCT is classified as Hazardous Substance Type 4 in industry, agriculture and public health, thot of which the production, import, export, or having in possession is prohibited according to Notification of Ministry of Industry number 4 (BE2544) under the Hazardous Substance Act 2535 (1992) |
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| Togo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Remarks:
Need for a national socio-economic assessment with the participation of national stakeholders. |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2001 |
Remarks:
A final decision is under active consideration by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board, Chemistry, Food and Drugs Division. The following administrative action is being undertaken during the period a final decision is being considered: the enacting into law of the toxic chemical regulations. The legislation will require importers to obtain license to import. Approximate time needed before a final decision can be reached: 2 years. At present there is no registration of toxic chemicals (only pesticides) and there is not government agency responsible for the control of importation and usage of this chemical. There is no information on whether the chemicals is imported into Trinidad and Tobago. |
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| Tunisia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2022 |
Remarks:
The National Technical Committee for the health and environmental safety of chemicals gave the non-consent to the export of this chemical. |
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| Türkiye |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2020 |
Conditions for import:
According to the By-law on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (Official Gazette no. 30105 dated 23.06.2017) PCTs shall not be placed on the market, or used:
- as substances,
- in mixtures, including waste oils, or in equipment, in concentrations greater than 50 mg/kg (0,005 % by weight). | Legislative or administrative measures:
By-law on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (Official Gazette no. 30105 dated 23.06.2017) Annex-17. |
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| Ukraine |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2018 |
Conditions for import:
It is allowed subject to compliance with the order of Hygienic regulation and state registration of hazardous factors in accordance with the Law of Ukraine On ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population dated on February 24, 1994 (item 9 of the Law) and subject to entering into the State Register of dangerous factors. |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Decree No. (783) of 2015 On the Industrial Chemicals Banned and Restricted in the UAE. |
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| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2016 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Industrial and Consumer Chemicals (Management and Control) Act No 3 of 2003, chemicals banned or severely restricted in accordance to MEAs ratified by the government. |
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| Uruguay |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |