| 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, monocrotophos is not included. |
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| Antigua and Barbuda |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
| Argentina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution SAGPyA N 181/99. Published in the Official Bulletin: 24 June 1999. Ban the import, trade and use of the active ingredient. Monocrotophos and its formulations, in all the territory of the Argentine Republic. | Remarks:
Prior to the prohibition, it was formulated for use in the national territory |
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| Armenia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Severely restricted and banned chemical substances and pesticides' import-export in Armenia is regulated by the Rotterdam Convention "On Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade". Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia "On implementation of the Republic of Armenia obligations under Rotterdam Convention signed September 10, 1998 (No. 1508-N dated October 29, 2004); Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia dated September 8, 2016 (No 930-N) "On approval changes to Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia "On approval of the list of the chemicals and pesticides regulated by Rotterdam Convention and banned in the Republic of Armenia" (No. 293-N dated March 17, 2005). | Remarks:
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| Australia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2003 |
Conditions for import:
The conditions in the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994 | Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994 | Remarks:
Potential exporters should note that the Australian National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA) cancelled the registrations and all relevant approvals (including the active constituent approval) for monocrotophos in 1999. The NRA indicated in the NRA Gazette No. NRA 1, 4 January 2000 that it 'has not, and does not intend to, issue any approvals under s.69B of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992 in respect of monocrotophos or products containing monocrotophos'. |
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| 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 |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
One monocrotophos formulation (60%) currently registered in Belize, and is included in the Official Register of Pesticides. |
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| 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 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision on prohibiting of the registration, import and placing on the market plant protection products containing certain active substances ("Official gazette of BH" No 55/08) |
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| 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. |
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| Brazil |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
Conditions for import:
| Legislative or administrative measures:
- Federal Law n 7.802 of 1989; - Decree n 4.074 of 2002 - Ministry of Health / Resolution emitted by Directory of National Health Surveillance Agency - ANVISA - RDC n 215 of 14 December 2006, published in DOU ( the official gazette from the Brazilian Government), of 15 December 2006 (Prohibit all kinds of uses of Monocrotophos in Brazil). |
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| Bulgaria |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use and place on the market all plant protection products containing monocrotophos 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 |
12/06/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
As resutl of the meeting of the Sahelian Pesticides Committee | Remarks:
None |
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| Burundi |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
| Cabo Verde |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The pesticide has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee which is the regional organization in charge of pesticides registration according to national legislation, Act n 26/97 |
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| 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 |
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| Cameroon |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2008 |
Conditions for import:
Formulations containing concentrations ? 600 g/l are registered and authorized. |
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| Canada |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical not registered for pest control in Canada. |
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| Chad |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The product is highly toxic, affecting the nervous system. Cases of neuropathy have been observed after chronic exposure. The product is not registered in the sub-region CLISS CEMAC | Remarks:
None |
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| Chile |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The measure was adopted because the chemical doesn't have the Agriculture Pesticide Authorization, without which it can't be imported, manufactured, distributed, placed in the market and used in the country. To obtain this authorization (Res. 3670, 1999) it is necessary to comply with stringent national regulations that set out the procedures and information required to get the authorization. The registration authority canceled voluntarily the pesticide authorization. |
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| China |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
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. |
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| Colombia |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2012 |
Conditions for import:
In line with the information from the Technical Department of Agricultural Inputs Safety of ICA, Monocrotophos holds the following Sales Records: 1251, 1603, 1636, 2270, 2411, 2461, 2597, 3322, and 3528. These are the only authorised uses as insecticide-acaricide, for pests in cotton, rice, beans, tobacco, soybean, sesame, peanuts, cassava, snap beans and potato. | Legislative or administrative measures:
In line with the Andean Decision of Nations No.436; Andean Standard for the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural use, published in Official Journal (Year XIV, No.347, in Lima, Peru, on 17th June 1988, on the Cartagena Agreement), and the Resolution of the Colombian Institute for Agriculture and Farming (ICA) No.03759 of 16th December 2003, to enact provisions for the Registration and Control of Chemical Pesticides for Agricultural use, pesticides must be registered to be used and marketed in the country. IMPORTANT NOTE: According to information from the Technical Department of Agricultural Inputs Safety of ICA, Monocrotophos formulations, registered in concentrations of 400 and 600 g/l, can be imported in Colombia as insecticide-acaricide to control pests in crops of: cotton, rice, beans, tobacco, soybean, sesame, peanuts, cassava, snap beans and potato. Only the company owning the mentioned register may import the product. | Remarks:
Decree No. 2820 of 2010, published in the Official Journal No. 47792 of 5th August 2010, Title II, on the exigibility of Environmental Licenses, in Article 8, established that the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, may permanently grant or deny such environmental license for the activities ()11. The import and/or manufacturing of those substances, materials or products subject to controls pursuant to treaties, conventions and international protocols, of environmental nature, except in cases where these rules point out a special authorisation for such purpose. |
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| Cook Islands |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
| Costa Rica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned, Decree No 31997 MAG-S of November 22, 2004. |
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| Côte d'Ivoire |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision N. 159/MINAGRI of 21 June 2004 that bans the use of active ingredients in the production of plant protection products for agricultural uses states in article one that the import, the production and the conditioning of Monocrotophos in order to place it on the market are prohibited, as well as its use in agriculture. |
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| Cuba |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
National Decision in force under Resolution 2/2004 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. |
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| Cyprus |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pest Control Product Law of 1993, NI (1)/93); Pest Conrol Products Board decision on 24/09/01. | Remarks:
Banned as a pesticide.High risk for public health and environment. Pest Control Products Board decision on 24/09/01. |
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| Czechia |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Interim decision |
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. |
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| Dominican Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2014 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Prohibited use and marketing by Resolution N. 61-2011, December 8, 2011, Ministry of Agriculture. |
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| Ecuador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution No. 015 published in the Official Register No 116 of 3 October 2005 of the Equatorian Service of Agriculture and Fishing Health, SESA. | Remarks:
Before register cancellation (of the product) if it is produced in the country. |
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| El Salvador |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The import as active ingredient is banned, both in technical grade or final product for pesticides, by Executive Act No.151 of June 27, 2000, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and published on page 57 of "La Prensa Grfica", 19 July 2000; pursuant to the authority conferred under the Act on the Control of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Products for agricultural and livestock use in article six, paragraph f.; also in the Executive Agreement No. 40 published in Official Gazette Volume 83 number 375, 9 May 2007, Annex 3: List of hazardous substances prohibited imports. |
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| 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 |
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| Eswatini |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
| Ethiopia |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Import permit required according to legislation. |
|
| European Union |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant protection products containing monocrotophos. The chemical was excluded from Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and authorisations for plant protection products thus had to be withdrawn by 25 July 2003 (Commission Regulation 2076/2002 of 20 November 2002 (OJ L 319, 23.11.2002, p.3) extending the time period referred to in Article 8(2) of Council Directive 91/414/EEC and concerning the non-inclusion of certain active substances in Annex I to that Directive and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing these substances). |
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| Gabon |
Final decision |
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. |
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| Gambia |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Chemicals and pesticides Control Management Act of 1994 The pesticie is not registered by the Sahelian Pesticide Committee of which the Gambia is a member. |
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| 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 |
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| Ghana |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) | Remarks:
There are remnant stock of chemicals that need to be retrieved and disposed. |
|
| Guinea |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
- National policy on health and environment protection, pesticide management. - Decision No 2395/MAE/SGG/2001 of 6/06/2001 restricting and/or prohibiting the use of active substances in agriculture. - National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses. |
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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). |
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| Guyana |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2007 |
Conditions for import:
Product must be registered under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Regulations and all importation must be approved by the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board. |
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| Honduras |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2017 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
SAG note No, 488-2016, 24 May 2016. |
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| India |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2006 |
Conditions for import:
Banned for use on vegetables | Legislative or administrative measures:
The Insecticides Act, 1968 and Rules framed thereunder. | Remarks:
The use of monocrotophos is banned on vegetables |
|
| 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. |
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| Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Production and import of the substance will be prohibited on 20 March 2005, based on the Resolution of 23 September 2002, under The Pesticide Control Act 1968. |
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| Israel |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2012 |
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 |
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| Jamaica |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides Act 1975, Not registered |
|
| Japan |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2004 |
Conditions for import:
For agricultural pesticide, a domestic importer is required to register with both the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prefectural Governor. No consent to import of pesticide except agricultural uses. | Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law 2. Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law 3. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law |
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| Jordan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for all agricultural use by the pesticide registration committee in MOA. | Remarks:
The decision was taken by the pesticide registration due to the information received from PIC Secretariat. |
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| Kenya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pest Control Products Act (CAp.346) empowers the Board to withdraw the registration of any product follow-up adverse effect reported about it. | Remarks:
One of the client is affected whose product is currently registered in Kenya. However, the Board agreed on modalities to help the client clear the product that was last imported in 2004. |
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| Kuwait |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. Decree No. 95/1995 |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2007 |
| 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 |
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| Lebanon |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2007 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision of the Minister of Agriculture # 262/1 dated 26/09/2001 |
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| Lesotho |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2018 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Monocrotophos is banned in Lesotho under the Environment Act 2008. Therefore it cannot be imported, manufactured, sold or used as pesticide in the country. |
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| Libya |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide |
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| Liechtenstein |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Monocrotophos 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). Monocrotophos 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. Monocrotophos 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 |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/06/2010 |
Conditions for import:
Only to be used in controlling red spider mites |
|
| Malaysia |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
General conditions apply. | Remarks:
Registered only for use as a trunk injection on coconut and oil palm. Users required to obtain a permit from the Pesticides Board to purchase and use the pesticide. |
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| Maldives |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2023 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Based on the "Pesticides used in agriculture Control Act" |
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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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| 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 |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Control Act. 1972. | Remarks:
This product has not been imported into the country since 1996 |
|
| Mexico |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2006 |
Conditions for import:
Registration and permission from the Mexico Secretariat of Health is needed. |
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| 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" |
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| 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). Monocrotophos not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro. |
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| 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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| Mozambique |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution N 10/2009, Ratify Rotterdam Convention and Decree N06/2009 Regulation on Pesticides Management. | Remarks:
According deliberation N 001/DNSA/2014 from National Directorate of Agrarian Services, Ministry of Agriculture, registry of was cancelled since December 2014 in Mozambique. |
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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 |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 forbid the import and release of hazardous substances without authorization under that Act. Agricultural compounds, including those that are hazardous substances, also require registration under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 before they can be imported and sold. |
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| Nicaragua |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Resolution No.019-2008: registration of Monocrotophos molecule is cancelled; import, commercialisation and use throughout the national territory of the pesticide is prohibited; in its raw materials, formulated products and in any other mixture. Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, empowered conferred under Law No.274 "Basic Law for regulation and control of pesticides, toxic and hazardous substances, and other similar", and its regulations. | Remarks:
This final regulatory action is based on the final recommendations of the National Commission of Pesticides during the session of 27 April 2004 and the mandate of the Act 274 "Basic Law for the regulation and control of toxic, hazardous and other pesticides" and its regulations. |
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| Niger |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
| 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). |
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| Norway |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Plant protection products Act and Regulations relating to plant protection products. Monocrotophos is not, and has never been, authorised for use, import or marketing in Norway. |
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| 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 |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
All formulations banned in Pakistan |
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| Panama |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
By Executive Decree No. 305 of September 4th, 2002, of the Ministry of Health, published in the Official Gazette No. 24634 of September 9th, 2002, it was established a national legislative action. In its fifth article it states: All substances banned or severely restricted in at least four States, will be banned or severely restricted in our country too. Monocrotophos is the substance No. 463 of Annex 1 to this Decree. Monocrotophos active ingredient, in all its forms, is of restricted use in agriculture by Resolution No.24, of 10 June 2011, published in the Official Gazette No. 26809 of 17 June 2011. | Remarks:
There are no stocks of the product. Banned import and use in agriculture due to the significant risks to public health and other living organisms because its extreme toxicity. |
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| Peru |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution N 50-2004-AG-SENASA (4.3.2004) modified by Resolution N 132-2004-AG-SENASA (6.6.2004). |
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| Qatar |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticide Law No (10) 1968 Article No (26) Environment Law No (30) 2002 |
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| Republic of Korea |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Remarks:
Need more time before a final decision can be taken. |
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| Republic of Moldova |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2012 |
Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova. |
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| Romania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2005 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant products containing Monocrotophos. Monocrotophos is not authorized to be used as plant protection product |
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| Russian Federation |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Federal law No 109-3 of 19.07.1997 concerning safe handling of pesticides and agricultural chemicals. Permitted for use on the territory of the Russian Federation. 2012 (approved by Ministry of Agriculture of Russia) |
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| Rwanda |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order 003/2021 of 08/02/21, determining the list of chemicals and other polluting substances which are not permitted. Published in Official Gazette no Special of 10/02/21. |
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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 the product for use as a pesticide. |
|
| Samoa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2016 |
| 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. |
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| Senegal |
Interim decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2006 |
Conditions for import:
Only formulations registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee can be imported. |
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
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| Slovenia |
Final decision |
Consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
| South Africa |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical banned in 2005 by the Minister in terms of The Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act (Act 26 of 1947). |
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| Sri Lanka |
Final decision |
Consent to import only subject to specified conditions |
12/12/2012 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides Technical and Advisory Committee in Sri Lanka has taken the decision at its 62nd meeting, held on the 19th October 2012, to continue the importation of monocrotophos under restricted manner only for the use of coconut cultivation. |
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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 |
12/12/2004 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Plant Protection Act. The National Pesticide Council decision number 3/2001 dated 3-7-2001. |
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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 Gazzette) |
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| Switzerland |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Monocrotophos 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). Monocrotophos 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 May 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. Monocrotophos is not authorized in biocide preparations. |
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| Syrian Arab Republic |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2008 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
No. 754/Wla dated 15/8/1998 from Minister of Agriculture and agrarian reform |
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| Thailand |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
The notification of Ministry of Industry entitled "list of hazardous Substances (No. 2). In this list, monocrotophos has been identified as type 4 hazardous substance which is prohibited for import, production, distribution, possession or use in Thailand. |
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| Togo |
Interim decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2012 |
| Tonga |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2015 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Act Pescitice Act |
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| Trinidad and Tobago |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2021 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Currently this chemical is not registered for use in Trinidad and Tobago nor has an important licence to allow for the importation of such. This is required under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act 1979 and Pesticides Import Licencing and Pesticides Registration Regulations 1987. |
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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 |
Interim decision |
Consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2013 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Monocrotophos is banned as a pesticide in UAE according to the ministerial decree No. 13 for the year 2012 concerning banned and restricted-use pesticides in UAE. |
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| United Republic of Tanzania |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2006 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Monocrotophos is not registered for use. | Remarks:
It was used in 1970s but no longer used ad not registered. |
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| Uruguay |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/12/2003 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries regulation dated Jan/20/2002. Prohibits registration and place into the market authorisation of any phytosanitary product based on monocrotophos for all agricultural use. Threre's given a period of 6 months from the date of enter into force of this resolution to anyone in possession of these products, to withdraw them from the market. |
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| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
Final decision |
No consent to import |
12/06/2010 |
Legislative or administrative measures:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ministry of People Power for Agriculture and Lands. National Institute of Integrated Agriculture Health. Administrative Order. Office of the President/ INSAI N28, Caracas, 15 July, 2009. According to this Order, registration of products used in agriculture composed or formulated with Monocrotophos as active ingredient, will not be authorised to import and use in the country as of 30/04/2010. |
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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 |
12/06/2023 |
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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