Chemical name: O,S-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate

Final regulatory action has been taken for the category: Pesticide

Final regulatory action: The chemical is Banned

Use or uses prohibited by the final regulatory action:

Use is strictly are forbidden.

Pesticide use or uses that remain allowed:

Not relevant

The final regulatory action was based on a risk or hazard evaluation: No

Summary of the final regulatory action:

The Executive Director of the Ecuadorian Agency for the Agricultural quality assurance - AGROCALIDAD resolves:

Article 1.- Cancelling all applications requesting registration or reevaluation of products containing the active ingredient Methamidophos and its mixtures.

Article 2.- Signing off this resolution, all records of products containing the active ingredient Methamidophos and its mixtures are canceled, under provisions of article 32-f, Decision 804, Andean standard for registration and control of chemical pesticides for agricultural use in the Andean community.

Article 3.- Prohibit the importation of products containing the active ingredient Methamidophos and its mixtures. Imports authorized until September 31, 2015, may nationalize their products up to March 2016.

Article 4.- Grant a 180 calendar days period, as from the signing of this Resolution to withdraw from the domestic market, those products containing the active ingredient Methamidophos and its mixtures.

The reasons for the final regulatory action were relevant to:

Summary of known hazards and risks to human health:

Not relevant

Summary of known hazards and risks to the environment:

Not relevant

Date of entry into force of the final regulatory action: 23/10/2015