Chemical name: 1,3-Benzenedicarbonitrile, 2,4,5,6-tetrachloro- 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: Technical grade active ingredient and all
formulations containing the active ingredient Chlorothalonil are prohibited, as
well as all its uses in Costa Rica. Pesticide use or uses that remain allowed: None. The final regulatory action was based on a risk or hazard evaluation: No Summary of the final regulatory action: Registration, import, export, manufacture, formulation, storage, distribution, transportation, repackaging, recontaining, handling, sale, mixing and use of raw materials or formulated products containing the active ingredient CHLOROTHALONIL is prohibited. New applications for registration and those in process and registration renewal procedures for technical grade active ingredients and synthetic pesticides formulated on the active ingredient Chlorothalonil will be rejected and archived as of the date of publication of the Executive Decree in the Official Gazette La Gaceta. Chemical reagents for analytical standards containing Chlorothalonil are excluded from the Executive Decree. Natural or legal persons who import, export, manufacture, formulate, store, distribute, transport, repack, re-contain, manipulate, sell, mix and use will have a non-extendable period of six months throughout the national territory from the publication of the Executive Decree to exhaust their stocks in the national market. Once this period has expired, the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock through the State Phytosanitary Service and the Ministry of Health will proceed to cancel all registrations containing this active ingredient. The reasons for the final regulatory action were relevant to: Summary of known hazards and risks to human health: Not applicable. Expected effect of the final regulatory action in relation to human health: Not applicable. Summary of known hazards and risks to the environment: Not applicable Expected effect of the final regulatory action in relation to the environment: Not applicable. Date of entry into force of the final regulatory action: 24/10/2023 |