A Decision Guide Document (DGD) sets out the scope of the individual chemicals subject to the PIC procedure and is sent to all Parties to assist governments in making a decision regarding future importation of the chemical. Governments can seek further information before making an import decision.

The decisions which are published in the PIC Circular may have been specific to the proposing countries’ conditions of use and may or may not be related to the way in which the chemical is used in other countries or regions.

Countries should consider the relevance of their national conditions while taking into account the reported regulatory actions for banned or severely restricted chemicals or the conditions under which SHPFs were used.

When consulting a DGD, you may consider the following:

• Is the chemical used in your country? How?
• Estimate the likely exposure to workers, the public and non-target plants or animals.
• Is this similar to the conditions reported as the basis for the actions of the notifying or proposing Parties?
• Are the climatic or environmental and other conditions are similar between your country and the notifying country(ies)?
• Is the level of chemicals management in your country comparable to that of the notifying countries?
• If the notification was from a developed country, does that country already have safety directions and precautions that are either not available in your country or impractical to use in your circumstances?

Natural or chemical alternatives, including techniques, identified by a notifying Party may or may not be effective under the conditions of use in another Party. Countries should adopt the practice of integrated pest management (IPM) including any combination of alternatives such as physical treatments, changes in management and cultural practices.

Chemical	CAS number	Category	Decision Guidance Documents	Additional Information on Annex III chemicals	Import Responses
2,4,5-T and its salts and esters	93-76-5 (*)	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language DATA SHEET Data Sheet on Pesticide No. 13 1975, 2,4,5-t English JMPR 1970 evaluations of some pesticide residues in food monograph on 2,4,5-T English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1979, evaluations 1979, 2,4,5-t English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1981, evaluations 1981, 2,4,5-t English
Alachlor	15972-60-8	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Aldicarb	116-06-3	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Aldrin	309-00-2	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental health criteria 91 aldrin and dieldrin English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 5 (1974) (p. 25) – Aldrin English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Supplement 7 (1987) (p. 88) – Aldrin English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0774 English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 21 – Aldrin and Dieldrin English IPCS IPCS Poisons Information Monograph 573 - aldrin English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1965 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1966 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1967 English
Azinphos-methyl	86-50-0	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Binapacryl	485-31-4	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Captafol	2425-06-1	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 53 (1991) (p.353b) English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 49 English IPCS International Chemical Safety Card no 119, Captafol English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1976 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1977 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1973 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1974 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1969 English
Carbofuran	1563-66-2	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Chlordane	57-74-9	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language DATA SHEET Pesticide Data Sheet – Chlordane English EHC Environmental health criteria 34 – chlordane English IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 13 – CHLORDANE English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1965 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1967 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1969 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1970 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1972 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1974 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1977 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1982 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1984 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food – 1986 English PIM Poisons Information Monograph 573 – Chlordane English
Chlordimeform	6164-98-3	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental health criteria 199 - chlordimeform English EHC EHC 199 - french summary French EHC EHC 199 - spanish summary Spanish IARC IARC summaries and evaluations vol 30 (1983) (p. 61) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card no. 0124 - chlordimeform English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1971 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1975 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1978 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1979 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1980 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1985 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1987 English
Chlorobenzilate	510-15-6	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
DDT	50-29-3	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language Basel Link on DDT from Basel website English EHC Environmental health criteria 9 - ddt and its derivatives English EHC Environmental health criteria 83 - ddt and its derivatives - environmental aspects English
Dieldrin	60-57-1	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental health criteria 91 aldrin and dieldrin English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 21 - aldrin and dieldrin English
Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC) and its salts (such as ammonium salt, potassium salt and sodium salt)	534-52-1	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental Health Criteria 220 - DNOC English EHC EHC 220 - French summary French EHC EHC 220 - Spanish summary Spanish
Dinoseb and its salts and esters	88-85-7 (*)	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language HDB Japan - Hazard Data Book for Chemical Substances English
EDB (1,2-dibromoethane)	106-93-4	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC environmental health criteria 177 English EHC environmental health criteria 177 résumé en français French EHC environmental health criteria 177 resumen en espagnol Spanish NRA NRA Special Review Series 98.2 English WHO WHO Food Additive Series, no. 1, 1971 evaluations of some pesticide residues in food, monograph on 1,2-dibromoethane English
Endosulfan	115-29-7	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language Secretariat DRAFT Decision Guidance Document for endosulfan English Secretariat DRAFT Decision Guidance Document for endosulfan French Secretariat DRAFT Decision Guidance Document for endosulfan Spanish
Ethylene dichloride	107-06-2	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language CICAD Concise International Chemical Assessment Document no. 1 1,2-dichloroethane English CICAD CICAD 1 - French summary French CICAD CICAD 1 - Spanish summary Spanish EHC Environmental Health Criteria 176 - 1,2 dichloroethane English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 62 - 1,2 dichloroethane English EHC EHC 176 - French summary French EHC EHC 176 - Spanish summary Spanish FAO FAO Nutrition meeting series 30 - 1,2-dichloroethane English FAO FAO Nutrition meeting series 48A - 1,2-dichloroethane English HAS Japan - Hazard Assessment Report English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 71 (1999) (p. 501) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0250 - 1,2-dichloroethane English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1971 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1979 English
Ethylene oxide	75-21-8	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language CICAD Concise International Chemical Assessment Document no. 54 - ethylene oxide English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 55 - ethylene oxide English HAS Japan - Hazard Assessment Report English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 60 (1994) (p. 73) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0155 - ethylene oxide English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 16 - ethylene oxide English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1965 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1968 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1971 English
Fluoroacetamide	640-19-7	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
HCH (mixed isomers)	608-73-1	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental Health Criteria 123 - HCH English EHC EHC 123 - French summary French EHC EHC 123 - Spanish summary Spanish
Heptachlor	76-44-8	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language DATA SHEET Data Sheet on Pesticide No. 19 - Heptachlor English EHC Environment Health Criteria 38 - Heptachlor English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card 0743 - Heptachlor English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 14 - Heptachlor English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1965 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1966 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1967 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1968 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1969 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1970 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1974 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1975 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1991 English PIM Poisons Information Monograph 578 - Heptachlor English
Hexachlorobenzene	118-74-1	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language DATA SHEET WHO/FAO Data Sheet on Pesticides No. 26 - Hexachlorobenzene English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 195 - HCH English EHC EHC 195 - French summary French EHC EHC 195 - Spanish summary Spanish IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 20 (1979) (p. 155) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Suppl 7 (1987) (p. 219) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 79 (2001) (p. 493) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card 0895 - Hexachlorobenzene English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 107 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1969 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1974 English PIM Poisons Information Monograph - Hexachlorobenzene English
Lindane (gamma-HCH)	58-89-9	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language DATA SHEET Pesticide Data Sheet No 12 - Lindane English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 124 - Lindane English EHC EHC 124 - French summary French EHC EHC 124 - Spanish summary Spanish ICSC International Chemical Safety Card 0053 - Lindane English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 54 - Lindane English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1965 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1967 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1968 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1969 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1973 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1974 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1975 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1977 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1978 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1979 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1989 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1997 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 2002 English PIM Poisons Information Monograph 859 - Lindane English
Mercury compounds, including inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl mercury compounds and alkyloxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds	CAS numbers	Pesticide	English French Spanish Corrigendum 1: English French Spanish Corrigendum 2: English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental Health Criteria 1 - Mercury English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 101 - methyl mercury English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 118 - inorganic mercury English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 86 - Mercury - environmental aspects English EHC EHC 118 - French summary French EHC EHC 118 - Spanish summary Spanish ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0056 - mercury English WHO WHO Food Additive Series 1972, No. 4 - mercury English WHO WHO Food Additive Series 13 - mercury English WHO WHO Food Additive Series 24 - methylmercury English WHO WHO Food Additive Series 52 - methylmercury English WHO WHO Food Additive Series 44 - methylmercury English
Methamidophos	10265-92-6	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Monocrotophos	6923-22-4	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Parathion	56-38-2	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters	87-86-5 (*)	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 53 (1991) (p.371) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0069 - Pentachlorophenol English IPCS Environmental Health Criteria 71 - pentachlorophenol English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 19 English PIM Poisons Information Monograph 405 - pentachlorophenol English
Phorate	298-02-2	Pesticide	Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Terbufos	13071-79-9	Pesticide		More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Toxaphene (Camphechlor)	8001-35-2	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental health criteria 45 Campheclor (toxaphene) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card 0843 English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 40 English
Tributyl tin compounds	1461-22-9, 1983-10-4, 2155-70-6, 24124-25-2, 4342-36-3, 56-35-9, 85409-17-2	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language IPCS Data sheet on pesticides No.65 English IPCS Environmental Health criteria 116 English IPCS Information Monograph G018 English IPCS Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 14 English IPCS Date of Peer Review: March 1998 English
Trichlorfon	52-68-6	Pesticide	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Dustable powder formulations containing a combination of benomyl at or above 7%, carbofuran at or above 10% and thiram at or above 15%	137-26-8, 1563-66-2, 17804-35-2	Severely hazardous pesticide formulation	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language DATA SHEET WHO/FAO Data Sheet on Pesticides - 87 - benomyl English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 148 - benomyl English EHC EHC 148 - French summary French EHC EHC 148 - Spanish summary Spanish ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0382 - benomyl English IPCS Environmental health criteria 78 - dithiocabamate pesticides, ethylenethiourea and propylenethiourea: a general introduction English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 81 - benomy English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1973 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1975 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1983 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1995 English
Methyl-parathion (Emulsifiable concentrates (EC) at or above 19.5% active ingredient and dusts at or above 1.5% active ingredient)	298-00-0	Severely hazardous pesticide formulation	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental Health Criteria 145 - methyl parathion English EHC EHC 145 - French summary French EHC EHC 145 - Spanish summary Spanish IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluation Supp 7 (1987) (p 392) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 30 (1983) (p.131) English IPCS IPCS Health and Safety Guide No. 75 English IPCS International Chemical Safety Card 626 English JMPR Pesticide residues in food - 1965 English
Phosphamidon (Soluble liquid formulations of the substance that exceed 1000 g active ingredient/l)	13171-21-6	Severely hazardous pesticide formulation	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Actinolite asbestos	77536-66-4	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Anthophyllite asbestos	77536-67-5	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Amosite asbestos	12172-73-5	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Crocidolite asbestos	12001-28-4	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental health criteria 53, asbestos and other natural mineral fibres English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Suppl. 7 (1987) (p 106) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 14 (1977) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 2 (1973) (p.17) English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card 1314 – Crocidolite English IPCS WHO Food Additive Series No. 13 - asbestos English
Tremolite asbestos	77536-68-6	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Commercial octabromodiphenyl ether (including Hexabromodiphenyl ether and Heptabromodiphenyl ether)	36483-60-0, 68928-80-3	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether (including tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether)	32534-81-9, 40088-47-9	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE)	1163-19-5	Industrial		More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Hexabromocyclododecane	134237-50-6, 134237-51-7, 134237-52-8, 25637-99-4, 3194-55-6	Industrial	Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonates, perfluorooctane sulfonamides and perfluorooctane sulfonyls	1691-99-2, 1763-23-1, 24448-09-7, 251099-16-8, 2795-39-3, 29081-56-9, 29457-72-5, 307-35-7, 31506-32-8, 4151-50-2, 56773-42-3, 70225-14-8	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds	335-67-1	Industrial		More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)	13654-09-6, 27858-07-7, 36355-01-8	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)	1336-36-3	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental Health Criteria 140 - PCBs and PCTs English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 152 - PBBs English EHC Environmental Health Criteria 2 - PCBs and PCTs English EHC EHC 140 - French summary French EHC EHC 152 - French summary French EHC EHC 140 - Spanish summary Spanish EHC EHC 152 - Spanish summary Spanish IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Suppl 7 (1987) (p.321) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 18 (1978) (p.107) English IARC IARC Summaries and Evaluations Vol 52 (1986) (p.261) English
Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs)	61788-33-8	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP)	85535-84-8	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Tetraethyl lead	78-00-2	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental health criteria 3 lead English EHC Environmental health criteria 85 lead - environmental aspects English EHC WHO Food Additive Series: 21 - lead English ICSC International Chemical Safety Card No. 0052 - LEAD English IPCS WHO Food Additive Series: 44 - lead English IPCS WHO Food Additive Series: 13 - lead English WHO WHO Food Additive Series: 4 - lead English
Tetramethyl lead	75-74-1	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Tributyltin compounds	1461-22-9, 1983-10-4, 2155-70-6, 24124-25-2, 4342-36-3, 56-35-9, 85409-17-2	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
No additional documents found for this chemical.
Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate	126-72-7	Industrial	English French Spanish	More...	View
Type Title Language EHC Environmental Health Criteria 173 - Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate and Bis(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate English EHC EHC 173 - French summary French EHC EHC 173 - Spanish summary Spanish