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Captafol

Category: Pesticide CAS number 2425-06-1

Import Responses


Captafol

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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, captafol is not included.
Antigua and Barbuda Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Final decision is based primarily on the fact that Captafol is a highly hazardous chemical based on the WHO classification. It poses an unacceptably high risk to human health and the environment. The pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Board is committed to registering only lowest risk pesticides for use in the country unless viable alternatives are unavailable. Viable alternatives are available for this product.
Argentina Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2002
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decree No.2121/90 Published on the Congressional Record October 16,1990. Prohibits: importation, manufacturing, processing, commercialisation and use of agriculture applications products, on the basis of Captafol (active ingredient)
Armenia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2016
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 On approval of the list of the chemicals and pesticides banned in the Republic of Armenia (No. 293-N dated March 17, 2005).
Australia Final decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/12/2004
Conditions for import:
Subject to approval, registration, exemption or permit under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994, noting that the pesticide is not currently approved for use.
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Code Act 1994.
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.
Belize Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2005
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not classified as an approved pesticide in the Official Register of Pesticides for Belize.
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.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2011
Legislative or administrative measures:
Chemical is not included in the List of active substances allowed for use in Plant Protection Products in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Official Gazette of BiH" No 11/11)
Botswana Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2023
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agro chemical Act, 1999, which provides for the 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.
Remarks:
The pesticide is highly hazardous, and the government has taken a decision to restrict HHPs.
There are available and registered alternatives.
Brazil Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Directive No. 4 of 19 February 1987 - Ministry of Agriculture - Prohibit register, trade and use of all products and formulations containing active ingredient captafol.
Directive No. 4 of 05 February 1987 - Ministry of Health, National Surveillance - exclude the Captafol from the list of toxics substances, which can be authorized as pesticides.
Law No. 7.802 of 11 July 1989 and Decree No. 4.074 of 04 January 2002 - Pesticides and its compounds need to be registered by the Federal Authority prior to produce, export, import, trade or use.
Remarks:
There is no pesticide registered for any purpose.
Bulgaria Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol is listed in Annex I to Regulation (BG) on import and export of certain dangerous substances, preparations and products (CM Decree N 129 of 01.07.2002, SG 66 of 09.07.2002, p. 7) as banned for use as a plant protection product. It is prohibited to use and place on the market all plant protection products containing captafol 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).
Burkina Faso Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
Results of the Sahelian Pesticides Committee (CSP) meeting.
Burundi Final decision No consent to import 12/06/1999
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
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
Cameroon Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
Act n 66/9/COR of 18 November 1966
Decree n 77/171 of 03 June 1977
Decree n 83-661 of 27 December 1983
Order n 0002/MINAGRI/DIRAGRI/SDPV of 17/01/1989
Canada Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Chad Interim decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Final decision pending passage of pesticide control decree.
Chile Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
This action is based on the absence, for this chemical substance, of the authorization as a pesticide in agriculture, without which it is not allowed to import, manufacture, distribute, sell or use this substance in Chile. To obtain this authorization, it is necessary to follow strict national regulations that reflect many procedures and information needed to obtain the permission.
China Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
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.
Colombia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
ICA Resolution 5053/89 prohibits the importation and sale of this product.
Cook Islands Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Cook Islands Pesticides Act 1987
Costa Rica Final decision No consent to import 12/06/1999
Legislative or administrative measures:
Legislative or administrative measures - Banned by the "Decreto Ejecutivo No. 19260-MAG".
Côte d'Ivoire Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol has not been registered since 2000. It is therefore prohibited to import, sell or use this product in the whole of the Cte d'Ivoire in order to protect human health and the environment.
Cuba Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Legislative or administrative measures:
National decision adopted and disseminated to the interested Parties, under the power conferred to the Designated National Authority, as entity empowered to register pesticides authorized for use at national level (Joint Resolution of March 7, 2007, Ministries of Agriculture and Public Health).
It is currently in the process of adopting the resolution which grants legal status to this national decision adopted.
Cyprus Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned as agricultural pesticide. Pest Control Products Board decision 31/3/1989.
Czechia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import of the substance is banned by the Act No. 147/1996 Code, on phytosanitary care and its implementing Decree No. 84/1997 Code, as last amended.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
This pesticide is prohibited completely for agricultural use by "The Law for Environment Protection" (April 1, 1984) and "The National Regulation of Pesticide Management", because of its high toxicity to human and animals, and also its environmental polluting effect.
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 12/06/2007
Ecuador Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2001
El Salvador Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
"R/ Decreto ejecutivo No. 151, del 28 de junio de 2000".
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
Estonia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Compound has not been submitted for registration.
Eswatini Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Ethiopia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for similar use.
European Union Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
It is prohibited to use or place on the market all plant protection products containing captafol as an active ingredient according to Council Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances (OJ L 33 of 8.2.1979, p. 36) as last amended by Regulation (EC) 850/2004 of 29/04/2004 (OJ L 229 of 29/06/2004, p.5).
Remarks:
Captafol is classified under Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (OJ L 196 of 16.8.1967, p. 1) as: Carc. Cat. 2; R 45 (Carcinogen in category 2; May cause cancer.) - R 43 (May cause sensitization by skin contact.) - N; R 50/53 (Dangerous to the environment; Very Toxic to aquatic organisms, may cause long-term adverse effects in the aquatic environment).
Gabon Final decision No 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.
Gambia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
It has never been registered.
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
Ghana Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides Control and Management Act, 1996 (Act 528).
Guinea Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
1) Decision No 2395/MAE/SGG/2001 of 6/06/2001 restricting and/or prohibiting the use of active substances in agriculture.
2) National policy on health and environment protection, pesticide management
3) National weakness in the toxicological and ecotoxicological analyses.
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).
Guyana Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control (Prohibited Pesticides) Order No. 22 of 2006 made under the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Control Act 2000 (No. 13 of 2000).
Honduras Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2014
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 014-99, dated 17-6-1999. Prohibiting Captafol.
Hungary Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Withdrawal documents of Ministry of Agriculture: 22984/1984; 22983/1984; 22792/1984. Reason for withdrawal: the unacceptable toxic effect of the active substances.
India Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/01/1998
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply.
Remarks:
Captafol shall be used only as a seed dresser. Use as foliar spray is banned.
Indonesia Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import and use of the substance as agricultural chemical are banned.
Israel Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2012
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
Jamaica Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/1999
Remarks:
Not registered. No application for registration has been received.
Japan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
1. Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law.
2. Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.
Jordan Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Remarks:
The decision was taken by the Pesticide registration committee due to the information received from the PIC.
Kazakhstan Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2020
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan about ratification of Rotterdam Convention from 20 March 2007 N239-III, items 38-2, 38-6 of article 17 of ecological Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 9 January 2007 No 212-II.
Kenya Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Remarks:
Not registered. Other pesticides available for similar use.
Kuwait Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Decree No. 95/1995.
Kyrgyzstan Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2012
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ordinance of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic of 27 July 2001 No. 376 on measures to protect the environment and health of the population from adverse effects of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides.
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
Latvia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Compound has not been submitted for registration.
Lebanon Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial decision # 94/1 Dated 20/05/1998
Lesotho Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2018
Legislative or administrative measures:
Environment Act 2008 prohibits importation of the chemical.
Liberia Interim decision No consent to import 12/12/2001
Libya Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Not registration in the pesticide list for Libyan agriculture pesticide
Liechtenstein Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol 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).
Captafol 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. Captafol is not authorized in biocide preparations.
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.
Malawi Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Malaysia Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Legislative or administrative measures:
Import and manufacture of all pesticides are controlled under the Pesticides Act 1974 through a registration scheme and the Act is implemented by the Pesticides Board of Malaysia. No captafol is permitted to be imported, manufactured, sold or used in the country except for purposes of research or education, where certain conditions apply.
Entry into force of the final regulatory action: 1997
Maldives Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2019
Conditions for import:
The specified conditions are: banned through a public announcement. Please find below the link to access the banned list (Ministry of Fisheries Marine Resources and Agriculture Website) https://www.fishagri.gov.mv/category/ guidance_and_regulations/2a8b8da0-0e95-4b53-9ef8-5734e3a4062b national gazette announcement link (in Dhivehi)http://www.gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/ view/102762.
Legislative or administrative measures:
The specified conditions are banned through a public announcement. Please find below the link to access the banned list (Ministry of Fisheries Marine Resources and Agriculture Website) https://www.fishagri.gov.mv/category/ guidance_and_regulations/2a8b8da0-0e95-4b53-9ef8-5734e3a4062b national gazette announcement link (in Dhivehi)http://www.gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/ view/102762.
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
Malta Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
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).
Mauritius Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Mexico Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/01/1998
Conditions for import:
General conditions apply.
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"
Montenegro Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
Law on chemicals (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 051/17), Article 44, Article 47, Article 48,
Captafol is not entered in the list of registered chemicals in Montenegro and is not on the list of active substances permitted for use in the plant protection plant for 2018.
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.
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
New Zealand Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2006
Legislative or administrative measures:
There are no approvals for pesticide formulations containing captafol under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO)
Remarks:
Small-scale use of this substances in a laboratory for research and development or teaching is exempt from a HSNO approval provided all the requirements of Section 33 of the HSNO Act are met.
Nicaragua Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2023
Legislative or administrative measures:
Resolution 001-2022; Published La Gaceta, Official Gazette of Nicaragua, on April 26, 2022.
Remarks:
The National Pesticide Commission is the advisory and consultative body on pesticides issues, and should be consulted for the final decision of the final regulatory action, in this case Captafol was never registered and is prohibited in many countries, it will therefore be requested the prohibition of manufacturing, formulating and marketing of the pesticide as active ingredient or in any formulation.
Niger Interim decision No consent to import 12/12/2008
Remarks:
Niger ratified the Rotterdam Convention which entered into force in June 2006, in January 2006
Niger ratified the Common Regulation of CILSS Member States (the Sahelian Pesticide Committee is in charge of implementing that regulation).
Order N 092/MAG/EL/DPV of 08-07-99, listing plant protection products prohibited in Niger.
All that has been said allows the country to conform to the regulation in force at a national, regional and international level.
Nigeria Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/01/1998
Conditions for import:
Chemical is under severe restriction to be used only in seed dressing. Importation allowed only by permit from FEPA and NAFDAC pending phase-out.
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).
Norway Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Decision 23/81 of 31 March 1981.
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.
Pakistan Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Agricultural Pesticide Ordinance 1971. Agricultural Pesticide Rules 1971.
Panama Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Paraguay Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
There is no record of use as herbicide in the country.
Peru Final decision No consent to import 12/06/1999
Philippines Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Qatar Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministry of Environment to perform all the tasks and actions to protect the environment in the country, according to the law No. 30 of 2002 Article (26), prohibiting the import or handling of transport of hazardous materials, without authorization from the competent administrative authority, and article (29) of law No. 30 of 2002 prohibiting the use of pesticides or other chemical compounds for agriculture, public health or other purposes.
Republic of Korea Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Banned in 1993 because of carcinogenicity.
Republic of Moldova Interim decision No consent to import 12/06/2012
Remarks:
The chemical has never been manufactured in the Republic of Moldova.
Romania Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2004
Legislative or administrative measures:
Ministerial Order No. 396 /2002 on the banning of the use of plant protection products containing certain active substances on Romania's territory transposed partially the Directive 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 banning the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances, laid down in the Annex 1 at the Ministerial Order No. 396/2002, excepting for research or laboratory analyses uses and export.
In the emergency situations which can not be solved through other means, the Interministerial Commission for the certification of plant protection products may authorize for a period of maximum 120 days the placing on the market or the use of the plant protection products containing one or several substances mentioned in the annex.
*Romanian final regulatory action bans all formulations in plant protection products
of the Captafol.
Remarks:
The manufacturing and the import of plant protection products containing one or several of the active substances laid down in annex and which are certificated for their use in Romania are banned, the existing stocks to be consumed within 12 months from the entrance into force of the present order. This means, starting with 18 January 2003 as it is foreseen in the Ministerial order No. 396/2002.
Captafol was witdrawn from the market in '90.
Russian Federation Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of substances banned for use in cosmetics and toiletries products. Cosmetic Technical Regulation of the Customs Union N. 799 of 23.09.2011.
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).
Rwanda Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2002
Remarks:
All uses are forbidden in the country.
Product never registered
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 12/01/1998
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.
Senegal Interim decision No consent to import 12/12/2006
Remarks:
Captafol has not been registered by the Sahelian Pesticides Committee.
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)
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 of the chemical.
Slovakia Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Act No 285 of November 20 1995 of the National Council of Slovak Republic on phytosanitary care and list of registered pesticides.
Slovenia Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2003
Legislative or administrative measures:
MS Sans Serif;
Order on prohibition, restriction or use of phytopharmaceutical products, which contain specific active ingredients (O.J. 105/01).
South Africa Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2017
Legislative or administrative measures:
Government Gazette 40166 published in Government Notice R. 862 on the 29 July 2016 in terms of the Gazette for the Prohibition on the Import, Export, Possession, Acquisition, Sale, Use and Disposal of Agricultural Remedies, Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act, 1947 (Act No. 36 of 1947).
However there is the possibility of importing the chemicals for analytical purposes only.
Sri Lanka Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2000
Remarks:
National legislative and administrative measures - Final regulation to import: prohibition effective since 26 January 1989.
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.
Sudan Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Plant Protection Materials Act, 1994; the National Council for Pesticides. Not registered.
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 Gazette)
Switzerland Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol 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).
Captafol 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 in May 2005) adopts the same biocide active ingredients as the EU. Captafol is not authorized in biocide preparations.
Syrian Arab Republic Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
Thailand Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Legislative or administrative measures:
Captafol was banned according to notification of Ministry of Industry issued under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E.2535 (1992) which has been effective since 2 May 1995.
Togo Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/01/1998
Conditions for import:
For scientific experiments.
Tonga Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2015
Legislative or administrative measures:
Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Act
Pescitice Act
Trinidad and Tobago Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2001
Legislative or administrative measures:
The Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act, 1979 allows importation of registered pesticides only.
No permission will be granted to import into Trinidad and Tobago.
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).
Türkiye Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Banned by Ministry of Agriculture in 1978.
Uganda Final decision No consent to import 12/06/1999
Remarks:
Not registered
United Arab Emirates Final decision No consent to import 12/07/1998
United Republic of Tanzania Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Product banned since 1986.
Uruguay Final decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Remarks:
Resolution of 21 November 1990 (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) prohibits registration, importation and use.
Vanuatu Interim decision No consent to import 12/01/1998
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Interim decision Consent to import only subject to specified conditions 12/06/2010
Conditions for import:
Authorisations and registrations will be granted by the Institute of Comprehensive Agricultural Health, INSAI, created by Decree with Status, Value and Effect of the Law of Comprehensive Agricultural Health, Decree No 6129, June 3, 2008, as management entity for integrated Agricultural Health, under the Ministry of People Power with competence in agriculture and lands, been responsible to: authorise, certify, suspend, revoke o renew the practice of the integrated agricultural health through the issuance of permits and licenses, registrations, certifications, accreditations and authorisations.
Viet Nam Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2010
Legislative or administrative measures:
Banned for import, trade and use
Yemen Final decision No consent to import 12/12/2007
Legislative or administrative measures:
List of Banned and Severely Restricted Pesticides in Yemen.
Zimbabwe Final decision No consent to import 12/06/2019
Legislative or administrative measures:
Fertilizers, Farm Feeds and Remedies Institute Chapter (18:12) and Statutory Instrument 144 of 2012 (pesticide Regulations).