Legislative or administrative measures:
1.Palestinian Environmental Law No. 7 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 agri-chemical fertilizers, which may pose hazards to the environment. Article (15) The Ministry, in coordination with specialized agencies, shall set instructions and standards specified for agri -chemicals, that are, allowed to be imported, manufactured and distributed in Palestine, and shall ensure observance of it. 2.Palestinian agricultural law No. 2 of 2003 give responsibilities 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 by law No.9 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 ground water. 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 |