G/TBT/N/SGP/50  
 
17 April 2019  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  SINGAPORE   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  National Environment Agency (NEA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Ms Joanna Lim  
Senior Engineer, Pollution Control Department  
40 Scotts Road, Environment  Building, #12 -00 
Singapore 228231  
Tel.: (65) 6708 -6139 (DID)  
Fax: (65) 6836 -2294 
Email: Joanna_hy_lim@nea.gov.sg  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   
S/N  Chemical Name & 
Identity  HS Code  HS Description  
1 Pentadecafluorooctanoic 
acid (PFOA) (CAS No. 
335-67-1), its salts and 
PFOA-related compounds  29159090  Other saturated acyclic 
monocarboxylic acids & their 
anhydride halide peroxides 
peroxyacids & their halogenated 
sulphonated nitrated or 
nitrosated derivatives  
29XXXXXX*  Hydrocarbons and their 
halogenated , sulphonated, 
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives  
2 Perfluorohexane sulfonic 
acid (PFHxS) (CAS No. 
355-46-4), its salts and 
PFHxS – related 
compounds  29049900  Other sulphonated nitrated or 
nitrosated derivatives of 
hydrocarbons  
29XXXXXX*  Hydrocarbons and their 
halogenated ,sulphonated, 
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives  
3 Benzidine (CAS No. 92 -
87-5) and its salts  29215900  Other aromatic polyamines & 
their derivatives & salts thereof  
4 Bis(chloromethyl) ether 
(CAS No. 542 -88-1) 29091900  Other acyclic ethers & their 
halogenated sulphonated 
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives  
5 Dinoterb  
(CAS No. 1420 -07-1) 29089900  Other halogenated sulphonated 
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives G/TBT/N/SGP/50  
 
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  of phenols or phenol -alcohols  
38089990  Rodenticides and similar 
products not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38  
38089130  Insecticides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089190  Other insecticides not specified 
in Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
containers  
38089311  Herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089319   Other herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
containers  
6 Amitraz  
(CAS No. 33089 -61-1) 29252900  Other imines & their derivatives 
thereof  
38089990  Rodenticides & similar products 
not specified in Subheading Note 
1 or 2 of Chapter 38  
38089130  Insecticides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter  38 in aerosol containers  
38089190  Other insecticides not specified 
in Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
containers  
7 Lambda -cyhalothrin  
(CAS No. 91465 -08-6) 29269000  Other Nitrile -function compounds  
38089990  Rodenticides and similar 
products not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38  
38089130  Insecticides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089190  Other insecticides not specified 
in Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
containers  
8 Atrazine  
(CAS No. 1912 -24-9) 29336900  Compounds with an unfused 
Triazine Ring in the structure 
Excl Melamine  
38089311  Herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089319   Other herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
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  9 Paraquat (CAS No. 4685 -
14-7) and its salts  29333930   Paraquat salts  
29333990  Other compounds with an 
infused pyridine ring  
38089311  Herbicides not  specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089319   Other herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
containers  
10 Acetochlor  
(CAS No. 34256 -82-1) 29242990  Other cyclic amides & their 
derivatives & salts thereof  
38089311  Herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089319   Other herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol  
containers  
11 Hexazinone  
(CAS No. 51235 -04-2) 29336900  Compounds with an unfused 
Triazine Ring in the structure 
Excl Melamine  
38089311  Herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38 in aerosol containers  
38089319   Other herbicides not specified in 
Subheading Note 1 or 2 of 
Chapter 38, not in aerosol 
containers  
* As related salt and compound are too broad to give an exhaustive list, only sub -headings are 
included.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified  document:  Proposed Control 
of Chemicals Under Review by Multilateral Environmental Agreements, (See Attachment) 
(5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  NEA is proposing to control 11 new chemicals as Hazardous 
Substance (HS) under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and 
EPM (Hazardous Substances) Regulations. These 11 new chemicals are identified by the 
Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention for review. The proposed control of the 
11 chemicals under the EPMA an d EPM (HS) Regulations is planned to be gazetted by 
June 2019. The licensing of the chemicals will take effect in 2020. Importers, 
manufacturers and distributors of these chemicals and products containing these 
chemicals will then be required to apply for a HS licence/permit for the import, export, 
sale, store and use of the chemicals.   The 11 chemicals identified for control are as 
follows:    
Conventions  Stockholm Convention 
(SC) Rotterdam Convention (RC)  
Proposed 
Chemicals 
for Control  Industrial 
Chemicals  
(i) Pentadecafluorooct
anoic acid (PFOA), 
its salts and PFOA -
related compounds  
(ii) PerfluorohexIndustrial Chemicals  
(i) Benzidine and its 
salts 
(ii) Bis(chloromethyl)  
ether  Pesticide/  
Insecticides/  
Herbicides  
(i) Acetochlor  
(ii) Paraquat 
and its salts  
(iii) Lambda -G/TBT/N/SGP/50  
 
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ane sulfonic 
acid 
(PFHxS), its 
salts and 
PFHxS – 
related 
compounds  cyhalothrin  
(iv) Atrazine  
(v) Dinoterb  
(vi) Amitraz  
(vii) Hexazinone  
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Objective: The licensing of the 11 new chemicals is put in place in preparation 
for Singapore’s obligation to the SC and RC when these 11 new chemicals are included in 
the Annexes of the Conventions.  
Rationale: In view of the potential environmental and health impacts of these chemicals, 
the licensing control will  enable Singapore' s eventual fulfilment of its obligations to the 
Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) when the chemicals are listed for control 
under the Conventions as it allows NEA to a) monitor the import/export, purchase/sale, 
use, transportat ion and storage of the chemicals and the extent of use in Singapore; and 
b) timely eliminate/restrict usage of the chemicals locally or impose Prior Informed 
Consent (PIC) requirements when the chemicals are formally listed for control under SC or 
RC respe ctively .  
8. Relevant documents:   Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA), 
112 pages, in English (Available online at http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/ ) 
EPM (Hazardous Substances) Regulations, 22 pages, in English (available online at 
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/ ) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Notice will be published in the Republic of Singapore’s 
Government Gazette in June 2019 (planned) when adopted.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Planned for Jan 2020. Notice will be published prior 
to the date of entry into force.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ms Joanna Lim  
Senior Engineer, Pollution Control Department  
40 Scotts Road, Environment Building, #12 -00 
Singapore 228231  
Tel.: (65) 6708 -6139 (DID)  
Fax: (65) 6836 -2294 
Email: Joanna_hy_lim@nea.gov.sg  
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