G/SPS/N/ZAF/42  
 
21 January 2016  
(16-0447)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: SOUTH AFRICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Directorate: 
Agricultural Inputs Control 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Pesticides 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Notice for prohibition of import, export, possession, 
acquisition, sale, use and disposal of agricultural remedies  Language(s): English   
Number of pages: 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/ZAF/16_0287_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Subsequent to being banned by the Rotterdam Convention, 
the import, export, possession, acquisition, sale, use and disposal of pesticides 
containing the chemicals listed below are prohibited in South Africa: 
 Aldicarb; 
 Aldrin; 
 Azinphos-ethyl; 
 Binapacryl; 
 Camphechlor (CLC); 
 Captafol; 
 Chlordimeform; 
 Chlorobenzilate; 
 Dibromochloropropane; 
 Dinitro-ortho-cresol (DNOC); 
 Dinoseb; 
 Endrin; 
 Heptachlor; 
 Hexachlorobenzene; 
 Kepone; 
 Phosphamidon; 
 Phosphorus containing formulations; 
 Propham. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/ZAF/42 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: 
Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention (available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : By June 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 March 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
Directorate: Agricultural Inputs Control 
Private Bag x343, Pretoria, 0001 
Tel: +(27 12) 319 7303 Fax: +(27 12) 329 7179 
E-mail: MalutaM@daff.gov.za 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries  
Directorate: Agricultural Inputs Control Private Bag x343, Pretoria, 0001 
Tel: +(27 12) 319 7303 
Fax: +(27 12) 329 7179 E-mail: MalutaM@daff.gov.za