COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC93) 121 final 
Brussels» 31 March 1993 
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 
ON THE OPERATION OF REGULATION (EEC) NO 1734/88 
concerning export from and Import Into the Community of 
certain dangerous chemicals 
ESHSEBS 
*&. .Jill 
COMMUNITY EXPORTS AMD IMPORTS OP CERTAIN DANGEROUS CHEMICALS 
REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF REGULATION (BBC) No 1734/88 
Abstract 
This report is intended to inform the European Parliament 
and Council of the operation of a notification system for 
the export from the E.C. of certain dangerous chemicals. 
A comparison is made with a voluntary notification system 
set up by UNEP and FAO. 
The report also provides information on chemicals whose 
import into the E.C. is accompanied by a notification from 
the exporting country. 
The future development of export notification and the Prior 
Informed Consent procedure is discussed. 
The report stresses the importance of close cooperation 
between the Community and international bodies, and 
identifies the need to expand monitoring programmes to 
assess the effectiveness of the UNEP/FAO and E.C. procedures 
for export notification and PIC. 
1. Introduction 
2 Export notification — -— 
2.1 The E.C. system under Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88 
2.2 The UNEP/FAO system 
3. Information on notified imports 
4. Future developments 
4.1 Increase in the number of notifiable chemicals 
4.2 Prior Informed Consent 
4.3 Model legislation 
4.4 Commission initiative on pesticides 
4.5 Export control? 
4.6 Monitoring effectiveness of procedures 
5. Conclusions 
APPENDICES 
Al. Example of completed export notification form. 
A2. Reference numbers for export notifications. 
A3. Example of completed form on a notified import. 
A4. Summary of notified imports meeting conditions of Article 6 
of Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88. 
1. INTRODUCTION 
This report is submitted to the European Parliament and Council 
in compliance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88 
concerning export from and import into the Community of certain 
dangeroui chemicals. It reviews the operation of the notification 
system, presents information on participation in international 
programmes on the control of trade in dangerous chemicals, and 
comments on the usefulness of such programmes. 
The report also provides information on the import into the 
European Community of chemicals which are notified by the 
exporting country. 
Looking to the future, the report considers the effect of a new 
Council Regulation to replace (EEC) No 1734/88 and the effect of 
expanding the list of chemicals subject to export notification. 
The effect of the Prior Informed Consent procedure is discussed. 
The report also considers the fundamental question of whether the 
Regulation, and the international procedures on which it is 
based, is having the desired effect of helping to protect human 
health and the environment in third countries as well as in the 
E.C. 
2. BXPQRT NOTIFICATION 
2.1 Operation of the E.C. system 
under Regulation (EEC) no 1734/88 
2.1.1 Background 
Since June 1989, the export of a chemical which is banned or 
severely restricted by Community legislation is subject to 
Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88. This requires that the first time 
such a chemical is exported to a third country, authorities in 
the Member State from which the export takes place must notify 
the appropriate authorities in the importing country of the 
intended shipment of the chemical. The notification must provide 
information on, among other things, why the use of the chemical 
is restricted in the E.C, the risks associated with the 
chemical, and the safety precautions necessary. The notification 
must also contain a reference number, assigned by the Commission, 
which identifies the chemical and the third country of 
destination. The same reference number must accompany the second 
and subsequent export of the chemical from the Community to the 
same third country. 
A new Regulation to replace (EEC) No 1734/88 was published in the 
European Official Journal on 29 August 1992 and came into force 
on 29 November 1992. The new Regulation, (EEC) No. 2455/92, 
furthers the objective of controlling trade in dangerous 
chemicals by introducing a Prior Informed Consent, or "PIC", 
scheme which is fully compatible with the PIC scheme set up by 
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and 
Agriculture Organisation (FAO). 
By this scheme, importing countries are provided with information 
on certain dangerous chemicals in the form of Decision Guidance 
Documents produced by UNEP and FAO. The countries are then asked 
to decide if they wish to receive future imports of the chemical, 
ban imports, or permit imports only under certain conditions. 
The new Regulation makes it mandatory for European exporters to 
comply with the wishes of importing countries. 
2.1.2 Operational experience 
Since Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88 came into effect until 1 
November 1992, there have been 60 export notifications from the 
E.C. If account is taken of re-notifications following changes in 
Community legislation affecting some chemicals, and of 
notifications to more than one designated national authority in 
some third countries, the total number of export notifications 
forms generated has been 110. 
The Export Notification Forms (ENFs) are generated by the 
Commission using information provided by the designated authority 
in the exporter's Member State. A copy of the ENF, containing the 
required reference number, is sent to this designated authority 
by fax transmission, usually within 24 hours of the Commission 
receiving the information. This is followed by a hard-copy of the 
form within a few days. Copies of the form are then sent to all 
other Member States and to the International Register of 
Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) in Geneva. Appendix Al gives 
an example of a completed export notification form. 
As required by Article 4 of the Regulation, the Commission has 
periodically published a list of the assigned reference numbers 
in the Official Journal of the European Communities. The last 
publication is reproduced in Appendix A2 and lists the notified 
chemicals exported to 31 March 1992, the third countries of 
destination and the current reference numbers. 
The 60 notifications of first-time exports have come from only 6 
of the 12 Member States, as shown in the table below: 
Country No. of notifications 
BE 2 
DE 11 
ES 29 
FR 1 
NL 1 
UK 16 
The Commission requested confirmation from the other 6 Member 
States that they have not exported any chemicals which are 
subject to notification. They responded that, to their knowledge, 
they have not. 
However, in view of statements by officials of some Member States 
that they are not fully aware of what chemicals are being 
produced for export, the Commission is not convinced that the 60 
notified chemicals represent all the first-time shipments. Some 
Member States have also expressed uncertainty on their 
obligations to notify the export of a particular chemical if they 
are of the opinion that a shipment of that chemical to the 
importing country in question has taken place before the 
Regulation entered into force. 
2.1.3 Commission response 
The Commission has taken four steps to try to ensure that the 
required notifications are made: 
1. Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 clearly specifies that an 
exporter must assume that a previous export of a particular 
chemical to a particular third country has not taken place 
unless a reference number for that export has been published in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities, or is 
available from the Designated Authority in the exporter's 
Member State. 
2. The new Regulation also requires that Member States take 
appropriate legal or administrative action in case of 
infringement of the provisions of the Regulation. 
3. A contract has been let with a non-government organisation, 
the Pesticides Trust, to monitor the use of dangerous 
pesticides in developing countries; particular emphasis being 
given to the export of such pesticides from the E.C. 
4. Another contract has been let with a consultant for the 
preparation of a booklet giving guidance on the Regulation. 
This will identify clearly the actions required of exporters, 
the Member States and the Commission with respect to export and 
import notification and PIC. (The United Kingdom is in the 
process of providing similar written guidance to its industry.) 
2.1.4 Initiatives of the Member States 
Member States are accepting the challenges of the new Regulation 
by activities such as: enacting related national legislation, 
preparing guidance for industry and convening meetings with 
industry on the Regulation. 
2.2 Operation of the UNEP/FAO system 
2.2.1 Background 
The London Guidelines of the UNEP and the Code of Practice of the 
FAO both refer to the desirability for exporting countries to 
notify importing countries of the shipment of chemicals whose use 
is banned or severely restricted in the exporting country. Both 
organisations have set up a joint notification scheme which is 
operated by the International Register of Potentially Toxic 
Chemicals (IRPTC). 
The notification required by the UNEP/FAO scheme is similar in 
many ways to that of the E.C., but there are differences: 
1. The E.C. Regulation states that the Classification and 
Labelling requirements for the chemical must be included on the 
form. Thus the E.C. form has a place for the classification 
(e.g. "TOXIC") and for the E.C.-allocated Risk phrases (e.g. 
"May cause cancer") and Safety phrases (e.g. "Avoid contact 
with skin"). 
2. The E.C. Regulation requires that preparations be clearly 
identified and that the percentage of the notifiable chemicals 
in such preparations be specified. 
3. The E.C. Regulation is mandatory in the 12 Member States 
whereas the UNEP/FAO scheme is voluntary. 
2.2.2 Operational experience 
The participation in the voluntary export notification scheme set 
up by UNEP and FAO has been disappointing. By November 1992 the 
IRPTC had received notifications on the export of about 90 
chemicals: about 30 notifications from the U.K, one from 
Switzerland, and the rest (60) from the European Commission. 
2.2.3 Future plans of UNEP 
The UNEP Governing Council has recommended that consideration be 
given to embodying the Amended London Guidelines on International 
Trade in Chemicals into a legally binding convention. This is one 
of the points that was discussed at the United Nations Conference 
on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. 
The Commission has supported this recommendation: it should 
result in increased participation in the information exchange and 
PIC procedures and will ensure that European industry (for whom 
participation in export notification and PIC is mandatory) are 
not at a disadvantage with respect to the industries of other 
exporting countries. 
3. INFORMATION ON NOTIFIED IMPORTS 
3.1 Background 
In addition to the requirement for export notification, 
Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88 also states, in Article 6, that 
"Where the designated authority of a Member State receives a 
notification from the competent authority of a third country 
concerning the export to the Community of a chemical whose 
manufacture, use, handling, consumption, transport and/or sale is 
subject to prohibition or substantial legal restriction under 
that country's legislation, it shall send forthwith to the 
Commission a copy of that notification together with all relevant 
information." 
The Commission is required to forward information on such imports 
to other Member States. It does this by generating forms on 
notified imports, an example of which is shown in Appendix A3. 
3.2 Operational experience 
By November 1992, the Commission had received information from 
the Member States on over 200 notified imports, but only 36 of 
those notifications actually met the Article 6 requirements. The 
other notifications referred to requirements in the USA for 
further testing of the chemicals in question. 
The 36 notifications related to 21 different chemicals or 
chemical groups which are listed in Appendix 4. 
The Commission has advised the Member States that it needs to 
receive information only on notifications which meet the Article 
6 requirements. However, Member States may provide information on 
other notifications if they are in doubt about whether or not the 
relevant requirements are met. 
4. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 
4.1 Increase in the number of notifiable chemicals 
Chemicals which are subject to expert notification under 
Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88 are those that have been banned or 
severely restricted* by other Community legislation, and in 
particular Directive 76/769/EEC which restricts the marketing and 
use of certain dangerous substances and preparations, and 
Directive 79/117/EEC which prohibits the placing on the market 
and use of plant protection products containing certain active 
substances. 
Since the Regulation came into effect additional chemicals have 
been the subject of amendments to the two Directives. Of these 
chemicals, the Commission considers that 11 chemicals or chemical 
groups meet the definition of banned or severely restricted and 
should, therefore, be included in the list of chemicals subject 
to export notification, i.e. in Annex I of the Regulation. 
As stated in Article 9 of the Regulation: "(Annex I) shall be 
amended as necessary by decisions taken by the Council by 
qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission." 
The Commission is in the process of drafting a proposal to be 
submitted to Council for the addition of the 11 relevant 
* To determine if a restriction on a chemical is a "severe 
restriction" the following definition from UNEP's Amended London 
Guidelines is considered: 
"Severely restricted chemical 
means a chemical for which, for health or environmental reasons, 
virtually all uses have been prohibited by final governmental 
regulatory action, but for which certain specific user remain 
authorized." 
Chemicals to the Annex in addition to the 3 chemicals that were 
added to the list with the introduction of the new Regulation to 
replace (EEC) No 1734/88. 
Note: It is considered that the new chemicals are more widely 
used than those currently in Annex I; thus the number of exports, 
and corresponding notification to third countries, is likely to 
increase significantly in the next year. 
4.2 Prior Informed Consent 
In the words of the UNEP London Guidelines: "PIC refers to the 
principle that international shipment of a chemical that is 
banned or severely restricted in order to protect human health or 
the environment should not proceed without the agreement, where 
such agreement exists, or contrary to the decision of the 
designated national authority in the participating importing 
country." 
Under the PIC scheme, importing countries are asked to decide 
whether they want to accept future imports of a specific 
chemical, whether they want to ban future imports, or whether 
they want to specify conditions for the import of the chemical. 
To help the authorities in the importing country to make their 
decision, the UNEP and FAO provide them with Decision Guidance 
Documents on chemicals subject to PIC. These DGDs provide, among 
other things, environmental and toxicological data on a specific 
chemical, and reasons why it is banned or severely restricted in 
some countries. 
There are three ways in which a chemical can become a candidate 
for the PIC procedure: 
1. if it is banned or severely restricted in 5 or more 
countries ; 
2. if it is banned or severely restricted in only one country 
provided that the control action came into force after 1 
January 1992; 
3. if it is among the problematic pesticides defined by UNEP 
and FAO as "Category 1A+" (these are pesticides whose active 
ingredients are in the WHO Class la list of extremely hazardous 
pesticides, or are pesticide formulations which, according to 
official reports, are causing significant problems under 
conditions of use in developing countries). 
Before a chemical can progress from a status of a candidate for 
the PIC procedure to a chemical actually subject to PIC, the 
following conditions have to be met: 
1. the control action (ban or severe restriction) must be in 
compliance with the definitions of the PIC procedure, 
2. the control action should be scientifically based, 
3. the control action should be based upon data, information or 
analysis which indicate that use under the expected conditions 
in the country implementing the control action may give rise to 
an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment. 
There are now 115 countries that have indicated to IRPTC that 
they wish to participate in the PIC scheme. However, many 
developing countries have told IRPTC that they need help to 
enable them to participate fully in PIC. Tae UNEP response has 
been to initiate the development of model legislation as a means 
of establishing and strengthening legislative and regulatory 
systems on the control and management of chemicals. 
4.3 Model legislation 
The UNEP Governing Council, on 31 May 1991, endorsed a 
recommendation for the development of model legislation on Prior 
Informed Consent and also the development of similar guidance 
material on other functional components of a comprehensive 
chemical management scheme. 
Following discussions at working groups of experts on chemical 
legislation, at which the Commission has been represented, UNEP 
are now in the process of preparing papers on the following: 
1. an overview of the functional components normally found in a 
developed country's chemical legislation; 
2. the identification of the components that relate to the 
operation of PIC, including a check list of actions and 
resources that are needed to enable a government to participate 
fully in PIC; and 
3. an example of a legislative text on PIC based on the 
provisions of the new E.C. Regulation. 
These papers will be subjected to extensive review and further 
discussion at meetings of developing and developed countries. But 
the UNEP involvement will not end with the approval of the model 
legislation; it is envisaged that legal experts, acting on behalf 
of UNEP, will need to be sent to some developing countries to 
help draft appropriate legislation based on the model. 
It is recognised by the FAO and UNEP that PIC is only one aspect 
of chemical control; the goal remains the building of national 
regulatory, technical and human resources infrastructure needed 
to manage chemicals in an environmentally sound manner. The 
Commission would like to increase its assistance on these matters 
and is convinced that the Community's Chemical legislation, in 
addition to that concerning PIC, can serve as useful models to 
developing countries. 
4.4 Commission initiative on pesticides 
Another means by which the Commission hopes to help developing 
countries is via a pesticide database which has been formulated 
by CIRAD* with the help of Commission funds. This database has 
been designed with the specific needs of 29 African countries in 
mind. It will provide, for these countries, specific information 
on the use of pesticides and the risks they can pose to human 
health, domestic and wild animals, and the environment. 
* Centre de Cooperation Internationale de Recherch Agronomique 
pour le Développement. 
4.5 Export control? 
Following discussions on the Commission's proposal for a new 
Regulation in June 1991, the European Parliament voted to approve 
the proposal with a number of amendments. Among these amendments 
was the proposal that the Community should not allow the export 
of chemicals which could not be used in the E.C. 
The Commission was unable to accept this amendment as it would 
have put the E.C. Regulation at variance with the position of the 
FAO and UNEP. This position is stated in the FAO Code of Conduct 
as follows: 
" .. the fact that a product is not used or registered in a 
particular exporting country is not necessarily a valid reason 
for prohibiting the export of that pesticide. Developing 
countries are mostly situated in tropical and semitropical 
regions. Their climatic, ecological, agronomic, social, 
economic and environmental conditions and therefore their pest 
problems are usually quite different from those prevailing in 
countries in which pesticides are manufactured and exported. 
The government of the exporting country, therefore, is in no 
position to judge the suitability, efficacy, safety or fate of 
the pesticide under the conditions in the country where it may 
ultimately be used. Such a judgement must, therefore, be made 
by the responsible authority in the importing country in 
consultation with industry and other government authorities in 
the light of the scientific evaluation that has been made and a 
detailed knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the country 
of proposed use." 
The Commission agrees with this statement and would like to 
maintain compatibility with the UNEP and FAO procedures on export 
notification and PIC, provided that these prove to be effective. 
It considers it essential that an assessment of the effectiveness 
of the procedures be carried out periodically. 
4.6 Monitoring the effectiveness of procedures 
The World Health Organisation estimates that, each year, over one 
million people suffer acute unintentional poisoning as a result 
of the misuse of pesticides; this figure includes 20,000 
fatalities. The WHO also estimates that the incidence of 
poisoning has doubled from 1972 to 1989*. 
It is hoped that the initiatives of FAO and UNEP on export 
notification, PIC and Model Legislation will lead to a reduction 
in these figures, especially if export notification and PIC 
become legally binding conventions. Similarly, it is hoped that 
the E.C. Regulation will make a positive contribution. 
To try to assess the effectiveness of these initiatives, the 
Commission intends: 
* Reference: WHO/UNEP, The public Health Impact of Pesticides 
Used in Agriculture, Geneva, 1990. 
1. to continue its funding of Non-government Organisations en 
the monitoring of the use of chemicals in developing countries, 
and 
2. to continue to work closely with international organisations 
and, if possible, to provide financial or technical assistance 
to education and monitoring programmes undertaken by UNEP, FAO 
and the WHO. 
5. Conclusions 
By November 1992, 60 different export notifications had been made 
under Regulation (EEC) No 1734/88. The frequency of notification 
is likely to increase when a replacement Regulation comes into 
force in November 1992. This will require that Member States 
maintain a closer scrutiny over exports subject to the 
Regulation. 
The number of notifications is also likely to increase 
significantly as chemicals, which were used until recently in the 
Community, are added to Annex I of the Regulation. 
The experience of UNEP and FAO with their joint voluntary export 
notification scheme has been disappointing. But if the 
notification procedures are incorporated into a legally binding 
convention it is expected that participation in the scheme will 
rapidly increase. 
The international PIC procedure has been initiated by the IRPTC, 
and the Commission is ready to act as the focal point for 
information exchange between the Member States and the IRPTC. 
The Commission is assisting UNEP to produce model legislation on 
PIC for use by developing countries- Additional help may be 
needed by some countries in the drafting of actual legislation 
and establishing an administrative infrastructure. 
The Commission is keen to maintain compatibility between its 
export notification and PIC schemes and those of UNEP and FAO. 
However, it feels that the efficacy of these schemes needs to be 
assessed by enhanced monitoring programmes, preferably in 
collaboration with other international organisations. 
If such monitoring programmes demonstrated that the schemes were 
not effective, consideration should be given to more stringent 
means of control on the export of dangerous chemicals. 
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APPENDIX Al 
EXAMPLE OF COMPLETED EXPORT NOTIFICATION FORM 
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES REGULATION (EEC) No 2455/92 
EXPORT NOTIFICATION FORM 
FOR BANNED AND SEVERELY RESTRICTED CHEMICALS 
1. EXPORT NOTIFICATION REFERENCE NUMBER: EC/231-299-8/R2/CU 
*2. EXPORT CONSISTS OF A BANNED OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED CHEMICAL 
NAME(S) OF CHEMICAL: 
inorganic mercury compound: mercury (II) chloride 
EINECS number:231-299-8 CAS number:7487-94-7 
*3. EXPORT CONSISTS OF A PREPARATION CONTAINING ONE OR MORE 
BANNED OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED CHEMICAL(S) 
NAME(S) OF PREPARATION: 
LABELLING CODE FOR PREPARATION: 
NAME(S) OF CONSTITUENT CHEMICAL(S) BANNED OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED 
(i) 
(ii) % IN PREPARATION: 
% IN PREPARATION: EINECS no: 
EINECS no: CAS no: 
CAS no: 
4. COUNTRY OF DESTINATION: CUBA 
Expected date of first export: 02/07/92 
Estimated amount of the chemical to be exported to the destination 
country in the next year (if possible): 
5. Designated National Authorities 
in the EC: 
MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y CONSUMO 
DIRECCION GENERAL DE PROTECCION 
DE LOS CONSUMIDORES 
Po PRADO, 18-20 
28071- MADRID, ESPAÇA 
Representative of exporting country 
Eduardo Tacoronte Samaniego 
Signature 
Date: — in the importing country: 
Subdirector General 
Desarrollo y Servicios del Centro 
Nacional de Sanidad Végétal 
Calle 150 #, 2125 e/ 21 A y 25 
Siboney Playa,CIUDAD DE LA HABANA 
Official stamp 
* Box 2 or box 3 to be completed. 
Note : Chemical and legal data overleaf. 
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
REGULATION (EEC) No 2455/92 
DATA SHEET FOR A BANNED OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED CHEMICAL 
CHEMICAL NAME(S): 
inorganic mercury compound: mercury (II) chloride 
EINECS No:231-299-8 CAS No:7487-94-7 USE CATEGORY(IES)*:p 
LABELLING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMICAL 
CLASSIFICATION: VERY TOXIC 
CODE: T+; R:28-34-48/24/25; S:36/37/39-45 
Risk phrases: 
Very toxic if swallowed. 
Causes burns. 
Toxic : danger of serious damage to health by prolonged exposure in 
contact with skin and if swallowed. 
Safety phrases: 
Wear protective clothing, gloves and eye/face protection. 
In case of accident or if you feel unwell, seek medical advice 
immediately (show the label where possible). 
SUMMARY OF CONTROL ACTION AND USB(S) CONTROLLED: 
It is prohibited to place on the market or use all plant protection 
products containing an inorganic mercury compound as an active 
ingredient. 
REFERENCE TO EEC OR NATIONAL LEGISLATION: 
Directive 79/117/EEC of 21/12/78 (O.J.L33/36 of 8/2/79) as amended by 
Directive 91/118/EEC of 19/3/91 (0.J.L92/42 of 13/4/91). 
REASONS SUPPORTING THE CONTROL ACTION: 
Inorganic mercury compounds are persistent in the environment. They are 
likely to bioaccumulate and produce food-chain effects on terrestrial 
and aquatic organisms. 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
Revision No.2 
* p=plant protection product; i=industrial chemical; c=consumer chemical 
Note: If a preparation contains aore than one cheaical which 1s banned or severely restricted 1n the EC 
data sheets on the additional chenlcals aust be attached hereto. 
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APPENDIX A2 
REFERENCE NUMBERS FOR EXPORT NOTIFICATIONS 
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Reference numbers for the notification of the export of certain 
dangerous cheatcals 
The following is published so as to comply with Article 4 of Council 
Regulation (EEC) Na 1734/88<1>. 
The Regulation introduced a notification procedure for the export of 
chemicals which are banned or severely restricted in the European 
Community. This requires that the first export of such a chemical be 
accompanied by a notification, that each notification be given a 
reference number, and that that number accompany subsequent exports of 
the chemical from the Community to the same third country. 
Article 4 of the Regulation specifies that the Commission shall 
periodically publish a list of these reference numbers in the Official 
Journal of the European Communities, stating the chemical concerned and 
the third country of destination. 
Below is the list of current reference numbers for the banned or 
severely restricted chemicals that have been exported to 31 March 92: 
SMÇlflÇ ChaffHcaJs 
Name of chemical 
aldrin 
heptachlor 
dimercury dichloride 
mercury monoxide 
Toxaphene Third country 
of destination 
Ma I aysi a 
Senega I 
Pakistan 
Hong Kong 
Lebanon 
PoI and 
Syria 
USA 
Israel Export Reference Number 
EC/206-215-8/rev.2/MY 
EC/200-962-3/SN 
EC/233-307-5/rev.1/PK 
EC/244-654-
EC/244-654-
EC/244-654-
EC/244-654-
EC/244-654-7/rev.1/HK 
•7/rev.1/LB 
7/rev.1/P0 
7/rev.1/SY 
•7/rev.1/USA 
EC/232-283-3/rev.2/IL 
(1) 0J N' L155, 22.6.1988, P. 2. 
Name of Preparation Au 
CHLORDANE 30% WP 
Active Constituent 
chlordane 
CHLORDANE 80% EC 
Active Constituent 
chlordane French Polynesia EC/200-349-0/P02/PF 
French Polynesia EC/200-349-0/P01/PF 
Alkoxvalkvl end srvi mercury compounde 
Name of chemical Third country 
of destination Export Reference Number 
d i pheny I ifi-i ( tet rapropeny I ) 
succinato (2-)-0:0']] 
dimercury Chile EC/248-355-2/CL 
merbromin Canada 
Lebanon 
USA EC/204-933-6/CA 
EC/204-933-6/LB 
EC/204-933-6/USA 
phenyImercury acetate 
phenyImercury chloride Argentina 
Austral la 
South Africa 
Uruguay 
Austral la EC/200-532-5/rev.1/AR 
EC/200-532-5/rev.1/AU 
EC/200-532-5/rev.1/ZA 
EC/200-532-5/rev.1/UY 
EC/202-865-1/rev.1/AU 
Name of Preparation 
SUPER AD IT; (321 EXTRA) 
Active constituent : 
d i pheny I ifi-
[(tetrapropenyI)succInato 
(2-)-0:0*]]dlmercury IndonesI a 
Kuwa i t 
Lebanon 
Libya 
New Zealand 
PoIand 
Saudi Arabia 
Singapore 
Thai land 
Trinidad and 
Tobago EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-
EC/248-355-2/P01/ID 
355-2/P01/KW 
355-2/P01/LB 
355-2/P01/LY 
355-2/P01/NZ 
355-2/P01/PL 
355-2/P01/SA 
•355-2/P01/SG 
•355-2/P01/TH 
EC/248-355-2/P01/TT 
Inorganic «wrcurv compounds 4 
Name of chemical 
aminomercury chloride 
mercury dichloride 
mercury di iodide 
mercury dinitrate 
mercury (II) sulphide Third country 
of destination 
Chile 
Lebanon 
Pakistan 
GuatemaI a 
Japan 
Lebanon 
Morocco 
Paraguay 
Peru 
USA 
Zaire 
Dom i n i can 
RepubIi c 
USA 
USA Export Reference Number 
EC/233-335-8/rev.2/CL 
EC/233-335-8/rev.2/LB 
EC/233-335-8/rev.2/PK 
EC/231 
EC/231 
EC/231 
EC/231 
EC/231 
EC/231 
EC/231 
EC/231 •299-8/rev 
•299-8/rev 
299-8/rev 
•299-8/rev 
•299-8/rev 
•299-8/rev 
•299-8/rev 
•299-8/rev 1/GT 
1/JP 
1/LB 
1/MA 
1/PY 
1/PE 
1/USA 
1/ZR 
EC/231-873-8/rev.1/DO 
EC/233-152-3/rev.1/USA 
EC/215-696-3/rev.1/USA 
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AHNEX A3 
EXAMPLE OF A OOMPLETED IMPORT NOTIFICATION FORM 
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
REGULATION EEC/1734/88, ARTICLE 6 
IMPORT NOTIFICATION FORM FOR CHEMICALS WHOSE SHIPMENT TO THE E.C 
IS NOTIFIED BY THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT 
IMPORT REFERENCE NUMBER: USA/219-376-4 /EC (ES92) 
NAME(S) OF CHEMICAL OR PREPARATION: 
triphosgene ; butyl 2,3-epoxypropyl ether 
EINECS NUMBER: 219-376-4 CAS NUMBER: 2426-08-6 
NOTIFYING THIRD COUNTRY: USA • 
DATE ON NOTIFICATION: 25/03/92 
EC NATIONAL AUTHORITY RECEIVING NOTIFICATION: 
DATE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY CEC: 07/07/92 Spain 
REASON(S) GIVEN FOR NOTIFICATION: 
A control order requires certain controls and/or limitations on 
the manufacture, processing, or upe of the substance in the US. 
Note: The USEPA has not reached a* conclusion that the substance 
poses a risk to human health and/or the environment. Rather, the 
Agency has concluded that the controls should apply until it has 
received information sufficient for it to evaluate the risks, if 
any. 
EC CLASSIFICATION: Harmful 
CODE: Xn, R:20-43; S:24/25 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 
Distribution of this INF: MSs 
So 
APPENDIX A4 
SUMMARY OF NOTIFIED IMPORTS MEETING CONDITIONS 
OF ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION (EEC) NO 1734/88 
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SUMMARY OF NOTIFIED IMPORTS MEETING CONDITIONS 
OF ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION (EEC) NO 1734/88 
NAME OF IMPORTED CHEMICAL EINECS NO. IMPORTING 
MEMBER STATE EXPORTER 
acrylaartde and N-eethylalecrylaa1de grout* 
ancyaldol 
esbestos 
ethifttos 
atbeitftir 
chlorofluorocsrbons; CFCe 
chlorofluorocarbons; CFCe 
chlorofluorocarbons; CFCe 
chlorofluorocarbons; CFCe 
chlorofluorocerbons; CFCe 
chlorofluorocarbone; CFCe 
hexavelent chromlua chealcal 
hexevelent chroalua cheelcal 
hexevelent chroalua cheaicel 
hexavelent chroalua coapounde 
DDT; 1/1/1-tHchloro-2/2-b1»(A-chlorophanyOetheno 
decebroaodiphenyl oxide; 
reaction product of d1bTOa1nated-2-broaoethylbenzene 
deleene 75 IIP; aethyl 2-benzieidaxole carbeaate; 
ethoxylated thiol ether ; polyaer of substituted alkylphenol 
PC8 
PCBe ; polychlorlnated blphenyls 
PCBs ; polychlorlnated blphenyls 
pentane-2,4-diene 
2,4-pentenedione 
2,4-pentanedione 
1,1 ,2-tr1 chlorot rlf luoroethane 
trlphosgene ; butyl 2,3-epoxypropyl ether 
tris(2,3-dibroaopropyl) Isocyanurate 201-173-7 UK 
France 
310-127-6a France 
.310-127-6a Ireland 
"310-127-60 UK 
209-803-2a France 
209-803-2a France 
209-803-2a Greece 
209-803-2a Greece 
209-8Q3-2a Ireland 
209-803-2a UK 
231-157-5a France 
231-157-5a France 
231^l57-5a UK 
231-157-5a Greece 
200-024-3 Spain 
214-604-9 France 
France 
234-232-0 France 
200-00i-8a Spain 
215-648-^1 UK 
215-648-1 France 
215-648-1 France 
204-634-0 Spain 
204-634-0 France 
204-634-0 Spain 
200-936-1 Spain 
219-376-4 Spain 
257-913-4 France USA-
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