Commission Regulation (EC) No 2247/98 of 13 October 1998 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the export and import of certain dangerous chemicals (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical product, dangerous substance, exchange of information, export, import

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2247/98

of 13 October 1998

amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 concerning the
export and import of certain dangerous chemicals

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92
of 23 July 1992 concerning Community exports and
last
imports of
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1237/97 (2),
and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,

certain dangerous

chemicals (1),

as

in particular, of

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 sets up a system
of notification and,
information for
imports from and exports to third countries of certain
dangerous chemicals; whereas certain of these chemicals
are subject to the international prior informed consent
procedure (PIC) established by the United Nations Envir-
onment Programme (UNEP) and by the Food and Agri-
culture Organisation (FAO);

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92 further provides
for the participation of the Community in the inter-
national prior informed consent procedure;

Whereas Article 5(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92
provides, inter alia, that the information in Annex II to
the said Regulation should comprise the list of chemicals
subject to the international PIC procedure, a list of the
countries participating in the PIC scheme and the PIC
decisions of importing countries;

list of chemicals subject to the international PIC proce-
dure and to the PIC decisions of importing countries;

Whereas, a number of such amendments having been so
initiated, it is necessary, in accordance with Article 11 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92, to amend its Annex II;

Whereas it is desirable to give exporters additional infor-
mation by listing also interim decisions of participating
importing countries;

this Regulation is

Whereas
in accordance with the
opinion of the committee set up pursuant to Article 29 of
Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the
approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions relating to the classification, packaging and
labelling of dangerous substances (3), as last amended by
Commission Directive 97/69/EC (4),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to this Regulation replaces Annex II to Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2455/92.

Article 2

Whereas Article 11(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2455/92
provides that Annex II should be amended where the
UNEP and the FAO have initiated amendments to the

This Regulation shall enter into force one month after its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 13 October 1998.

For the Commission

Ritt BJERREGAARD

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 251, 29. 8. 1992, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 173, 1. 7. 1997, p. 37.

(3) OJ L 196, 16. 8. 1967, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 343, 13. 12. 1998, p. 19.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

The information contained in this Annex is based on the PIC Circular VI, July 1997 and on the
update of PIC Circular VI, January 1998

1. List of chemicals subject to the international PIC procedure

The following chemicals have been introduced in the PIC procedure following control actions reported by
participating countries.

For Group I reported control actions refer to pesticide use (as defined by the FAO/UNEP). For Group II,
reported control actions refer to industrial use.

Decisions Guidance Documents (DGDs) have been prepared by UNEP/FAO (IRPTC) to help countries to
make import decisions concerning those chemicals. Nevertheless, DGD is not the only information taken
into account by countries when they take their import decision.

Therefore, the import decision does not necessarily refer to the uses mentioned in the DGD.

Since the update of PIC Circular VI and PIC Circular VII were distributed, the following new substances
were introduced to the PIC procedure: Captafol, Chlorobenzilate, Hexachlorobenzene, Lindane, Methami-
dophos, Methyl Parathion, Monocrotophos, Parathion, Phosphamidon, Pentachlorophenol and 2,4,5-T.

GROUP I

Aldrin

Captafol

Chlordane

Chlordimeform

Chlorobenzilate

DDT

Dieldrin

Dinoseb and dinoseb salts

EDB (1,2-dibromoethane)

Fluoroacetamide

HCH (mixed isomers)

Heptachlor

Hexachlorobenzene

Lindane

Mercury compounds such as:

— Mercuric oxide
— Mercurous chloride (Calomel)
— Other inorganic mercury compounds
— Alkyl-mercury compounds
— Alkoxy-alkyl and aryl-mercury compounds

Methamidophos

Methyl Parathion

Monocrotophos

Parathion

Phosphamidon

Pentachlorophenol

2,4,5-T

CAS No 309-00-2

EC No 206-215-8

CAS No 2425-06-1

EC No 219-363-3

CAS No 57-74-9

EC No 200-349-0

CAS No 6164-98-3

EC No 228-200-5

CAS No 510-15-6

EC No 208-110-2

CAS No 50-29-3

EC No 200-024-3

CAS No 60-57-1

EC No 200-484-5

CAS No 88-85-7

EC No 201-861-7

CAS No 106-93-4

EC No 203-444-5

CAS No 640-19-7

EC No 211-363-1

CAS No 608-73-1

EC No 210-168-9

CAS No 76-44-8

EC No 200-962-3

CAS No 118-74-1

EC No 204-273-9

CAS No 58-89-9

EC No 200-401-2

CAS No 21908-53-2
CAS No 10112-91-1

EC No 244-654-7
EC No 233-307-5

CAS No 10265-92-6

EC No 233-606-0

CAS No 298-00-0

EC No 206-050-1

CAS No 6923-22-4

EC No 230-042-7

CAS No 56-38-2

EC No 200-271-7

CAS No 13171-21-6/
23783-98-4/297-99-4

EC No 236-116-5

CAS No 87-86-5

EC No 201-778-6

CAS No 93-76-5

EC No 202-273-3

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GROUP II

Crocidolite

Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
except mono and dichlorinated biphenyls

CAS No 12001-28-4

EC No 310-127-6

CAS No 36355-01-8,
27858-07-7, 13654-09-6

EC No 252-994-2,
248-696-7, 237-137-2

CAS No 1336-36-3

EC No 215-648-1

Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs)

CAS No 61788-33-8

EC No 262-968-2

Tris(2,3 dibromopropyl)phosphate

CAS No 126-72-7

EC No 204-799-9

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2. List of the countries participating in the PIC scheme

Afghanistan (*)
Albania
Algeria
Andorra (*)
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia (*)
Australia
Azerbaijan (*)
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus (*)
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonsia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam (*)
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia (*)
Camenroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
C(cid:147)te-d’Ivoire
Croatia (*)
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic (1)
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (*)
Djibouti (*)
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea (*)
Eritrea (*)
Estonia
Ethiopia
European Union (its Member States and Members of the
EEA Agreement) (2)

Federated States of Micronesia (*)
Fiji
Gabon (*)
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guina
Guinea-Bissau (*)
Guyana (*)
Haiti
Holy See (*)
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati (*)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan (*)
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (*)
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Mecedonia (*)
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives (*)
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands (*)
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco (*)
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia (*)
Nauru (*)
Nepal
New Zealand
Nicaragua

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Niger
Nigeria
Oman, Sultante of
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland (*)
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino (*)
S(cid:209)o Tom(cid:130) and Pr(cid:146)ncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles (*)
Sierra Leone
Singapore (*)
Slovakia
Slovenia (*)
Solomon Islands
Somalia (*)

South Africa (*)
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland (*)
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan (*)
Tuvalu (*)
Uganda
Ukraine (*)
United Arab Emirates
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen (*)
Yugoslavia (*)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

(*) These countries have not yet nominated a DNA.
(1) Focal point only.
(2) Member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,

Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Members of the EEA Agreement: European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway.

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3. Decisions of participating countries

The decisions reported are final decisions, unless indicated as interim.

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Aldrin
(EC No 206-215-8)
(CAS No 309-00-2)

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permitted only when the
product is registered with IBAMA exclu-
sively for treatment of wood. Not permitted
for public and domestic health campaigns.
All agricultural uses banned)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Congo, Republic of

Interim: Consent

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (consent from Ministry of
Agriculture. Use as termiticide only)

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom,

Prohibit for plant protection use. (for uses
other than plant protection, written au-
thorisation is
into
required for
Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Nether-
lands, Spain)

import

Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (used as termiticide)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
required. Agricultural use
control in coconut nurseries)

(written approval by Registrar
restricted to

No consent

Consent (for control of termites)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (for emergency cases in limited
amounts)

Consent (for structural termite control and
household use only)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Togo

No consent

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

Captafol

(EC No 219-363-3)

(CAS No 2425-06-1)

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

Angola

Australia

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
(permission from Ministry of
Health or Agriculture required. Vector
control in public health)

No consent

Consent (use as termiticide only. Importa-
agricultural
not
tion
purposes)

permitted

for

No consent

No consent

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Interim: No consent

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Cyprus

Estonia

Gabon

Gambia

Honduras

Hungary

India

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Latvia

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Interim: Consent (to be used only in seed
dressing. Permit required from FEPA and
NAFDAC pending phase-out)

No consent

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Chlordane
(EC No 200-349-0)
(CAS No 57-74-9)

Paraguay

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Sudan

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
ments)

No consent

No consent

(for

scientific experi-

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (restricted use on sugar
cane)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns not permitted. No
chlordane-based formulation for agricul-
tural use has ever been registered)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
(small quantities less than one
tonne per year of wettable powder of 75 %
or other technical material for formulating
in the country substances for control of
ants with less than 0,75 % active ingre-
dient)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permit from Ministry of
Agriculture required; use as
termiticide
only)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

European Union

— Member States:

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece,
Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, United Kingdom

Ireland,

Prohibit for plant protection use (for uses
other than plant protection, written author-
isation is required for import into Belgium,
Denmark,
Italy, Netherlands,
Spain)

France,

Finland, Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use as termiticide only)

No consent

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use as termiticide only)

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

Consent (approval letter for import from
registrar
restricted uses as
termiticide in soil, timber protectant)

required;

is

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Chlordimeform
(EC No 228-200-5)
(CAS No 6164-98-3)

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

No consent

Consent (use as termiticide only)

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Tanzania, United Republic of

Interim: Consent

Thailand

Togo

Consent (use only for termite control in the
production of sugar cane, pineapple, para
rubber and oil palm)

No consent

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Canada

Chad

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns not permitted. No
chlordimeform-based formulation for agri-
cultural use has ever been registered)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Prohibit for plant protection use

Consent (written authorisation required)

Response did not address importation

Consent (advance approval required)

Consent (for plant protection use, written
authorisation required)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

Consent (prior authorisation required)

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

Consent (for plant protection use, written
authorisation required)

Consent

Consent (advance approval required)

United Kingdom

Consent (written authorisation required)

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Consent (written authorisation required)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent
small
quantities for research uses through import
permit)

(except

for

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent (except for small quantities for
research/educational uses through import
permit)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Chlorobenzilate
(EC No 208-110-2)
(CAS No 510-15-6)

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

No consent

Response dit not address importation

No consent

No consent

Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Tanzania, United Republic of

Interim: No consent

Thailand

Togo

No consent

Interim: Consent

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: No consent

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

No consent

No consent

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Angola

Australia

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Bosnia and Erzegovina

Interim: No consent

Canada

Chad

Chile

Cina

Colombia

Cyprus

Estonia

Gabon

Gambia

Honduras

Hungary

India

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Latvia

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Sudan

Tanzania, United Republic of

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent (only in cases of emer-
gency as determined by FPA)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

DDT
(EC No 200-24-3)
(CAS No 50-29-3)

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

and
Interim: Consent
production registration and also import
licence)

(requires

import

Interim: Consent
ments)

No consent

(For

scientific experi-

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

Consent (only when certified by Ministry of
Health for public health use. Vector control
in malaria; prohibited for agricultural use)

Consent (agricultural use prohibited)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permit from Ministry of
Agriculture required; emergency malaria
control only)

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20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

European Union

— Member States:

Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Nether-
lands,
United
Kingdom

Portugal,

Spain,

Prohibit for plant protection use (for uses
other than plant protection, written au-
thorisation is
into
required for
Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Nether-
lands, Spain)

import

Austria, Finland, Germany, Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
only)

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
health programme)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

(for public health use

(permitted in public

(imported only by the
Interim: Consent
Ministry of Health for public health use)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
(only for control of vectors of
malaria under the supervision of services of
the Ministry of Health)

Interim: Consent
vectors)

No consent

(use

against malaria

Consent
service only)

(restricted use by public health

Interim: Consent (direct import by Secret-
ariat of Health for public health campaigns)

No consent

No consent

No consent
banned)

(import production and use

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 282/27

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangaldesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Dieldrin
(EC No 200-484-5)
(CAS No 60-57-1)

No consent

No consent
hibited)

(all use in agriculture pro-

(special permit

Consent
for
malaria vector control through Department
of Health)

required

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (for public health use only)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (for emergency cases in limited
amounts)

Consent (by Ministry of Public Health for
use against malaria only)

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (by Ministry of Public Health for
use against malaria only)

Consent (imported by Ministry of Health
for public health use)

Consent
(limited amount only for use
against malaria. Importation not permitted
for agricultural purposes)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns, and for treatment
of wood, not permitted. All agricultural
uses banned)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

L 282/28

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20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Central African Republic

No consent

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Congo, Republic of

Interim: Consent

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permit from Ministry of
Agriculture. Use as termiticide only)

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Prohibit for plant protection use (for uses
other than plant protection, written au-
thorisation is
into
required for
Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Nether-
lands, Spain)

import

Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (for locust control only)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (used as termiticide)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

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L 282/29

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Interim: Consent

(termiticide use only)

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
(written approval by registrar
required. Non-crop uses only. Termiticide
and timber protectant)

No consent

Consent (for control of termites)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (for emergency cases in limited
amounts)

Thailand

Togo

No consent

No consent

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Dinoseb and Dinoseb salts

(EC No 201-861-7)
(CAS No 88-85-7)

No consent

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
Health or Agriculture
control in public health)

(permission from Ministry of
vector

required;

No consent

Consent

Interim: Consent

No consent
(imported periodically into
Australia for use as an inhibitor in styrene
production; authorisation required)

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

L 282/30

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20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns, and for treatment
of wood, not permitted. All agricultural
uses banned)

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Central African Republic

Interim: No consent

Chad

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Congo, Republic of

Interim: Consent

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Ecuador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece,
Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, United Kingdom

Ireland,

Prohibit for plant protection use. For uses
other than plant protection, written author-
isation is required for import into Belgium,
Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Spain.

Finland, Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Prohibit for plant protection use

Prohibit for plant protection use (written
authorisation is required for other uses)

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (stipulated condition)

No consent

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 282/31

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uganda

Uruguay

United Arab Emirates

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent (except for research through
permit)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (use on weeds in legumes; limited
quantity 500 to 1 000 kg/year)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
and/or
service)

(with advance approval
agreement of plant protection

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
toxicological data,
quality control certificate must be available)

(properties,

No consent

No consent

L 282/32

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Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

EDB (1,2-dibromoethane)

(EC No 203-444-5)

(CAS No 106-93-4)

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

Consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

Interim: Consent (restricted use as a fumi-
gant for certain crafts; non-agricultural uses
only)

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns, and for treatment
of wood, not permitted. No EDB-based
formulation for agricultural use has ever
been registered)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
(only by authorisation
and for application by Ministry of Agricul-
fruit
ture for produce treatment against
flies)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Prohibit for plant protection use (for uses
other than plant protection, written au-
thorisation is
into
required for
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Nether-
lands, Spain)

import

Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

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L 282/33

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Consent (approval from poison and phar-
macy board required. To be used only by
fumigation by
trained professionals. For
quarantine officials for fruit fly treatment of
export fruits only)

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
(use restricted to fumigation of
food grains by Government organisations
and pest control operators whose expertise
is approved by plant protection advisor to
the Government of India)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent (except for small quantities for
research/educational use through import
permit)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

Interim: No consent

No consent

Consent (for fumigation by quarantine offi-
cials)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

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20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Fluoroacetamide
(EC No 211-363-1)
(CAS No 640-19-7)

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Consent (restricted use by the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteo-
rology’s Quarantine Division for fumiga-
tion of produce for export)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Consent (if not intended for use as pesti-
cide)

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: No consent

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns, and for treatment
of wood, not permitted. No fluoroace-
tamidebased formulation for agricultural
use has ever been registered)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Central African Republic

Interim: No consent

Chad

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Congo, Republic of

Interim: Consent

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permit from Ministry of
Agriculture required)

20. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 282/35

Chemical

Country

Import decision

European Union

— Member States:

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Prohibit plant protection use. For other
uses written authorisation required

Consent (written authorisation required)

Consent (written authorisation required)

Consent (advance approval required)

Consent (for plant protection use, written
authorisation required)

Prohibit for plant protection use

Consent
written authorisation is required)

ingredient of

(as

rodenticides,

Consent (prior authorisation required)

Prohibit for plant protection use. For other
uses written authorisation required

Response did not address importation

No consent

Prohibit for plant protection use

Consent (written authorisation required)

Consent (advance approval required)

United Kingdom

Consent (prior authorisation required)

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Nepal

Consent (written authorisation required)

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent (except for research through
permit)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

L 282/36

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Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (with approval from plant
protection service)

Trinidad and Tobago

Response did not address importation

Turkey

Uganda

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Brazil

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Consent
toxicological data,
quality control certificate must be available)

(properties,

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

Interim: Consent (only formulations of less
than 1 % a.i. for veterinary and medical
use)

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

(importation is only
Interim: Consent
permitted when the product is registered
with IBAMA exclusively for treatment of
wood)

HCH (mixed isomers)

(EC No 210-168-9)

(CAS No 608-73-1)

20. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 282/37

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Central African Republic

Interim: No consent

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Congo, Republic of

Interim: Consent

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
Ministry of Agriculture)

(requires permit

from

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United
Kingdom

Prohibit for plant protection use (for uses
other than plant protection written author-
isation is required for import into Belgium,
Italy, Netherlands,
Denmark,
Spain)

France,

Austria, Finland, Sweden

No consent

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (certain uses banned)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

L 282/38

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Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Angola

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
Health or Agriculture)

(permission from Ministry of

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Heptachlor
(EC No 200-962-3)
(CAS No 76-44-8)

20. 10. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 282/39

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burundi

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

Interim: Consent
(importation is only
permitted when the product is registered
with IBAMA exclusively for treatment of
wood. It is not permitted for public and
domestic health campaigns. Agricultural
use of heptachlor
formulations banned,
both those produced in the country and
imports)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (restricted to professional use on
ornamentals and pine trees)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permit from Ministry of
Agriculture; termiticide use only)

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sweden, United
Kingdom

Spain,

Prohibit for plant protection use (for uses
other than plant protection, written au-
into
required for
thorisation is
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy,
Netherlands, Spain)

import

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

Prohibit for plant protection use

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

L 282/40

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Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

India

Indonesia

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
only for seed treatment)

(general conditions apply. Used

No consent (except for small quantities for
research/educational use through import
permit)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

No consent

No consent

Consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (only for use against soil and wood
termites)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (termiticide use only)

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Tanzania, United Republic of

Interim: Consent

Thailand

Togo

Consent
(structural
household use only)

Interim: Consent

termite control and

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: Consent (termiticide use only)

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Vietnam

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Hexachlorobenzene

(EC No 204-273-9)

(CAS No 118-74-1)

Angola

Australia

No consent

No consent

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Interim: No consent

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Cyprus

Estonia

Gabon

Gambia

Hungary

India

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Latvia

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Sudan

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

research purposes
(for
Interim: Consent
and by approval of FEPA/NAFDAC/Min-
istry of Agriculture only)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
and
production registration and also import
licence)

(requires

import

(for

scientific experi-

Interim: Consent
ments)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Lindane
(EC No 200-401-2)
(CAS No 58-89-9)

Angola

Australia

No consent

Consent (specific approval of importation
required for each shipment. Export noti-
fication of
from the
each shipment
exporting country DNA required)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Interim: No consent

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Cyprus

Estonia

Gabon

Gambia

Honduras

Hungary

India

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Latvia

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Sudan

Consent (general conditions apply)

Interim: No consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

No consent

Consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

Consent (only after registration of import)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent
only for seed treatment)

(general conditions apply. Use

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Interim: Consent (for cocoa use only. Only
by permit
from FEPA and NAFDAC
pending phase-out)

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
pineapple plantations)

(restricted

use

on

Consent (only for the treatment of scabies
and pediculosis (lice) of humans)

No consent

Interim: Consent
grade material)

(only 99,5 % technical

Tanzania, United Republic of

Response did not address importation

Thailand

Interim: Consent
and
production registration and also import
licence)

(requires

import

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Methamidophos

(EC No 233-606-0)

(CAS No 10265-92-6)

Mercury compounds such as
— Mercuric oxide

CAS No 21908-53-2

EC No 244-654-7

— Mercurous chloride

(Calomel)

CAS No 10112-91-1

EC No 233-307-5

— Other inorganic mercury

compounds

— Alkyl-mercury-compounds
— Alkoxy-alkyl and
— Aryl-mercury compounds

Togo

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Australia

Canada

Chad

China

Gambia

Hungary

Iraq

Mauritius

New Zealand

Philippines

Suriname

Thailand

Vanuatu

Australia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Cook Islands

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Consent (restricted use to be used by au-
thorised persons only)

Consent (general conditions apply)

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

Consent (approval from Ministry of Agri-
culture required)

(registration certificate/

Interim: Consent
import permit)

No consent

Consent
limited to establishing sugar cane)

(from 31 December 1994 uses

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (use for public and do-
mestic health campaigns, and for treatment
of wood, not permitted. Agricultural use of
mercury compound formulations banned,
both those produced in the country and
imports)

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cyprus

Dominica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Ethiopia

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (import permit only for
official laboratories and pharmacies)

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (permit from Ministry of
Agriculture: 1. ethylmercury chloride; 2.
phenylmercury acetate. Use of pesticides
containing mercury is discouraged)

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Sweden, United
Portugal,
Kingdom

Spain,

for use as plant
No consent. Prohibit
antifoulants, wood
protection products,
preservatives,
and
preservatives
textile
slimicides. (For other uses, written author-
isation is required for import into Belgium
and the Netherlands)

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

Fiji

Gambia

Guatemala

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Madagascar

Malaysia

Malta

Mauritius

Mexico

Mongolia

No consent. Prohibit for plant protection
products, antifoulants, wood preservatives,
textile preservatives and slimicides

No consent (refers only to use as pesticide)

No consent

No consent (refers to methoxy ethylmer-
cury chloride only)

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent (refers to agricultural use only)

consent

No
acetate)
Consent (methoxyethyl mercury chloride)
Interim: Consent (ethylmercury chloride)

(phenylmercury

No consent

No consent

No consent (refers to ethylmercury)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent (except for small quantities for
research/educational use through import
permit)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Oman

Pakistan

Paraguay

Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Samoa

Sri Lanka

St Lucia

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

No consent

No consent (import, production and use
banned)

Interim: Consent (restricted use)

No consent

No consent (refers only for use as a pesti-
cide)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

No consent (mercuric oxide) No consent
(phenylmercury acetate) Consent (phenyl-
mercury dodecenyl succinate used as paint
biocide — approval letter from Registrar is
required)

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent (refers to methoxy-
ethyl mercury acetate)

Consent (banned as pesticide and for most
other uses)

Syrian Arab Republic

No consent

Tanzania, United Republic of

No consent (refers only to pesticide uses)

Thailand

Togo

No consent
mercury chloride)

(refers

No consent

to 2-methoxy ethyl

Trinidad and Tobago

Interim: Consent (restricted use)

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Australia

Canada

Chad

China

Gambia

Hungary

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

Methyl Parathion

(EC No 206-050-1)

(CAS No 298-00-0)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Monocrotophos

(EC No 230-042-7)

(CAS No 6923-22-4)

Parathion

(EC No 200-271-7)

(CAS No 56-38-2)

Iraq

Mauritius

New Zealand

Philippines

Slovakia

Suriname

Thailand

Vanuatu

Australia

Canada

Chad

China

Gambia

Hungary

Iraq

Mauritius

New Zealand

Philippines

Slovakia

Suriname

Thailand

Vanuatu

Australia

Canada

Chad

China

Gambia

Hungary

Iraq

Mauritius

New Zealand

Philippines

Slovakia

Suriname

Thailand

Vanuatu

No consent

No consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

No consent

Consent (approval from Ministry of Agri-
culture required)

(registration certificate/

Interim: Consent
import permit)

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

No consent

No consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

No consent

Consent (for bean fly control on legumes
only)

No consent

Consent (approval from Ministry of Agri-
culture required)

Interim: Consent
import permit)

(registration certificate/

(general

Consent
apply.
Restricted to use by CIRAD Research
Station only)

conditions

Interim: Consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (approval from Ministry of Agri-
culture required)

No consent

No consent

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Pentachlorophenol
(EC No 201-778-6)
(CAS No 87-86-5)

Angola

Australia

No consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Interim: No consent

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Cyprus

Estonia

Gabon

Gambia

Hungary

India

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Latvia

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Sudan

Tanzania, United Republic of

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Australia

Canada

Chad

China

Consent (general conditions apply)

Interim: No consent

Consent (general conditions apply)

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (only in wood treatment
by FPA-accredited wood treatment plants
and institutions)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
ments)

No consent

(for

scientific experi-

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (special permit documents. Import
restricted to certain bodies)

Phosphamidon
(EC No 236-116-5)
(CAS No 13171-21-6/23783-98-4/297-99-4)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Gambia

Hungary

Iraq

Mauritius

New Zealand

Philippines

Suriname

Thailand

Vanuatu

Angola

Australia

No consent

Interim: Consent (general conditions apply)

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Consent (approval from Ministry of Agri-
culture required)

Interim: Consent
import permit)

(registration certificate/

No consent

No consent

No consent

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Interim: No consent

2,4,5-T
(EC No 202-273-3)
(CAS No 93-76-5)

Canada

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Cyprus

Estonia

Gabon

Gambia

Honduras

Hungary

India

Iraq

Kazakhstan

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Latvia

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Sudan

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

No consent

Tanzania, United Republic of

Interim: Consent (for total weed clearance
on roads only)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Crocidolite
(EC No 310-127-6)
(CAS No 12001-28-4)

Thailand

Togo

Turkey

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Albania

Algeria

Australia

Bahrain

Chad

China

Cuba

Cyprus

Ecuador

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent
production of consumer goods)

(banned for use

in

Response did not address importation

No consent

Interim: No consent

No consent

Consent

Consent (permission by Ministry of Labour
and Social Insurance, in exceptional cases
for special uses)

Interim: Consent

No consent

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sweden, United
Kingdom

Spain,

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

No consent

Gambia

Guinea

Hungary

India

Japan

Malaysia

Nigeria

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

Interim: Consent
construction work)

(severely restricted to

Interim: Consent (for industrial uses on the
basis of
the
National Department of Environment)

authorisation of

a prior

No consent (all uses banned)

Consent (licence on the recommendation
of the Department of Chemicals and Petro-
chemicals)

Interim: Consent

No consent

No consent

Response did not address importation

Response did not address importation

Interim: Consent (an interim importation
clearance has to be obtained from the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (under Republic Act 6969). The
issuance of such an interim importation
clearance may be denied based on the
evaluation of data required

No consent

Consent (conditions specified in Ordinance
No 8, 11b, of Ministry of Health of
Slovakia, 1990)

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

St Lucia

Switzerland

Interim: Consent

(if

the

intended use

still
Consent
permitted according to the provisions of
Annex 3.3 of
the ordinance relating to
environmentally hazardous substances)

is

Tanzania, United Republic of

Response did not address importation

Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)

Thailand

Uruguay

Albania

(EC Nos 252-994-2, 248-696-7, 237-137-2) Australia
(CAS Nos 36355-01-8, 27858-07-7, 13654-

Bahrain

09-6)

Chad

China

Cuba

Cyprus

Ecuador

European Union

— Member States:

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sweden, United
Kingdom

Spain,

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

Gambia

Guinea

Hungary

India

Japan

Malaysia

Nigeria

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

Response did not address importation

Response did not address importation

Interim: No consent (applies only to hexa-
bromobiphenyl)

Consent
(permission must be obtained
from the National Environmental Protec-
tion Agency of China)

(can only be

imported with
Consent
permission of
is not
permitted if the substance is intended to be
used in textile production)

the DNA. Import

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent

Consent (except for use in textile articles
intended to come into contact with the
skin, e.g. garment, undergarment, linen)

Consent (except for use in textile articles
intended to come into contact with the
skin, e.g. garment, undergarment, linen)

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent (for industrial uses on the
basis of
the
National Department of Environment)

authorisation of

a prior

Interim: Consent (requires permission from
National Public Health and Medical
Officer Service. PBBs may not be used in
textile
etc.)
intended to come in contact with the skin)

(garments,

articles

linen,

Consent (licence on the recommendation
of the Department of Chemicals and Petro-
chemicals)

Interim: Consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (requires approval from
Federal Environmental Protection Agency)

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L 282/51

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
(EC No 215-648-1)
(CAS No 1336-36-3)
except mono and dichlorinated biphenyls

Oman
Papua New Guinea
Philippines

Samoa
St Lucia
Switzerland

Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Uruguay
Albania
Algeria
Australia

Bahrain
Chad
China

Cuba

Cyprus
Ecuador
European Union
— Member States:

Response did not address importation
Response did not address importation
Interim: Consent. An interim importation
clearance has to be obtained from the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (under Republic Act No 6969).
The issuance of such an interim importa-
tion clearance may be denied based on the
evaluation of data required
No consent
Interim: Consent
No consent (manufacture, supply, import
and use of the substance and of products
which contain the substance are prohibited)
Response did not address importation
Response did not address importation
Response did not address importation
No consent
No consent
the Ministry for
Consent
Trade must be obtained. Such permission
would include conditions specified in the
customs regulation)
No consent
Interim: Consent
Consent
(permission must be obtained
from the National Environmental Protec-
tion Agency of China; including for import
of electrical equipment containing PCBs)
No consent (the substance itself and elec-
trical equipment with a PCB content
greater than 50 ppm are banned for import)
Interim: No consent
Interim: Consent

(permission of

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
Ireland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sweden, United
Kingdom

Spain,

No consent (exceptionally, derogation may
be granted for primary and intermediate
products on a case-by-case basis. Further to
general prohibition of PCB, the import of
any preparation with a PCB content of
more than 0,005 % is prohibited)

— Members of the EEA Agreement:
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

Gambia

Guinea

Honduras
Hungary

(PCBs are supposedly

No consent (exceptionally, derogation may
be granted for primary and intermediate
products on a case by case basis. Further to
general prohibition of PCB, the import of
any preparation with a PCB content of
more than 0,005 % is prohibited)
Interim: Consent
imported in closed systems)
Interim: Consent (for industrial uses on the
basis of
the
National Department of Environment)
Response did not address importation
Interim: Consent (requires permission from
National Public Health and Medical
Officer Service. PCBs may not be used in
formulations with a PCB content greater
than 0,01 % by weight)

authorisation of

a prior

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

India

Japan

Malaysia

Nigeria

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Slovakia

St Lucia

Switzerland

Consent (licence on the recommendation
of the Department of Chemicals and Petro-
chemicals)

Consent (permission from the Minister of
International Trade
is
required)

Industry

and

No consent

Interim: Consent (requires approval from
Federal Environmental Protection Agency)

Response did not address importation

Response did not address importation

Interim: Consent. An interim importation
clearance has to be obtained from the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (under Republic Act No 6969).
The issuance of such an interim importa-
tion clearance may be denied based on the
evaluation of data required

No consent

No consent

Interim: Consent

No consent (manufacture, supply, import
and use of the substance and of products
which contain the substance are prohibited)

Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs)
(EC No 262-968-2)
(CAS No 61788-33-8)

Tanzania, United Republic of

Response did not address importation

Thailand

Uruguay

Albania

Australia

Bahrain

Chad

China

Cuba

Cyprus

Ecuador

European Union

— Member States:

No consent

Response did not address importation

No consent

Consent (permission by the Ministry for
Trade must be obtained. Such a permission
would include conditions specified in the
Customs Regulation)

Response did not address importation

Interim: No consent

Consent
(permission must be obtained
from the National Environmental Protec-
tion Agency of China)

No consent

Interim: No consent

Interim: No consent

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sweden, United
Kingdom

Spain,

No consent (exceptionally, derogation may
be granted for primary and intermediate
products on a case-by-case basis. Further to
general prohibition of PCT, the import of
any preparation with a PCT content of
more than 0,005 % is prohibited)

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

Gambia

No consent (exceptionally, derogation may
be granted for primary and intermediate
products on a case-by-case basis. Further to
general prohibition of PCT, the import of
any preparation with a PCT content of
more than 0,005 % prohibited)

Interim: Consent
imported in closed systems)

(PCTs are supposedly

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Chemical

Country

Import decision

Guinea

Honduras

Hungary

India

Japan

Malaysia

Nigeria

Oman

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Switzerland

Interim: Consent (for industrial uses on the
basis of
the
National Department of the Environment)

authorisation of

a prior

Response did not address importation

Interim: Consent (requires permission from
the National Public Health and Medical
Officer Service. PCTs may not be used in
preparations with a PCT content greater
than 0,01 % by weight)

Consent (licence on the recommendation
of the Department of Chemicals and Petro-
chemicals)

Interim: Consent

No consent

Interim: Consent (requires approval from
Federal Environmental Protection Agency)

Response did not address importation

Response did not address importation

Interim: Consent. An interim importation
clearance has to be obtained from the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, under Republic Act No 6969.
The issuance of such an interim importa-
tion clearance may be denied on the
evaluation of data required

No consent

No consent (manufacture, supply, import
and use of the substance and of products
which contain the substance are prohibited)

Tanzania, United Republic of

Response did not address importation

tris(2,3 dibromopropyl)phosphate
(EC No 204-799-9)
(CAS No 126-72-7)

Thailand

Uruguay

Albania

Australia

Bahrain

Chad

China

Cuba

Cyprus

Ecuador

European Union

— Member States:

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece,
Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Italy,
Portugal,
Sweden, United
Kingdom

Spain,

— Members of the EEA Agreement:

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway

Gambia

Response did not address importation

Response did not address importation

No consent

Response did not address importation

Response did not address importation

Interim: No consent

Consent
(permission must be obtained
from the National Environmental Protec-
tion Agency of China)

(can be

imported only with
Consent
permission of
is
permitted if the substance is intended to be
used in textile production)

the DNA.

Import

Interim: No consent

Interim: Consent

Consent (except for use in textile articles
intended to come into contact with the
skin, e.g. garment, undergarment, linen)

Consent (except for use in textile articles
intended to come into contact with the
skin, e.g. garment, undergarment, linen)

Interim: No consent (the DNA requests
information on sources, uses and forms of
Tris)

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Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 10. 98

Chemical

Country

Import decision

Guinea

Honduras
Hungary

India

Japan
Malaysia
Nigeria
Oman
Papua New Guinea
Philippines

Samoa
Slovakia
St Lucia
Switzerland
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Uruguay

Interim: Consent (for industrial uses on the
basis of an authorisation of the National
Department of the Environment)
Response did not address importation
Interim: Consent (requires permission from
the National Public Health and Medical
Officer Service. Tris may not be used in
textile articles intended to come in contact
with the skin)
Consent (licence on the recommendation
of the Department of Chemicals and Petro-
chemicals)
Interim: Consent
No consent
No consent
Response did not address importation
Response did not address importation
Interim: Consent. An interim importation
clearance has to be obtained from the
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (under Republic Act No 6969).
The issuance of such an interim importa-
tion clearance may be denied based on the
evaluation of data required.
No consent
Interim: No consent
Response did not address importation
Interim: Consent
Response did not address importation
Response did not address importation
Response did not address importation'