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SAICM/InfDisc/INF/4/Add.1
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17 October 2008
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Informal discussions on preparations for the
second session of the International Conference
on Chemicals Management
Rome, 23–24 October 2008
Item 3 (b) of the provisional agenda
Preparatory discussions on issues to be considered by the International Conference on Chemicals
Management at its second session: Modalities of reporting on implementation of the Strategic Approach
Compilation of the results of pilot testing of possible indicators
for Governments for reporting on implementation of the
Strategic Approach
1. The secretariat has the honour to provide in the annex to the present note a draft
compilation of the results of the pilot testing the possible indicators for Governments for
reporting on implementation of the Strategic Approach. The possible indicators that have been
subject to the pilot testing are those emanating from the Canadian Government-sponsored
project to develop modalities for reporting on implementation of the Strategic Approach
(Annex 1 of document SAICM/InfDisc/INF/4).
2. Nine Governments have voluntarily completed questionnaires containing the possible
indicators, primarily to provide information on their experience of gathering the proposed
indicator information and to test the feasibility and practicality of collecting the information.
The nine Governments that have voluntarily provided the results of the pilot testing come from
four regions; the African region: Egypt, Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa; the Central and
Eastern European region: Belarus, the Czech Republic, and Romania; the Latin American
and the Caribbean region: Panama; and from the Western European and Others Group:
Germany.
3. The individual responses from each of the Governments have been collated in a series
of tables according to each of the indicators in the questionnaires. Each country has been
assigned a numerical identifier.
4. A draft summary of the pilot testing has also been prepared by the secretariat on
behalf of the nine Governments. The draft summary is contained in document
SAICM/InfDisc/4 for the present meeting.
5. The compilation of the results is provided for the information of participants in the
informal discussion. The possible indicators referenced in the annex have not been formally
edited.
SAICM/InfDisc/1
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SAICM/InfDisc/INF/4/Add.1
Annex
Compilation of the results of pilot testing of possible indicators
for Governments for reporting on implementation of the
Strategic Approach
List of indicators tested1
Section A: Risk reduction
1. What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals
management activities? (Tables 1-9)
2. Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments your organization
uses to promote preventative measures to minimize risks (Pollution Prevention?) (Tables 10-
13)
3. Does the country have chemical management tools/ instruments in place to minimize
risks to human health and the environment? (Tables 14-34)
3.1 Supplementary questions on environmental monitoring (Tables 35-48)
3.2 Supplementary questions on biomonitoring (Tables49-72)
4. Does the country have in place national policies and a legislative framework for risk
management of chemicals? (Tables 73 -80)
5. Does your country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the
generation of hazardous waste both in quantity and toxicity and to ensure the environmentally
sound management of hazardous waste? (Tables 81-92)
6. Does your country promote environmentally sound recovery and recycling of
hazardous materials and waste? (Tables 93-94)
Section B: Knowledge and information
7. Does your country have adequate Knowledge and information on chemicals and
chemicals management to enable chemicals to be adequately assessed and managed safely
throughout their life cycle? (Tables 95-102)
8. Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and
decision-making available and accessible to the public and vulnerable groups? (Tables 103 -
115)
9. For donor countries, does the country share with other countries information it
produces on Risk reduction and other tools for promotion of best practices in chemicals
management, harmonization? (Tables 116-119)
Section C: Governance
10. Has the country identified national chemical management priorities? (Tables 120-
122)
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Refer to document SAICM/InfDisc/INF/4 for full details of each indicator
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11. Does your country participate in regional/ bilateral efforts to improve cooperation on
the sound management of chemicals? (Tables 123 -125)
12. What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical
multilateral environment agreements and initiatives? (Tables 126-135)
13. Does the country have in place a public consultation mechanism(s) for
consultation on sound management of chemicals within key sectors? (Tables 136-141)
Section D: Capacity building and technical cooperation
14. National capacity building needs for the sound management of chemicals have been
identified? (Tables 142-144)
15. Areas in which capacity for the sound management of chemicals has been
strengthened since the adoption in 2006of SAICM (Tables 145-158)
16. For countries eligible for donor assistance, is the sound management of chemicals as
articulated in SAICM identified as a priority in key national development plans? (Tables 159-
161)
17. For donor countries have there been established or strengthened partnerships and
mechanisms for provision of technical cooperation and clean technology to developing
(recipient) countries since adoption of SAICM (2006)? (Tables 162-164)
Section E: Illegal international traffic
18. Does the country have national legislation to prevent and punish illegal traffic in
toxic, hazardous, banned and severely restricted chemicals? (Tables 165-166)-
19. Status of regional cooperation on prevention and control of illegal traffic in toxic,
banned and severely restricted chemicals. (Table 167)
Section F: Financial considerations
20. For countries eligible for donor assistance, have proposals been made by the country
to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund for enabling activities? (Tables 168-175)
21. For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of
SAICM proposals been made to funding sources other than the SAICM? (Tables 176-181) .
22. For donor countries, have efforts been made to incorporate or mainstream the sound
management if chemicals into Official Development Assistance (ODA) programming of your
aid agencies? (Table 182)
Section G: Institutional Arrangements
23. Does the country have in place an inter-ministerial and/or inter-institutional
mechanism for the implementation of SAICM? (Tables 183-186)
Tabular summary of results
Section A: Risk reduction
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities?
Table 1: National Plans/profiles
Toxic/Hazardou
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
National Plans/Profiles
High volume
s with broad
PBT/POPs
s(e.g SAICM Implementation Plan, National Chemical Profile, national situational
chemicals
Industrial
Country
report, action/implementation plan such as a Stockholm National Implementation
Hazard
Metals
Other
Plan Implementation
status
1 Implementation of SAICM integrated into relevant departmental activities C C P C P P
2 National Sustainable Development Strategy, National Strategy for Waste. ID, C x x x x x x
Management and Waste Management National Plan, Ministry of. Environment and
Sustainable Development Strategic Plan of Action. Stockholm National
Implementation Plan ,National Chemical Profile
3 Implementing Priorities of National Profile (Chem Subst Program)( ID) Preliminary ID, C x x x x x X
phase to implement POPs NIP (ID) National Chemical Profile, 2005 POPs NIP,
june 2008,Mercury Profile (ID) DDT profile 2000, PCB 2006/2007
4 National chemicals profiles, NIP (POPs) completed, the SAICM IPs are planned as C&P C& C P P P
deliverables in the ongoing SAICM QSP Project P
5 NIP on POPs has been completed. QSP will soon help to produce the other ID, C x x x
instrument. NIP produced in August 2006. It has been confirmed that the QSP will
start in August 2008
6 National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention. National Profile C x x X x x x
Chemicals Management in Germany (BAuA BMU, 2005) U
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8 SPŽP – cíl 2004-2010 – reflects 6th Environment Action Plan, polluter pays C/U C imp c c c c
principle and enhanced recycling – EIA, SEA, IPPC, Stockholm Convention NIP –
2005. EU Water Framework directive and related prevention plan of pollution of the
water systems
National plan – by 2009 – update of chemical legislation
9 National Chemical Profile (2004)h C X X X X X X
National situation Report for POPs (2006) C X X X
Stockholm National Implementation Plan (2006) C X X X
Strategic Approach ID X X X
Comment from respondent For our opinion it is reasonable to numerate possible plans and Profiles that will give chance to have quantitative indicators of progress (how many countries developed
SAICM implementation plan, NIP etc.)
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities?
Table 2: Ministries, agencies & institutions responsible for chemicals management have been identified
Industrial chemicals
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
Ministries, agencies & institutions responsible for chemicals Implementation
PBT/POPs
management have been identified status
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
(e.g. via legislation, lead agency or mechanism)
1 C C C C C C C
2 Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Economy C, U x X x x
and Finances/ Customs, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, National
Commission for Registration of Plant Protection Products.National
Environmental Protection Agency, , National Environmental
Guard, National Authority for Customer Protection
3 Ministry of Health is responsible for prevention process and any process that Health Fire
Coordination
Lead lead
Agric/health
Health lead
can involve any risk for human health. Environmental Agency is responsible corps/
for contamination process in coordination with Health and Agriculture Lead health
agency
agency
Health
Ministries. Agriculture Ministry is responsible for pesticides (all life cycle) agenc ministry
y Lead
agency
4 The Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing & Urban Development c c c c c c
(FMEH&UD) is the Lead Ministry and Secretariat for the existing national
coordinating mechanism
5 Through MOU’s & Legislation and Policies EPA monitors all chemical ID x x x x
activities responsible for chemical management. MOA for Agro chemicals,
EPA & MOH for industrial chemicals.
6 primary responsibility with BAUA, BVL etc.,subordinated agencies for special C x x x x x x x x
resorts (environment, health, workers safety etc.)
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8 Via legislation – agreement – MoE, Ministry Industry+trade, Ministry Health C x x x x x x x x
national Chemicals Act and REACH
Also enforcement agencies (Ch. Act 256/2003 Coll.),
9 According to common practice responsibilities of ministries and agencies are C
identified according to activity (not chemical categories). For example, Ministry
of health is responsible for risk assessment and Ministry of Transport for
transportation etc. So it is not easy to answer the question.
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities?
Table 3: Stakeholders identified
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Stakeholders identified Implementation
Hazard
Metals
Other
status
1 C C C C C C
2 Economic operators (producers, importers, exporters, distributors, C, U x x x X
users),occupational personnel, agencies, ONGs Identification is done by
each ministry Study promoting National Chemical Profile
3 Inter-sectoral Chemicals Substances Commission (Draft decree but
actually working in the SAICM framework) (C ). Health Ministry
Chemicals commission (C). MIDA-MINSA Pesticides technical working
group (Agriculture and health) (by law 47) ( C )Comision tecnica de
Plaguicidas COTEPA (Agriculture, health, Environment, Agriculture
Research, Academy, Industry, Producers) by Law 47
Agrochemicals.Some groups of farmers/ /National Associations of
Agrochemicals / Environmentals NGOs Industrial chemicals industrials
Union but only some of them that work in Clean Production projects
4 National exercise with updates necessary c c C c C
5 Task Force and committees are being formed but needs to be legalized ID, C
or legislated.
6 National competent authorities, introducers/industry, industry C x x x X x x x x
associations, consumers, NGO’s for environment and consumers
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8 National competent authorities – also regional and local level, Industry C x x x X x x x
associations – producers and users, consumers and public – NGOs –
environment oriented
9 According to common practice responsibilities of ministries and agencies C
are identified according to activity (not chemical categories). For
example, Ministry of health is responsible for risk assessment and
Ministry of Transport for transportation etc. So it is not easy to answer
the question.
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals risk management activities?
Table 4: Legislation pertaining to chemicals management
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Legislation pertaining to chemicals management Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 C C C C C C C
2 Legislation is published on Official Monitor of Romania ID, C U x X x X
Last Information review on integrated system of waste and
dangerous chemicals management in 2007.
3 Decree 305 of Sept 2003, Law 47 for pesticides 1996, Codigo x X x X
Sanitario 1947. Environmental Law 41 of 1998
All Chemicals International agreement are nationals laws
4 National laws by various sectors in existence, however there is c C c C C c
need to for updates as necessary and also the need to enact
harmonised & comprehensive legislation
5 The Environmental protection and management Law of ID, C Not further details
Liberia takes care generally of chemicals
6 environmental code/Umweltgesetzbuch (in progress, various C/ID x X x X X x x x
bodies of law concerning the regulation of substances,
grouped by their uses: chemicals, plant protection products,
pharmaceuticals, biocides, detergents, laws concerning
classification and labelling laws concerning emissions from
production plants EU-regulations
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8 Chemicals Act, relevant EU legislation – regulations and C/U X x X X x x X
directives on chemicals and agriculture
9 Law “On safety of chemicals and chemical products” is under ID x X x X x x x
development. (Comment - what about if there are not
overview document? What else can be in description?)
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Section A: Risk reduction
1.: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities ?
Table: 5 National inventory
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
National Inventory Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 NP CP NP ID C NP NP
2 National inventors for producers, users, importers t& exporters C, U x X x X
of certain
dangerous chemicals (PIC chemicals, ODS)
inventor200
3 Chemicals substances inventory 2005
POPS NIP
Batteries
3
4 Inventories are planned (P) for a number of categories ID ID ID P P P
5 Check NIP document. Inventory on POPs was undertaken but C Not further detailed
not for other chemicals.
6 Import-/export data available at the BAuA C x X x X
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8 Export-import – reported according to MEAs and national C/U x X U X X X X x
legislation – chemicals Act for example, under responsibility of
Ministry of industry and trade and national statistical office
9 National Register of chemicals will be developed to June, 2009 ID/C x X x x x x x
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities?
Table 6: Unintentional releases
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Implem
Hazard
Metals
Other
Unintentional releases entation
status
1 C C C C C C C
2 No response
3 Lead in recycling factory was closed in 2006 X
4 P P P P P P
5 Baselines was gathered during the NIP development C No further details
6 Inventories exist in the context of different Multilateral Environmental Agreement or C
European obligations, for instance for PCDD/F, HCB, PAH, HCB for reporting
Stockholm Convention, UNECE POPs-Protocol, EU regulation 850/2004 Basing on
Commission Decision 2000/479/EC based on Article 15 of the IPPC Directive, a
Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) http://eper.de/; http://www.eper.cec.eu.int/ was
established at European level for large stationary sources.- A new reporting system
is in place since 2008 with a new PRTR on the basis of European legislation
http://www.prtr.de/. Databases for the purpose of emission and release reporting,
for instance in the contexts of UN FCCC or UNECE LRTAP.
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8 PRTR register established in 2004, companies report since 2005, otherwise subject C x X x x x x x x
to long- term monitoring; published in Yearbooks on the status of the environment in
the Czech Republic, Yearbooks of the Czech Statistical Office and National Institute
of Public Health (SZU)
9 The information is based on official statistical data PRTRs are under development C X X X X X X
Note: practise to collect statistical information differ from country to country. So it is
not easy to use that as indicator. From the other hand PRTRs are recognized as a
standard for releases register. Maybe it is reasonable to put PRTRs separately in
this question.
Notes: Commission Decision 2000/479/EC of 17 July 2000 on the implementation of a European pollutant emission register (EPER) according to Article 15 of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning
integrated pollution prevention and control; (Official Journal L 192 pp. 36-43). Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the
establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities?
Table 7: Analytical Laboratories
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Analytical Laboratories & facilities (for legislative support, health diagnosis, Implementation
Hazard
Metals
Other
monitoring etc.) status
1 P P P P P P P
2 There are laboratories coordinated by Ministry of Environment and Sustainable ID, C x x
Development, NEPA, in all country regions. In he field of plant protection products
there are five Laboratories for quality control of plant protection products and one
Central Laboratory for control of pesticides residues in plants and vegetal plants
which have been suitable equipped for supporting the demands of the legislation.
These laboratories are coordinating by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development. Each research institute has its laboratory
3 Panama University : “Instituto Especializado de Analisis” is reference Labs in Air
Quality for Central American Project with CCAD. Universidad Tecnológica de
Panamá: is a monitoring agency to some activities (incinerators, cars, etc)
For Health diagnosis only privates laboratories and only for some chemicals, its not
easy to do a good diagnostic in poisoning, if you don’t have the specific substances
or a very good clinical history
4 Urgent need to update U U U U U U
5 Assessments have been made to establish analytical laboratories. The EPA, ID, U X
Ministries of Health and Land Mines have labs that need to be updated
6 Commercial and governmental laboratories and facilities, - various monitoring C x x x X x x x X
programmes installed (human health, environmental state, etc.)
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8 Acts 258/2000 on public health protection and 256/2003 Chemicals and chemical C x x x X x x
preparations, Act on the plant protection
9 There laboratory facilities. But their capacities do not completely correspond to C x x x X x x x X
requirements for monitoring (list of monitored chemicals, biological monitoring,
regions inside country, etc). The central laboratories are good equipped and have
rather high capacities. Regional laboratories should be developed.
Note: the meaningful information regarding to laboratories is the information of
accreditation in national and internationals accreditation system. Should it be
indicated in description?
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities ?
Table 8: Resources indentified
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Resources identified Implementation
Hazard
Metals
Other
(national resources) status
1 No response
2 Financial/ budgetary and private, EU structural funding on the projects, C, U
Human infrastructure/ buildings , software
3 Human resources: academy maintain the best human resource.
Infrastructure resources
Institutions normally work with people with less experience and with the
Economics resources
assessment of the academy. Economics resource: Chemicals matters
don’t have economics resources, normally works through projects
Human resources
Infrastructure: Ours institutions have the necessary infrastructure with,
place, computers, fax, internet and telephone, lLaboratories:
Laboratories
Enviromental Agency have Water resource lab, Agriculture Ministry have
pesticide monitoring program Panama University through Instituto
especializado de Analisis I.E.A and the Chemical Faculty; the
Universidad Tecnologica de Panama work with air quality program in
different aspect.
4 Existing National Ecological Funds No response
5 Even lab Technicians are scarce and not trained to do analytical No response No response
diagnosis. The existing labs are ill equipped.
6 C
7
8 If natural resources, then C and regularly (yearly updated) if financial ?? x X x x x x X
resources then ID/or C depending on the leading responsible institution
and priorities in associated national strategies and policies
Note Response given for – “natural resources”
9 Information resources: There are an annual information reports C x X x x x x X x
“Condition on environment of Belarus” and “National environment
monitoring system in Belarus: results of observations” Note: the
question is not quite clear (what we mean under the “national resources?
Information?)
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Section A: Risk reduction
1: What is the status of national baseline information as pertinent to chemicals management activities ?
Table 9: Other categories
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Other categories Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1
No response
2 No response
3 No response
4 No response
5 No response
6 No response
7
8 No response
9 No response
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Section A: Risk reduction
2: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments your organization uses to promote preventive measures to minimise risks
(Pollution Prevention)?
Table 10:Pollution prevention/Cleaner technology
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Pollution Prevention/Cleaner Technology (e.g technology Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
transfer)
1 C C C C C C C
2 The specific technologies described in Best Available C, U X x
Techniques on IPPC Directive , ESPOO, Eco label .
3 Panama has licensing processes but it is even hard to be ID X
fullfilled routinely. Panama has some programs with cleaner
production centres to promote best practices, but we need
even more conscious entrepreneurs
4 C&U C& C& ID ID ID
U U
5 No response
6 European legislation and national legislation applies (see C x x x x x x x x
below)
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8 Strategy document – State environment policy, one of the C X x x x x x
goals
9 The activity with use of dangerous chemicals should be ID x x
licensed). The implementation of ecological certification is in
process (plants and factories are on very different stage of
implementation)
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Notes to Table 10 . European legislationBasis for implemented national legislation is the European legislation with EC Directive of 24 September 1996 Concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and
Control (IPPC Directive)2 regulates the licensing of industrial installations that are particularly relevant to the environment on the basis of a cross-media concept. Under this approach, emissions to air,
water and land, along with waste management aspects, issues of waste management, resource and energy efficiency and the prevention of accidents are addressed. A key element of the Directive is
the requirement that the “Best Available Techniques” (BAT) be used in all new installations and, from 2007 at the latest, also in all existing installations.For those installations covered by that Directive
requirements according to the best available emission reduction techniques for chemicals listed in Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 has to bee fulfilled.National legislation:
The centrepiece of national legislation is the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)3 which regulates environmental quality. Its provisions apply to the construction and operation of installations and
to the manufacture, placing on the market and import of installations, fuels and other relevant substances. The section of the Act concerning authorisation of installations complies with Community law. A
number of administrative Regulations were issued on the basis of Article 48 of the Federal Immission Control Act, containing threshold values and other instruments for emission and release prevention
and minimization.
Emissions to air: The requirement that the best available techniques be used has been implemented in the individual Immission Control Ordinances and in the Technical Instructions on Air Quality
Control (TA Luft)4 which stipulate limit values for maximum concentrations in atmospheric emissions from certain installations: First Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Control Act5 : In
Germany, combustion installations that do not require a license under Article 4 of the Federal Immission Control Act are subject to the provisions of the Ordinance on Small- and Medium Scale
Combustion Plants. It does not stipulate limit values for Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 substances. Requirements concerning the quality of fuels, along with regular monitoring of emissions
with a view to optimising combustion conditions, are designed to achieve a general reduction in the emission of pollutants. Fourth Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Control Act6:
Certain installations are subject to official licensing. The licenses are based on emission-restricting requirements to maintain air quality on the basis of the best available technology as defined in more
detail in the Ordinances or the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control. Thirteenth Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Control Act7 This Ordinance regulating large combustion
plant and gas turbines (13th BImSchV) sets the limit values for different types of emissions and releases into the air Seventeenth Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Control Act8 This
Ordinance specifies requirements relating to the construction, type, and operation of waste incinerators or co-incinerators. It stipulates that PCDD/PCDF concentrations in the exhaust stream of
incinerators may not exceed an emissions limit value of 0.1 ng TEQ/m³. Emission limit values for incinerators burning solid municipal waste are also 0.1 ng TEQ/m³. Twenty-seventh Ordinance
implementing the Federal Immission Control Act9 Article 4, in conjunction with Annex 2, specifies an emission limit value for PCDDs/PCDFs of 0.1 ng TEQ/m 3 for crematoria. In general, the
requirements of the “Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control” must be observed when licensing installations under the Federal Immission Control Act. This specifies limit values and minimum
requirements for emissions and releases into the air. Any existing installations that did not comply with the requirements applicable to new installations with regard to best available technology, set out
in the “Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control” as amended in 2002, had to be retrofitted as a rule by 30 October 2007. Emissions to water: Requirements relating to the discharge of effluent into
water bodies are set out in permits and licenses granted under water law, as defined in Article 2 ff. of the Federal Water Act (WHG). All. tese requirements are based on the use of the best available
technology as a minimum to avoid and reduce emissions or on the corresponding BAT as defined in the IPPC Directive. The IPPC Directive is implemented in secondary legislation at state level
2
Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; (Official Journal L 257 pp. 26-40)
3
Gesetz zum Schutz vor schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen durch Luftverunreinigungen, Geräusche, Erschütterungen und ähnliche Vorgänge (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz- BImSchG) in the
version promulgated on 26 September 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 3830), last amended by the Act of 25 June 2005 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1865)
4
Erste Allgem. Verwaltungsvorschrift zum Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz (Technische Anleitung zur Reinhaltung der Luft-TA Luft) 24.07.2002 (Gemeins. Min.bl. GMBl pp.511-605),
http://www.bmu.de/files/pdfs/allgemein/application/pdf/taluft.pdf
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Erste Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Artikel 1 der Verordnung zur Neufassung der Ersten und Änderung der Vierten Verordnung zur Durchführung des
Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes) of 15 July 1988 (Verordnung über kleine und mittlere Feuerungsanlagen – 1. BImSchV) in the version promulgated on 14 March 1997 (Federal Law Gazette I p.
490), last amended by Article 4 of the Ordinance of 14 August 2003 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1614)
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Vierte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Article 1 d. V zur Neufassung und Änderung von Verordnungen zur Durchführung des Bundes-
Immissionsschutzgesetzes) (Verordnung über genehmigungsbedürftige Anlagen – 4. BImSchV) in the version promulgated on 14 March 1997 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 504) last amended by the
Ordinance of 20 June 2005 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1687)
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Siebzehnte VO zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Verordnung über die Verbrennung und die Mitverbrennung von Abfällen – 17. BImSchV) in the version promulgated on
14 August 2003 Federal Law Gazette I p. 1633 )
8
Dreizehnte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Verordnung über Großfeuerungs- und Gasturbinenanlagen – 13. BImSchV) of 20 July 2004 (Federal Law Gazette
I p. 1717; ber. p. 2847)
9
Siebenundzwanzigste Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes (Artikel 1 der Verordnung über Anlagen zur Feuerbestattung und zur Änderung der Verordnung über
genehmigungsbedürftige Anlagen)(Verordnung über Anlagen zur Feuerbestattung – 27. BImSchV) of 19 March 1997 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 545), last amended by Article 11 of the Act of 3 May
2000 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 632)
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Section A: Risk reduction
2: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments your organization uses to promote preventive measures to minimise risks
(Pollution Prevention)?
Table 11: Emergency preparedness & response plans
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Emergency preparedness & response plans Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 C C C C C C C
2 Action plans at ministries level and national level, There is ID, C No response
interministerial committee for coordination
3 The Panama Firecorps its the lead agency in this topics. They ID
have problems with equipment and personnel
4 ID ID ID ID ID ID
5 These have been produced by the Disaster Relief ID x x x
Commission. The EPA is coordinating the production of the
plan
6 European legislation: Council Directive on the control of major C x x x X x x x x
accident hazards involving dangerous substances. Database
on national basis: Installed on the basis of the Twelfth
Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Control Act;
ZEMA – Zentrale Melde- und Auswertestelle für Störfälle und
Störungen in verfahrenstechnischen Anlagen (central register
for hazardous incidents in production plants) according to
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/zema/
7
8 Yes requested by relevant legislation- i.e., floods crisis C/U x x x X x x x
management
9 The emergency plan concern only highly toxic and dangerous C x x
substances
Note: Zwölfte Verordnung zur Durchführung des Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetzes; Ordinance for the implementation of the German Federal Immission Control Act which implements the Seveso-II-
directive)
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Section A: Risk reduction
2: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments your organization uses to promote preventive measures to minimise risks
(Pollution Prevention)?
Table 12: Design for Environment
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Design for Environment/Research into Chemical and Non- Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
Chemical Substitutes/Alternatives
1 P P P P P P P
2 Research National Institute for Chemistry/Environment ID x X x
ICECHIM, ICIM Bucharest,, others
3 We have some NGOs and Ministry of health working actively X
in the use of alternative practices mainly of pesticides.
4 P P P P P P
5 Pesticide formulation is not planned. Other substitutes e.g. For NP x X X
DDT are being explored
6 Well-established industrial and academic research There ID x X x X x x x x
exists no overall “masterplan” for research, but a responsible
ministry in Germany coordinates different issues and aspects
for research on a national basis; the Federal Ministry for
Education and Research
7
8 Research and development projects – program “Research and ID ID X x X x x x
innovation” Ministry of industry and trade, Ministry of the
education
9 The process of substitution and research into alternatives is ID x X x X x x x x
continuously developed. But the level of substitutions use is
not high.
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Section A: Risk reduction
2: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments your organization uses to promote preventive measures to minimise risks
(Pollution Prevention?)
Table 13: Other tools/instruments
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Other tools/instruments Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 No response
2 No response
3. No response
4 No response
5 No response
6 No response
7
8 No response
9 No response
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Section A: Risk reduction
3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments your organization in place to minimize risks to human health
Table 14: Chemical screening & assessment
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Chemical screening & assessment Implementation
Hazard
Metals
Other
status
1 No response
2 The plant protection products and biocide products are evaluated before ID x x x
placing on the market/ ETOX , E FATE
3 For Lead in some particular industrial area of Panama City X X
For agrochemicals in vegetables and fruits for organophosphates and
carbamates
4 Imported chemicals are screened analytically to ensure conformity U U P P U P
Green/recyclable wastes are screened Exported wastes e.g. battery
wastes are screened for Pb content
5 No response
6 Eva Evaluation procedures are established under the different Substance C/ID x x x x x x x X
Laws on a European and national level. Substances are registered and
authorized for some specific uses by Federal Agencies, aspects of
human health and the environment are considered: particularly for
pesticides, biocides, pharmaceuticals, detergents. For industry
chemicals REACH on a European level is valid, Further development of
evaluation is pursued constantly to explore the risks for environment
and human health, Monitoring programmes for agro-chemicals and
other hazardous substances in the environment (surface and ground
water, soils, air) exist.
7
8 Act public health protection, Chemical Act, major accidents 258/2000, C x x x x x x X
356/2003 a 59/2006
9 Not full range of chemicals in use are screened and assessed ID x x x x x x x x
Note: European Regulation on Prohibitions and use restrictions in the Ordinance on the Prohibition of Chemicals Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC
and 2000/21/EC (REACH
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Section A: Risk reduction
3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table15: New chemicals (testing etc.)
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
New chemicals (testing etc) Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 C C P C P P
2 Specialized Institutes and laboratories mentioned in this ID No response
questionnaire
3 NP
4 U U U U
5 No response
6 Chemicals: Legislation for registration and authorisation in C x x x x x x X x
place since 1982; currently transition to REACH on a
European level. No differentiation between new and Existing
chemicals on a European level in future
7
8 C/U x x x x x x x
9 Not all chemicals hazard characteristics can be assessed; the ID x x x x x x x x
registration system that correspond to requirements is not in
place yet;
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment?
Table 16: Existing chemicals
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Existing Chemicals (testing etc) Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 C C P C P P
1
2 Specialized Institutes and laboratories .Inventories ID No response
3 NP
4 U U U U
5 No response
6 Chemicals pPart of the process of enforcing REACH ID x x x x x x x X
legislation (mentioned above). No differentiation between new
and Existing chemicals on a European level in future!
7
8
9 Not all chemicals hazard characteristics can be assessed; the ID x x x x x x x x
registration system that correspond to requirements is not in
place yet;
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table 17: Product use controls
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Product use controls Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 C C C C C C C
2 National Environmental Guard controls industrial chemicals, ID, C, U x x x x x N/A
agrochemicals, PBT/POPs, metals; National Authority for
Customer Protection controls toxic/hazardous with broad
dispersive uses chemicals - the use of plant protection
products is regulated by the Government Ordinance No.
4/1995 on manufacturing, placing on the market and using
phytosanitary products for controlling diseases, pests and
weeds in agriculture and forestry. -for synthetic fertilizers:
There is no official control of fertilizer's utilization.
3 X
4 C C C C C
5 No response
6 RoHS: Restriction of the use of hazardous substances in C x x x x x x N/A
electrical and electronic equipment WEEE: Waste electrical
and electronic equipment ELVs: End-of-life Vehicles GPSG:
Gesetz über technische Arbeitsmittel und
Verbraucherprodukte (Technical Equipment and Consumer
Products Act) Ordinance on solvent-containing paints and
varnishes (ChemVOCFarbV): Directive 2004/42/EC on the
limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds Blue
Angel: Labelling for environmentally sound product
characteristics Construction Products Directive: Regulates the
marketing of construction products within the EU AgBB:
Committee on Health-related Evaluation of Building Products
AgBB indoor air scheme DIBt principles for soil & groundwater
and indoor air. Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC) Toy Safety
Directive (88/378/EC) General Product Safety Directive
(1992/59/EC) Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetz (LFGB)
7
8 No response
9 Note: the question is not quite clear NP
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Additional Notes from Respondent No.5
RoHS: Restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
Hg, Pb, Cd, Cr6+, 2 brominated flame retardants (PBB, PBDE)
Aims: health protection and environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment
WEEE: Waste electrical and electronic equipment
waste prevention and reduction
separate collection of WEEE, among other provisions
support for recycling
10 product groups
regulates manufacturers’ financial responsibilityELVs: End-of-life Vehicles
prevention and reduction of waste from vehicles
support for recycling
GPSG: Gesetz über technische Arbeitsmittel und Verbraucherprodukte (Technical Equipment and Consumer Products Act)
Regulates the marketing and displaying of technical equipment
Aims to ensure safety and health
Ordinance on solvent-containing paints and varnishes (ChemVOCFarbV): Directive 2004/42/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds
concerns paints and varnishes
Blue Angel: Labelling for environmentally sound product characteristics
Construction Products Directive: Regulates the marketing of construction products within the EU
6 basic requirements:
Mechanical resistance and stability
Safety in case of fire
Safety in use
Protection against noise
Energy economy and heat retention
Hygiene, health and the environment (only during their use in buildings and in areas nearby)
AgBB: Committee on Health-related Evaluation of Building Products
AgBB indoor air scheme
Procedure for the health-related evaluation of emissions of volatile organic compounds from building products
Test scheme for use by building authorities and health offices for precautionary purposes
DIBt principles for soil & groundwater and indoor air
General criteria and procedure for assessment and testing of building products, including analytical methods
Objective: Prevention of harmful changes to soil, groundwater and indoor air
Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC)
Definition of cosmetic substances
Negative list of substances, which use is prohibited
Positive list of preservative agents, colourants and UV-filter
Toy Safety Directive (88/378/EC)
Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EC identifies 6 areas that are a common source of danger. The areas include: Physical & Mechanical Properties, Flammability, Chemical
Properties, Electrical Properties, Hygiene, and Radioactivity. Before a product can be certified as safe to enter the European Market, it must meet the requirements set out
in the directive in each of the six areas.
partly implemented in the GSG
General Product Safety Directive (1992/59/EC)
sets safety requirements for consumer products ranging from sports equipment, household products, to medical device equipment.
empowers Member States to establish requirements depending the risk and hazard posed by individual products either being introduced within the European Union or
already in circulation.
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empowers Member States to take any necessary action to remove any "serious risk requiring rapid action". These actions include, but are not limited to:
an entire ban and recall where a "serious risk requiring rapid action" is identified
information regarding such actions may be available to the general public
ban on exporting the product from the EU to third countries
Lebensmittel- und Futtermittelgesetz (LFGB) directive on foodstuff for humans and animals
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment?
Table 18: Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labelling
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
Labelling of Chemicals (training etc. )
1 ID ID ID ID ID ID ID
2 In discussions at EU level ID N/A
3 No response
4 ID ID ID ID ID ID ID
5 This is being explored with other countries and the ECOWAS ID x
Secretariat. Only awareness has is being created as regards
GHS
6 The EU draft regulation, implementing the GHS, is currently ID x x x x x x N/A
being negotiated in the Council Working Group and in the
European Parliament. The GHS shall be implemented by the
end of 2008. A transitional period for substances until
01.12.2010 and for mixtures until 15.06.2015 will follow.
The GHS does not differentiate between groups of chemicals
or different uses. It contains provisions for the classification
and labelling of chemicals in the sectors supply and use and
transport. In addition, the EU regulation contains provisions on
a harmonisation of substance classifications. Notifications
according to Regulation (EC) No. 304/2003 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of the 28 January 2003
concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
7
8 C x x x x x x X
9 The legislation and procedure will be in place to 2010 ID x x
.
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table 19: Import/Export restrictions
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Import/Export Restrictions Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 P P P P P P P
2 Romania is Part of Rotterdam Convention and applies its C, U x x x N/A
provisions on import/export of certain dangerous chemicals
Regulation CEE 1907/2006 REACH in force
3 305 Decree for control import process for 629 chemicals ID
4 P P P P P P
5 The other MEAs are being considered when importing No further details
chemicals
6 In the Federal Republic of Germany, the Federal Institute for N/A
Occupational Safety and Health is the Designated National
Authority (DNA) for this procedure. It examines the
documentation submitted for PIC substances, which are not
subject to a trade ban, and forwards them to the European
Commission, in this case the Joint Research Centre of the
European Chemicals Bureau (ECB). For each first export of an
Annex I substance in any calendar year, the ECB sends an
export notification to the importing country. Both the European
Union and Germany are Contracting Parties to the Rotterdam
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International
Trade (PIC Convention). Germany has named the Federal
Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety as the DNA
responsible to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the
United Nations (FAO) in connection with plant protection
products; the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health is the DNA responsible to UNEP for all other chemicals
7
8 MEAs, EU legislation C
9 In developing legislation the common criteria for import/export ID + + + + + + + +
restriction will be included. At present there are restrictions for
143 certain substances.
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Table 20: Building Risk reduction capacity
Note this question was not tested in pilot testing
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Building Risk reduction capacity (training etc) . Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1.
2 Twinning PHARE National 2004,2006 and assistance through ID x x N/A
24 PHARE PROGRAMS , Phare CES 2003,2004,2005,2006,
2007 we have 12 project finalized at national level on
REPAS,NEPAthrough Environmental Fond Administration
regarding disposal of waste,installations for transforming and
treatment of glass waste, eco incineration station, system
developing for collection and recycling PET and in will be
funded in 2008 projects regarding technologies , sorting
station, landfill for electrical and hazardous waste in the field of
plant protection products they have been several programs
for strengthening the phytosanitary administration capacity in
order to adopt and implement the communitarian acquis, for
synthetic fertilizers: Vrian Project – Holland for implementing in
Romania Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 several programs for
REACH, etc.
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table 21: Pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTR)
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs) Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(assistance with design, reporting systems, training etc.)
1 P Not applicable
2 ID
3 Panama apply with UNITAR for SAICM Trust Fund X Not applicable
4 No response Not applicable
5 Training is not planned No further detail given
6 As a result of Commission Decision 2000/479/EC based on National inventories for the Not applicable
Article 15 of the IPPC Directive, a Pollutant Emission Register purposes of reporting exist
(EPER) http://eper.de/; http://www.eper.cec.eu.int/ was
established at European level for large stationary sources.
PRTR is also available on the basis of European legislation
under: http://www.prtr.de/. Databases for the purpose of
emission and release reporting, for instance in the contexts of
UN FCCC or UNECE LRTAP.
7
8 C Not applicable
9 The pilot PRTR will be developed to the end of 2008 ID
Note from respondent 6
Commission Decision 2000/479/EC of 17 July 2000 on the implementation of a European pollutant emission register (EPER) according to Article 15 of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated
pollution prevention and control; (Official Journal L 192 pp. 36-43)
Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending
Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table 22: Safety standards to protect workers
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Safety standards to protect workers Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 Covers all workplaces
2 C
3 Not applicable
4 Not applicable
5 NP
6 Responsible authority: Federal Institute for Occupational C
Safety and Health http://www.baua.de/ Laws on worker safety
in all sectors, controls, follow-up of accidents by the accident
prevention and insurance association of each sector
7
8 i.e. requirements on safety at work C
9 The standards are developed continuously for chemicals that ID
are new for country market.
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table 23: Safety standards to protect workers – manufacturing
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Safety standards to protect workers – manufacturing Implementation status
Country
Hazard
Metals
sector (capacity building, training, etc.)
Other
1 Covers all workplaces C Not applicable
2 C
3 Not applicable
4 C and U
5 NP
6 Responsible authority: Federal Institute for Occupational C
Safety and Health http://www.baua.de/ Laws on worker safety
in all sectors, controls, follow-up of accidents by the accident
prevention and insurance association of each sector
7
8 C
9 The standards are developed continuously for chemicals that ID
are new for country market.
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Table 24: Safety standards to protect workers – agricultural sector
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Safety standards to protect workers – agricultural sector
Country
Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(e.g., capacity building, training)
1 Covers all workplaces C Not applicable
2 C
3 X Not applicable
4 C and U
5 NP
6 Responsible authority: Federal Institute for Occupational C
Safety and Health http://www.baua.de/ Laws on worker safety
in all sectors, controls, follow-up of accidents by the accident
prevention and insurance association of each sector
7
8 C
9 The standards are developed continuously for chemicals that ID
are new for country market.
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Table 25: Safety standards to protect workers – mining sector
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Safety standards to protect workers – mining sector
Country
Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(capacity-building/training etc.)
1 Covers all workplaces C Not applicable
2 C
3 Not applicable
4. C and U
5 NP
6 Responsible authority: Federal Institute for Occupational C
Safety and Health http://www.baua.de/ Laws on worker safety
in all sectors, controls, follow-up of accidents by the accident
prevention and insurance association of each sector
7
8 C
9 The standards are developed continuously for chemicals that ID
are new for country market.
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Table 26: Safety standards to protect workers – construction sector
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Safety standards to protect workers – construction sector
Country
Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 Covers all workplaces C Not applicable
2 C
3 Not applicable
4 C and U
5 NP
6 Responsible authority: Federal Institute for Occupational C
Safety and Health http://www.baua.de/ Laws on worker safety
in all sectors, controls, follow-up of accidents by the accident
prevention and insurance association of each sector
7
8 C
9 The standards are developed continuously for chemicals that ID
are new for country market.
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Table 27: Safety standards to protect workers – other
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Safety standards to protect workers – other
Country
Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 Covers all workplaces C Not applicable
2 Work State Inspection has special training programs for C
employees inspectors, offer assistance for workers, and has
representatives in all fields of activities
3 Best practices recommendations Not applicable
4 The Ministry of Labour is involved in a number of capacity
building activities
5 NP
6 Responsible authority: Federal Institute for Occupational C
Safety and Health http://www.baua.de/ Laws on worker safety
in all sectors, controls, follow-up of accidents by the accident
prevention and insurance association of each sector
7
8 C
9 The standards are developed continuously for chemicals that ID
are new for country market.
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3: Does the country have chemical management tools/instruments in place to minimize risks to human health and the environment
Table 28: Economic incentives and/or compliance assistance
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Economic incentives and/or compliance assistance Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(compliance incentives, green chemistry and/technical
assistance etc.)
1 P Not applicable
2 Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development offers No response
financial assistance for eco labeling Small and medium
enterprises can get public funding up to 65% for a period of
three years, to obtain eco-label "program to increase the
competitiveness of industrial products" developed by the
Ministry of Economy and Finance Law no 390 2002 referring to
Romanian Agency for Investments has some provisions for
projects that are promoting environment protection
3 No Not applicable
4. P Not applicable
5 We do not have a monitoring mechanism in place ID Not applicable
6 Non-compliance generates additional costs for socials (health C
care systems and redress), also because of market share due
to negative images of companies
7
8 Question misleading
9 The penalty measures are developed. Economic incentives will ID
be accepted not earlier that to 2010
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Table 29: Integrated pest management
Toxic/Hazardou
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
s with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Integrated pest management – IPM
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
(training,etc.)
Implementation status
1 C This space to be left blank
2 In 2009 there is a Study Planned for National Action Plan ID Not applicable
based on Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of
Pesticides, which will contain specification for IPM funded by
MESD.
3 Agricultural research institute have a programme for a litte X
amounts of products and depends of the tendency of our
agricultural policy
4 C and U This space is to be left blank
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C This space is to be left blank
9 C
Additional explanation: Respondent No. 6
Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market creates a uniform authorisation procedure throughout the European Union and is enacted in German
law by the Act on the Protection of Cultivated Plants (Plant Protection Act - PflSchG). A distinction is made between the procedure for active substances and the procedure for the actual
plant protection products. Active substances in plant protection products are examined at EU level. In conjunction with the Member States, the EU Commission decides whether an active
substance should be accepted and included in Annex I of the Directive. Inclusion in this list is a prerequisite for authorising plant protection products containing the active substance in
question. The licensing of the plant protection products is the responsibility of the Member States. In Germany, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), with the
agreement of the Federal Environment Agency, grants a licence to the applicant for the plant protection active substances in accordance with Article 15 of the Plant Protection Act, after
consultation with the Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry and the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. Directive 79/117/EEC of the Council already obliged
Member States to prohibit the marketing and use of plant protection products containing certain active ingredients. The substances affected by this ban included the active ingredients listed
in Table 2 with the exception of Mirex and the addition of DDT. With the exception of Mirex, the use of these active ingredients has therefore been banned for many years in the Federal
Republic of Germany under the Ordinance on Use Prohibitions for Plant Protection Products.10 The reason that mirex is an exception is the fact that an application for authorisation of a plant
protection product with this active ingredient has never been filed. Under Directive 91/414/EEC, the assessment of the active ingredients in plant protection products is now standardised
throughout the EU. As part of the Community’s review of active ingredients, a decision is taken about including or exempting active ingredients from Annex I of the Directive. Fundamentally,
national authorisation of a plant protection product is only possible if all its active ingredients are listed in Annex I. None of the substances in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention is re-
assessed as part of the programme to review existing active ingredients, nor are they listed in Annex I of Directive 91/414/EEC. A plant protection product containing one of the active
ingredients listed in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention is therefore essentially excluded from authorisation.
10
Verordnung über Anwendungsverbote für Pflanzenschutzmittel (Pflanzenschutz-Anwendungsverordnung) of 10 November 1992 (Federal Law Gazette I p.1887), last amended by the Ordinance of
23 July 2003 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1533)
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Table 30: Hazardous waste treatment minimization
Note: This question was not included in the pilot testing
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazardous waste treatment /minimization Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1
2 National strategy of waste management,National Plan for
Waste Management contain measures for minimization the C, U Field to be left blank
quantity of waste and treatment
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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Table 31: Transport controls for hazardous chemicals
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Transport controls for hazardous chemicals Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(projects, training etc)
1 C This space is to be left blank
2 Legal framework for control of road transport of hazardous C, U This space is to be left blank
chemicals (dangerous goods as referred in UN European
Agreement A D R 2007) is complete and fully implemented
and operational. The legal framework and measures are also
in compliance with all EU legislation.
3 Rules for commercial transport X
4 P This space is to be left blank
5 ID
6 C
7
8 Chemicals act and act on waste C This space is to be left blank
9 C
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Table 32: Compliance reporting
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Compliance reporting Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(training etc)
1 C Not applicable
2 Assistance from EU C, U Not applicable
3 No response
4 C and U Not applicable
5 Liberia does not have adequate human and financial NP
resources to monitor chemicals
6 C
7
8 Chemicals act, responsible CSO – Czech Statistical office C Not applicable
9 Question unclear
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Table 33: Environmental monitoring
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Environmental monitoring Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
(training, projects etc.)
1 C Not applicable
2 In the National Air Quality Monitoring Network the following
ambient air pollutants are monitored (in accordance with the
European air quality directives – SO2, NO2/NOx, PM10,
PM2,5, Pb, Benzene, CO, O3)
3 Water: Environmental agency have a monitoring program for X Not applicable
some watersheds (ID) Ministry of health have for water
consumption ( C ) Air: Panama city has a network for air
quality . Panama University is the coordinator. We have lack
of financial resources to have a system in environmental
health monitoring
4 C and U Not applicable
5 No adequate monitoring is in place because Liberia is lack of
adequate human and financial resources
6 On a national level exist various systems for environmental C/ID
and human monitoring on chemicals. They are concentrating
particularly on persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
substances (PBTs) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
There are for instance the Environmental Specimen Bank, the
Dioxin Database and different programmes of studies of the
Federal States in Germany. Monitoring programmes for PBTs
and POPs are outlined in the German National Implementation
Plan of Stockholm Convention under
http://www.pops.int/documents/implementation/nips/submissio
ns/Germany_NIP.pdf
7
8 C/U Not applicable
9 ID
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Table 34: Biomonitoring
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Biomonitoring Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 P Not applicable
2 No response
3 Only workers that have Social Security. 54% of our economy X
its informal.
4 P Not applicable
5 No response
6 C/ID
7
8 C Not applicable
9 There is no high level decision because of lack of financial ID
resources and other priorities.
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Table 35: Air monitoring of selected pollutants (industrial point
sources)
Country
Implementation Status
1 C
2 C
3 ID
4 C and U
5 No response
6 C
7
8 C
9 C and U
Table 36 : Air toxics emissions (industrial point sources)
Country
Implementation Status
1 Currently implemented
2 Concluded
3 NP
4 P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 ID
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Table 37: Mercury air emissions (e.g. industrial point sources, e.g. mercury-cell chlor alkali plants,
electrical generating facilities using high-mercury content coal, etc)
Country
Implementation Status
1 C
2 Concluded
3 ID
4 P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 C, U
Table 38: Lead air emissions (e.g. industrial point sources, e.g. smelting operations and other major point
sources)
Country
Implementation Status
1 C
2 Concluded
3 ID
4 P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 C, U
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Table 39: Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions (e.g. vehicle emissions, major industrial point
sources, solvent use, electrical sector)
Country
Implementation Status
1 Currently implemented
2 Concluded
3 NP
4 No response
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 C, U
Table 40: Ambient concentrations mercury
Country
Implementation Status
1 Planned
2 Currently implemented
3 NP
4 P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 ID (not regular)
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Table 41: Ambient concentrations lead
Country
Implementation Status
1 Planned
2 Planned
3 NP
4 P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 ID (not regular)
Table 42: Ambient concentrations benzene
Country
Implementation Status
1 Planned
2 Concluded
3 NP
4 No response
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 ID (not regular)
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Table 43: Pesticide concentrations in streams (agricultural watersheds)
Country
Implementation Status
1 Concluded
2 No response
3 ID
4 U
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 ID (not all pesticides)
Table 44: Reported pesticide incidents (e.g. accidental releases from interim storage facilities, such as
during a flooding, earthquake event, facility accidental spill during manufacture/formulation, transport)
Country
Implementation Status
1 Currently implemented
2 Planned
3 ID
4 U and P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 C, U
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Table 45: Contaminants in fish tissue
Country
Implementation Status
1 Planned
2 Planned
3 NP
4 U and P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 NP (isolated data)
Table 46 : Animal feed contamination
Country
Implementation Status
1 Planned
2 No response
3 NP
4 P
5 ID
6 C
7
8 C
9 ID (not all chemicals)
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Other categories identified:
Environmental specimen bank
Integrated environmental monitoring
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Table 47: Regional cooperative activities
Does your country participate in regional cooperative activities for environmental monitoring?
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 No response
2 Black Sea region activities, Carpathian countries actions X
3 ID
4 X
5 ID Liberia is a party to the Basel Convention and also the Rotterdam Convention. We abide by the rules
set for monitoring
6 EU monitoring activities, Rhine and Elbe monitoring along the course of the river, Transboundary air C
monitoring, Baltic and North Sea monitoring
7
8 C
9 ID in the frame of MEAs
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Table 48: Bilateral cooperative activities
Does your country participate in bilateral cooperative activities for environmental monitoring?
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 No response
2 Twinning projects with Hungary, Ukraine x
3 NP
4 P
5 ID Liberia is a party to the Basel Convention and also the Rotterdam Convention. We abide by the rules
set for monitoring
6 C
7
8 C
9 NP
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Table 49: Mercury: blood levels in general population (including children)
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 X C
9 NP (isolated data)
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Table 50: Mercury: Blood levels in women of child-bearing age
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 X
9 NP (isolated data)
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Table 51: Mercury: blood levels in children age 1-5
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 Children 3 to 14 C
7
8 X
9 NP (isolated data)
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Table 52: Cadmium: Blood levels in general population (including children)
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2 No response
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 X
9 NP (isolated data)
Table 53: Cadmium: Blood levels in children age 1-5
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 Children 3 to 14 C
7
8 X
9 NP (isolated data)
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Not included in pilot testing
Table 54: Lead: Blood levels in general population (including children)
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Table 55: Lead: Blood levels in women of child-bearing age
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1
2.
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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Not in questionnaire used by pilot testers
Table 56: Lead. Blood levels in children age 1-5
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 C C
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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Tabe 57: Carbamate pesticides – urinary levels in general population
Implemented
Concluded
Country
Currently
Planned
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 NP
7
8 U
9 NP (isolated data)
Table 58: Organophosphate pesticide: urinary levels in general population
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4. No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 No response
9 NP (isolated data)
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Table 59: Pyrethroid pesticides: Urinary levels in general population, including children >6 years
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 No response
9 NP (isolated data)
Table 60: Organophosphate pesticide: urinary levels in general population including in general population,
including children, >6 years
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 No response
9 NP (isolated data)
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Table 61: Pyrethroid pesticides, Urinary levels in general population including children 6 years>
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 No response
9 NP (isolated data)
Table 62: Phthalates: Urinary levels in general population, including children 6 years >
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 NP
2
3 NP
4. No response
5 NP
6
7
8 No response
9 NP (isolated data)
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Table 63: Other (chemicals and populations to which they apply)
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 No response
2
3 No response
4 No response
5 NP
6 PCB, HCB, ß-HCH: Blood levels in general population (including children): 11. Lead: Blood levels in C
general population (including children and in women of child-bearing age Arsenic: Urine levels in general
population (including children Nickel: urine levels in children age 3-14; Uranium: Urine levels in children
age 3-14 Thallium: Urine levels in children age 3-14 Antimon: Urine levels in children age 3-14 PCP and
other chlorophenols: Urine levels in general population (including children age 3-14 Cotinine/Nicotine:
Urine levels in general population (including children age 3-14 PAH metabolites: Urine levels in general
population (including children age 3-14) Bisphenol A: Urine levels in children age 3-14
7
8 Cadmium Population C
9 ID POPs in milk
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Table 64: Acute exposure incident reporting
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1
2
3 Only for pesticides ID
4 No response
5 NP
6 No response
7
8 C
9 No response
Table 65: Accidental ingestion/exposure incidents are reported (i.e. emergency incidents as reported by
Hospitals, physicians, excluding intentional ingestion)
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1
2
3 Only for pesticides NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 No response
7
8 C
9 C, U
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Table 66: Occupational (accidental ingestion/exposure) cases reported by factories
Concluded
Implement
Currently
Planned
Country
ed
Implementation Status
1
2
3 NP
4 No response
5 NP
6 C
7
8 C
9 U C
Table 67: Pathways of exposure
Concluded
Implement
Currently
Planned
Country
ed
Implementation Status
1
2
3.
4
5
6
7
8 No response
9
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Table 68: Pathways of exposure - Monitoring food for human consumption
Country
Planned Currently Concluded
Implemented
Implementation Status
1 P
2
3 ID
4 No response
5 NP
6 No response
7
8 U
9 U C
Table 69: Monitoring product content (other than food e.g. children’s toys, construction
materials)
Country
Currently
Implementation Status Planned Implemented Concluded
1 P
2
3 U
4 No response
5 NP
6 No response
7
8 U
9 U C
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Table 70: Does your country participate in regional cooperative activities for biomonitoring
Concluded
Planned Currently
Implemented
Country
Implementation Status
1 No response
2.
3. NP
4 No response
5 No response
6 a) Baden-Württemberg c b) PFT children/mother NRW, University Bochum ) ID c)
University Erlangen C
7
8 C
9. NP
Table 71: Does your country participate in bilateral cooperative activities for biomonitoring
Concluded
Planned
Country
Currentlymplemented
I
Implementation Status
1 No response
2.
3. NP
4. No response
5 No response
6 ESBIO, COPHES, Brazil, Peru, Spain
7
8 N/A
9. NP
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Table 72: Other (list))
Implemented
Concluded
Currently
Planned
Country
Implementation Status
1 No reponse
2
3
4 No response
5 No response
6 To achieve a harmonised assessment of internal exposure to substances in environmental
medicine, the German Human Biomonitoring Commission has developed criteria for the
derivation of different guidance values: reference and HBM values
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/gesundheit-e/monitor/index.htm. The following types of
monitoring were marked as ID VOC and aldehyds: Indoor air levels in households with
children age 3 to 14 Biocides (Chlorpyrifos, DDT, HCB, Lindane, Methoxychlor,
PCSD/PCAD; Propoxur, PCP): House dust levels in general population (including children)
PCB: House dust levels in general population (including children Metals (Pb, Cd, Cu, Ni,
U): Drinking water levels in general population (including children) according the German
Drinking Water Ordiance Biocides: House dust levels in general population (including
children
7
8 Cooperate with WHO
9. No response
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Table 73: National chemicals policy
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
National chemicals policy Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 C X X X X X X X X
2 National Strategy for Waste Management and Waste ID, C x x x x x x x
Management, National Plan, Ministry of Environment and
Sustainable Development, Strategic Plan of Action, Stockholm
National Implementation Plan ,National Chemical Profile
3 Draft policy ID x x x x x x x X
4 ID X X X X X
5 C x x x x x x x X
6 C x x x x x x x x
7
8 Czech Chemical Act no 356/2003 Coll. being currently C/U x x x x x x x x
amended, but REACH being implemented as it gradually
enters into force (2008-2011)
9 The National strategic programme for chemical management NP
is under development.
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management of chemicals?
Table 74: Does the policy address the chemical life cycle?
Country
Does the policy address the chemical life cycle? Yes No
1 Yes
2 In development
3 Yes
4 Yes
5 No response
6 Chemicals: REACH Yes
7
8 Yes
9 Yes
Table 75: Has the national policy been adopted or updated since 2006
National policy been adopted or updated since 2006 (year
of SAICM Adoption)
Country
Describe/explanation (if not in place and NP)
Yes No
1 Reviewed on an ongoing basis
2 Plans and strategy regarding waste adopted, MESD Strategic Yes
Plan of Action adopted ,annually updated, National Program
regarding disposal of ozone layer depleting substances ,
adopted, Stockholm National Implementation Plan, in approval
procedures, SAICM National Profile in development
SAICM National Implementation Plan , in development
3 Yes
4 In development
5 No response
6 Due to adoption of REACH The EU regulates chemicals with Yes
REACH by a system involving registration, authorization and
evaluation. The actors of the value chain are involved in over
the whole life cycle by a communication and information
system between producers and down-stream-users.
7
8 Yes updated due to adoption of REACH
9 Chemicals: yes, updated, due to adoption of REACH-
legislation
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Table 76: Is there national enabling legislation in place
Country
Is National enabling legislation in place?
Yes No
1 Yes
2 European Union Regulations in force and Directives transposed in national law Yes
Law no.84/1993 , Law nr.9/2001, Law no.150/2001 referring Ozone/Montreal Protocol
Law no.91/2003 referring Rotterdam Convention /PIC
Law no.261/2004 referring to Stockholm Convention/POPs
GD.no 236 of 2007 on the establishment of measures for ensuring the application of Regulation (EC) nr.1980/2000 European Parliament and Council of 17 July
2000 on a
revised eco-label Community LAW.no 22 of 22 February 2001 for ratification of the Convention on environmental impact assessment in the context trans boundary
adopted at Espoo on 25 February 1991
Law No. 92 of 18 March 2003 for Romania's accession to the Convention on transboundary effects of industrial accidents, adopted at Helsinki on 17 March 1992
Law .no. 86 of 10 May 2000 for ratification of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and Access to Justice in
Environmental Matters, signed in Aarhus on 25 June 1998 •GD no. 1408 on ways of investigation and assessment of pollution of soil and subsoil GD no. 1403 on
the rehabilitation of areas wheresoil, subsoil and terrestrial ecosystems have been affected Regulation (EC) no761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 19 March 2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), Regulation (EEC)
nr.793/93 on the evaluation and control the risks of existing substances and Regulation Commission (EC) nr.1488 din28 iunie1994 laying down the principles of
risk assessment for humans and the environment of substances G D no. 347/2003 on restricting the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and
preparations Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment Regulations regarding the
classification, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures and amending Directive 67/548/EEC and Regulation (EC) nr.1907 / 2006 (GHS)- for plant
protection products: Government Decision No. 1559/2004 regarding the registration procedure of plant protection products for placing on the market and use on
Romania territory. Government Ordinance No. 41/2007 for placing plant protection products on the market, as well as for amending and repealing several
regulatory acts in the phytosanitary field. Government Ordinance No. 4/1995 on manufacturing, placing on the market and using phytosanitary products for
controlling diseases, pests and weeds in agriculture and forestry. Government Ordinance No. 38/2007 regarding the import in Romania of plant protection products
and samples, assistance and donations of plant protection products from third countries. The European legislation regarding plant protection products has been
transposed in the Romanian legislation.For synthetic fertilizers sector the European legislation is in progress of transposition.
3 Yes
4 Yes
5 No response
6 REACH Yes
7
8 Yes? not clear
9 There is general legislation for environmental health protection and environment protection and also protection of different environmental media Yes
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Table 77: Enabling legislation applies to environment
Describe/explanation (if not in place and NP)
Country
Yes No
1 Yes
2 Yes
3 Yes
4 Yes
5 No response
6 Adjustments of the national institutions to the European regulation, Organization Yes
and structure of national authorities to the requirements of the EU regulation,
Replacement of the previous legislation
7
8 Yes
9 Yes
Table 78: Enabling legislation applies to human health?
Describe/explanation (if not in place and NP)
Country
Yes No
1 Yes
2 Yes
3 Draft policy in discussion Yes
4 Yes
5 No response
6 Adjustments of the national institutions to the European Yes
regulation, Organization and structure of national authorities
to the requirements of the EU regulation, Replacement of the
previous legislation
7
8 Yes
9 Yes
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Table 79: Chemical specific legislation/regulation
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Chemical specific legislation/regulations Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 No response
2 ID, C, U x x x x x x
3 x X
4 No response
5 No response
6 C x x x x x x x X
7
8 C x x x x x x x X
9 ID x x x x x x x X
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4: Does the country have in place national policies and a legislative framework for risk management of chemicals ?
Table 80: Legislation is for life cycle
Country
Legislation is for life cycle
Yes No
Description and Cite GPA refs
1 Yes
2 the provisions from asbestos legislation, ODS Activities addressed as in Table B : 43,45,48,49,51,54,57, Yes
62,69,70, 74, 85, 94,98, 102, 107
3 No
4 Yes
5 No response
6 REACH is a mechanism to oblige the producers and importers of chemicals to submit the relevant Yes
information on the effects of chemicals, make it transparent and communicate this information through the
value chain from the producers to the industrial users (donw-stream-users) of chemicals. Additional relevant
legislation is the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) which regulates environmental quality. Its
provisions apply to the construction and operation of installations and to the manufacture, placing on the
market and import of installations, fuels and other relevant substances and chemicals. Requirements
relating to the discharge of effluent from inter alia industrial installations into water bodies are set out in
permits and licenses granted under water law, as defined in Article 2 ff. of the Federal Water Act (WHG).
For the waste phase German Federal Waste Avoidance, Recovery and Disposal Act.
(Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz) sets relevant requirements for the waste management.
7
8 Chemicals and waste cluster cover whole life cycle from manufacture up to use and disposal Yes
9 Chemical specific legislation will be developed to 2010 Yes
Note from respondent 6: Gesetz zum Schutz vor schädlichen Umwelteinwirkungen durch Luftverunreinigungen, Geräusche, Erschütterungen und ähnliche Vorgänge (Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz-
BImSchG) in the version promulgated on 26 September 2002 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 3830), last amended by the Act of 25 June 2005 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 1865
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure
the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes?
Table 81: Does the country inventory large-scale generation of hazardous waste
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Does the country inventory large-scale generation of Implementation status
Hazard
Metals
Other
hazardous wastes?
1 P
2 C, U x Not applicable x x
3 C x X
4 P
5 x x x x
6 The categories are ordered according to the European list of c x x x x x
wastes In Germany is based on European legislation
combined with regional German responsibilities of the German
Federal States (Bundesländer). Implementation issues are
executed according to the local circumstances and not in a
harmonized manner in general. Explanation in context of this
questionnaire is too complicated
7
8 Y x x x x x x x
9 C, U x x x x x x x x
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure
the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes?
Table 82: Does the country inventory medium-scale generation of hazardous waste?
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Does the country inventory medium-scale generation of
Hazard
Metals
Other
hazardous wastes ?( e.g. from medium sized industry) Implementation status
1 P
2 C, U x X Not applicable x X
3 C X
4 P
5 No response x
6 No differentiation between large and medium scale In No response
Germany is based on European legislation combined with
regional German responsibilities of the German Federal States
(Bundesländer). Implementation issues are executed
according to the local circumstances and not in a harmonized
manner in general. Explanation in context of this questionnaire
is too complicated.
7
8 Y x x x x x x x
9 C, U x x x x x x x x
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure
the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes?
Table 83: Does the country require/promote hazardous waste separation from non-hazardous waste separation prior to disposal/destruction of its
hazardous wastes?
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Does the country require/promote hazardous waste
Hazard
Metals
Other
separation from non-hazardous wastes prior to disposal Implementation status
/destruction of its hazardous wastes ? cy
1 C
2 C, U Not applicable
3 The need to promote separation from wastes NP
4 P
5 No response X
6 Not in general required but recommended if appropriate NP
In Germany is based on European legislation combined with
regional German responsibilities of the German Federal States
(Bundesländer). Implementation issues are executed
according to the local circumstances and not in a harmonized
manner in general. Explanation in context of this questionnaire
is too complicated
7
8 Y/C x x x x x x x X
9 C x x x x x x x x
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure
the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes?
Table 84: Does the country have hazardous waste treatment requirements in place?
manufacturing
Construction
Industry &
Mining s
Country
Does the country have hazardous waste treatment Implementation status
Other
requirements in place
1 X X X X
2 Governmental decision under approval C, U X X* x
3 NO
4 In place but needs updating. Other – medical facilities X x x X
5 X No response
6 Hazardous waste is collected and treated separately in all C Yes Yes Yes Yes
sectors, e.g.: Industry: registration of chemicals includes waste
management/treatment procedure Hospitals:
infectious/contaminated waste is collected and treated
separately Consumers: legislation for separate collection of
hazardous waste is in place
Construction sector: recycling of building materials, separate
collection of different waste materials in process of
demolishing, separate collection of construction wastes
(diposal of inert material is cheaper than mixed wastes,
recovery is simplified)
7
8 Yes X x x X
9 Yes x x x x
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation
of hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure the environmentally sound
management of hazardous wastes
Table 85: Does the county have a permitting system in place for hazardous waste disposal
Country
Does the country have a permitting system in place for Implementation status
hazardous waste disposal? Yes No
1 X
2 C, U X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 Meaning unclear
7
8 X
9 X
Table 86: Stewardship programme
Stewardship programme. Does the country have a
permitting system in place for hazardous waste disposal? Implementation status
Country
Yes No
(to promote/require reduced and/or more environmentally
sound product content, take-back programmes at end of
life etc.)
1 P X
2 C, U
3 X
4 P Yes
5 X No response
6 Electrical and electronic equipment Yes
7
8 Yes
9 X
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of
hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure the environmentally sound management
of hazardous wastes?
Table 87: Are interim storage facilities for the country’s industrial hazardous waste adequate?
Are interim storage facilities for the country’s industrial
Country
hazardous waste adequate Yes No
(capacity, environmentally sound design and operation, etc.)
1 X
2 Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development has a Yes
Technical Assistance Project for temporary storage of waste,
including hazardous waste, by which other specific requirements
will be established
3 X
4 Yes
5 Out of date, some facilities exist in industrial settings and X
factories
6 Yes
7
8 Interim storage is defined by the legislation it sets up its Yes
parameters and requirements
9 The hazardous waste are storage temporary at the places of their X
production
Table 88: Are interim storage facilities for obsolete agrochemical hazardous wastes adequate?
Are interim storage facilities for obsolete agrochemical
Country
hazardous wastes adequate?
Yes No
1
2 Obsolete pesticides are stored by each user No
3 Only Ministry of Health for some old donations Yes
4. No
5 The MOA responsible for Agro chemicals does not have a No
storage facility
6 No response
7
8 Depends on a case, if it is “old environmental burden, may not Yes No
be so. However, all these are in the projects of the remediation
of contaminated sites so found.
9 Yes
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5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of
hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure the environmentally sound management
of hazardous wastes?
Table 89: Are environmentally sound disposal/destruction facilities adequate for the country’s
hazardous wastes?
Are environmentally sound disposal/destruction facilities
adequate for the country’s hazardous wastes ?
Country
Yes No
(e.g., Capacity for disposal of the various hazardous waste
generated )
1 No
2 At present, not all types of hazardous waste are disposed of in No response
Romania. Cooperation with Germany on destruction of
obsolete agrochemicals out of Romania
3 No
4 No
5 There are no facilities to dispose of waste both chemical and No
medical
6 communal and industrial sewage treatment plants, Yes
chemical/physical treatment facilities incineration inclusive
high-temperature and co-incineration plants,
surface/underground landfills, soil treatment plants, specialised
dismantling facilities , recovery methods
7
8 Parameters defined by the legislation Yes
9 Existing facilities are not enough for all volume of hazardous No
waste
Table 90: Roughly what percent of industrial hazardous wastes in the country would you
estimate are disposed of in an environmentally sound manner
Note In certain versions of the questionnaire the question was asked for different sectors, (industry, mining,
construction and other)
Roughly what percent of industrial hazardous
Country
wastes in the country would you estimate are
disposed of in an environmentally sound manner 80-100% 50-80 % s Less than Don’t
50% Know
1 90%
2. X
3 Industry 1%, Pesticides 1%, Hospital wastes 1% an See estimates for different estimates
consumers 10%
4 60%
5 X
6 Should be a very high percentage, according to Yes
legislation, not counting criminal activities
7
8 Industry 80-100%, Mining 50-60%, for construction
less than 50% Others? hospital, consumers 50%
9 Industry 20% , Pesticides 70%, Hospital wastes 20%,
Mining wastes 10%
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Section A: Risk reduction
5: Does the country have chemical management instruments in place to reduce the generation of
hazardous waste in quantity and toxicity and to ensure the environmentally sound management
of hazardous wastes?
Table 91: Does the country require proof of disposal/destruction for hazardous wastes?
Does the country require proof of disposal/destruction for
Country
hazardous wastes?
Yes No Activities in
progress
1 X
2 X
3. X
4 X
5 Legislation and standards have been drafted
6 Ordinance on Waste Recovery and Disposal Records Yes
(Nachweisverordnung)
7
8 Yes
9 Yes
Table 92 Other provisions for management of hazardous wastes:
One response: According to the requirements of EU legislation and of the National Waste Management
Plan. Almost all activities 68-73, 161-162,258- 262, 272-273
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Section A: Risk reduction
6: Does the country promote environmentally sound recovery and recycling of hazardous materials and waste
Table 93: Environmentally sound recovery of hazardous waste articles, products is promoted via national policy
Hazardous Material and Waste Category
Mining wastes
Agrochemical
Construction
commercial
House hold
Industrial
wastes s
Country
Environmentally sound recovery of hazardous waste Implementation
wastes
wastes
wastes
Other
articles, products is promoted via national policy status
1 C C C C C
2. National program for selective collection of waste C, U X X X X
3 Environmental agency have some program for clean x x
production. Civil society initiative this year a program to
motivate general public to recycling some domestic waste
4 P P P P P
5 x x x x x X
6 The competent Federal States authorities may specify so C x x x
called obligations to offer waste and even obligations to make
waste available to parties responsible for waste disposal
7
8 Via legislation and waste management plan, regularly updated C/U x x x x X
9 The National strategy for sustainable development include C x x x x x x
requirements for hazardous waste management
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6: Does the country promote environmentally sound recovery and recycling of hazardous materials and waste
Table 94: Environmentally sound recovery of hazardous waste articles, products and wastes is promoted within national legislation
Hazardous Material and Waste Category
Mining wastes
Agrochemical
Construction
commercial
House hold
Industrial
wastes s
Country
Environmentally sound recovery of hazardous waste articles, Implementation
wastes
wastes
wastes
Other
products and wastes is promoted within national legislation status
1 C C C C C
2 C, U x x X X
3 NO
4 P P P P P
5 x x x x x X
6 For certain substances/products, national legislation on recovery C x x X
is in existence, e.g.:
- waste electrical and electronic equipment: have to be handed
in at end-of-life (Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act -
Elektrogesetz)
- cars have to be handed in to a recycling company at end-of-life
(German Ordinance on the Transfer, Collection and
Environmentally Sound Disposal of End-of-life Vehicles (End-
of-life Vehicle Ordinance - AltfahrzeugV)
- batteries (Ordinance on the Return and Disposal of Used
Batteries and Accumulators - Battery Ordinance -
Batterieverordnung)
7
8 Waste management Act 185/2001 as amended and mining waste c x x x x X
and relevant EU
9 C x x x x x
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Section B - Knowledge and information
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Section B - Knowledge and information
7: Does your country have adequate Knowledge and information on chemicals and chemicals
management to enable chemicals to be adequately assessed and managed throughout their life
cycle?
Table 95: Chemical inventories
Country
Chemical inventories Adequate Not adequate
1 No response
2 X
3 Through the web site of chemical safety, probably the information is x
incomplete or have a lack in information, but the information that we
have is accessible
4 X
5 X
6 Inventories exist on a European level for existing substances (before X
1981) with the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical
Substances (EINECS). Substances brought into the market after 1981
have had to be notified as new chemicals.
With REACH a comprehensive inventory with database full of
information will be created for all substances produced and uses in the
European market > 1 t/a by 2011
7 x
8 Description – inventories are regularly updated – some on yearly basis, x
some 2-5 yrs, depend on field
9 there is no register of chemicals that are imported, produced, used in X
free access
Table 96: Unintentional releases
Country
Unintentional release (major pollution point sources, vehicular Adequate Not adequate
traffic etc.)
1 X
2. X
3 X
4. X
5 X
6 As a result of Commission Decision 2000/479/EC based on Article 15 X
of the IPPC Directive, a Pollutant Emission Register (EPER)
[http://eper.de/; http://www.eper.cec.eu.int/] was established at
European level for large stationary sources. It includes obligations to
report annual emissions in water, soil and air. The register will be
upgraded to become the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
(PRTR).Other inventories are required and developed especially for
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) according to EU-POPs-Regulation
850/2004 for implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs
and the POPs–Protocol. Germany delivered those inventories in
context of national reporting for article 15 of Stockholm Convention and
for the mentioned EU-regulation.
7 X
8 Description: regular monitoring based on legislation and as required in X
the state environment policy + MEAs and other instruments on
daily/weekly/monthly/yearly basis in all sectors of the environment
9 not all chemicals that are released unintentionally are controlled and X
for many of them there is no quantitative information determined by
laboratory analysis
Note: European pollutant emission register (EPER ) Commission Decision 2000/479/EC of 17 July 2000 on the implementation
of a EPER according to Article 15 of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control; (Official
Journal L 192 pp. 36-43)
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Section B - Knowledge and information
7: Does your country have adequate Knowledge and information on chemicals and chemicals
management to enable chemicals to be adequately assessed and managed throughout their life
cycle?
Table 97: Product registers
Country
Product registers
Adequate Not adequate
1 No response
2. X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 A product register at a national level does not exist No response
7 X
8 Description: i.e. fully operational PRTR, EME, and other relevant X
registers
9 there is no special register for chemical products X
Table 98: New chemical notification
Country
New chemical notification
Adequate Not adequate
1 No response
2 No response
3 X
4 No response
5 X
6 The notification of new chemicals is required according to the EU X
legislation for chemicals with REACH
7 X
8 REACH + GHS regulations, Chemical Act – currently being X
updated/amended/implemented
9 the registration procedure for new chemicals is in place X
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7: Does your country have adequate Knowledge and information on chemicals and chemicals
management to enable chemicals to be adequately assessed and managed throughout their life
cycle?
Table 99: Chemical testing programmes
Country
Chemical testing programmes
Adequate Not adequate
1 X
2 X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 Testing of chemicals and providing of information and data on X
chemicals is required according to the EU legislation for chemicals with
REACH. Testing requirements are differentiated according to the
tonnage of the chemicals in the market. The testing is preformed
according to the OECD Test Guidelines.
7 X
8 X
9 There is no laboratory facilities to investigate all chemicals hazards X
according to GHS
Table 100: Labelling
Country
Labelling (GHS, placarding etc)
Adequate Not adequate
1 X
2 Description Legal framework for road transport of hazardous materials X
becomes from international regulations (A D R and EU legislation) and
it uses international experience in this domain
3 Panama follow international norm but the country have problems X
because we import the most of the products and our control corps its
not specific and have lack of resources (infrastructure, economics and
human)
4 All parts of the value chain covered X
5 X
6 Description: Labelling of chemicals is currently done according to the X
EU labelling system and will be in future executed according to the
Globally Harmonized System (GHS), which will be implemented in the
EU by 2009.
7 X
8 X
9 No requirements for labelling according to the GHS X
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7: Does your country have adequate Knowledge and information on chemicals and chemicals
management to enable chemicals to be adequately assessed and managed throughout their life
cycle?
Table 101: Contaminated environments
Country
Contaminated environments
Adequate Not adequate
1 No response
2 No response
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 There exist different programmes for investigation and compilation of No response
contaminated sites on a Federal level and locally on the level of
Federal States in Germany. A database for information on a national
level on such programmes is available under:
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/boden-und-
altlasten/altlast/web1/steckbriefe/steckb.htm
7 An annually state of environment report was developed since 2002 X
8 Pertaining to valid legislation in Chemicals Act, remediation of X
contaminated site strategy etc.
9 Unclear question No response possible
Table 102: Exposure pathways in people
Country
Exposure pathways in people
Adequate Not adequate
1 No response
2 No response
3 X
4. X
5 X
6 No response
7 X X
8 Public health protection act (258/2000 Coll) regular monitoring in body X
tissues (blood, urine, hair) of whole population
9 All environmental media are monitored to assess possible inhalation, X
oral and skin pathways of exposure (note: Not sure that the question is
understood)
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7: Does your country have adequate Knowledge and information on chemicals and chemicals
management to enable chemicals to be adequately assessed and managed throughout their life
cycle?
Other?
No other type of instrument mentioned
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Section B - Knowledge and information
8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 103: Guidance, codes of conduct (use, disposal etc.)
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Academia
Guidance, Codes of Conduct
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
(use, disposal etc)
Other
1 Information is publicly available X X X X X X
2 No response
3 Technical information is not easy accessible for all groups, but its not hidden, some time its accessible in other x x X x
languages and this is a problem
4 There is a need for outreach strategy to women and other vulnerable groups x x x x x
5 Guidance documents are being produced for industries and the health sector x X
6 REACH Helpdesk: Most important instrument for guidance for chemicals safety. Jointly installed by the x x x x x x x
Federal Authorities responsible for Chemicals Safety for workers, consumers and environment for
implementation of the new EU Chemicals policy for guidance: http://www.baua.de/de/Chemikaliengesetz-
Biozidverfahren/REACH-Helpdesk/REACH-Helpdesk.html__nnn=true.
Federal Environment Agency Information and guidance for safety of chemicals available under:
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/ with Chemicals Policy and Pollutants; REACH Federal Institute for
Occupational Health
Information and guidance for the working place and proper handling of hazardous chemicals available under:
http://www.baua.de/nn_6446/en/Homepage.html__nnn=true
Federal Institute of Risk Assessment Information and guidance for consumers available under:
http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/569
7 Electronic information and management system for chemicals was developed and connected to many X X X X X X Trade
stakeholders (industry, Trade, health, Agriculture, Custom, Civil Defense) it provides information about Agri
identification of chemicals, characteristics, handling, Transport, storage, use and disposal
8 Guidance materials are published on relevant ministry website, sometimes also part of the legislative act x x x x x X
issued by the Ministry or issued in the specialized publication as i.e. national Chemical Journal, Monthly etc.,
information on the documentation is always provided in the press release
9 No specific information for women and not for all working places x x x x
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 104: Results of chemical screening and assessment
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Results of chemical screening and assessment
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 Very little screening is done. National web portal being developed to link to
global databases
2 x X X x x X
3 At the end of the process is accessible when made the screening x X X x x X
4 Limited screening and assessments within academia and research institutes x
5 Chemical screening and assessment have not been done x x X x x X
6 x x X x x X x
7 x x X x x x x
8 Results are circulated in Yearbooks and also published on websites of the x x X x x X
ministries and relevant institutions
9 The results are usually published x x X x x x X
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 105: Results of regulatory and decision-making processes
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision makers
Health Sector
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
Results of regulatory and decision-making processes
1 X X X X X X
2 X x X x x X
3 X x X x x X
4 Information through representatives on relevant committees responsible for decision X x X x X
making
5 Information is not available for these sectors
6 X x X x x X X
7 X x X x x x X
8 If legislation is in preparation, its file is accessible through Parliament website where X x X x x x
all comments and actual status of the document can be viewed anytime. In addition,
public consultation is also another possibility. Decision-making processes – unless it
is advisory body to a ministry that is not public, then minutes of the meetings can
appear on the website of the relevant ministry; in some bodies representatives of
various groups participate (i.e. industry, NGO). Quarterly briefings on issues related
to the ministry or special press conference if the matter is of high importance
9 There is no practise of women and workers participation in decision-making X x x x
process. Trade unions do participate in decision-making process.
And results of regulatory and decisions are usually published
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8. Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 106: Monitoring results
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
Monitoring results
1 X X X X X X
2 On the web, media conferences x x x x x X
3 At the end of the process is accessible when made the monitoring
4 Regular compliance monitoring undertaken in industrial facilities x X
5 Monitoring mechanism is not adequately in place x x x x x X
6 x x x x x X X
7 x x x x x x X
8 Results are circulated in Yearbooks (both printed and electronically) x x x x x X
and also published on websites of the ministries and relevant
institutions
9 Existing Data are published x x x x x x X
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 107: Pollutant release and transfer registry (PRTR) results
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision makers
Health Sector
Pollutant release and transfer registry (PRTR) results
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 Information is publicly available when submitted to regulator X X X X X X
in terms of legislation
2 www.anpn.ro X x x X x X X
3 Actually we don’t have any PRTR
4 There is currently no activity in this regard due to inadequate Not applicable
technical and financial resources
5 PRTR is not been used X x x X x X
6 X x x X x X X
7 x
8 Results available on line X x x X x X
9 PRTRs are not developed yet X x x X x x X
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Section B - Knowledge and information
8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 108: Access to information legislation
Health Sector
Academia
Country
Access to information legislation .
Women s
Decision
Workers
Industry
makers
Other
1 Applicable to public X X X X X X
2 All stakeholders x x x x x x X
3 Its open and free at the web site of our national Assembly
4 x x x x x
5 Information is not available x x x x x x
6 REACH Helpdesk: x x x x x x X
Most important instrument for guidance for chemicals safety. Jointly installed by the Federal Authorities responsible for
Chemicals Safety for workers, consumers and environment for implementation of the new EU Chemicals policy for
guidance: http://www.baua.de/de/Chemikaliengesetz-Biozidverfahren/REACH-Helpdesk/REACH-Helpdesk.html__
Federal Environment Agency
Information and guidance for safety of chemicals available under: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/ with Chemicals
Policy and Pollutants; REACH
Federal Institute for Occupational Health
Information and guidance for the working place and proper handling of hazardous chemicals available under:
http://www.baua.de/nn_6446/en/Homepage.html
Federal Institute of Risk Assessment
Information and guidance for consumers available under: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/569
7 x x x
8 Pertains to the Aarhus convention – right on access to information. Yes, we have such act in place. + public x x x x X X
consultation process
9 The legislation is accessed easily x x x x X x X
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8 Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 109: Health consumption advisories
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Health/food consumption advisories
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 X X X X X X X
2 On the web pages, media, conferences, specific magazines
3. X X X
4 X x x x X X
5 Information is not available X x x x X X
6 Federal Institute of Risk Assessment: http://www.bfr.bund.de X x x x X X X
7 x x x x X
8 Results available on line X x x x X X
9 X x x x X x X
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 110: Accident and spill reporting – public transport
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Accident and spill reporting – public transport
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 Information is publicly available when submitted to regulator X X X X X X
in terms of legislation
2 X x x x x X X
3 x X
4 X x x x x X
5 This is being developed for these two sectors X x
6 Federal Statistic Office: X x x x x X X
Report on releases of water-endangering substances in
accidents available under:
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Intern
et/DE/Presse/pm/2008/02/PD08__052__32311.psml
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Intern
et/EN/press/pr/2008/02/PE08__052__32311.psml
Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing:
The Dangerous Goods Database is part of a hazardous
materials/dangerous goods information system of the Federal
Republic of Germany. It provides specially prepared and
condensed information, based on relevant global, European
and national regulations required for the safe transport of
dangerous goods. Available under:
http://www.dgg.bam.de/en/datenbankinfo/
7 x x X
8 Results available on line X x x x x X
9 Question unclear No response possible
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 111: Accident spill reporting – facilities
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision makers
Health Sector
Accident spill reporting – facilities
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 Information is publicly available when submitted to regulator in terms of X X X X X X
legislation
2 Intoxication with gases underground/mining tube are presented by media and X x x x X X
official positions
3 Its mandatory for environment law x X x X
4. Information accessible publicly x X x x x X
5 This has only been done for communities that have been affected. Information
tool kits need to be produced
6 Federal Environment Agency: x X x x x X X
Central Reporting and Evaluation Office for Hazardous Incidents and Incidents
in Process Engineering Facilities (Zentrale Melde- und Auswertestelle für
Störfälle und Störungen in verfahrenstechnischen Anlagen – ZEMA)
ZEMA records, evaluates and publishes in annual reports all events which must
be reported to the authorities pursuant to the 12th Federal Immission Control
Ordinance. Such reportable events are sub-divided according to their hazard
potential into major accidents and disturbance of normal operation. The
systematic recording and evaluation of events will provide information which
acts as an important basis for a further development of the state of the art of
safety technology. Available under: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/zema-
e/index.html
7 x x X
8 Relevant to the act 59/2006 on the prevention of risks, defines public x X x x x X
consultation and dissemination of information related to safety and crisis
management to local authorities and public
9 Through mass media and internet x X x x x X X
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 112: Cleaner production information
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Cleaner production information
Academia
(to assist industry sectors)
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 National Cleaner Production Website X X X X X X
2 There are programmes with ONUDI financial assistance, PHARE programs
3 x x x X
4 Urgent need for improved information dissemination strategies x x X X x X
5 Cleaner production information has been produced for these two sectors x x X X x X
6 Federal Environment Agency: x x X X x x x
The Internet portal provides comprehensive information about the performance
of German environmental technologies and environmental services.You will find
more than 2500 information with professional summaries for a quick orientation,
over 1500 detailed practical examples for the state of the art and 1000 links to
all important participants.
Available under: http://www.cleaner-production.de/index.php?id=23&L=1
Publication: Federal Environment Agency/Federal Ministry of Education and
Research: “Beste verfügbare Techniken – Made in Germany“ (Best available
techniques – Made in Germany)
available under: http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/3036.pdf
7 x x X
8 ie. Guidelines available BAT, BEP online
9 Practically there is no information of cleaner production x X
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vulnerable groups?
Table 113: Other types of information
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
Other types of information
1 No response
2 No response
3 By journals, reports, website, meetings
4 No response
5 No response
6 Download in internet, printed media X x X x x x x
7 Regional and international trade on chemicals – made available through inter- X x x x X
ministerial committee
8 No response
9 No response
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vulnerable groups?
Table 114 Other types of information
Stakeholder Group to which information is made available
Decision m,akers
Health Sector
Other types of information
Academia
Women s
Workers
Industry
Country
Other
1 No response
2 No response
3 No response
4 No response
5 No response
6 No response
7 Country commitments at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements related to X x x x x x X
chemicals – information made available through inter-ministerial committee
8 No response
9 No response
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8: Is information on health and safety of chemicals in support of Risk reduction and decision-making available and accessible to the public and
vulnerable groups?
Table 115: Does the country participate in cooperative activities with other countries in its region to enhance public availability and access to
information on health and safety information on chemicals
Country
Does the country participate in cooperative activities with other countries in its region to enhance public availability and access to information on health and safety information
on chemicals
1 No
2 Yes helpdesks and web, written materials presenting risks
3. Panama participated in the past, in PLAGSALUD project about pesticides including information system
4 No response
5 No response
6 Yes: on a European level a variety of joint databases are used (important examples, not complete).For registration and collection of information and data for chemicals will be a installed a joint
database at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work: Information on Legislation, strategies and good practice solutions for
creation of safe, healthy and productive workplaces Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD): The OECD Programme on Chemical Accidents addresses a subject
that concerns everyone who uses or handles hazardous chemicals, works in a chemical plant, or lives near one. This programme helps public authorities, industry, labour and other interested
parties prevent chemical accidents and respond appropriately if one occurs: http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34369_1_1_1_1_1,00.html European Joint Research Centre
(JRC), Ispra: The Major Accident Reporting System (MARS) was established to handle the information on major accidents' submitted by Member States of the European Union to the European
Commission in accordance with the provisions of the European Seveso Directive available under: http://mahbsrv.jrc.it/Activities-WhatIsMars.html
7 Though partnership agreements or through international trade rules, e.g. SPS
8 Yes surely in the field of POPs
9 The project to develop regional web-site is not implemented yet
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9: For donor countries, does the country share with other countries information it produces on
Risk reduction and other tools for promotion of best practices in chemicals management,
harmonization?
Table 116: How is sharing primarily accomplished – bilateral cooperation?
How is sharing primarily accomplished – bilateral cooperation?
Country
1 Not applicable
2 No answer – not applicable ?
3 Not in the last 2 years
4 No answer
5 No answer
6 Yes
7 No answer
8 Yes using National/regional centre for POPs for example, or in the scope of the bilateral projects in the
framework of the development assistance
9 No answer
Table 117: How is sharing primarily accomplished – regional cooperation?
How is sharing primarily accomplished – regional cooperation?
Country
1 Not applicable
2 Not applicable?
3 No response
4 Currently planned through the GHS and ECOWAS Regional Policy and Action Plan among countries of the
ECOWAS region
5 No response
6 Yes Detailed information given on specific projects
7 No response
8 No response
9 No response
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9: For donor countries, does the country share with other countries information it produces on Risk reduction and other tools for promotion of best
practices in chemicals management, harmonization ?
Table 118: How is sharing primarily accomplished – international cooperation
How is sharing primarily accomplished – International cooperation
(information furnished to IGO etc for distribution) ?
Country
1 Not applicable
2 Not applicable
3. No response
4 No response
5
6 Yes - Listing of projects given
7 No response
8 No response
9 No response
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Costs of meetings/travel costs for LDC countries or NGOs in specific projects
1. Training of managers and staff of SME (small- and medium-scale enterprises) on chemical safety (ca. 400,000 Euro, 2006-2008, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) with co-funding from the European Commission); GPA activities N° 18, 19,22, 52, 155, 249; India and Vietnam
2. Support to commercialisation of biopesticides in Southeast Asia (ca. Euro 2.5 million, 2002 – 2008), funded by BMZ; GPA activities N° 27, 29, 36, 39; Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos,
Philippines
3. Remediation of contaminated sites: disposal of obsolete DDT stocks (ca. 400,000 Euro, 2007-2008), funded by BMZ; GPA activities N° 47, 48, 55; Tanzania
4. Remediation of contaminated sites: disposal of dieldrin and BHC stocks (ca. 400,000 Euro, 2008 – 2009); funded by BMZ and Shell Ltd, UK in a public-private partnership; GPA activities N°
47, 48, 55; India
5. Capacity building for national food safety authorities (ca. Euro 3.5 million, 2006 – 2010); funded by BMZ; GPA activity N° 38; China
6. Management system for disposal of PCB (ca. 310,000 Euro, 2007 - 2008), funded by BMZ and ENVIO AG in a public-private partnership; GPA activity N° 68; Macedonia
7. Management system for obsolete pesticides (ca. Euro 2.5 million, 2004 – 2009), funded by BMZ, GPA activity N° 55; China
8. Implementing guidelines for the co-processing of waste in cement production (ca. Euro 2.7 Million, 2003 -2008), funded by BMZ and HOLCIM in a public-private partnership; GPA activities N°
71, 186, 193, 262; Philippines, Mexico, Chile, Marocco
9. Capacity building for co-processing of waste in cement production (ca. Euro 0.36 million, 2005 – 2008), funded by BMZ and PT Indocement in a public-private partnership; GPA activities N°
71, 186, 193, 262; India
10. Indo-European E-waste initiative (ca. Euro 0.5 million, 2002-2008), funded by BMZ; GPA activities N° 262; Indonesia
11. Research for integrated control of thrips in vegetables in Eastern Africa (ca. Euro 1 million, 2008-2010), funded by BMZ; GPA activities N° 116, 158, 159, 160; Kenya, Uganda
12. Research for biological control of diamondback moth in Eastern and Southern Africa (ca. Euro 1.15 million, 2004-2008), funded by BMZ; GPA activities N° 116, 158, 159, 160; Uganda,
Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia
13. Research for integrated pest management of maize stem- and cob-borer in Western Africa (Euro 0.85 million, 2005-2009), funded by BMZ, GPA activities N° 116, 158, 159, 160; Benin,
Cameroon
14. Strengthening the national capacity for IPM implementation (ca. Euro 1.7 million, 2003-2008), funded by BMZ, GPA activities N° 24, 27, 29, 31, 36, 50, 51; Cameroon
15. Support to hazardous waste management in Karnataka (ca. Euro 3 million, 2001-2009), funded by BMZ, GPA activities N° 70, 71, 72, 161, 162, 258; India
Note: This list refers to ongoing projects only.
In-kind: This can include any non-financial contributions such as:
Together with Switzerland and OPCW, Germany supports a “Regional Workshop on Chemical Hazards Communication and GHS Implementation for Countries of ECOWAS” in Abuja from 13-15
May 2008 (€50000)
Countries or regions with ongoing support:
Benin, Cameroon, Chile, China ,Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya,Laos, Macedonia, Morocco, Mexico, Philippines, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam
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practices in chemicals management, harmonization ?
Table 119: How is sharing primarily accomplished – information is available on a publicly-accessible national website?
How is sharing primarily accomplished – information is available on a publicly-accessible national website?
(information furnished to IGO etc for distribution) ?
Country
1 Not applicable
2 Not applicable
3 No response
4 No response
5 No response
6 Yes
7 No response
8 Yes
9 No response
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10: Has the country identified national chemicals management priorities?
Table 120: Does the country have an approach and/or mechanisms in place for identifying national chemicals management priorities?
Implementation Status
Does the country have an approach(es) and/or mechanisms in place for identifying
national chemicals management priorities
Country
e.g., Interministerial mechanism, within responsible ministries as tied to annual
planning on ad hoc programmatic basis, etc NP ID C U
Not planned Development Completed Underway
1 X
2. Interministerial mechanism: within responsible ministries as tied to annual planning X X
3 X
4 X X
5 NIP on POPs has been produced. National Chemical Control Task Force, Solid Waste X
Management Task Force and National Committee on SAICM have been formed
6
7 X
8 X
9 X
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10: Has the country identified national chemicals management priorities?
Table 121: Are priorities in place or planned consistent with SAICM?
Implementation Status
Country
Are priorities in place or planned consistent with SAICM
N/A Yes No Other
i.e do they address the chemicals within SAICM scope, objectives etc.
1 X
2 National Strategy for Sustainable Development in updating fase In development National Profile X
and SAICM National Plan of implementation, REACH system prepared, GHS in preparation,
Illegal international traffic addressed, Increased Decreased About the same, Don’t know, 4. How
would you describe budgets for support
3 X
4 X
5 Sound Management of chemicals in the priority issue, they all address. Information X
dissemination on chemicals and synergism between the MEA are always discussed.
6 No response
7 X
8 X
9 X
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10: Has the country identified national chemicals management priorities
Table 122 How would you describe budgets for support of chemicals management priorities since 2006?
Implementation Status
How would you describe budgets for support of chemicals management priorities since
2006 as compared to the previous five years?
Country
Increased Decreased About the same Don’t know
1 x
2 X x
3
4 X
5 No particular funds are set aside for chemical management. Research needs to be conducted in N/A
other chemical related institutions.
6 No response
7 X
8 X
X
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11: Does your country participate in regional/bilateral efforts to improve cooperation on the sound management of chemicals?
Table 123: Regional cooperation
Implementation Status
Regional cooperation (provide name of organization)
Country
NP ID C U
Not planned Development Completed Underway
1 SADC (planned) X
2 Vice-president of Rotterdam Convention, SAICM CEE Regional Focal Point, OZON Secretariat,
BAT Forum host/organizer, ESPO CP, Helsinki ECHA committees
3 Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD) x
4 ECOWAS (P)
5 Trying to organize a regional GHS program through ECOWAS
6 Yes – details are given in an attachment
7 In development: X X X
1. A regional program for the Red Sea States organised by Organisation of protection of the
Red sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) an organisation established under the League of Arab
State
2. A regional program for the MAP states on management of PCB's
Completed:
Some capacity building programmes executing by Cairo Basel regional centre in cooperation with
UNITAR
8 Yes within EU and CEE region in general X x
9 QSP regional project for PRTRs is approved
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11: Does your country participate in regional/bilateral efforts to improve cooperation on the sound management of chemicals?
Table 124: Bilateral cooperation
Implementation Status
Country
Bilateral cooperation
(provide name of organization) NP ID C U
Not planned Development Completed Underway
1 No response
2 UNEP, ONUDI, ministries / leading agencies from Germany, Netherlands , Italy, Portugal, Norway Not answered
3 Ministry of Health of Nicaragua (Poisonng Information Center) ANVISA Brazil (Toxicology) X
4 No response
5 No response
6 Yes – details provided in an attachment
7 In Development: X X
1. A QSP project for develop the capacity of the Egyptian industry in chemical management.
2. A twinning project on integrated management of chemicals and waste (EU)
3. A project for Mercury management (support from KOICA- South Korea)
Completed:
1. Development of the National Chemicals Profile (support from Swiss Government)
2. Development of electronic information and management system for chemicals- 3
phases program (support from Swiss Government).
3. Development of the NIP for Stockholm Convention (UNIDO).
4. Capacity building workshop on GIS (UNITAR).
8 Yes see response to form 22, ongoing projects with CEE, Africa and Asia UN regions
9 No response
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Table 125: Other
Implementation Status
Other (provide name of organization )
Country
NP ID C U
Not planned Development Completed Underway
1 No response
2 No response
3 No response
4 No response
5 No response
6 Support to the SAICM Secretariat and its activities and contribution to cost of meetings/travel costs
for LDC countries or NGOs
7 No response
8 No response
9 No response
Respondent 6 - Other forms of support for SAICM implementation?
Financially: To the following activities:
Support for the SAICM Secretariat and/or its activities, support for the integration of INFOCAP (20,000 €; one off payment in 2007), SAICM Secretariat, WHO P4 post, 2007 and 2008 partly financed,
Printing costs to SAICM publication 2006: $ 20.000, € 55.000 workshop illegal international traffic, Prague, 2006,
Costs of meetings/travel costs for LDC countries or NGOs, Germany will contribute around € 10000 towards meeting/travel costs for the OELTWG 2008, Cost of travel or EU-Juscannz-Meeting 20. to
22.11.06 in Barcelona: € 7.000
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12: What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical multilateral environmental agreements and initiatives ?
Table 126 – Agenda 21
Agenda 21
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
Country plans to ratify All MEA provisions have Some MEA provisions No MEA provisions have
Country
MEA has been been implemented have been implemented s been implemented but No MEA provisions have
ratified plans are in place to been implemented and
begin implementing there are no plans at this
provisions time to implement
1 Not a legal instrument requiring ratification
2. Not applicable X
3 X
4 Not applicable
5 No response
6 No response – missed form ?
7 X X
8 Not applicable
9 X X
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12: What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical multilateral environmental agreements and initiatives?
Table 127: Basel Convention
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
MEA has been Country plans to ratify All MEA provisions have Some MEA provisions No MEA provisions have No MEA provisions have
ratified been implemented have been implemented been implemented but been implemented and
plans are in place to there are no plans at this
Country
begin implementing time to implement
provisions
1 X X
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 No response – missed form?
7 x X
8 X X
9 X X
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Table 128: Stockholm Convention
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisions No MEA provisions have
Country
Country plans to ratify ben implemented have been implemented been implemented but No MEA provisons have
MEA has been plans are in place to been implemented and
ratified begin implementing there are no plans at this
provisions time to implement
1 X X
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 No response – missed form?
7 x X
8 X X X currently implementing
NIP
9 X X
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12: What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical multilateral environmental agreements and initiatives?
Table 129: Rotterdam Convention
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have
Country
Country plans to ratify been implemented have been implemented s been implemented but No MEA provisons have
MEA has been plans are in place to been implemented and
ratified begin implementing there are no plans at this
provisions time to implement
1 X X
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 No response – missed form
7 Will be ratified by 2010 X
8 X X
9 X (2009)
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Form 12: What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical multilateral environmental agreements and initiatives?
Table 130: ILO Convention No.170
ILO Convention No-170 Concerning Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
No MEA provisions have
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have been implemented and
Country
Country plans to ratify been implemented have been implemented s been implemented but there are no plans at this
MEA has been plans are in place to time to implement
ratified begin implementing
provisions
1 C In national law
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 No response – missed form
7 x X
8 X
9 X
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Table 131: ILO Convention 174
ILO Convention No 174 on the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
No MEA provisons have
been implemented and
there are no plans at this
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have time to implement
Country
Country plans to ratify ben implemented have been implemented s been implemented but
MEA has been plans are in place to
ratified begin implementing
provisions
1 X X
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 No response – missed form
7 x X
8 X
9 X
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12: What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical multilateral environmental agreements and initiatives?
Table 132: Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have
Country
Country plans to ratify ben implemented have been implemented s been implemented but No MEA provisons have
MEA has been plans are in place to been implemented and
ratified begin implementing there are no plans at this
provisions time to implement
1 Not a legal instrument – ratification not required in Draft legislation published P
terms of law
2 Not applicable
3 No response
4 Not applicable
5 No response
6 No response – missed form
7 X
8 X currently being revised
9 X (2015)
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Table 133:Bahia Declaration
Bahia Declaration of Chemical Safety
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have
Country
Country plans to ratify ben implemented have been implemented s been implemented but No MEA provisons have
MEA has been plans are in place to been implemented and
ratified begin implementing there are no plans at this
provisions time to implement
1 Not a legal instrument – ratification not required in X
terms of law
2 Not applicable
3 X
4 Not applicable
5 No response
6 No response – missed form
7 x X
8 Not applicable
9 X
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Table 134: Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
All MEA provisions have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have
Country
Country plans to ratify been implemented have been implemented s been implemented but No MEA provisons have
MEA has been plans are in place to been implemented and
ratified begin implementing there are no plans at this
provisions time to implement
1 Not a legal instrument – ratification not required in X
terms of law
2 Not applicable
3 X
4 Not applicable
5 No response
6 No response – missed form
7 x X
8 Not applicable
9 X
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Form 12: What is the status of country ratification and of implementation of chemical multilateral environmental agreements and initiatives?
Table 135 Montreal Protocol
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Status of ratification Implementation of MEA provisions
No MEA provisons have
been implemented and
there are no plans at this
All MEA provisons have Some MEA provisons No MEA provisions have time to implement
Country
Country plans to ratify been implemented have been implemented s been implemented but
MEA has been plans are in place to
ratified begin implementing
provisions
1 X X
2 X X
3 X
4 X
5 X
6 No response – missed form
7 x X
8 X
9 X X
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13: Does the country have in place a public consultation mechanism (s) for consultation on sound management of chemicals with key sectors?
Table 136: Industry
Industry Under
Not planned Development In Place
1 X ?check
2 National HelpDesk REACH not sufficient developed, need updating ,web X
pages for new legislative initiatives
3 X
4 X
5 Chemical Control Taskforce X
6 No response – missed form?
7 X
8 X
9 X
Table 137: Health sector
Health sector Under
Not planned Development In Place
1 X
2 Web pages for new legislative developments X X
3 X
4 X
5 National X
6 No response – missed form
7 X
8 X
9 X
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Table 138 Workers
Workers
Not planned Under In Place
Development
1 X
2 x
3 X
4 X
5 National X
6 No response – missed form
7 X
8 X
9 x
Table 139 Women
Women Not planned Under In Place
Development
1 X
2 Web pages for new legislative developments X
3 X
4 X
5 National X
6 No response – missed form
7 X
8 X
9 x
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13: Does the country have in place a public consultation mechanism (s) for consultation on sound management of chemicals with key sectors
Table 140: Indigenous
Indigenous. Under
Not planned Development In Place
1 X
2 No response
3. X
4 No response
5 National X
6 No response – missed form
7 X
8 Not applicable
9 x
Table 141: Non-governmental organizations
Non governmental organizations (health, environmental etc) Under In Place
Not planned Development
1 X
2. Webpages for new legislative initiatives
3 X
4. X
5 National X
6 No response – missed form
7 X
8 X
9 X
Respondent 9: Notes that the understanding of the above question is about consultation on the sound management of chemicals in general
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Section D: Capacity Building and Technical Cooperation
14: National capacity building needs for the sound management of chemicals been identified
Table 142 Have national capacity-needs been identified for the sound management of chemicals
Implementation Status
Have National Capacity needs been identified for the sound
management of chemicals?
Country
NP ID C U
Not planned Development Completed Underway
1 Planned
2. Yes No response
3. X X
4. X
5 The National Committee on SAICM and the National Chemical Control X
Task are in place to harmonize chemical activities
6 Currently in the process of SAICM implementation the status is under
analysis. In result of this process gaps and further needs will be identified
7 Yes, the legal and institutional framework was identified, and an inter- x X
ministerial mechanism was established for decision making
8 U
9 The national programme including capacity building till 2012 has been X
discussing
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Section D: Capacity Building and Technical Cooperation
14: National capacity building needs for the sound management of chemicals been identified
Table 143 Lead agencies involved in national capacity needs assessment
Identify the lead agencies involved in the national Capacity needs assessment
Country
1 Ongoing activity in all ministries in terms of skills development, legislation and human resources policy. The legislation is the mandate of the
Department of Labour
2 National Environmental Protection Agency
3 Health Ministry, Agricultural Ministry, Environmental Agency, Trade and Commerce Ministry, Economics Ministry, Customs Agency, Government and
Justice Ministry
4 Ministries of environment, health, industry, labour, agricultures and transport
5 1. EPA, 2. Ministry of Health 3. Agriculture 4. Ministry of Lands & Mines 5. Ministry of Commerce
6 Lead: Federal Environment Agency in cooperation with Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Federal Institute of Risk Assessment
7 Ministry of Industry and Trade..Ministry of agriculture.Ministry of Health.Ministry of Petroleum.Ministry of High Education and Scientific affairs.The
Custom Authority. Federation of the Egyptian Industries.Federation of the Egyptian Environmental NGO'sNational Council of Women.National Council
of Children.The Egyptian Labour Syndicate
8 Ministry of the Environment and National Stockholm Convnetion Centre and Development Assistance and Project Cooperation Department
9 Health, Environment, Agriculture, Emergency, Custom, Labour
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14: National capacity building needs for the sound management of chemicals been identified
Table 144 National capacity building needs have been carried out when was this carried out
Needs identified
Before
After Before 2006 Before 2006. 2006.
2006 and not reviewed since Review has Review
Country
SAICM adoption been done or ? post
If national capacity needs have been identified, when was this carried out? underway SAICM
completed
1 Needs are assessed in terms of the need to manage chemicals soundly not necessarily as a result of SAICM X
2. Description The implementation of commitments made by Romania to the European Commission through X
Chapter 22 -Environmental protection, priority activity in the year 2007 the Ministry of Environment and
Sustainable Development (MESD).Thus, further strengthening the institutional capacity by increasing the
number and quality of personnel training engaged in environmental protection in accordance with the strategy
presented in the environmental chapter of negotiations .For the permanent lifting of the professional
performance of the staff were contracted and are under implementation 9 twinning projects (at the National
Environmental Protection Agency and Regional Officers for each of Regional Environmental Protection
Agencies), aimed mainly staff training in the application of the acquis 's governing environmental chemicals
management Of these, 2 projects (Bacau and Galati) develops training programmes for implementing the
integrated management of waste. At the EU level, in December 2006 was adopted a new regulation European
REACH Regulation no. 1907/2006, which lay the foundations for ensuring an integrated approach to field of
dangerous chemicals. In Romania, were first promoted measures to ensure compliance with this new
European legislation. In preparing and providing the institutional, framework integrated in 2006 has been set
up a specialized division for the chemicals management within MESD (as was provided during the pre-
accession), the National Agency for Dangerous Chemical Substances and Preparations, subordinated MEC
was transferred as subordinated MMDD, followed by the inclusion into the National Environment Protection
Agency/ National Environment Guard . The adoption of these two measures led to the formation of an
administrative component for the integrated approach to issues raised in the field of dangerous chemicals and
improving collaboration with other institutions with specific responsibilities in the field of reference. Legislation
waste management and hazardous substances saw a rapid development due to the intensification of
transposition of Community law in this area, the acquis communautaire being transformed into this time
around. 98%.
3. X
4 Needs are assessed in terms of the need to manage chemicals soundly and not necessarily as a result of x x
SAICM
5 X
6 X
7 x
8 X
9 X
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15: Areas in which capacity for the sound management of chemicals has been strengthened since the adoption in 2006 of SAICM
Table 145: Policy legislation
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Policy, legislative, Framework/legislation
1 X X X X X X X
2 Order No MEWM. 257/2006, amending and supplementing the Annex X x x X X x X
to the Order No MEWM. 1018/2005 on the establishment within the
Directorate waste and dangerous chemicals to the Secretariat for
designated compounds (MOf 223/2006
3 x x X
4 X x x X
5 Lack of resources No responses
6
7 X X
8 New EU policy X X x x X x X
9 ID X X x X
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Table 146 Enforcement
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Enforcement
1 X X x x X x x
2. GD no 368/2007 on organizing and functioning of Ministry of X X x x X x x
Environment and Sustainable Development Law no 349/2007
regarding reorganizing the institutional framework on chemicals
management, establishing competent authorities for REACH, help
desk for REACH , PHARE projects
3. X
4. No response
5 Lack of resources No response
6 No response
7 x x
8 X X
9. No response
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Table 147: Chemical assessment
Agrochemical
characteristic
Toxic/Hazard
High volume
dispersive
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
ous with
Country
Hazard
Metals
broad
Other
use
s
s
Chemical Assessment
1. No response
2. Referring to Regulation EC 1907/2006 REACH , Twinning projects on x X x x x X x
human resources preparing specialists for the four ECHA’s
committees, and for competent authority
3. No response
4. No response
5 Lack of resources, low priority No response
6 No response
7 x x x X
8 Review underway but generally deemed
9. ID x x x X
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Table 148: Laboratory capacity
characteris
Toxic/Haza
Agrochemi
rdous with
dispersive
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
volume
Hazard
Metals
broad
Other
High
cals
use
tics
Laboratory Capacity
1 X X X X X X
2. ECOIND ICPA Bucuresti: authorized laboratory for quality fertilizers x X x
control, ICECHIM Bucuresti: laboratory in progress to be accredited,
INSEMEX Petrosani - laboratory accredited for performing detonation
tests, Offices for Pedology and Agrochemistry Studies
3. X
4. No response
5 Lack of resources No response
6 No response
7 x x x X
8 Deemed adequate
9. ID x x x x x X x X
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Table 149: Waste management
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Waste Management
1 x x X x X N/A
2 x x x
3 x
4 No response
5 Technicians need more training. No infrastructure, lack of resources No response
6 No response N/A
7 x x
8 x
9 No response
Table 150: Physical infrastructure
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Physical infrastructure
(transport, storage; disposal/destruction facilities etc)
1 X X X X X N/A
2 x NA
3 x N/A
4 No response
5 Facilities are inadequate
6 No response
7 x x
8 Do not know N/A
9 C x X
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Table 151 Inventory
Agrochemical
characteristic
Toxic/Hazard
High volume
dispersive
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
ous with
Country
Hazard
Metals
broad
Other
use
s
s
Inventory
1 No response
2. x x x x x x X
3. x x
4 No response
5 Lack of resources
6 No response
7 x X
8 ? N/A
9. ID x x x X
Table 152 Health
Agrochemical
characteristic
Toxic/Hazard
High volume
dispersive
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
ous with
Country
Hazard
Metals
broad
Other
use
s
s
Health (diagnosis, treatment etc))
1 N/A
2. No response
3. x N/A
4. The ongoing SAICM QSP project is expected to result in tangible
improvements across relevant categories
5 Lack of facilities and resources
6 No response
7 x x
8 Do not know but inevitably yes with the current development
9. No response
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Section D: Capacity Building and Technical Cooperation
15: Areas in which capacity for the sound management of chemicals has been strengthened since the adoption in 2006 of SAICM
Table 153:Data gathering and maintenance
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Data gathering and maintenance
Hazard
Metals
Other
1 Ongoing improvements
2. x x x x x x X
3. No response
4. Improvements ongoing
5 Needs more input. Lack of resources
6 No response
7 x x x x X
8 No response
9. No response
Table 154 Institution strengthening
Toxic/Hazardou
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
s with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Institutional strengthening (e.g., general within federal
institutions etc.)
1 Ongoing improvements
2. General within federal institutions etc No response
3. YES: General within governmental institutions, and in some areas No response
with NGO support
4. Improvements ongoing
5 Yes. General within federal institutions
6 No response
7 Yes
8 Yes better governance process in general
9. No-
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15: Areas in which capacity for the sound management of chemicals has been strengthened since the adoption in 2006 of SAICM
Table 155: Education
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Education
( general secondary, post-secondary etc. )
1 Ongoing improvements
2. General within federal institutions etc No response
3. YES: Only in some specific areas but is not systematic No response
4 Improvements ongoing
5 Yes. General e.g. secondary, post-secondary
6 No response
7 Yes
8 Training in general yes
9. No
Table 156: Research capacity
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Hazard
Metals
Other
Research Capacity (general in support of green chemistry, alternatives,
safe use etc etc)
1 Ongoing improvements
2. General in support of green chemistry, alternatives, safe use etc No response
3 YES: General: In support of green chemistry, alternatives; but only for No response
agro chemicals
4. Improvements ongoing
5 Yes General in spport of green chemistry, alternatives, safe use
6 No response
7 Yes
8 Yes but related to overall global developments and trends
9 Yes in support of alternatives, risk assessment, monitoring system
development
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Table 157: Other
Toxic/Hazardous
Agrochemicals
characteristics
dispersive use
High volume
with broad
PBT/POPs
chemicals
Industrial
Country
Other
Hazard
Metals
Other
1
2. No response
3. No response
4. No response
5 Capacity is low. Lack of resources
6 No response
7 No response
8 No response
9. No response
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15: Areas in which capacity for the sound management of chemicals has been strengthened since the adoption in 2006 of SAICM
Table 158: Will there be/are there cooperative activities with other countries in your region to begin strengthening capacity as called for in SAICM
Will there be/are there cooperative activities with other countries in your region to begin strengthening capacity as called for in SAICM ?
Country
1 Currently cooperation within SADC on implementation of GHS also on strengthening conformity assessment
2 Yes: Mercury the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the National Environmental Protection Agency realized the inventory for
2006 and 2007. This inventory reveal that we have at this moment around 2 tones of metallic mercury from the chlor alkali industry. Almost 0.2 tones we have in medical
and other devices. In July 2008, the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable
Development and a German delegation have organized a meeting named “Mercury Workshop”. The scope of this workshop was to acknowledge the German experience
in storage of dangerous waste, especially heavy metals and the radioactive wastes and see if is suitable for Romania. European Ecolabel for Lubricants On 17 March
2008 at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development in Bucharest a workshop on the European Ecolabel Lubricants was organized by the Romanian
competent body with the support of Ms. Dagmar Diwok from the European Ecolabel Marketing project team. About 20 representatives of governmental agencies,
individual Romanian lubricants producers and Lubrichem, the Romanian branch organization attended the workshop.
3. We work with CCAD in order to promote a Regional policy for Chemicals
4. Possibility of cooperations within countries of the ECOWAS on implementation of GHS
5 Joint program in GHS and mercury is to be proposed
6 Cooperation is installed in the context of Twinning projects of the European community to implement jointly harmonized standards of the EU legislation for the sound
management of chemicals, for instance for REACH and GHS; for information on the general twinning concept: Information for the national level available for instance
under: http://www.gtz.de/de/weltweit/europa-kaukasus-
7 Yes
8 Not known
9 No
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Section D: Capacity Building and Technical Cooperation
16: For countries eligible for donor assistance, is the sound management of chemicals as articulated in SAICM identified as a priority in key
national development plans
Table 159: SAICM has been incorporated in national development plans
Yes SAICM has been identified as a priority in key national development plans.
Country
Describe how SAICM has been incorporated into national development planning policy, Name of strategy (ies), agencies, etc and cite GPA numbers as appropriate
1 Key element of national agreement between Government, Industry and Labour in development of the chemical industry
2 2007 –National Plan for waste management, and National strategy for waste management
3 Chemical Substances is a topic that Health Ministry incorporate in his policies and activities. Health Policies 2004-2009. Probably not in the specific framework of SAICM
but include the objective of SAICM
4 The ongoing SAICM project is targeted at achieving this goal
5
6 No response
7 The national environmental policy framework incorporated chemical management before 2006, the environment law identify the legal and institutional framework for
chemical management since 1994.
8 No response
9. No response
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16: For countries eligible for donor assistance, is the sound management of chemicals as articulated in SAICM identified as a priority in key
national development plans?
Table 160 Steps are being taken to incorporate SAICM into national policy during the reporting period
Country
No. but steps being taken to incorporate SMC into national policy during this reporting period ( 2009-2012)
1
2. Specifications on SAICM have been incorporated into National Strategy of Sustainable Development, has to be approved by GD in 2008/2009
3 Not applicable
4 Not applicable
5 Two projects from the QSP have been sought. If approve it will help incorporate SMC into National Policy
6 No response
7
8 No response
9 No response
Table 161: SMC in development plans is not planned
Country
No, SMC integration is not planned
1
2 Not applicable
3. Not applicable
4 Not applicable
5
6 No response
7
8 No response
9 No response
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Section D: Capacity Building and Technical Cooperation
17: For Donor countries has the (missing word) established or strengthened partnerships and mechanisms for provision for technical cooperation and
clean technology to developing (recipient) countries since adoption of SAICM (2006)
Table 162: Partnership mechanisms have been established
Country
Yes partnerships and mechanisms have been established or strengthened.
1 National multi-stakeholder committee for chemical safety established
2. Protocol with Germany, special activity referring to mercury disposal, exchange infos and preparing National Plan for mercury, could be GPA A9, F14, activity57
3. Actually we are working in partnership with different sector like governmental, Environmentals NGOs and producers (agricultural), some distributors (markets network)
and pesticides distributors, construction association. We are working in two partnership projects with UNITAR in order to implement SAICM, one is with pesticides waste
and other with Chemical risk in construction sector
4. No response
5 No response
6 Yes – see attachments 1 and 2 provided for Section B and C
7 No response
8 Yes ie i.e. activities related to implementation of the Stockholm convention – national POPs centre for technical assistance and capacity building 102,
106,124,125,154,155, 211,212,220,226, 256
9. No response
Table 163: No partnerships have not been established but steps are being taken
Country
No, but steps being taken to do so during this reporting period (2009-2012)
1.)
2.
3.
4.
5
6
7
8
9.
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17: For Donor countries has the (missing word) established or strengthened partnerships and mechanisms for provision for technical cooperation and
clean technology to developing (recipient) countries since adoption of SAICM (2006)
Table 164: No plans exist to establish partnership/mechanismss
Country
No plans
1
2 SAICM; not an aid priority
3.
4.
5
6
7
8
9.
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Section E: Illegal international traffic
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Section E: Illegal International Traffic
18: Does the country have national legislation to prevent and punish illegal traffic in toxic, hazardous and severely restricted chemicals?
Table 165 Does the country have national legislation to prevent and punish illegal traffic in toxic, hazardous and severely restricted chemicals
Country
Does the country have national legislation to prevent and punish illegal traffic in toxic, hazardous and severely restricted chemicals ? Yes No
1 X
2 Some provisions of national legislation must be clarified The National Customs Authority takes measures to prevent and combat any offences or
contravention and ensures application of the customs provisions in the international conventions and treaties to which Romania is a party. In the
Romanian Customs Code there are two articles in this field, one article for restrictions and prohibitions (article 269 by law 86/2005) and one article
for punish illegal traffic for entering or exit from country, without right, the arms, ammunitions, explosive materials, drugs, precursory, nuclear
materials or other radioactive substances, toxic substances, waste, hazardous or dangerous chemicals materials represent offence, appropriate as
article 271 by law 86/2005. Regulation EC no304 GD no. 305/2007 on some measures for the implementation of Regulation and European
Parliament, no. 304/2003 on the export and import of hazardous chemical products (MOf 226/2007);
Law no. 360/2003 on the regime substances and hazardous chemical preparations (Mof 635/203) GPO no. 200/2000 on the classification, labelling
and packaging substances and hazardous chemical preparations GD no 124/2003 on asbestos environment pollution’s preventing and control GPO
no. 121/2006 on the legal regime of drug precursors GD no. 895/2006, the application is the date of Romania's accession to the EU Council
Regulation no. 259/93/CE on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community Law no. 291/2005
for the amendment GD no. 173/2000 special arrangements for regulating the management and control of polychlorinated biphenyls and
polychlorinated other similar compounds ANCEX Order no. 121/2004, for Norms approval for the declaration of chemicals listed in List No. Of Law
No. 1. 56/1997 to implement provisions of the Convention on the prohibition development, production, storage and use of chemical weapons and
destroy them, and re-authorization of the facilities for the production of these substances; • ANCEX Order no. 1239/1338/1460/753/2007 on ways of
achieving control of export and import of hazardous chemical products and ways of cooperation between authorities, according to GD no.
305/2007,on some measures for the implementation of Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe (CE) no. 304/2003 on the
export and import of hazardous chemical products (MOf 677/2007).Law no. 448/2003 on amending and supplementing the Law no. 56/1997 to
implement provisions of the Convention on the prohibition of development, production, storage and use of chemical weapons and destroy them The
legal framework is proper and enforcement body is ready to prevent and punish illegal traffic of those chemicals in discussion. At this moment, the
list of chemicals for which the road transport is forbidden are all those specified in A D R Agreement. The list can also be added in a very simple
legislative manner, by a minister order
3 X
4 X
5 Table missing
6 X
7 No response
8 Act on Wastes No. 185/2001 Coll. as amended and Chemicals Act no. 356/2003 Coll. as amended + related EU chemical legislation X
9 X
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Section E: Illegal International Traffic
18: Does the country have national legislation to prevent and punish illegal traffic in toxic, hazardous and severely restricted chemicals?
Table 166: Is legislation consistent with article 9 of the Basel Convention ?
Country
If yes, is legislation consistent with article 9 of the Basel Convention
Yes No
1
2. Law no.6/1991 to join the Basel Convention on control transport across borders of hazardous wastes and X
their disposal (MOf 18/1991); GD788/2007 regarding establishment of measures for enforcements of
Regulation EC no.1013/2006 on shipments of waste Common ministerial order 2/2004 on Procedures control
for the transport of the waste
3. X
4. No description X
5 Table missing
6 No description X
7
8 Relevant EU regulation no 1013/2006 is in consistency with the Basel Convention X
9. No description X
Comments from respondent
There needs to be a separate question on waste which needs to be consistent. Transboundary movement of waste is not exactly the same challenge as for products
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Section E: Illegal International Traffic
19: Status of regional cooperation on prevention and control of illegal traffic in toxic, hazardous, banned and severely restricted chemicals
Table 167: Does the county work with other countries in the region on prevention and control of illegal traffic in toxic, banned and severely restricted
chemicals
Implementation Status Groups to whom legislation applies
Port Authorities
Inspectorates
Does the country work with other countries in
Transport
Countryx
Customs
Firemen
the region on prevention of illegal
Police
Other
Other
international traffic in toxic, banned and
severely restricted chemicals
NP ID C U
1. Planned. RSA is a member of a Customs Union C C P C
with Botswana, Namiba, Lesotho and Swaziland
2. INTERPOL, SECI CENTER , Until now the x x X X x
National Customs Authority does not have a
specific protocol or agreement concerning this
activity. There are several general agreements
signed between Romanian Government and
USA, Turkey, Moldavia Governments and Council
of Ministries from Ukraine, etc The framework for
international cooperation in the field of road
transport of hazardous materials is settled up in
accordance with the EU legislation. Also Romania
is a member in the European organization of road
traffic enforcement bodies - Euro Control Route -
ECR.
3. x X
lead
4.
5 Table missing
6 C
7 C X x x x x x x X
8 Yes C X X x n/a x x
inland
9 There is an agreement of EECCA countries for ID X x x x X
prevention of illegal traffic of highly toxic
substances
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Section F: Financial Considerations
20 :For countries eligible for donor assistance, have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund for
enabling activities
Table 168: Have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund for enabling activities
Have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM
Quick Start Programme Trust Fund for enabling activities Yes No
Country
1
2. X
3. X
4. X
5 X
6 Support for SAICM indicated in attachment
7 No response
8 No response
9. X
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Section F: Financial Considerations
20 :For countries eligible for donor assistance, have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund for
enabling activities
Year Amount Approved Brief description
submitted requested (Y/N/Pipeline) (Cite GPA numbers as
Country
(USD) appropriate
Table 169 : Purpose of proposal :
Updating/Identification of baseline chemicals management situation
1 Non eligible
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 No response
9 No response
Year Amount Approved Brief description
Country
Table 170 submitted requested (Y/N/Pipeline) (Cite GPA numbers as
(USD) appropriate
Purpose of proposal :
Chemicals management capacity assessment
1 Not eligible
2
3
4
5 2008 Yes
6
7
8 No response
9 No response
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20:For countries eligible for donor assistance, have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund
for enabling activities
Year Amount Approved Brief description
Country
Table 171: Purpose of proposal submitted requested (Y/N/Pipeline) (Cite GPA numbers as
(USD) appropriate
Institutional strengthening for national chemicals management
1 Not eligible
2.
3.
4. Establishing an Institutional Framework and Strengthening National 2006 230,000 Yes
Capacity within an integrated national programme for the sound
management of chemicals and implementation of the Strategic Approach
5
6
7
8 No response
9 No response
Table 172 Year Amount Approved Brief description
Country
Purpose of proposal submitted requested (Y/N/Pipeline) (Cite GPA numbers as
(USD) appropriate
Mainstreaming SMC
1 Not eligible
2
3.
4.
5
6
7
8
9 The project “Belarus, UNDP and UNEP partnership initiative for the Approved
integration of sound management of chemicals considerations into
development plans and processes was approved in April 2008
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Section F: Financial Considerations
20 :For countries eligible for donor assistance, have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund
for enabling activities
Table 173: Purpose of proposal
Other
Year Amount Approved Brief description
Country
submitted requested (Y/N/Pipeline) (Cite GPA numbers as
(USD) appropriate
1. Not eligible
2.
3. The proposed project involves PRTR design activities led by the governments 2008 170,000 Under
in cooperation with public interest groups, industry, and academia as well as consideration
specific capacity-building activities by civil society11. The project addresses the
importance of developing PRTRs, which is outlined as a SAICM work area in
the Global Plan of Action (GPA) and is elaborated in a number of distinct
activities (124-126, 177-180
4.
5
6
7
8
9 No response
11
For the purposes of this proposal, the term “civil society” is understood to be equivalent to “non-governmental organizations” and related stakeholders and includes the following major groups:
farmers, women, educators, the scientific, technological and professional communities, children and youth, indigenous peoples and their communities, workers and trade unions, as well as local
authorities. This do not include business and industry, with the following exceptions: Business and industry associations and small companies might nevertheless be involved as partners in the project to
be funded by the trust fund (not as direct recipients of funding).
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Section F: Financial Considerations
20: For countries eligible for donor assistance, have proposals been made by the country to the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust
Fund for enabling activities
Table 174: Have national budgets made a contribution to approved projects?
Country
No
Have national budgets made a contribution to approved projects (Direct funding, in-kind, %
contribution, etc) Yes
1 No response
2. X
3. In kind contribution (40,000 USD) x
4. This is currently ongoing
5 No response
6
7
8
9 Yes
Table 175 Has industry made a contribution to the approved projects
Country
Yes No
Has industry made a contribution to approved projects (Direct funding, in –kind, % contribution etc)
1. No response
2. X
3. X
4. No response
5 No response
6
7
8
9 X
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Section F: Financial Considerations
21: For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM proposals been made to funding
sources other than the SAICM?
Table 176: For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM proposals been made to funding
sources other than the SAICM
Country
For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM Yes No
proposals been made to funding sources other than the SAICM
1. Not applicable – not eligible
2.
3. Yes
4. No response
5 No
6
7 In Development: Yes
4. A QSP project for develop the capacity of the Egyptian industry in chemical management.
5. A twinning project on integrated management of chemicals and waste (EU)
6. A project for Mercury management (support from KOICA- South Korea)
Completed:
5. Development of the National Chemicals Profile (support from Swiss Government)
6. Development of electronic information and management system for chemicals- 3 phases program
(support from Swiss Government).
7. Development of the NIP for Stockholm Convention (UNIDO).
8. Capacity building workshop on GIS (UNITAR).
8
9. 110,000 USD Yes
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Section F: Financial Considerations
21: For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM proposals been made to funding
sources other than the SAICM?
Table 178: For purposes of updating/identification of baseline chemicals management situation
Funding Source
Amount requested
Regional Financial
(yes/No/pipeline)
Multilateral fund
National Budget
Year submitted
Bilateral Donor
(GEF, Montreal
Brief description
International
contribution
contribution
UN Agency
Cite GPA numbers as appropriate)
Institution
Institution
Protocol )
Approved
Financial
Industry
Country
1 Not eligible
2
3 2004 20,000 Yes National Profile UNITAR
4
5
6
7
8
9
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21: For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM proposals been made to funding
sources other than the SAICM?
Table 179: For purposes of chemicals management capacity assessment ?
Funding Source
contribut
contribut
Financial
Financial
Regional
Institutio
Institutio
Montreal
submitte
requeste
pipeline)
Approve
Multilate
Protocol
Industry
Bilateral
National
Internati
(yes/No/
Country
Amount
ral fund
Agency
Budget
Donor
(GEF,
Year
onal
ion
ion
UN
Brief description
d
d
d
n
n
)
Cite GPA numbers as appropriate)
1 Not eligible
2
3 2001- National RESSCAD proposal 2003 Health
2002 Funds ministry
4
5
6
7
8
9 Xs Yes According to UNITAR guidance document UNITAR
“Developing of capacity assessment for (Swiss
sound management of chemicals and Government)
National SAICM implementation” to
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21: For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM proposals been made to funding
sources other than the SAICM?
Table 180: For purposes of institutional strengthening for national chemicals management
Funding Source
Amount requested
Regional Financial
(yes/No/pipeline)
Multilateral fund
National Budget
Year submitted
Bilateral Donor
(GEF, Montreal
Brief description
International
contribution
contribution
UN Agency
Cite GPA numbers as appropriate)
Institution
Institution
Protocol )
Approved
Financial
Industry
Country
1 Not eligible
2
3 2006 110,000 Yes Intersectoral, health, Agricuture, Justice, x UNITAR
Economics, Trades Ministries, Civil Society,
provate sector
4
5
6
7
8
9 X Yes
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21: For countries eligible for donor assistance have Quick Start Programme in support of SAICM proposals been made to funding
sources other than the SAICM?
Table 181: For purposes of mainstreaming SMC?
Funding Source
Amount requested
Regional Financial
(yes/No/pipeline)
Multilateral fund
National Budget
Year submitted
Bilateral Donor
(GEF, Montreal
Brief description
International
contribution
contribution
UN Agency
Cite GPA numbers as appropriate)
Institution
Institution
Protocol )
Approved
Financial
Industry
Country
1 Not eligible
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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Section F: Financial Considerations
22: For donor countries have efforts been made to incorporate or mainstream the sound management of chemicals into Official Development
Assistance (ODA) programming of your aid agency
Table 182
Country For donor countries have efforts been made to incorporate or mainstream the sound management of chemicals into Official Development Assistance
(ODA) programming of your aid agency
1 No response
2 As regards the management of hazardous waste generated by industrial 01.01.2007, were established with the operators of alternative management and storage
depots in accordance / incineration / co-incineration / recovery. Some operators who have had operating deposits for non hazardous wastes for which the only
option for waste management is the elimination of by incineration, have applied for temporary storage of them, by putting into service of its own incinerators(eg
Oltchim SA) .The measures taken by Romania in the implementation of Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment, led to: -- The
foundation has 215 points collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) organised local government, of which 181 are operational, colecting to
approximately 540 tonnes of WEEE; -- Record producers of electrical equipment (have been issued over 700 registrationnumbers). They can create their own
system for managing the WEEE or may be associated in a collective organization to undertake this obligation (ECOTIC is currently approved for the type of IT & C
and two other organizations are being authorization: RoREC - white equipment and brown and RECOLAMP - incandescent lamps). monitoring and strict
compliance with the process of in faze out incinerators closing health units in accordance with the calendar closing negotiated Plan of Implementation of 76/2000
Directive on the incineration of waste (the total number of incinerators closed since 2004 until now amounts to 236 for incinerators used to burn medical waste, and
by the end of 2008 will be close and the other 110 incinerators); -- Empower the representatives of the health units regarding the implementation methodology on
how waste management activity resulting from medical content and implementation plan 76/2000 Directive on the incineration of waste; TAIEX workshops
Between 15-16 March 2007 took place in Bucharest - a seminar Phoenicia Hotel for technical assistance in order to implement the scheme Regulation 1980/2000
on eco-label European - TAIEX. Seminar was organized by the Ministry of Environment together with the Sustainable Development Directorate of European
Commission. Lecturers from Italy,Germany, Czech Republic, Lithuania, as well as Romania was invited and addresses both local authorities and economic
operators.
3 Chemical commission has discussion and workshops in order to include the sound management of chemicals into Official Development Assistance. Actually
Health Ministry use a budget of 100,000.00 /year for dangerous wastes, but its not enough..
4 No response
5 No response
6
7
8 Chemicals management has always been a priority. It is a part of the national ODA strategy. Generally, the Ministry of Environment endeavours to focus its
support to in-kind services and offer expertize of its specialists and know-how. We are also exploring the possibilities of providing financial support, most preferably
to QSP.
In addition, at present, it is the Ministry of Environment that is responsible for management of bilateral projects and development aid/assistance projects. However,
the future of our direct aid depends on restructuring the Development aid/assitance department and the full establishment of the Agency that is currently being
created – various ministries possessed their own Development Aid deparments and those will now be centralized into the Agency under the auspices of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim is to have such Agency established in 2009.
GPA numbers relevant to bilateral project btw 2006-2009: 13,17,19,27,43,44, 47,48,54,55,57,61,70,69,73,76,102,103,105,106,108,112,113,118,129,131,
132,154,155, 161,162,166,167,181,237,241,243,244, 257
9 No response
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Section G Institutional arrangements
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Section G: Institutional Arrangements
23: Does the country have in place a n inter-ministerial and or inter-institutional mechanism for implementation of SAICM
Table 183: National coordinating mechanism(s) in place for sound management of chemicals ( i.e. established prior to SAICM and applicable to its
provisions)
Ministry/Institutions involved
m
O
H
E
E
E
n
o
n
n
h
n
d
u
n
n
o
n
g
T
d
o
u
T
n
p
F
o
n
n
d
u
u
o
n
h
v
e
a
e
a
s
a
y
e
a
y
a
e
s
e
c
a
e
s
s
a
c
e
c
a
J
s
c
e
e
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
t
t
t
t
t
t
t
i
l
I
/
i
l
i
i
i
Environme
education
transport
industry
Country
finance
energy
justice
Health
Other
trade
nt
1
Labour
2 x X x x x x x x x
3 x x Customs
Agriculture
4 x X x x x x x Labour
5 x X x x x x x x x Agriculture,
Monrovia City
Corp
6 x X x x x x x x x
7 x x x x x x x x x Civil Defence
Water Guard
8 x X x x x x x x x Agriculture
Defence/army
9
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23: Does the country have in place a n inter-ministerial and or inter-institutional mechanism for implementation of SAICM
Table 184: SAICM specific inter-ministerial mechanism(s) created (2006 reporting baseline or post 2006
Ministry/Institutions involved
Environment
and/national
Education
resources
Transport
Industry
Country
Finance
Justice
Energy
Health
Trade
Other
1
2 x x x x x x x x x
3 x x x x x x x Customs
Academy
Agriculture
4 No response
5
6
7
8
9
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23: Does the country have in place a n inter-ministerial and or inter-institutional mechanism for implementation of SAICM
Table 185 Creation of a national coordinating mechanism(s) in progress
Ministry/Institutions involved
Environment
and/national
Education
resources
Transport
Industry
Country
Finance
Justice
Energy
Health
Trade
Other
1
2 x x X x x x x x x
3
4 No response
5
6
7
8
9 x x x x x x x x Economy
Emergency
Custom
Agriculture
Labour
Respondent 9 – correct reporting is fairly complex as it involves information from various fields
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23: Does the country have in place a n inter-ministerial and or inter-institutional mechanism for implementation of SAICM
Table 186 No plans to create a national coordinating mechanism(s)
Ministry/Institutions involved
Environment
and/national
Education
resources
Transport
Industry
Country
Finance
Justice
Energy
Health
Trade
Other
1
2
3
4 No response
5
6
7
8
9
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