(see FAO/UNEP 1995)
IMPORT DECISIONS FOR ALDRIN, DDT, DIELDRIN, DINOSEB AND DINOSEB SALTS, FLUOROACETAMIDE, HCH (MIXED ISOMERS), CHLORDANE, CHLORDIMEFORM, CYHEXATIN, EDB, HEPTACHLOR AND MERCURY COMPOUNDS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1994
CHEMICAL: ALDRIN - IMPORT DECISIONS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1994
Country | Final Decision on Import | Interim Decision on Import | Conditions for Import | Remarks |
Angola | Prohibit | |||
Australia * | Prohibit | |||
Austria | Prohibit | |||
Bangladesh * | Prohibit | |||
Barbados | Prohibit | |||
Belize | Prohibit | |||
Benin | Prohibit | |||
Bhutan | Prohibit | |||
Bolivia | Prohibit | |||
Bulgaria * | Prohibit | Use forbidden since 1969 | ||
Burkina Faso | Prohibit | Need more time | ||
Burundi | Prohibit | |||
Cape Verde | Prohibit | |||
Central African Rep. | Prohibit | |||
Cameroon* | Prohibit | |||
Chad | Prohibit | |||
China, P.R. | Prohibit | |||
Congo | Permit | Need more time | ||
Cook Islands * | Prohibit | |||
Costa Rica | Prohibit | |||
Cuba | Prohibit | |||
Cyprus | Prohibit | |||
Dominican Republic | Prohibit | |||
Ecuador | Prohibit | |||
El Salvador | Prohibit | |||
Ethiopia* | Permit | Permit from Ministry of Agriculture | Use as termiticide only. Legislation pending. | |
European Union *: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom |
Prohibit for plant protection use | For uses other than plant protection written authorization is required for import into Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Spain | For other uses than plant protection, national authorization schemes apply | |
Fiji | Prohibit | |||
Finland | Prohibit | |||
Gambia* | Prohibit | |||
Guatemala | Prohibit | |||
Guinea, Rep. of | Prohibit | Legislation to be implemented | ||
Honduras | Prohibit | |||
Hungary * | Prohibit | |||
India | Prohibit | |||
Japan | Prohibit | |||
Jordan | Prohibit | |||
Kenya | Prohibit | |||
Kuwait | Prohibit | |||
Lebanon | Prohibit | |||
Malaysia | Permit | Used as termiticide | ||
Malta | Prohibit | |||
Mauritius * | Prohibit | |||
Mexico | Prohibit | |||
Mongolia* | Prohibit | Not included in the approved list for pesticides 1994-2000 | ||
Morocco | Prohibit | |||
Mozambique * | Prohibit | Import, production and used banned | ||
Nepal | Permit | Need more time | ||
New Zealand | Prohibit | |||
Nicaragua | Prohibit | |||
Niger | Prohibit | |||
Norway | Prohibit | |||
Panama | Prohibit | Need more time | ||
Peru | Prohibit | |||
Philippines | Prohibit | |||
Rwanda | Prohibit | |||
Sri Lanka* | Permit | Written approval by Registrar | Agricultural use restricted to control in coconut nurseries. Alternative for chlordane and dieldrin as structural termiticide. | |
St. Lucia | Prohibit | |||
Sudan | Permit | Restricted for control of termites | ||
Suriname | Prohibit | Not registered | ||
Sweden* | Permit | |||
Switzerland* | Prohibit | |||
Syria | Prohibit | |||
Tanzania | Permit | For emergency cases in limited amounts | ||
Thailand | Permit | Structural termite control and household use only | ||
Togo | Prohibit | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | Permit | Termiticide use only. Additional time needed | ||
Turkey | Prohibit | |||
Uganda | Prohibit | |||
United Arab Emirates | Prohibit | |||
Vanuatu | Prohibit | |||
Venezuela | Permit | Permission from Ministry of Health or Agriculture | Vector control in public health; limited uses permitted by Ministry of Agriculture | |
Vietnam | Prohibit | |||
Western Samoa | Prohibit | |||
Zaire | Prohibit | Need more time |
* New or modified entry
CHEMICAL: DIELDRIN - IMPORT DECISIONS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1994
Country | Final Decision on Import | Interim Decision on Import | Conditions for Import | Remarks |
Angola | Prohibit | |||
Australia * | Prohibit | |||
Austria | Prohibit | |||
Barbados | Prohibit | |||
Belize | Prohibit | |||
Benin | Prohibit | |||
Bhutan | Prohibit | |||
Bolivia | Prohibit | |||
Bulgaria * | Prohibit | Use forbidden since 1969 | ||
Burkina Faso | Prohibit | Need more time | ||
Burundi | Prohibit | |||
Cameroon | Prohibit | |||
Cape Verde | Prohibit | |||
Central African Rep. | Prohibit | |||
Chad | Prohibit | Under review | ||
China, P.R. | Prohibit | |||
Congo | Permit | Need more time | ||
Cook Islands * | Prohibit | |||
Costa Rica | Prohibit | |||
Cuba | Prohibit | |||
Cyprus | Prohibit | |||
Dominican Rep. | Prohibit | |||
Ecuador | Prohibit | |||
El Salvador | Prohibit | |||
Ethiopia | Permit | Permit from Ministry of Agriculture | Use as termiticide only. Legislation pending | |
European Union *: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom |
Prohibit for plant protection use | For uses other than plant protection written authorization is required for import into Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Spain | For other uses than plant protection, national authorization schemes apply | |
Fiji | Prohibit | |||
Finland | Prohibit | |||
Gambia | Prohibit | |||
Guatemala | Prohibit | |||
Guinea, Rep. of | Prohibit | Legislation to be implemented | ||
Honduras | Prohibit | |||
Hungary * | Prohibit | |||
India | Permit | For locust control only | ||
Japan | Prohibit | |||
Jordan | Prohibit | |||
Kenya | Prohibit | |||
Kuwait | Prohibit | |||
Lebanon | Prohibit | |||
Malaysia | Permit | Used as termiticide | ||
Malta | Prohibit | |||
Mauritius * | Prohibit | |||
Mexico | Prohibit | |||
Mongolia | Prohibit | Not included in the approved list of pesticides for 1994-2000 | ||
Morocco | Prohibit | |||
Mozambique * | Prohibit | Import, production and use banned | ||
Nepal | Permit | Need more time | ||
New Zealand | Prohibit | |||
Nicaragua | Prohibit | |||
Niger | Prohibit | |||
Norway | Prohibit | |||
Panama | Prohibit | Need more time | ||
Peru | Prohibit | |||
Philippines | Prohibit | |||
Rwanda | Prohibit | |||
Sri Lanka | Permit | Written approval from registrar | Non-crop uses only. Termiticide and timber protectant | |
St. Lucia | Prohibit | |||
Sudan | Permit | Restricted to control of termites | ||
Suriname | Prohibit | Not registered | ||
Sweden | Permit | |||
Switzerland | Prohibit | |||
Syria | Prohibit | |||
Tanzania | Permit | For emergency cases in limited amounts | ||
Thailand | Prohibit | |||
Togo | Prohibit | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | Permit | Termiticide use only. Need more time | ||
Turkey | Prohibit | |||
Uganda | Permit | Termiticide use only | ||
United Arab Emirates | Prohibit | |||
Vanuatu | Prohibit | |||
Venezuela | Permit | Permission from Ministry of Health or Agriculture | Vector control in public health; granular formulation (with aldrin & chlordane) for limited uses permitted by Minister of Agriculture | |
Vietnam | Prohibit | |||
Western Samoa | Prohibit | |||
Zaire | Prohibit | Need more time |
* New or modified entry