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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/USA/3 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Ban/Prohibition | Chemicals | Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C…
Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.)
QR No. 6: Prohibition on the importation of certain toxic substances Administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/USA/3 | United States of America | 2016 | MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
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Ban/Prohibition | Chemicals | Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7671o…
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7671o)
QR No. 7: Prohibition on the importation of certain ozone-depleting substances Administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Concerns implementation of the Montreal Protocol. |
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Quantitative Restrictions | G/MA/QR/N/USA/3 | United States of America | 2016 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Ban/Prohibition | Chemicals, Mining | Mercury Export Ban Act (15 U.S.C. 2611)
QR No…
Mercury Export Ban Act (15 U.S.C. 2611)
QR No. 12: Prohibition of exports of elemental mercury Administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Concerns implementation of the Minamata Convention. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ALB/71 | Albania | 2015 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | This draft law of the Parliament determines the…
This draft law of the Parliament determines the obligations to producers, importers and users of the integrated chemicals placed in the market and provides the appropriate documents in data security for them; it defines obligations to all suppliers to the labelling and packaging of chemicals, etc.
Relevant documents: • 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. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ALB/72 | Albania | 2015 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers shall…
This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers shall apply to the operations, installations, vehicles and vessels used for storage, loading and transport of petrol from one terminal to another or from a terminal to a service stations.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ALB/73 | Albania | 2015 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers shall…
This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers shall ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment as well as the free movement of chemical substances, mixtures and certain specific articles, while enhancing competitiveness and innovation.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ALB/74 | Albania | 2015 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, MEAs implementation and compliance
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers shall…
This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers shall apply to the industrial chemicals and pesticides (including biocides ), which are prohibited or restricted by legislation to be produced, placed on the market, and used, because of the risk they pose to human health and the environment. The aim of this draft decision of Council of Ministers is consistent with the objective of the Rotterdam Convention.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/BRA/648 | Brazil | 2015 | Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances…
Chemical, toxic and hazardous substances management, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | Draft Technical Resolution nº 87, 2 October 2015,…
Draft Technical Resolution nº 87, 2 October 2015, regarding the pesticides' toxicological evaluation and classification, labels and leaflets, and the procedure to post-register alteration.
This Resolution establishes the requirements and criteria to toxicological evaluation and classification, risk evaluation, the toxicological information in labels and leaflets, besides the procedures of pesticides' post-register alteration, its components and wood preservers in ANVISA's regulation. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CAN/438 | Canada | 2015 | General environmental protection, Other…
General environmental protection, Other environmental risks mitigation
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Technical regulation or specifications | Chemicals | The CDSA and its regulations provide a…
The CDSA and its regulations provide a legislative framework for the control of substances that can alter mental processes and that may present a risk to public health and safety when diverted or misused.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CAN/442 | Canada | 2015 | MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer…
MEAs implementation and compliance, Ozone layer protection
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Conformity assessment procedures, Technical…
Conformity assessment procedures, Technical regulation or specifications
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Chemicals | Proposed Ozone -Depleting Substances and…
Proposed Ozone -Depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations.
In 1987, Canada signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol), under which Parties must phase out the production and consumption of a wide range of chemicals known to contribute to ozone depletion, including chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ), hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( HCFCs ), halons and methyl bromide. The objective of the proposed Ozone -depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations (proposed Regulations) is to repeal and replace the Ozone -depleting Substances Regulations |
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