Industrial Chemical Registration and Administration Proclamation No. 1075/2018.

This Proclamation provides rules for registration and the handling of industrial chemicals”. It has the following objectives: 1/ establishing a national system for registration and administration of industrial chemicals; and 2/ preventing and controlling the adverse effects arising from the mismanagement of chemicals to the human and animals health as well as environment safety that may occur in the transaction of industrial chemicals. “Industrial chemical” means any chemical that is used for industrial, educational and training, research and transfer purposes, with the exclusion of pharmaceutical and medical, food and food additives, agricultural, chemical weapons and radioactive chemicals. The Proclamation implements in part the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Any person who engages in the importation, exportation, transportation and storage of industrial chemicals that has been restricted by Rotterdam Convention and directive issued by the Ministry shall obtain a certificate of competence from Ministry or competent authority. No person shall produce, import, pack, sell, distribute, store or use industrial chemicals unless registered by competent authority. The competent authority (defined) shall report annually information about administered chemicals to the ministry of Industry. There are also reporting obligations for any person who is producing, importing, exporting, distributing and using industrial chemicals. The Proclamation contains rules on the packaging and labelling of industrial chemicals. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall have the authority to monitor and control enforcement of chemical related activities.