DENR Administrative Order No. 29 implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act No. 6969.
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Abstract
This Administrative Order, consisting of six Titles divided into XIII Chapters, aims at implementing Rules and Regulations of the Republic Act 6969 on Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990. These Rules and Regulations cover the importation, manufacture, processing, handling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution, use and disposal of all unregulated chemical substances and mixtures that present unreasonable risk and/or injury to health or the environment in the Philippines territory. It applies also to the entry, transit, keeping or storage and disposal of hazardous and nuclear wastes into the country for whatever purpose. It is divided as follows: General Provisions and Administrative Procedures (I); Toxic Chemical Substances (II); Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes (III); Common Provisions (IV); Prohibited Acts and Penalties (V); Final Provisions (V).
This Order shall cover all toxic chemical substances and mixtures manufactured, imported, distributed, used, stored and transported in the Philippines. These include toxic chemicals and chemical substances under the priority chemical list, chemical control order, high volume toxic chemicals, dangerous chemicals identified under lATA and IMDG and mixtures used by the industrial sector. This Order shall also address the classification, labelling and SDS requirements in order to convey information on the chemical hazards as well as to protect the public and the environment from their potential health risks and effects.
This Order shall cover all toxic chemical substances and mixtures manufactured, imported, distributed, used, stored and transported in the Philippines. These include toxic chemicals and chemical substances under the priority chemical list, chemical control order, high volume toxic chemicals, dangerous chemicals identified under lATA and IMDG and mixtures used by the industrial sector. This Order shall also address the classification, labelling and SDS requirements in order to convey information on the chemical hazards as well as to protect the public and the environment from their potential health risks and effects.
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These Rules and Regulations shall take effect thirty (30) days after completion of publication in the Official Gazette.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No