22 hazardous chemicals added to EU regulation on imports and exports

ECHA/NR/20/26

Exporters of the substances now have to notify their designated national authority before exporting them. In most cases, consent from the importing country is also needed. In addition, exports from the EU of a series of mercury-containing articles, such as fluorescent lamps, have also been banned.

https://echa.europa.eu/-/22-hazardous-chemicals-added-to-eu-regulation-on-imports-and-exports

19 new entries containing 22 substances are now subject to export notifications under the PIC Regulation. Three of the entries (diquat, glufosinate and propineb) cover two substances each.

EU exporters who want to export any of the substances after 1 September 2020, as such or in mixtures, need to notify their designated national authority of their intention at least 35 days before the date of their first export.

20 of the 22 substances also need consent from the authorities of the importing country before they can be exported.

The majority of the 22 substances have been added to the PIC Regulation because they are banned as active substances in plant protection products within the EU. Some are also severely restricted under the Biocidal Products Regulation and, approved only for a limited number of biocidal products. One substance (imidacloprid) is also used in veterinary medicinal products.

COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2020/1068 of 15 May 2020

amending Annexes I and V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1068&from=EN

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 is amended by these substances:

(1) in Part 1, in the table, the following entries are added:

Chemical	CAS No	EC No	CN code	Category	Use limitations
‘Chlorothalonil	1897-45-6	217-588-1	ex 2926 90 70	p	b
Chlorpropham	101-21-3	202-925-7	ex 2924 29 70	p	b
Clothianidin	210880-92-5	n.a.	ex 2934 10 00	p	sr
Desmedipham	13684-56-5	237-198-5	ex 2924 29 70	p	b
Dimethoate	60-51-5	200-480-3	ex 2930 90 98	p	b
Diquat, including diquat dibromide	2764-72-9 85-00-7	220-433-0 201-579-4	ex 2933 99 80	p	b
Ethoprophos	13194-48-4	236-152-1	ex 2930 90 98	p	b
Fenamidone	161326-34-7	n.a.	ex 2933 29 90	p	b
Flurtamone	96525-23-4	n.a.	ex 2932 19 00	p	b
Glufosinate, including glufosinate-ammonium	51276-47-2 77182-82-2	257-102-5 278-636-6	ex 2931 39 90	p	b
Oxasulfuron	144651-06-9	n.a.	ex 2935 90 90	p	b
Propineb	12071-83-9 9016-72-2	235-134-0	ex 2930 20 00	p	b
Pymetrozine	123312-89-0	n.a.	ex 2933 69 80	p	b
Quinoxyfen	124495-18-7	n.a.	ex 2933 49 90	p	b
Thiamethoxam	153719-23-4	n.a.	ex 2934 10 00	p	sr
Thiram	137-26-8	205-286-2	ex 2930 30 00	p	sr’

in Part 3, in the table, the following entries are added:

Chemical	Relevant CAS number (s)	HS code Pure substance	HS code Mixtures containing substance	Category
‘Hexabromocyclododecane	25637-99-4, 3194-55-6, 134237-50-6, 134237-51-7, 134237-52-8 and others	2903.89		Industrial
Phorate	298-02-2	2930.90	3808.50	Pesticide’

In Annex V to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012, the table of Part 2 is amended as follows: (1) in entry 3, the following text is added:

Description of chemicals/article(s) subject to export ban	Additional details, where relevant (e.g. name of chemical, EC No, CAS No, etc.)
‘— Mercury (II) sulphate (HgSO4); — Mercury (II) nitrate (Hg(NO3)2).	CAS RNs 7783-35-9, 10045-94-0 EC Nos 231-992-5, 233-152-3’;

(2) the following entries are added:

REGULATION (EU) No 649/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012R0649&from=EN

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