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National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

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Regulations to Phase-Out the use of Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2019

Chapter 2 : General Prohibitions, Phase-Out Time Frames, Notification and Phase-Out Plans

4. Phase-Out Time Frames

 

(1) No person may use, produce, distribute, sell, import or export—
(a) Hexabromobiphenyl and Hexabromobiphenyl formulations and products after 31 December 2020;
(b) Pentachlorobenzene and Pentachlorobenzene formulations and products after 31 December 2020;
(c) Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acids, its salts (PFOS) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonyl Fluoride; PFOS formulations and products after 31 December 2021;
(d) Hexabromodiphenyl Ether (Hexa-BDEs) and Heptabromodiphenyl Ether (Hepta-BDEs); Hexa-BDEs and Hepta-BDEs formulations and products after 31 December 2020; or
(e) Tetrabromodiphenyl Ether (Tetra-BDEs) and Pentabromodiphenyl Ether (Penta-BDEs); Tetra-BDEs and Penta-BDEs formulations and products after 31 December 2020.

 

(2) Waste resulting from the phase-out of listed substances should be managed accordance National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act no 59 of 2008).