Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)RegulationsRegulations to domesticate the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in International Trade, 2021Chapter 1 : Definitions, Purposes and Applications of the Regulations2. Purpose and Application of the Regulations |
| (1) | These Regulations applies to importers and exporters of the chemicals listed in Annexure I to these Regulations. |
| (2) | The purpose of these Regulations is to— |
| (a) | outline the PIC procedure for the chemicals listed in Annexure I to these Regulations, for obtaining and exchanging information between countries regarding certain hazardous chemicals, including pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for human health, animal health and/or environmental reasons; |
| (b) | promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts in the international movement of the chemicals, listed in Annexure I to these Regulations, in order to protect human health, animal health and/or the environment from potential harm; and |
| (c) | contribute to the environmentally sound use of the chemicals listed in Annexure I to these Regulations, by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision -making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to other countries. |
