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ANNEX 3:
National legislation and regulation regarding pesticide management and control


Bangladesh

· Pesticide Ordinance, 1971

· Amendment to Pesticide Ordinance, 1980

· Pesticide Rules, 1985

Cambodia

· Sub-decree (No. 69) on Standard and the Management of Agricultural Materials issued 28 October 1998 contains 14 articles mentioning the pesticide management procedures.

· Ministerial declaration (No. 038) on the creation of the Bureau of Agricultural Material Standard issued 21 January 1999.

· Ministerial guideline (No. 245) on the implementation of the sub-decree No. 69 on the Standard and the Management of Agricultural Materials issued 21 October 2002.

· Ministerial declaration (No. 064) on Formats of Application Forms relating to Agricultural Materials issued 27 February 2003.

· Ministerial declaration (No. 522) on the Mandate of the Department of Agronomy and Agricultural Land Improvement issued 30 September 2003.

· Ministerial declaration (No. 598) on the Lists of Pesticide in Cambodia issued 15 December 2003.

· Ministerial declaration (No. 204) on Amendment of Declaration No. 064 issued 12 July 2004.

· Mutual declaration (No. 02/04) between MAFF and MoJ on Formats and Police of Justice for DAL/MAFF issued 26 October 2004.

China

· China Pesticides Management Byelaw

· China Pesticides Produce Management Regulation

· China Production Quality Management Law

DPR Korea

1. Law of the DPRK on the Protection of Environment

2. Law of the DPRK on the Pesticide Management

3. Pesticide Management Regulation of the DPRK

4. Detailed Regulations for Enforcement of the Pesticide Management Regulation

5. Law of the DPRK on Agriculture

6. Law of the DPRK on the Public Health

7. Law of the DPRK on the Quality Control

8. Law of the DPRK on River

9. Law of the DPRK on Pomiculture

10. Law of the DPRK on Fish Breeding

11. Law of the DPRK on the Conservation of Biodiversity

India

· Insecticide Act, 1968 and the rules framed under it

· Insecticide Rules, 1971

· Environment Protection Act, 1986

· Prevention of food Adulteration Act, 1954

Indonesia

· PP No. 7 of 1973

· Ministry of Agriculture Decree No. 439.1 of 2001

· Ministry of Agriculture Decree No. 517 of 2002

Lao PDR

· Regulation on Management and Usage of [Pesticides]. Issue by Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, No. 0886, Date 10 March 2000

Malaysia

1. Pesticides Act 1974, (Amendment) 2004

i. Pesticides (Registration) Rules 1976

ii. Pesticides (Importation For Research and Education Purposes) Rules 1981,

iii. (Amendment) 1987

iv. Pesticides (Importation For Research and Education Purposes, Or As Registration Sample Or Analytical Standard) Rules (to be amended)

v. Pesticides (Labeling) Regulation 1984

vi. Pesticides (Licensing For Sale And Storage For Sale) Rules 1988

vii. Pesticides (Highly Toxic Pesticides) Regulation 1996, (Amendment) 2004

viii. Pesticides (Advertisement) Regulation 1996

ix. Pesticides (Pest Control Operators) Rules 2004

2. Occupational Safety & Health Act 1974

i. The Occupational Safety & Health (Use of Standard of Exposure of Chemical Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000

3. Environmental Quality Act 1974

i. Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises) (Scheduled Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities) Order 1989

4. Food Act 1983

i. Food Regulations 1985

5. Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act 1956

6. Sodium Arsenate Regulations 1949

Myanmar

· Pesticide Law

· National Food Law

Nepal

· Pesticide Act, 1991

· Pesticide Rules, 1993

· Environment Protection Act, 1997

· Environment Protection Rules, 1997

Philippines

· Presidential Degree No. 114

· Letter of Instruction No. 986

· Magna Carta Act for Small farmers

· Consumer Act of the Philippines

Republic of Korea

· Pesticide Management Law

· Hazardous Material management Law

Singapore

· Control of Plants Act

· Registration of Pesticides Rules

Sri Lanka

· Control of Pesticides Act. No. 33 of 1980

· Control of Pesticides (Amendment) Act No. 06 of 1994

Thailand

1. The Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535

2. Ministerial Regulation (B.E. 2537) (3 regulations issued under Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535)

3. Notification of Ministry of Industry on

3.1 List of Hazardous substances

3.2 Hazardous Substances According to Section 3 "Civil Obligation and Responsibility" B.E. 2538

4. Notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on

4.1 Registration of Hazardous Substances under Responsibility of Department of Agriculture

4.2 Determination of Deviation from the Specified Quantity of Active Ingredient Hazardous Substance

4.3 Label and Toxicity Level of Hazardous Substances

4.4 Criteria and Procedure for Production, Import and Possession of Hazardous Substances under Responsibility of Department of Agriculture

4.5 Appointment of Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 Officials

4.6 Exemption for Implementation of Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535

4.7 Managing of Type IV (Banned) Hazardous Substances

4.8 Determination of Storage Site for Possession of Hazardous Substances

4.9 Specification of Hazardous Substances (One Notification for one pesticide, already done on paraquat dichloride and sodium nitrate)

5. Notifications of Department of Agriculture on

5.1 Determination on Details, Criteria and Procedure for Pesticide Registration

5.2 Notification on Action Made concerning Type II hazardous Substances

5.3 Criteria, procedure and condition on determination of trade name of hazardous substances

5.4 Determination of experimental design and report on efficacy test of hazardous substances

5.5 efficacy test areas

6. Rules of Department of Agriculture

6.1 Application for Possession of Hazardous Substances in Provinces other than Bangkok B.E. 2539

Viet Nam

· Ordinance on the Plant Protection and Quarantine of 8th August 2001.

· Regulation on Management of Pesticide, issued together with the Government's Decree No. 58/2002/ND-CP of June 3, 2002.

· Regulations on Procedures for Registration, Production, Formulating, Re-Packaging, Export, Import, Trading, Storage, Transport, Usage, Disposal, Labeling, Seminars and Advertisement of Pesticides, issued December 18, 2002 together with Decision No. 145/2002/QD-BNN issuance.

· Regulations on Control of Pesticide Quality and Residue and Field Trial of Pesticides for Registration in Viet Nam; Issued in conjunction with Decision No. 50/2003/QD-BNN dated March 25, 2003 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

· Regulation on the Issue Professional Certificate for Production, Formulation, Re-Packaging and Business of Pesticide, issued in conjunction with Decision No. 91/2002/QD-BNN on October 11, 2002 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.


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