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Status of GHS Implementation in

Southeast, East and Central Asia

Report prepared for the

GHS Stocktaking Workshop for Southeast, East, and Central Asia

Beijing, China 1517 September 2010

About this report

In preparation for the “GHS Stocktaking Workshop for Southeast, East, and

Central Asia”, Beijing, China from 15‐17 September 2010, a report on the status

of implementation of the GHS in the region was been prepared as a background

paper and workshop input.

The report was prepared by the Nihon University (Tokyo) and Korea University

(Seoul), in collaboration with UNITAR and ILO. The collaborators thank those

individuals who replied to the survey to help compile the report.

The preliminary results were presented at the workshop and finalized

afterwards, based on feedback received.

For more information about the

workshop: http://www.unitar.org/cwm/ghs/events/asia‐stocktaking‐workshop

Jae Wook CHOI, MD, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Environmental Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health,

Director, Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health, Korea University, Seoul

Hiroshi JONAI, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Medical care and Welfare Engineering, Graduate School of Science

and Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo

For additional information, please contact:

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Chemicals and Waste Management Programme

Palais des Nations

CH- 1211 Geneva 10

Switzerland

FAX: + 41 22 917 8047

Email: [email protected]

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Status of the GHS Implementation in Southeast, East and Central Asia

I. Executive Summary This report presents the results of a survey conducted on the status of preparation for implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) in countries of South-east, East and Central Asia undertaken during mid-2010. A questionnaire was distributed to counties in ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Mongolia, China, Japan and Korea by Nihon University and Korea University. Key points for the survey related to seven items:

1. Lead ministry for GHS 2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS

implementation) 3. Current legal status (covering different sectors) 4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS 5. Training and capacity building activities 6. Plans for 2011-2012 7. Others (Building approach, International cooperation on GHS implementation).

Six out of ten countries in ASEAN and Japan responded to the questionnaire. Concerning the counties that not to answer the questionnaire (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Myanmar), the status of GHS implementation is referred to through the UNECE website (http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/implementation_e.html). For Central Asia, Mongolia, China and Korea, a survey was done by sending a questionnaire to the contact person listed as the GHS focal point. Three out of five Central Asia Countries, Mongolia, China and Korea respond to the questionnaire. Concerning the counties not to respond to the questionnaire (Kyrgyzstan, and

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Uzbekistan) for the status of GHS implementation was referred to APEC, UNECE, WSSD websites1-6) and the Russian GHS standards7-8). The results of this survey are summarized as follows:

Most of the countries surveyed have designated a GHS committee consisting of the ministries concerned.

There is no country to introduce the GHS for all four sectors (industry, agriculture, transport, consumers) at the present time (August 2010).

Six countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) of ASEAN have prepared or considered to implement the GHS. Japan has implemented the GHS partly for industrial sector.

There are big discrepancies among ASEAN in capacity building: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand reported activities for that. The implementation of GHS in Korea has been led by the Minster of Employment & Labor and Environment, MOL (Minster of Employment & Labor) transition period is until June 30, 2010 for substances, and June 30, 2013 for mixtures.MOE (Minster of Environment) implemented from July 1, 2008 for newly designated toxic chemicals. For existing toxic chemicals: single substances until July 1, 2011 and mixtures until July 1, 2013.

China is expected to implement the GHS classification and labelling for new chemicals from 15 October 2010 but there is no timesheet for full implementation of GHS in China

Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are preparing to enact a law related to GHS implementation. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) such as Russia, counties in Central Asia, and 12 counties including Azerbaijan and Belarus have adapted the GHS, but information regarding the current status of GHS implementation is not available.

Five standards for GHS Classification (Classification of chemicals. General requirements, Classification of chemicals for physical hazards. Testing substances, Classification of chemicals for health hazards, Classification of mixtures for environmental hazards, Classification of chemicals for environmental hazards. Testing substances) in CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) will be in force starting 1 January 2011. 9)

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These conclusions reflect that the GHS implementation process, while in progress, is at an early stage in the region and that further capacity building support for developing and transition countries will be required. The status of the GHS implementation for each sector in the counties surveyed is summarized in Table 1.

Table 1: Status of the GHS implementation (2010)

Country Industry Agriculture Transport Consumers Others

Brunei Darussalam

No No No No

Cambodia No No No No

China Yes

GHS implementation date is

May 1, 2010 One year

transition period for GB

15258-2009

NO Yes

GB190-1990 (Labels

for Packages of

Dangerous Goods)

stipulates the pictogram,

size, color, methods of

usage for the packaging

label of dangerous

goods. The revision was

notified to the WTO

NO

Indonesia Yes? No Yes No Kazakhstan will be applied will be applied will be applied will be applied Now Kazakhstan considers draft

of new Technical Regulation “About Safety of Chemical Products” on toxic chemicals management for the Eurasian Economic Community countries (EvrAzEC).

Korea Yes Ministry of Employment & Labor (MOL) : Effective from July 1 2008 (the

No (In the process of reviewing

the current regulations)

Yes For Sea: TDG

For Air and Land: No

No Ministry of Employment & Labor (The Industrial Safety and Health Act Ministry of Environment (Toxic

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transition period applies) - Single substance: Until June 30 2010 - Mixed substance: Until June 30 2013 Ministry of Environment (MOE) : Effective from July 1 2008 (the transition period applies)

- Single substance: Until June 30 2011 - Mixed substance: Until June 30 2013

Chemicals Control Act)

Kyrgyzstan There is no known information

There is no known information



Most counties in Central Asia have adapted the GHS from the standard of Russia. However, relevant information are not available so far.

Lao People’s Democratic

Republic

No No No No

Malaysia No (In the process of implementation )



Yes For Air and Sea: TDG

(For Rail and Road: under consideration)



Malaysian Standards on GHS has been published in 2009.

Myanmar No No No No

Philippines No (IRR is being revised)

No (in preparation process and

waiting for WHO/FAO directing/guidance)

Yes For Air and Sea: TDG (IRR for land is being

revised)

No (IRR is being revised)

The IRRs of existing laws are being revised to incorporate GHS: Toxic and Hazardous Substances Control Act and Occupational Safety and Health Standards (for industry), Food

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and Drug Administration Act (for consumer products), Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority Regulations (for agriculture) and Land Transportation Code.

Singapore Yes (substances: 2010) (mixtures: 2012)

No Yes Product package in

transport: GHS For transport: TDG

No Spore Standards on GHS published in Oct 2008

Tajikistan Implementation schedule will be finalized.

Has intention to be involved in this sector

implementation

Has intention to implement in this sector

In transport sector certain local requirements will be

harmonized with part of the GHS on hazard symbols of

dangerous goods where appropriate

Turkmenistan No decision yet No decision yet No decision yet No decision yet Most counties in Central Asia have adapted the GHS from the standard of Russia. However, relevant information are not available so far.

Thailand No (in preparation process)

No (in preparation process and waiting for FAO direction)

Yes No (in preparation process )

Hazardous Substance Act is being considered as a basis for the legal development of GHS to cover industry , agriculture, transport and consumer product sectors in Thailand

Uzbekistan There is no known information




Most counties in Central Asia have adapted the GHS from the standard of Russia. However, relevant information are not available so far.

Vietnam Yes No In general, Yes but kind of transportation apply will be

decide after received

No

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comments and advices from Ministry of Transportation

Mongolia Yes

(applied to a certain number

of substances, label)

Yes



Yes



No 1. Industry sector: existing regulations are adopted for use of chemicals and health hazard

2. Agricultural sector: use of chemicals and pesticide are adopted by the Regulation on storage, transport, handle and disposal of hazard and dangerous chemicals

3. Transport sector: GHS on hazard symbols of dangerous goods were used

4. Consumers sector: No intention to implement in this sector

Japan Yes (Applied to a certain

number of substances, label: 100, MSDS:640)

No Yes For Air and Sea: TDG

For Land: No

No Classification criteria, label and MSDS format are issued as Japan Industrial Standards (JIS).

II. Introduction The GHS was issued as a recommendation from the United Nations 2003, though it was delayed from the target year 2000 adopted by the Agenda 21, UNCED 1992. Some countries or regions have implemented or considered to implement the GHS after 2008, the target year for the GHS by the WSSD in 2002. The GHS implementation by the EU (CLP regulations) in 2009 gave a big impetus to other regions or countries, especially to those trading with the EU. Now implementation of the GHS is an urgent matter worldwide. The GHS workshop that was held at Beijing, from 15 to 17 September 2010 shared experiences and information from this region. This survey was undertaken to update the status of the GHS implementation in ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thai and Vietnam), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), China, Korea and Japan. For ASEAN and Japan, it was done by sending a questionnaire to the contact person listed by UNITAR. Six out of ten responded to the questionnaire. Concerning the counties not to answer the questionnaire (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Myanmar) the status of GHS implementation is referred to UNECE website. The main reason not to get response from those countries seems to be an ambiguous E-mail address of a contact person. For Central Asia, Mongolia, China and Korea, it was done by sending a questionnaire to the contact person listed by GHS focal point. Three out of five Central Asia countries, Mongolia, China and Korea responded to the questionnaire. Concerning the counties not to answer the questionnaire (Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan) the status of GHS implementation is referred to APEC, UNECE, and WSSD website 1-6). Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have not responded the questionnaire, and it was not easy to collect data or information related to the status of GHS implementation for these countries on the official website of each governments 10-15). However, we found that Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) including Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan adopted the Russian GHS standard 9, 16).

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Based on the Russian GHS standard7-8), we finally completed the report including the status of GHS implementation in the CIS Additional data source for the survey are found Annex 1 of this report. The responders to the questionnaire included: Cambodia: Mr. Long Rithirak, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Environment; China: Qiming Luo, Department of Raw Materials, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the People's Republic of China Japan: Dr. Hiroshi Jonai, Department of Medical Care and Welfare Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nihon University Kazakhstan: Kenes Ospanov. Chairman of Committee of State Sanitary-Epidemiological Control of Ministry of Health of RK Korea: Professor. Jae Wook Choi, MD. Ph.D. Department of Environmental Health Science, Graduate School of Public Health and Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health, Korea University, Seoul Malaysia: Gan Mui Huei, Deputy Director, Chemical and Petrochemical Products Unit, Sectoral Policy Division, Ministry of International Trade & Industry Malaysia; Philippines: ARCELLANA Ms. Angelita, Division Chief and national GHS Coordinator, Board of Investments, Department of Trade and Industry. Singapore: Veronica Chow, Senior Assistant Director, Health Risk Control Branch, OSH Specialist Department, Occupational Safety and Health Division, WHO Collaborating Center and ILO CIS, National Center, Ministry of Manpower. Tajikistan: Burkhanova, Muazama. Chair Foundation to Support Civil Initiatives (FSCI). Republic of Tajikistan. Turkmenistan: Ovezberdiyeva Amangul, Senior Specialist, the Research and Production Center of Ecological Monitoring, Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan Thailand: Dr. Pipat Yingseree, Secretary-General, Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Health; Mongolia: Dr. Surenjav Unursaikhan, Director of Toxicology, Centre Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health Vietnam: Dr. Phung Ha, General Director of Vietnam Chemicals Agency, Ministry of Industry and

Trade.

Add: No: 91 Dinh Tien Hoang Str, Hanoi, Vietnam

E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: +84.4.2220.5059; Fax: 84.4.2220.5038

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III. Results of the survey (Status of each country)

BRUNE DARUSSALAM (from UNECE homepage)

For international transport of dangerous goods, see Implementation through international legal instruments, recommendations, codes and guidelines. Brunei Darussalam is in the process of undertaking a situation and gap analysis to review the current chemical management system as a whole. Several challenges are needed to both chemicals management and GHS implementation. First, present regulations are confined to pesticides. Second, controls on other chemicals are based on institutional measures, where a number of various agencies deal with chemicals, but need further coordination. Third, the majority of industry is small and medium size enterprises which lack capacity. Fourth, labelling awareness among stakeholders and users is low. There are opportunities for GHS implementation, but the first step is to review the overall chemical management system.

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CAMBODIA

1. Lead ministry for GHS The Ministry of Environment is a lead agency for coordinating, facilitating and disseminating only with regard to informing to all relating agencies dealing with GHS. However, during the implementation, the key ministry (4-main ministries like MAFF. MIME, MPWT, and MoC) who is the lead agency working and direct dealing to their own field such as Agriculture, industry, transport, and consumer product 2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS

implementation) Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Economy and Finance, and other stakeholder. 3. Current legal status (covering different sectors) Sub-decree No.180 on Management of Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals was signed by Prime Minister on 20 October 2009. 4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS A period of preparing circulation, Prokas and guideline by implementing ministry (MIME, MAFF, MoC, and MPWT) as set in national strategy for GHS implementation. 5. Training and capacity building activities Not any further capacity building conducting in the country by other implementing agencies due to financial constrain, excepted the past capacity building activities conducted by the MoE during GHS project undertaken. 6. Plans for 2011 – 12 The Ministry of Environment is seeking financial support for the capacity building of the dissemination of the sub-decree on Management of Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. 7. Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS

implementation, etc.) Not responded

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P. R. CHINA 1. Lead ministry for GHS 17) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)

2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS

Implementation) 17)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs; National Development and Reform Commission; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Environmental Protection; Ministry of Transport; Ministry of

Railway; Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Health; General Administration of Customs; State Administration for Industry and Commerce; General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine; State Administration of Work Safety

3. Current legal status (covering different sectors) 17) 1) Laws, Regulations and standards -‘Regulations on the Control over Safety of Dangerous Chemicals’/ Being

revised. -‘Hazardous Chemicals List’/Being revised. -‘General rule for classification and hazard communication of chemicals’

（GB13690-2009)/Take effect in 1 may,2010 -‘General rules for precautionary label for chemicals’（GB15258-2009) /Take effect in 1 may,2010 -‘Safety rules for classification 、 precautionary labelling and precautionary

statements of chemicals ……’（26 standards） 2) Testing Laboratories for GHS Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Testing Center; Shenyang

Research Institute of Chemical Industry ;Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Sinopec Safety Engineering Institute ;Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences; 10 Key Laboratories of AQSIQ,etc.

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3) China National Standard of classification and Labelling for chemicals18-19)

Explosives Flammablegases Flammable Oxidizing gases Gases under pressure Flammable liquids Flammable solids Self-reactive substances and mixtures Pyrophoric liquids Pyrophoric solids Self-heating substances and mixtures Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit,

flammable gases Corrosive to metals Oxidizing liquids Oxidizing solids Organic peroxides Acute toxicity Skin corrosion/irritation Serious eye damage/eye irritation Respiratory or skin sensitization Germ cell mutagenicity Carcinogenicity Reproductive toxicity Specific target organ systemic toxicity – Single exposure

S ifi i i i R d

GB 20576-2006 GB 20577-2006 GB 20578-2006 GB 20579-2006 GB 20580-2006 GB 20581-2006 GB 20582-2006 GB 20583-2006 GB 20584-2006 GB 20585-2006 GB 20586-2006 GB 20587-2006 GB 20588-2006 GB 20589-2006 GB 20590-2006 GB 20591-2008 GB 20592-2006 GB 20593-2006 GB 20594-2006 GB 20595-2006 GB 20596-2006 GB 20597-2006 GB 20598-2006 GB 20599-2006

GB 20601 2006 4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS 20)

- Industry Sector: GHS implementation date is May 1, 2010. One year transition

period for GB 15258-2009

- Agriculture Sector: No decision yet

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- Transport Sector: GB190-2009 (Labels for Packages of Dangerous Goods)

stipulates the pictogram, size, color, methods of usage for the packaging label of

dangerous goods. The revision was notified to the WTO

- Consumers Sector: No decision yet

What existing legislation is in place that could accommodate the GHS 20) - Regulations on Management of Pesticides by the State Council - Provision on the Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances - Regulations on Environmental Management during First Import of Chemicals and Import &Export of Toxic Chemicals by the Ministry of Environmental Protection - Precautionary Labelling on Gas Cylinders (GB16804-1997) - Management of Hazardous Chemicals and it is yet to be promulgated. 5. Training and capacity building activities

- China has initiated a 2 year project with UNITAR/ILO in late 2010) 6. Plans for 2011-201220-21 1) Establish a Coordinating Mechanism approved by the State Council

2) Revise the List of Hazardous Chemicals

3) Revise the Measures for the Administration of Registration of Hazardous Chemicals

4）Revise the 26 national standards aligned with 3rd version of UN Purple Book. 7. Others (Building approach, International cooperation on GHS implementation)

20-21) 1) Building approach: Adopted most, but not all 2) Cut-Offs: Aligned with 1st version of Purple Book with some indication that they

will be updated 3) Label Elements: GB 15258-2009 (General Rules for Preparation of Precautionary

Label for Chemicals) stipulates GHS label content, size and using instruction, Chinese emergency response call number. No requirement for label layout according to draft

4) Tripartite policy dialogue on chemical management among China, Japan, and Korea GHS expert meeting annually

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INDONESIA (from UNECE homepage)

Focal points:

Department of Industry Department of Transportation Department of Agriculture Department of Trade Department of Health National Agency for Drug and Food Control Department of Manpower and Transmigration Ministry of Environment

Main relevant legislation:

GHS will be nationally implemented under a Presidential Decree. The final draft of the decree has already been completed and it is currently under revision under the responsibility of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. It is expected that other pieces of national legislation for chemicals management will be revised to be in line with the Presidential Decree.

GHS implementation milestones (all sectors)

National legislation for land transport of dangerous goods in Indonesia is based on the 14th revised edition of the UN Model Regulations and entered into force on 1 January 2007. For international transport of dangerous goods see Implementation through international legal instruments, recommendations, codes and guidelines.

2005: Participation (from 2005 – 2007) as a pilot country in the UNITAR/ILO

Global GHS Capacity Building Programme; Establishment of a National GHS Implementation Committee; Completion of the Situation and Gap Analysis study; Completion of the comprehensibility testing;

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2006: Issuance of two ministerial decrees in line with GHS provisions: • Minister of Trade Decree No. 04/2006 on Distribution and Control of

Hazardous Substances (covering 54 chemicals potentially misused in food). • Minister of Industry Decree No. 24/2006 on Control of Production and Usage

of Hazardous Substance for Industry (covering 6 chemicals substances) Developing draft of Presidential Decree on GHS implementation. Developing comic referred to the GHS pictograms. Developing booklet on the basis of GHS provisions. Starting translation of the GHS into Indonesian.

2007: Classification of 100 chemicals in accordance with GHS classification

criteria Undertaking GHS training (intermediate level) for industries and government officers. First draft GHS translation into Indonesian finalized.

2008 and beyond (expected activities and outcomes):

Peer review of the draft of GHS translation into Indonesian. Final draft of GHS translation into Indonesian completed and publicized. Issuance of Presidential Decree on GHS implementation. Revision of other chemical regulations to be accordance with the Presidential Decree. Undertaking GHS trainings for industries and government officers. Developing a new comic on GHS. Development of technical guidance/material for the implementation of the GHS (industry and consumer products) Determining a list of priority chemicals for GHS implementation in industry, agriculture and consumer product sectors. Law enforcement.

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JAPAN 1. Lead ministry for GHS

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): Chemical Hazards Control Division (responsible for workers’ safety and health)

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): Chemical Management Policy Division (responsible for consumer products’ hazards as well as environmental hazards)

• Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (responsible for environmental hazards)


implementation) The inter-ministerial committee was established in 2001. It consists of seven governmental offices: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of the Environment (MoE), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Ministries of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

3. Current legal status (covering different sectors)

• The UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods are applied only to air and sea transportation in Japan.

• For workplace, the Industrial Safety and Health Law was amended to implement the GHS in 2006, but applied only for a certain number of chemicals (a label–100 substances, MSDS–640 substances).

• There are no other laws or regulations to implement the GHS. However Toxic and Deleterious Substances Law and PRTR Law recommend to make MSDS for the chemicals under those laws according to the rev.3 GHS or JIS Z 7250 2010.

4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS

• Transition period for MSDS or a label regulated by the Industrial Safety and Health Law was set by the 5th of May, 2007.

• Transition period for a new MSDS format in accordance with the GHS was set by the 31st of December, 2010.

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http://www.meti.go.jp/english/

http://www.env.go.jp/en/chemi/

http://www.mlit.go.jp/english/


5. Training and capacity building activities • Seminars or workshops on the GHS (e.g. 5.5-hours training on MSDS for OSH

experts in every prefecture of Japan) • Publication of educational tools: books and CDs

http://jonai.medwel.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/?cid=8&lang=jp • Translation of the GHS text in English into Japanese • Classification of the 1500 chemicals under regulations according to the GHS • Making Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) for MSDS (JIS Z 7250), Labelling

(JIS Z 7251) and classification (JIS Z 7252) according to the GHS • Issue of the classification manual and the technical guidance • Issue of the guidance for risk-based labelling of consumer products • Opening the GHS site in English (classification results, classification manual ,

technical guidance, etc.) http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/ghs_index.html • Developing on-line tool for the classification of mixtures in Japanese

http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical_management/int/ghs_auto_classification_tool_download.html

6. Plans for 2011 – 12 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is considering the possibility for the Industrial Safety and Health Law to cover every hazardous chemical. There is no specific plan for the other sectors to implement the GHS so far.

7. Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS

implementation, etc.) • The Industrial Safety and Health Law does not require the information on

environmental hazards. • The ministers of the environment of China, Japan and Korea agreed on the

establishment of a Tripartite Policy Dialogue on Chemicals Management, which includes holding regular meetings of a working group of experts on the GHS.

• Japan has carried out training courses for facilitating capacity building of ASEAN countries for 5 years.

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Kazakhstan 1. Lead ministry for GHS

Committee of technical regulation and metrology of Ministry of Industry and New

Technology, Republic of Kazakhstan


implementation)

Ministries of Health, Environment Protection, Oil and Gas, Agriculture, Transport and

Communication, Committee of Customs.


It is in process by now. At present, Kazakhstan considers draft of new Technical

Regulation ‘About Safety of Chemical Products’ on toxic chemicals management for

the Eurasian Economic Community Countries (EvrAzEC). After adoption by all

countries of EvrAzEC this document will be binding for all countries including

Kazakhstan. New technical regulation on toxic chemicals management includes GHS

for classification, Labelling of chemicals and preparation of Safety Data Sheets. There

are requirements for registration, safe using, packing, storage and transportation of

chemicals also.

Covering different sectors

- Industry Sector : will be applied

- Agriculture Sector : will be applied

- Transport Sector : : will be applied

- Consumers Sector : : will be applied

What existing legislation is in place that could accommodate the GHS?

Law of Safety of Chemical Products

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After ratification of Technical Regulation “About Safety of Chemical Products” all

enterprises must to implement its requirements. No decision yet about adopt transition

period.

5. Training and capacity building activities

Training and capacity building activities may be implemented in various projects, which

could be financed from various sources such as donor assistance, funds of enterprises

and other.

6. Plans for 2011 – 2012

Ratification of Technical Regulation “About Safety of Chemical Products”


implementation, etc.)

Kazakhstan will be realized some activities on regional and international cooperation on

GHS implementation

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KOREA

1. Lead ministry for GHS 1) Ministry of Employment & Labor 22) 2) Ministry of Environment23)

2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS implementation)

1) National Emergency Management Agency 24)

3. Current legal status (covering different sectors) 1) Ministry of Employment & Labor (The Industrial Safety and Health Act 22) :

GHS targeted chemical substances in the Industrial Safety and Health Act includes 16items of physical dangerousness, 11 items of health and environment about all Hazardous substances and mixtures. But there are exceptional materials of GHS application in this law. Those are solidified end products as substances of less than 1% of Hazardous (carcinogens 0.1% or less), as the substances which is no concern of being exposed to targeted chemical substances included the products when the Hazardous workers handles the product (carcinogens is the GHS target), pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food and consumer devices etc.

2) Ministry of Environment (Toxic Chemicals Control Act) 23):

The Ministry of Environment revised the Toxic Chemicals Control Act which was revised by GHS standards for display methods of the toxic chemicals on the containers, packaging etc. 6 main information(product name, symbol, signal language, Hazardous stationery, preventive measures stationery, provider information) are displayed on the containers, packaging of toxic chemicals, and all Hazardous of toxic chemicals are classified and displayed by increased Hazardous items (16->27, 16 kinds of physical dangerousness, 11 kinds of health and environment Hazardous), and the display standard is revised in order to add increased information smoothly, and the display methods is stipulated differently by the format of container

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3) National Emergency Management Agency (Safety Control of Dangerous Substances Act)24) : The standard about classification and Labelling of hazardous materials was revised as 2008-18 which is issued in November 2008 by National Emergency Management Agency.

(1) Article 3 shall determine the classification standard of the dangerousness of hazardous materials; the dangerousness of hazardous materials are classified as 16 items such as explosive materials or explosives by dangerousness, and health environment Hazardous follows the standard of “regulations about classification standard and display of toxic chemicals” by the National Institute of Environmental Research. (2) Article 4 shall determine the standards of warning sign which should be attached on the containers which store the dangerousness. The items which shall be indicated on the outside of the containers which store the dangerousness provide product information, pictures letters, signal language, risk phrases, the preventive measures phrases, sign method of provider information, the background color of the cover, dangerousness and warning sign of dangerousness of picture letters warning. (3) Article 5 shall determine the Hazardous classification standard and labelling cover method of chemical substances; the classification standard of 15 items except explosives or gunpowder and display methods of materials are provided by physical dangerousness.


1) Ministry of Employment & Labor: Effective from July 1 2008 (the transition period applies)


2) Ministry of Environment: Effective from July 1 2008 (the transition period applies)


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1) GHS national official translation sponsored by 6 state ministries is published and distributed, and this document can be downloaded from homepage of each ministries. In order to enforce GHS in Korea, Industrial Safety and Health Act is revised in 2006, Toxic Chemicals Control Act is revised in 2007, and Safety Control of Dangerous Substances Act is revised in 2008. 2) Seminars or workshops on the GHS (e.g. training on MSDS for Hazard chemical manager experts in every province of KOREA) 3) Translation of the GHS text in English into Korean 4) The MOL and Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency(KOSHA) provides 11,314 kinds of MSDS of GHS Database: available at http://www.kosha.or.kr/bridge?menuId=69 5) The MOE is preparing mandatory classification for toxic chemicals (about 610 substances) by GHS until June, 2011.Issue of the classification manual and the technical guidance

6) Issue of the risk assessment for risk-based of consumer products 7) Opening the GHS website in The National Institute of Environmental Research(NIER) http://ncis.nier.go.kr/ghs/utilize/utilize_1.jsp 8) Developing on-line GHS classification tool for the mixtures in Korean.: : available at http://msds.kosha.or.kr/web/kosha/ghs02/Ghs02Default.jsp

6. Plans for 2011-2012 1) Ministry of Employment & Labor:

About 2000 kinds will be added in 2010, so 13,000 kinds of GHS MSDS of single substances will be provided, and it will continue to be managed by Hazardous data is reinforced.

2) Ministry of Environment: Implementation rules and future notification revise direction; the technical support such as circuit training to industry fields is pushed.

7. Others (Building approach, International cooperation on GHS implementation) 1) We adopted all categories except following: - Flammable liquids: Cat.4 - Acute toxicity: Cat. 5 - Skin irritation: Cat. 3 - Acute aquatic toxicity: Cat. 2, 3

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http://ncis.nier.go.kr/ghs/utilize/utilize_1.jsp

http://msds.kosha.or.kr/web/kosha/ghs02/Ghs02Default.jsp

2) The ministers of the environment of Korea ,China and Japan and agreed on the establishment of a Tripartite Policy Dialogue on Chemicals Management, which includes holding regular meetings of a working group of experts on the GHS. http://www.temm.org/

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http://www.temm.org/

LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (from UNECE homepage)

Transport of dangerous goods: Implemented For international transport of dangerous goods, see Implementation through international legal instruments, recommendations, codes and guidelines

Other sectors:

Lao People's Democratic Republic has drafted the Hazardous Chemical Strategic Plan for 2006-2020 and the Hazardous Chemical Action Plan for 2006-2010. These Plans are designed to provide a framework for the safe and effective management of chemicals. In terms of the GHS, Lao People's Democratic Republic has begun to draft a project proposal and has set up a National Steering Committee. The results of the comprehensibility training (held in October 2006) as well as those of the situation and gap analysis were used for the development of GHS implementation activities during 2007. Sectoral implementation plans for health, agriculture and industry as well as a National Implementation Strategy for the transport sector were completed during 2009. A decree stipulating principles, rules and measures for controlling all activities relating to import, export, production, distribution, storage, use and disposal of pesticides was issued and translated into English. Several awareness raising activities were also conducted during 2009.

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MALAYSIA 1. Lead ministry for GHS

• Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) for industrial workplace • Department of Agriculture (DOA) for agriculture sector • Ministry of Transport (MOT) for transport sector • Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives & Consumerism for consumer

products 2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS

implementation) • The National Coordinating Committee on the Implementation of GHS

(NCCGHS) established on 3rd August 2006 and is chaired by Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)


• Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations 1997 (CPL Regulations 1997) (applied to chemicals to be supplied to workplaces-not based on GHS)

• Pesticides (Labelling) Regulations 1984 (applied to pesticides used in the agricultural sector-not based on GHS)

• Civil Aviation Regulations 1994 (applied to transport of dangerous goods by air based on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) that is in-line with UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods).


• CPL Regulations 1997 will be replaced by a new proposed regulation based on GHS, i.e. the proposed Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheets) Regulations 201x (CLASS Regulations).

• Under the proposed CLASS Regulations, transition periods for substance and mixture are 1 year and 3 years after the CLASS is enforced, respectively.


• Seminars & workshops creating awareness and promoting GHS organised both by Government and Industry (e.g. Chemical Industries Council of Malaysia (CICM) & Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)).

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• Hosted several regional GHS related seminars, e.g. APEC GHS Seminar (Sept 2004), ASEAN OSHNet Workshop on Draft ASEAN Guidelines on CLP of Chemicals (March 2006),

• Comprehensibility Testing for industrial workplace & SGA carried out in 2007, • Malaysian Standards on GHS published in early 2009 • CICM, with support from DOSH and resource persons from industry, academia

and MITI, organised a series of seminars (awareness & basic level) in 4 regions of Peninsular Malaysia in October and November 2009. Seminars were conducted using the training modules developed by DOSH

• Training courses on GHS organized by DOSH for DOSH and government officials conducted in 2008-10 (at basic, intermediate and advanced levels)

• Translation of the 3rd Revised Edition of the Purple Book completed • The Industrial Code of Practice on Chemical Classification, Labelling and

Safety Data Sheet (ICOP CLASS) is being finalized by DOSH as guidance to industry to comply with the proposed CLASS Regulations.

• DOSH is compiling a list of at least 200 substances based on the GHS classification that will be part of the ICOP CLASS

• Online chemical submission software (COSS) is being developed by DOSH for chemical classification verification.

6. Plans for 2011 – 12

• DOSH to gazette the proposed CLASS Regulations together with ICOP CLASS. • GHS training modules for competent classifiers is being finalized by DOSH • Training of competent classifiers to be conducted by the National Institute of

Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and other training providers • Series of briefing sessions and awareness seminars will be conducted throughout

the country once the proposed CLASS Regulations is published in the gazette,

7. Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS implementation, etc.) • The MITI is now preparing to participate in the UNITAR GHS training and

capacity building programme under the ASEAN GHS Project (Phase II) • The building block approach adopted by DOSH and the Department of

Environment’s Environmentally Hazardous Substance project is similar to that of the European Union.

The proposed CLASS Regulations is based on the 3rd Revised Edition of the Purple Book.

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MONGOLIA 1. Lead Ministry for GHS

• Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism (MNET): Division of Environment and Natural resources (responsible for )

• Ministry of Health (MOH): Division of Environmental Health (responsible for health effects of chemicals, environmental pollution control and monitoring as well as worker’s safety and health)

2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS implementation) National committee for policy regulation on toxic and hazardous chemicals under Prime Ministry was established in 2009. Toxicological Center of Public Health Institute was established in 2009. Main responsibility of this center is to develop guidance, leaflets for use, handle and disposal of chemicals, effect of health, and prevention of adverse health effects and disseminate information and open website related to chemicals. 3. Current legal status(covering different sectors) Covering different sectors 1) Industry sector: existing regulations are adopted for use of chemicals and health

hazard 2) Agricultural sector: use of chemicals and pesticide are adopted by the Regulation

on storage, transport, handle and disposal of hazard and dangerous chemicals 3) Transport sector: GHS on hazard symbols of dangerous goods were used 4) Consumers sector: No intention to implement in this sector

What existing legislation is in place that could accommodate the GHS? 1) Law on Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals 2) Regulation on manufactoring, purchasing, transtorting through bourder, importing

and exporting of hazard and dangerous chemicals 3) Regulation on storage, transport, handle and disposal of hazard and dangerous

chemicals 4) Classification of hazard and dangerous chemicals 5) Methodology of utilization of Hazard and dangerous chemical’s classification 6) List of classification of Hazard and dangerous chemicals

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4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS Labelling standard of hazard and dangerous chemicals are developed and approved by National Standardization Committee in 2010.


1) Seminars or workshops on the GHS, MSDS have not organized yet. 2) No publication of educational tools such as books, CDs, leaflets were developed 3) Some part of purple book “GHS of classification and Labelling of chemicals” were

translated into Mongolian language 4) Classification of the 256 chemicals under regulations according to the GHS 5) Making labelling standard for hazardous and dangerous chemicals according to the

GHS 6) Classification manual and methodology of utilization of classification have

produced and set up in internet 1) http://www.mne.mn/chemical/images/content/uploaded/Angilal/Angilal_Ar

gachlalnew_4ad6c6909d272.htm 7) No guidance for risk-based labelling or consumer products 8) No GHS site in English (classification results, classification manual, technical

guidance) 9) Not yet developing on-line tool for the classification of mixtures in Mongolian

6. Plans for 2011-2012

To enhance capacity building and human resources we need to be 1) Organize seminars or workshops on the GHS, guidance for risk-based labelling of

consumer products, classification manual and technical guidance. 2) Involve specialists in foreign country’s training courses 3) Exchange specialists 4) Develop for risk-based labelling or consumer products 5) Develop educational tools such as books, CDs, leaflets 6) Translate whole purple book into Mongolian language



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http://www.mne.mn/chemical/images/content/uploaded/Angilal/Angilal_Argachlalnew_4ad6c6909d272.htm

http://www.mne.mn/chemical/images/content/uploaded/Angilal/Angilal_Argachlalnew_4ad6c6909d272.htm

1) We need to develop the industrial safety and health law. It will require the information on environmental and health hazards.

2) Mongolia should establish police dialogue to Korea in the ministers level on chemical management which includes holding regular meetings of a working group of experts on the GHS

3) Organize training courses in Mongolia and sent specialists to Korea to increase capacity building related to GHS and chemical management.

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MYANMAR (from UNECE homepage)

For international transport of dangerous goods, see Implementation through international legal instruments, recommendations, codes and guidelines. Myanmar established the National Commission for Environmental Affairs, in 1990. Among its programs, Myanmar has adopted Agenda 21, one part of which is to promote the environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste. There is no specific institution assigned to the task of overall management of chemicals and waste, but there are a number of existing frameworks in legislation, classification and labelling standards that could accommodate the GHS. Myanmar is currently preparing to revise existing legislation and administrative procedures to implement the GHS.

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PHILIPPINES 1. Lead ministry/agency for GHS

1) Coordinating Agency

Board of Investments (BOI) as the lead agency, responsible for coordinating, monitoring and providing guidance on the implementation of GHS.

2) Agriculture Sector

Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) – responsible for amending the existing classification and labelling guidelines for pesticides following the guidelines to be developed by the WHO and FAO.

3) Industrial Chemicals and/or Workplace

Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) – responsible for the preparation of implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for industrial chemicals

Bureau of Working Conditions (BWC) – responsible for drafting the amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) for GHS implementation in the workplace

Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) – responsible for the development of information materials and training modules on GHS for capability building of concerned government and private sector;

4) Consumer Chemicals

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - responsible for the preparation of IRR for consumer chemicals;

Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) – responsible for the preparation of label standards for chemical substances and mixtures for consumer products.

5) Transport

several attached agencies – responsible for the implementation of GHS in the transport sector through the UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.

6) Emergency Response

Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - responsible for drafting the amendments to the IRR of the Revised Fire Code of the Philippines. Also responsible in the conduct of inspection and in prescribing safety measures on the storage, handling and/or use of explosives or of combustible, flammable, toxic and other hazardous materials.

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7) Import and Export

Bureau of Customs (BOC) – responsible for monitoring the import and export of all kinds of chemical substances, mixtures and products, except in economic zones.

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) – responsible for monitoring inside the economic zones the importation and export of all kinds of chemical substances, mixtures and products.


implementation) In 2004, a GHS Multi-Sectoral Committee was initially formed based on the recommendation during the 2nd APEC Chemical Dialogue in Malaysia in September 2004. It was composed of concerned government agencies, the chemical industry association and the academe. In 2005, under the BOI-UNITAR Training and Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling (GHS) in the Philippines Phase I Project, a GHS National Implementation Committee was also formed, composed of a larger group of thirty (30) concerned government agencies, six (6) industry associations, and five (5) public interest and labor organizations (PILOs) and academic and professional organizations.


The GHS Joint Administrative Order of 2009 (GHS JAO), which covers the different sectors affected by the GHS, was formulated since there are already existing legislations in the Philippines that could incorporate the GHS provisions. The GHS JAO requires implementing agencies to draft or revise the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) of their respective laws to incorporate the provisions of GHS. It also specifies the duties and responsibilities of the GHS implementing and coordinating government agencies in the adoption of GHS. The DOTC will implement GHS through the UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous for air and sea transportation in the Philippines. The IRRs of the following laws are being revised/need to be revised: 1) Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990 - for

industrial chemicals; 2) Rule 1090 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) entitled

“Hazardous Materials” - for GHS implementation in the workplace; 3) Food and Drug Administration Act of 2009 – for consumer chemicals; 4) Article V of the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority Rules and Regulations - for

pesticides; 5) Revised Fire Code of the Philippines - for emergency response.


It was agreed during the GHS National Review and Planning Workshop in February 2008 that the implementation of GHS for industrial chemicals would start

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with single chemicals which are listed in the PCL (Priority Chemical List) of the Chemical Control Act and those single chemical substances with high production volume. It was expected that the transition period for GHS implementation will be three years. However, the revised IRR of the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990 is still being finalized by EMB.

5. Training and capacity building activities (2006 – 2010)

1) The Board of Investments has conducted a Training Seminar/Workshop on

Basic and Intermediate GHS for seventy two (72) employees of concerned government agencies in December 2009. The Occupational Safety and Health Center (OSHC) and Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) have conducted lectures/learning sessions on Basic GHS in Metro Manila and several regions of the Philippines from 2006 to date.

2) SPIK, the chemical industry association, conducted several , Intermediate and

Advanced training/workshops for mostly SMEs and non-SPIK member companies composed of manufacturers, importers, distributors, traders, retailers, repackers, transporters, emergency responders, chemistry students and faculty, and government regulators from 2006 to April 2010. It also conducted in-house trainings on GHS labelling and preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for some of its member companies.

3) Info sessions and conferences on GHS conducted by the civil society groups: Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), Pesticide Action Network (PAN), Phils., Nationwide Association of Consumers, Inc. (NACI) in 2006 to 2007.

4) IEC materials on GHS such as pictogram, posters, brochures, resource CD and chemical safety tips were reproduced and distributed by the government, industry and civil society. Information campaign thru tri-media: radio, TV and focus group discussions and media releases were also made to broaden the reach for public awareness.

6. Plans for 2011 - 2012

The Philippines will implement the GHS activities under Phase II of the BOI-UNITAR Training and Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling (GHS) in the Philippines Project.



Several members of SPIK and a few employees from the government participated in AOTS Trainings on Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Instructors Training and Practitioners Course in the Philippines and in Japan from 2004 to 2010.

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SINGAPORE 1. Lead ministry for GHS The implementation of GHS in Singapore is planned and coordinated by a multi-agency National GHS Implementation Task Force (TF). It is represented by members from industry and related government agencies and institutions. The TF will be under the custody of the Ministry of Manpower on 1 Sep 2010 transferring from the Ministry of Trade and Industry. 2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS implementation) TF members representing government are from:

• Health Sciences Authority (HSA ), • Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), • National Environment Agency (NEA), • Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), • Singapore Police Force (SPF), • SPRING Singapore (SPRING) • Ministry of Manpower (MOM)

TF members representing industry and professional institution are from :

• Singapore Chemical Industry Council Limited (SCIC), • Singapore Institution of Safety Officers (SISO)

3. Current legal status (covering different sectors) Transport and storage of certain hazardous chemicals are currently regulated by the following:- 1. NEA (for prescribed hazardous chemicals including imported pesticides): Environment Protection and Management Act , Environment Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) Regulations, Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act

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2. SCDF (for flammable chemicals): Fire Safety (Petroleum and Flammable Materials) Regulations 3. SPF (for explosive precursors): Arms and Explosive Act 4. Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA): [for pesticides in Agricultural sector] : Control of Plants Act and Control of Plants (Registration of Pesticides) Rules. Chemicals which are used in factories and workplaces are under the purview of :- 5. Ministry of Manpower [for chemicals used in factories and workplaces]: Workplace Safety and Health Act and Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations. 4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS

Target Industry

Industry Role Phase GHS Focus

Chemical Manufacturers/ Suppliers

Preparation of GHS SDS & Labels

Phase 1A (by end 2010)

Single Substances

Phase 1B (by end 2012)

Mixtures

Chemical Users

GHS Labelling of Containers

Phase 2A (by end 2011)

Single Substances

Phase 2B (by end 2013)

Mixtures

5. Training and capacity building activities GHS seminars were organized targeting different audiences:-

1. Trade and industry associations (1 run in 2009) 2. Manufacturers and suppliers of chemicals (2 runs in 2010)

Four different GHS leaflets were published and disseminated during seminars and outreach sessions to the industry. The four GHS leaflets are on Labelling, Classification, SDS and a Fact Sheet.

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Training courses were conducted targeting different audiences:- 1. GHS Awareness course 2. GHS User course 3. GHS Classifier course 4. GHS Workshop for Implementation of Phase 1A (Single Substances) (course in

development stage) 6. Plans for 2011 – 2012 TF will continue to build capability on GHS by conducting seminars and training courses . 7. Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS implementation, etc.)

Singapore has adopted revision two of the GHS document and building blocks except the following :-

• Physical Hazard: Flammable liquid [cat 4] , except Diesel

• Health Hazard: Acute toxicity [cat 5], Skin irritation [cat 3], Aspiration hazard [cat 2],

• Environment Hazard: Acute [cat 2 +3] and Chronic [cat 3+4] A Virtual Experts Resource Group (VERG) was formed by TF. There are four GHS experts from various countries. The objective of the VERG is to provide a platform for consultation and networking on matters and issues related to GHS development and its implementation. This will enable TF to keep abreast of the latest development in GHS, and to facilitate sharing of knowledge and experience on GHS implementation.

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THAILAND 1. Lead ministry for GHS

• Ministry of Industry / Department of Industrial Works (responsible for developing the key regulatory regime and legislation to implement GHS in the scope of Hazardous Substance Act (HZA), and the enforcement on hazardous substances in industrial settings)

• Ministry of Public Health / Food and Drug Administration (responsible for developing the legislation and the enforcement of GHS on hazardous substances and products for household and public health use)

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• Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives/ Department of Agriculture (responsible for developing the legislation and the enforcement of GHS on hazardous substances and products for agricultural us )

• Ministry of Transport (responsible for developing the legislation and the enforcement of UN RTDG and GHS in transport setting)

• Ministry of Labour/ Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (responsible for safety management of occupational settings according to Labour Protection Act)

2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS implementation)

Subcommittee on GHS, established under Hazardous Substance Committee, has been in charge of developing the regulatory scheme of Hazardous Substance Act to align with GHS. The GHS Subcommittee is composed of representatives from relevant agencies in Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and Ministry of Defence as well as associations of related chemical industry.

Moreover, Subcommittee on Policy and Plan, under Thailand’s National Coordinating Committee on Chemicals Management, an inter-ministerial body with the participation of related business, academia, public interest and labour organizations, has been responsible for the development of National Strategic Plan on Chemicals Management (NSPCM). The Subcommittee on Policy and Plan on Chemicals Management has endorsed the integration of GHS into the NSPCM.

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3. Current legal status (covering different sectors) • Thai Provision Volume-I (TP-I) on the transport of Dangerous Goods that is

aligned with the UNRTDG. • Thai Provision Volume-II (TP-II) on the transport of Dangerous Goods by

Road and Rail that is in line with the European agreements (ADR and RID) • Hazardous Substance Committee is considering to release the Notification

recommendation on GHS, that will be a basis for responsible ministries to further issue related regulations. Concurrently, Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Public Health are considering to issue their ministerial notifications on GHS application of hazardous substances for industrial and consumer product sectors, respectively.

4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS • In the draft Notifications of Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Public Health

on GHS application in their respective sector, the proposed transition period is 1 year for single substance and 5 years for mixture and product, regulated under Hazardous Substance Act.

5. Training and capacity building activities • Department of Industrial Works (DIW) and JETRO workshops on GHS

Training of Trainers • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workshops on GHS for regulatory

officers and business entities related to hazardous chemicals/ products for household and public health use

• Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) and Chemical business associations awareness raising workshop on GHS for industrial and agricultural chemicals management

• Ministry of Transport and German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Training of Trainers program on safety transport and classification of dangerous goods

• Chemical Industry Club / Federation of Thai Industries training courses on GHS for industrial business entities

• Translation of the GHS purple book into Thai language (by DIW) • GHS awareness raising materials for the public and self-learning materials,

e.g. CD - Rom, and notebooks for kids (by FDA)

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• GHS pilot school project (by FDA and Office of the Basic Education Commission /Ministry of Education)

6. Plans for 2011 – 12

1) Capacity building for SMEs to implement GHS 2) Integration of GHS and chemical safety into school curricula by FDA and

Office of the Basic Education Commission 3) Development of GHS information exchange website for academia, business,

the public and GHS school network 7. Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS

implementation, etc.) Ministry of Industry’s cooperative work on GHS with APEC/ Chemical Dialogue

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Tajikistan

1. Lead ministry for GHS • Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan (MH) (responsible for

workers’ safety and health) • Committee of Environment under the Government of the Republic of

Tajikistan (CE), Ministry of Agriculture (MA), (responsible for environmental hazards)

• Ministry of Economical Development and Trade (MEDT) (responsible for consumer products’ hazards)

• Ministry of Energy and Industry (responsible for consumer products and environmental hazards)


implementation) “Tajikstandard” - National Agency for standardization, metrology, certification and trade inspection (TNA), Ministry of Labour and Welfare (MLW), Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Ministry of Transport and Communication (MTC), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Unit of Entrepreneurs and Exporters of Tajikistan (UEE), Society of Consumer’ Rights Protection (SCRP).

3 . Current legal status (covering different sectors)

INDUSTRIAL SECTOR:

- IMPLEMENTATION: implementation schedule will be finalized. - LEGISLATION: Will be available when the relevant legislation will be

ready for enactment. - TRANSITION PERIOD: In line with majority member economies;

co-existence of current legislation and GHS during transitional period. - BUILDING BLOCKS: The physical and health hazard blocks that are relevant

to existing legislation will be adopted. CONSUMER SECTOR: Has intention to be involved in this sector implementation. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: Has intention to implement in this sector. TRANSPORT SECTOR: In transport sector certain local requirements will be harmonized with part of the GHS on hazard symbols of dangerous goods where appropriate.

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http://www.meti.go.jp/english/

What existing legislation is in place that could accommodate the GHS? Legislative of the Republic of Tajikistan on the sphere on conversion into wastes:

• Law on waste of production and consumption • Law on licensing of particular forms of activity specifically targeted on ac

cess with hazardous wastes • Law on environmental protection • Law on ecological expertise • Law on radiation safety

4. Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS • Transition period for MSDS or a label regulated by the Industrial Safety and

Health Law will depend on designing of the GHS program in Tajikistan

5. Training and capacity building activities • Adopting of the program and strategies documents including waste management

questions • Seminars, workshops and trainings on the waste management • Realization of the pilot projects on waste management on the local territories

6. Plans for 2011 – 2012

There is no specific plan for the possibility for the Industrial Safety and Health Law to cover every hazardous chemical. No other sectors to implement the GHS so far.


implementation, etc.) Not responded

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Turkmenistan

1. Lead ministry for GHS

Different ministries and entities depending on the type of chemicals.

Ministry of Nature Protection, Ministry of Healthcare and Medical Industry, State

service TurkmenStandartly (TurkmenStandards) and others.


implementation)

Institute of Chemistry (State Concern "Turkmenchemistry") , Joint-Stock Company and

others


Turkmenistan has a policy of introducing a unified system of classification and

Labelling of chemicals to facilitate the export and import procedures and the treatment

/ chemical safety.

There is a classification of hazard and toxicity of chemicals. Revision and amendment

of the relevant standards is required for GHS implementation.

Besides, there are regulatory documents, government standards and sanitary

regulations, etc.

covering different sectors

- Industry Sector: No decision yet

- Agriculture Sector: No decision yet

- Transport Sector: No decision yet

- Consumers Sector: No decision yet

What existing legislation is in place that could accommodate the GHS?

It is required to review the existing legislation of the country


To answer this question it is necessary to conduct research and analysis

No decision yet.

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Due to the absence of information on the GHS in the country it is very necessary to

conduct trainings and to increase capacity of the country

The following measures are necessary to be taken for the GHS implementation

- Policy / strategy development for chemicals

- Organization of inter-agency coordinating committee on GHS issues

- Assignment of responsible entities and persons

-Ttime period for the transmission to a new unified system

6. Plans for 2011 – 2012

Increase awareness on the GHS nationwide

7.Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS


Not responded

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CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) – General According to the Russian GOST 30333-200715), the Russian Federation and CIS countries will adopt same two interstate standards on GHS implementation: GOST 30333-2007 and GOST 31340-2007.

The implementation of GHS for counties in Central Asia was shown mostly for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) including counties below: ①Armenia ②Azerbaijan ③Belarus ④Georgia ⑤ Kazakhstan ⑥Kyrgyzstan ⑦

Moldova ⑧Russia ⑨Tajikistan ⑩Turkmenistan ⑪Ukraine ⑫ Uzbekistan During 2007-2009 the Russian Federation and CIS countries as a performance of their obligations worked out two interstate standards16): 1) Standards and regulations of CIS related to GHS were as follows13);

(1) Russian GOST standard 30333-2007 on SDS is based on GHS 2005 (2) Russian GOST 31340-2007 on “Labelling of chemicals, General requirements” (in force since January 1, 2009) 21-22) (3) Adopted by Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Kirghizia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan In force January 2009 (4) Technical regulation on chemical safety (which is expected to be approved by the end of 2010).

2) Five standards on Classification (expected date of entry into force: 1 January 2011) 14);

(1) Classification of chemicals. General requirements (2) Classification of chemicals for physical hazards. Testing substances (3) Classification of chemicals for health hazards (4) Classification of mixtures for environmental hazards (5) Classification of chemicals for environmental hazards. Testing substances

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VIETNAM 1. Lead ministry for GHS

• Vietnam Chemicals Agency, Ministry of Industry and Trade

2. Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS implementation) The inter-ministerial task force was established in 2009 (Decision No 4477/QD-BCT date 09 Sept 2009) with mission issuing the Circulars “Guidance on labelling and classification chemicals in accordance with GHS”. It consists of three governmental offices: Ministry of Industry and Trade (Vietnam Chemicals Agency, Department of Justice), Ministry of Science and Technology (Goods quality Management Agency) and Ministry of Justice (Department of Economic – Civil Legislation) .


• Decrees No 89/2006/ND-CP of Prime Minister Date 30th August, 2006 for Good Labelling (cover labelling for chemicals)


• In the last Quarter of 2010 the Circular “Guidance on labelling and classification chemicals in accordance with GHS” will publish but not again with Decrees No 89/2006/ND-CP of Prime Minister .

• From 2011 – 2013, apply labelling and classification for element • From 2011 – 2015, apply labelling and classification for substances


• Translation of the GHS text in English into Vietnamese • Sent persons to attend to the International seminars or workshops on the GHS • Issue of the classification manual and the technical guidance

6. Plans for 2011 – 12

• From 2011 – 2013, apply labelling and classification for element • From 2011 – 2015, apply labelling and classification for substances

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7. Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS implementation, etc.) • Almost building block approach similar with Purple Book (UNITAR

document) • Refer to Singapore’s model and experiences

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IV. Conclusions and Recommendations The conclusions and recommendations drawn from the results of this survey and the information of the various websites are as follows: • Most countries surveyed have no comprehensive system to classify and label

chemicals. This means that the GHS is very new to those Asian countries. The way to implement the GHS or to set up a support system in those countries would be different from that in the EU or USA.

• There are some countries implementing the TDG, but mainly for air and sea

transport. Land transportation in Asian countries would have another issue to implement the GHS or the TDG.

• Capacity building activities for the GHS are still somewhat limited. Further human

resources and budgetary support in Asian countries would be needed for popularization of the GHS in all sectors.

• A GHS focal point or contact person seems unavailable in some countries.

Strengthening the current network or making a new network for the GHS should be undertaken. Regional workshops (such as the one in Beijing) or training courses could be utilized for this purpose.

• It is encouraged that information regarding the status of GHS implementation,

information on web-sites, and lists of focal points in each country should be translated into English.

• The GHS hazard classification results from some countries are different from each other, even for the same chemical25). Therefore, discussions between countries or multilateral discussions with international organization would be needed for better harmonization of classification and indication of chemical substances at regional and international level in the future.

• A gap analyses for regulations, SDS, and current labelling systems among countries

may be necessary, and the timing and level of introduction of the GHS based on the gap analyses should be considered.

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Annex 2: Survey Form

Country/ Страна

Name/ Имя

Position/ Должность

Telephone/ Телефон Fax/ Факс

Email/ Электронная почта

Focal point / Фокусная точка

Address/Адрес :_______________________________________

Questions /Вопросы

Q1.

[Russian] Ваша страна принимает СГС как закон или правило?

[English] Is your country adopt GHS as law or regulation?

Yes/Да NO/Нет In Preparation/ в подготовке

Q2.

[Russian] Главное управление по вопросам СГС.

[English] Lead ministry for GHS /

Q3.

[Russian] Другие вовлеченные управления или координационные советы

(по реализации СГС).

[English] Other engaged ministries or coordination or committee (for GHS

implementation)

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Q 4.

[Russian] Текущий правовой статус

[English] Current legal status

4-1. охватывающий разные сектора/ covering different sectors

- Промышленный сектор/ Industry Sector

3. Сельскохозяйственный сектор / Agriculture Sector

4. Транспортный сектор/ Transport Sector

5. - Потребительский сектор/ Consumers Sector

Страна/

Country

Промышлен

ность/

Industry

Сельское

хоз-во/

Agriculture

Транспорт/

Transport

Потребители/

Consumers

Другое/

Others

4-2.

[Russian] Какие в настоящее время существуют законы, которые могут

принять СГС?

[English] What existing legislation is in place that could accommodate the GHS?

Q5.

[Russian] Переход от текущих систем к СГС или периоды внедрения СГС.

[English] Transition or phase-in periods from existing systems to GHS /

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Q6.

[Russian] Мероприятия по тренингам или наращиванию потенциала.

[English] Training and capacity building activities /

Q7.

[Russian] Планы на 2011-2012

[English] Plans for 2011 – 2012 /

Q8.

[Russian] Другое (подход к внедрению, международное сотрудничество по

реализации СГС).

[English] Others (Building block approach, International cooperation on GHS
