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Directive No. 29/1998/CT-TTg on strengthening the management of the use of plant protection substances and persistent organic pollutants.

Country/Territory
Viet Nam
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Công Báo No. 30, 31 October, 1998, pp. 19-21.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Fertilizers/nutrients Pesticides Soil pollution/quality Disinfection/disinfestation Quarantine Residues Toxicity/poisoning Ecological production/organic production Plant protection Plant production
Geographical area
Asia, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

The Prime Minister instructs the Ministries, their branch offices, provinces, and cities under the control of the Central Government to monitor and put an end to the illegal use of dangerous plant protection substances and to limit and eventually ban the use of persistent organic pollutants in agriculture, industry and other economic sectors so as to strictly implement the Law on Environment Protection and the Ordinance on Plant Protection and Quarantine. The directive specifies precise tasks of the various Ministries involved and warrants that offenders shall be prosecuted in accordance with the Law on Environment Protection. The Directive lists collection and destruction of banned plant protection substances as a priority. Discharge of PCB and other polluting substances is forbidden.

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