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Joint Instruction No.37-2-7/435 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and No.01-19/22-22 of the State Committee of Sanitary and Epidemiological Survey of the modalities of state registration of potentially hazardous chemical and biological substances (1993).

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Food & nutrition
Keyword
Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Institution Registration Access-to-information Data collection/reporting Processing/handling Transport/storage Toxicity/poisoning Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
Entry into force from the date of issue.
Abstract

State registration of potentially hazardous chemical and biological substances shall be carried out by the Russian Register for the purpose of exposure, accumulation of physico-chemical, toxicologo-hygienic and ecologo-toxicological and other information, registration and regulation of the afore-mentioned substances for the purpose of prevention of hazardous impact thereof on human health and environment. Potentially hazardous chemical and biological substances shall be considered single substance (compound) of natural or artificial origin capable of producing negative impact on human health and environment in the process of processing, application, transportation, transformation and under domestic conditions. All single chemical and biological substances (compounds) including those which make part as components of mixtures manufactured and (or) applicable on the territory of the Russian Federation and also imported from abroad shall be subject to compulsory state registration. Substances containing admixtures forming in the process of manufacturing or application shall be registered as single substances. The document consists of 2 sections. Section 1 lays down general provisions. Section 2 establishes the modalities of state registration.

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