Regulations Prohibiting the Production, Distribution, Import, Export, Sale and Use of Persistent Organic Pollutants that are listed by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2021, no. 414.

Country/Territory: South Africa
Document type: Regulation
Date: 2021
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Government Gazette no. 44559/2021.

Subject: Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword: Hazardous substances Internal trade International trade Offences/penalties Protection of environment Public health Transport/storage Use restrictions Waste management
Geographical area: Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa

Abstract: This Regulations aims at prohibiting production, distribution, import, export, sale and use of specific chemical substances capable of a persistent organic polluting effect. The Regulations define relevant terms, including persistent organic pollutants as chemicals that are of global concern due to their potential for long -range transport, persistence in the environment, ability to impact ecosystems, as well as their significant adverse effects on human health and the environment. The Regulations list the chemical substances and provide for offences and penalties.
Full text: English
Website: dffe.gov.za

References - Legislation

Implements

National Environmental Management Act, 1998.

Legislation | South Africa | 1998 (2009)

Keyword: Framework law, Institution, Environmental planning, Dispute settlement, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Governance, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, EIA, Cultural heritage, Policy/planning, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX