SYMPOSIUM ON ILLEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS 68 NOVEMBER 2006 PRAGUE PRUHONICE,

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SYMPOSIUM ON ILLEGAL INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC
IN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS6-8 NOVEMBER 2006PRAGUE -
PRUHONICE, CZECH REPUBLICJens Küllmer, MBA
jens.kuellmer_at_bmu.bund.de
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United Nations, General Assembly, 20 December
1988 (A/RES/43/212) 1. Urges all States,
bearing in mind their respective
responsibilities, to take the necessary legal and
technical measures in order to halt and prevent
the illegal international traffic in, and the
dumping and resulting accumulation of, toxic and
dangerous products and wastes.
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• World Summit on Sustainable Development,
• Johannesburg, September 2002
• to achieve, by 2020, that chemicals are used
  and
• produced in ways that lead to the minimization of
  
• significant adverse effects on human health and
  the
• environment.

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Policies on illegal international traffic of
hazardous chemicals
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Elements for policy development

• Targets to be adressed
• Existing international instruments
• Responsibilities for control
• Aspects for enabling and implementation

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Targets to be adressed on illegal transport
Existing international legislation
Chemicals
Articles
Wastes
Basel Convention
RotterdamConventionMontreal Protocol
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International instruments to prevent illegal
transport of chemicals

• Basel Convention
• Germany party since 22. March 1989
• Requirements for control of transboundary
  transport of wastes (chemicals)
• Export of wastes require the prior consent of the
  importing country

• Rotterdam Convention
• Germany party since
• 11.January 2001
• Export of chemicals require the prior consent of
  the importing country
• Information exchange on hazardous chemicals

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Responsible Authorities

• For instance Germany
• Federal Environment Agency (Basel)
• Federal Agency für Traffic Transport
• Authorities of the Federal States
• Custom tax authorities
• Control of transports at borderlines
• together with authorities of the neighbour
  countries

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Example Status of PIC implementation

• Implementation by Community and not national
  legislation
• Problems from administration of import/export
  notification of restricted chemicals are faced in
  some cases in the field of information exchange
• (charged authorities in importing (developing)
  countries are sometimes hard to contact and to
  get official statements/permits)

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Example New European Chemicals Policy (REACH)
-1-EU regulatory framework for chemicals

• Registration
• Evaluation
• Authorisation of CHemicals

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Advantages

• Improvement of health and environment conditions
• Gain in credibility and dependability (Made in
  Europe)
• Decrease of liabity risks through information
  exhange before application
• Increase in innovation (substitution of dangerous
  existing substances)
• Cash benefit for the European chemicals industry
  on foreign markets

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• New European Chemicals Policy (REACH) -2-
• Requirements on Chemicals in Articles
• Notification of intentionally released chemicals
  from articles
• Registration of gt 0,1 mass high-concern
  chemicals in acticles
• Problem How to control imports?

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Enabling authorities for control

• Inspection of goods by indicators
• declaration of chemicals and products,
• classification and labelling of the chemicals
• Transport documentation
• designated applications of chemicals and products
• Problem Control of random examination possible
  only!

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Key elements for implementation

• Documentation in transport during the whole
  transport chain
• Correct declaration of goods
• Information exchange and
• communication between trading countries and
  authorities

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Measures to prevent illegal transport

• system controls
• self organisation
• management systems
• product information
• certificates
• voluntary labelling

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ICCM
IFCS
Chapter 19 Agenda 21
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SAICM Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management
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Milestones SAICM

• International Conference on Chemicals Management
  (ICCM) in Dubai February 2006
• Global Ministerial Environment Council (GMEF),
  decision on SAICM elements
• a high-level political declaration
• an overarching chemicals policy (OPS)
• a global programme of action (GPA)
• ICCM 2009

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SAICM Political commitment Dubai
Declaration 25. We will endeavour to prevent
illegal traffic in toxic, hazardous, banned and
severely restricted chemicals and chemical
products and wastes. OPS (p. 13 E Illegal
traffic)