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2. Registration of substances
In accordance with the Russian Federation Law No 52-FZ of 30/03/1999 on “Sanitary
and Epidemiological Well-being of the Population” (Art. 43 concerning state registration
of substances and products) and with the Government’s Decree about “State
Registration of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances” No 869
of 12/11/1992, in the Russian Federation a mandatory state registration of potentially
hazardous chemical and biological substances has been implemented in order
to prevent adverse effects on human health and the environment.
State registration is applied to all individual chemical and biological compounds produced
and/or imported into Russia including those used as ingredients in the composition
of end products. Substances having in their composition by-products produced
in the course of manufacturing or use are to be registered like individual substances 2 .
Production, import and use of unregistered substances is prohibited.
Since 1992 approximately 3,400 substances have been registered and are contained
in a respective registration database. However, about 15,000 substances have been
investigated prior to 1992, and those are considered as being registered as well [1].
2.1 Current institutional setup
The Federal State-owned Establishment of Public Health (FSEH) — Russian Register
of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances (RRPHCBS) is entrusted
by Rospotrebnadzor with the preparation of documents necessary for the state registration
of chemical and biological substances. The institution is a National Correspondent
of the UNEP Chemicals programme.
2 Legislation is not further specifying the meaning of this clause, i.e. does it requires registration
of impurities or unintentionally produced substances.
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