NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

Improvements inTheir Management(Law No. 86 of1999)businesses provide information on thehandling and properties of chemicalsubstances, while obtaining theunderstanding of businesses and public,in consideration of internationalcooperation in the area of chemicalmanagement relating to environmentalprotection and following measuresbased on scientific knowledge andexperiences and the situation of themanufacture, use and handling ofchemicals.Law ConcerningSpecial MeasuresAgainst Dioxins(Law No. 105 of1999)MOEDioxinsIn consideration of the fact that dioxinsmay gravely impact human health andlife, the law establishes standardsnecessary to form the basis of policieson dioxins in order to eliminate andprevent dioxin pollution of theenvironment and stipulates thenecessary regulations and measures, etc.relating to contaminated soil.Law for EnsuringImplementation ofRecovery andDestruction ofFluorocarbonsConcerningSpecified Products(Law No. 64 of2001)METIMOEFluorocarbonsContributing to secure the healthy andcultured life of present and futurepeople as well as the welfare ofhumanity, by reducing emissions offluorocarbons into the atmospherewhich deplete the ozone layer and thuscause adverse effect on global warming,through, establishing the guidelineregarding the recovery and destructionof fluorocarbons contained in specifiedproducts and stipulating responsibilitiesof businesses and measures to ensurethe implementation of the recovery anddestruction of these substances whilegiving due consideration to theimportance of active internationalcooperation to protect the ozone layerand prevent global warming which areglobal challenges facing humanity.Law concerningSpecial Measureagainst PCB waste(Law No. 65 of2001)MOEPCB wasteIn consideration of the fact that PCB haslow bio-degradability, and may gravelyimpact human health and livingEnvironment, and that PCB wasteshas’nt been disposed yet, the lawimplements necessary regulations instoring, disposing etc., and establishes asystem to dispose PCB wastes, thenpromotes PCB waste disposal.Soil ContaminationCountermeasuresLaw(Law No. 53 of2002)MOESpecified hazardoussubstancesProtecting public health throughimplementing the following measuresagainst soil contamination: Establishingmeasures to grasp the situation of soilcontamination by specified hazardoussubstances and establishing measures toprevent damage to human healthcaused by contaminated soil.Note: Laws listed according to their order of establishment.25