Proceedings of the Asia regional workshop on the

E. Selected standards
Important issues or questions missing:
● Protective clothing difficult to wear
● 5.2.3 to be answered by industry only
● Enquire about incentives for container collection
● Rinsing <strong>of</strong> containers not to be encouraged
● Give list <strong>of</strong> prohibited pesticides instead <strong>of</strong> a description
● Question 6.2.7 to include application equipment
● National legislation and enforcement to be broken up into questions
● Voluntary responsive action may be mandatory in some countries
Ambiguous questions:
● Poison information center/poison control center/poison facility; partially repetitive <strong>of</strong>
Section C.
● 5.2.3 addressed to industry
● 5.1.5 and 5.3.3 repetitive questions
● Classification <strong>of</strong> pesticides by WTO, WHO
● Question about pesticide registration as yes/no question
Minimum standard <strong>of</strong> compliance
● Code <strong>of</strong> Conduct
Objectively verifiable indicators:
● Small/large degree > rating system
● Ask for percentage instead <strong>of</strong> what degree
● List <strong>of</strong> banned/restricted pesticides
Availability and quality <strong>of</strong> information:
Country Availability 1 Format 2 Quality 3 Location 4
Bangladesh P I D DAE
Cambodia P O E BAMS
China F P, I D ICAMA, NDARC
DPR Korea F P, I D MOA,GBQC
India P P D DPP, MOH
Indonesia P O NA
Lao PDR P P, I D DOA
Malaysia P O, I D MOH, DOA
Myanmar P I E PPD
Nepal P I D DPP, MPOPH
Pakistan P I D MOH
Philippines P P, I D DA
Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea F P, I D MOH, RDA
Singapore P P D AVA, NEA
Sri Lanka P I D MOH
Thailand F, P P, O D MOH, DOA
Viet Nam P P, I D MOARD
1 full (F), partial (P) or none (N)
2 published (P), internal report (I), personal communication (C), o<strong>the</strong>r (O)
3 personal estimates (E), quantitative data (D)
4 Department acronym
NA = not available
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