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Update on June 1, 2020: Thailand has officially released the Hazardous Substance List (No.6), the amendment made to the List is just the same as draft notified by WTO. The List (No.6) enters into effect immediately.
(Following is the original article)
On April 1, 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a notification [1] to seek comments from members on the Thailand’s amendment to its List of Hazardous Substance. The consultation will last 60 days starting from the date of notification.
Thailand’s List of Hazardous Substances consists of 6 annexes, and each annex is managed by a different competent authority. This amendment just involves List 1.1, which is under the management of the Department of Agriculture (DOA). In addition, the List sorts chemicals into 4 types for different levels of supervision.
In last October, DOA has initiated the domestic consultation on this amendment. (ChemLinked News [2]) Compared the notified version with the original draft, we find that some proposed changes have been accepted while the others have been rejected. The below table shows the amendment to the List of Hazardous Substances in the notified version.
Table 1. Amendment to the Hazardous Substances List
No. | Substance Name | CAS NO. | Type | Condition |
53 | Chlorpyrifos | 2921-88-2 | 3 4 | Except the part on responsibility of Food and Drug Administration and Department of Industrial Works |
54 | Chlorpyrifos-methyl | 5598-13-0 | 3 4 | Except the part on responsibility of Food and Drug Administration |
352 | Paraquat | 4685-14-7 | 3 4 | |
353 | Paraquat dichloride | 1910-42-5 | 3 4 | Except the part on responsibility of Department of Industrial Works and Food and Drug Administration |
354 | Paraquat dichloride[bis (methyl sulfate)] | 2074-50-2 | 3 4 |
In conclusion, the above 5 chemicals are proposed to be changed to Type 4, which means they will be totally prohibited. What’s more, the exemption condition for Chlorpyrifos, Chlorpyrifos-methyl and Paraquat dichloride are repealed as well.
