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National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

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Regulations to domesticate the requirements of the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, 2023 - effective 1 July 2023

Chapter 2 : General Prohibitions

3. General prohibition

 

(1) No person may import or export a chemical into or from South Africa,without obtaining consent in terms of these Regulations prior to importing or exporting the chemical listed in Annexure I;

 

(2) The prohibition does not apply to the exportation of a chemical that is—
(a) present as unintentional trace contaminant in products.
(b) to be used for laboratory-scale research or as a reference standard.