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

Regulations

Regulations Prohibiting the Production, Distribution, Import, Export, Sale and Use of Persistent Organic Pollutants that are listed by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2021

Chapter 2 : General Prohibitions

3. General Prohibitions

 

No person may produce, distribute, import, export, sell or use any of the following listed substances:

 

(a) Hexabromocyclododecane;

 

(b) Hexachlorobutadiene;

 

(c) Polychlorinated naphthalenes;

 

(d) Decabromodiphenyl ether;

 

(e) Short-chain chlorinated paraffins; and

 

(f) Periluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds.