Regarding the Chemical Weapons Convention
Below is the announcement from the Ministry of Industry and Technology for your information.
Article 8 of Law No. 5564 on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Implementation of the Law on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and the Notification of Toxic Chemical Substances and Precursors and Different Chemical Substances within the Scope of the Law, issued based on this Law, contains provisions regarding notifications.
According to the Regulation, previous year's notifications (ADPA) regarding Lists 1, 2, 3 and Other Organic Chemicals included in the Annex to the Regulation must be submitted to the General Directorate of Industry and Productivity of our Ministry by January 31st, and next year's projected notifications (ADAA) regarding the chemicals in Lists 1, 2 and 3 must be submitted by August 31st, using the appropriate form included in the Annex to the Regulation.
Producers, importers, users, or possessors of List 1 and List 2 chemicals are required to submit ADPA and ADAA notifications within the tonnages specified in the regulation.,
Manufacturers producing 30 tons or more of List 3 chemicals annually are required to submit ADPA and ADAA notifications.,
Furthermore, with regard to Other Organic Chemicals, ADPA notifications are required if they produce 200 tons or more annually of various organic chemicals obtained by synthesis and/or organic substances containing phosphorus, sulfur and fluorine elements, excluding carbon oxides, sulfides, metal carbonates and metal-carbon compounds belonging to the class of chemical compounds consisting of all carbon compounds, which are not included in the Chemical Substances Table group in Annex 1, and/or 30 tons or more annually.
I kindly request that you inform the companies within your organization to evaluate themselves in terms of raw materials and production processes within the scope of the attached Law and Regulation, and if they fall within these scopes, to complete the appropriate form in the Regulation and submit it to our Ministry in a timely manner.
Note: For any questions regarding this matter, please contact Güzin BARAN (guzin.baran@sanayi.gov.tr Tel: 0312 2015547).
