IFCS Indicators of Progress
Priorities for Action beyond 2000
and
Forum Recommendations
QUESTIONNAIRE
Please provide the information described on the following pages concerning your country,
giving the current status and, to the extent possible, that foreseen at the end of 2006
Please complete:
COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES
1.
NATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES FOR CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT
Priorities for Action E1 and E21
1a)
Has a comprehensive National Chemicals Management Profile, or other
equivalent strategic national plan, been developed
through a multi-stakeholder process2?
National Profile
Yes
x‫ڤ‬
Other equivalent strategic national plan
No
‫ڤ‬
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes" to either of the above, please indicate the original publication date and
the date(s) of any revisions.
May, 2004
___________________________________________________________
If "Yes" to either of the above, please list all ministries, agencies and
organizations that participated:
Project spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
If "No", is your country in the process of developing or planning on developing a
Comprehensive National Chemicals Management Profile?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
Expected completion date ___________
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", have equivalent measures such as a government investigation on
chemical safety followed by legislative measures been undertaken?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", please describe:
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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The Priorities for Action Beyond 2000 may be viewed on the IFCS website at www.ifcs.ch.
A multi-stakeholder process is a process involving all concerned national ministries and other government
institutions, as well as other interested national parties.
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1b)
Has your country developed any of the following on the sound management of
chemicals?
If yes, please
provide year
completed.
RA 6969” Toxic
Substances and
Hazardous and
Nuclear Wastes
Control Act”
Globally
Harmonized
System for
Labelling
Stockholm
Convention on
the Persistent
Organic
Pollutants
Rotterdam
Convention on
Prior Informed
Consent
Industrial and
AgroChemicals
Hazardous
Wastes
If development is in progress,
please provide the expected
completion year?
Completed – 1990
National Strategies
National
Implementation
Plan on POPs
In progress
National Action Plans
Preparation
On-going
National Policies
National Priorities
1c)
No
In progress
Ratified in CY 2004; activities
in-progress
Ratification in-progress
Activities on-going
Has your country established an inter-ministerial/intersectoral coordinating
mechanism (e.g. committee or body) to facilitate the comprehensive treatment of
chemical safety issues?
Yes x‫ڤ‬
If "Yes":
No
‫ڤ‬
What is the name of the "mechanism"?
Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health (IACEH)
Inter-Agency Technical Advisory Committee/Chemical Review
Committee (IATAC/CRC)
When was it established?
IACEH – Executive Order 489, 1991
IATAC - 1990
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2.
CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING OF CHEMICALS
Priority for Action B1
2a)
Has your country initiated work to adopt and implement the Globally Harmonized
System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)?
Yes x‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", what is the expected date (year) GHS will be fully operational?
_______CY 2008__________________________________________________
2b)
Has your country ratified and implemented ILO Convention 170 on Safety in the
Use of Chemicals at Work3, or instituted comparable measures?
Yes
3.
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
NATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON HAZARDOUS
CHEMICALS
Priority for Action C1
3a)
What arrangements are operational in your country for the exchange of
information on hazardous chemicals? Please describe.
Implementation of international conventions such as:
1. Basel Convention
2. Stockholm Convention
3. Montreal Protocol
4. Rotterdam Convention
Please indicate if the established infrastructure includes:
1) website where national partners can gain access to chemical information
sources,
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
www.emb.gov.ph
2) institutional directory listing sources of information
4.
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No ‫ڤ‬
Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS)
NATIONAL PROCEDURES ON SAFETY INFORMATION FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN
CIRCULATION
Priority for Action C3
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ILO Convention 170 may be viewed on the ILO website at:
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm
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4a)
Does your country have procedures in place to ensure that any hazardous material
put into circulation is accompanied, at a minimum, by appropriate and reliable
safety information that is easy to access, read and understand?
Yes x‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes":
Are the procedures consistent with the safety data sheets of the 1990 International
Labour Organization Chemicals Convention (No.170)?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
Do they conform to the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and
Labelling Of Chemicals?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
5.
No
‫ڤ‬
ECOLOGICALLY SOUND AND INTEGRATED STRATEGIES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT
Priority for Action D1
5a)
Has your country prepared integrated pest management strategies?
Yes x‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", were national studies done to develop the strategies?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
6.
No
‫ڤ‬
OBSOLETE STOCKS OF PESTICIDES AND OTHER CHEMICALS
Priority for Action D2
6a)
Are there any obsolete stocks of pesticides and/or other chemicals in your
country?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
6b)
No
‫ڤ‬
Has your country prepared an action plan for disposal of obsolete stocks of
pesticides and other chemicals?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", has the action plan been implemented? On -going
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", has the action plan been completed?
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Yes x‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", is work in progress to prepare an action plan?
Yes
No
7.
‫ ڤ‬If yes, what is the expected completion date (year)?
‫ڤ‬
___on-going____
If no, why not? _________________________________________
NATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR PREVENTION OF MAJOR INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & RESPONSE
Priority for Action D4
7a)
Has your country implemented a national system for emergency preparedness and
response, in accordance with international principles 4?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", is work in progress to implement the system?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
7b)
expected completion date (year)? _______________ No
Is there a national law requiring the system?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
7c)
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
Has your country ratified and implemented ILO Convention 174 5 on Prevention
of Major Industrial Accidents?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes
8.
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
INTERNATIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF PESTICIDES
8a)
Has your government implement the revised International Code of Conduct on
the Distribution and Use of Pesticides (November 2002) 6 as the basis for a
comprehensive life cycle approach to pesticide management ?
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Ref. OECD Second Edition 2003 Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and
Response, undertaken in cooperation with other international organizations, including ILO, IMO, UNECE,
UNEP, UNOCHA (UNEP/OCHA Joint Environment Unit) and WHO.
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ILO Convention 170 may be viewed on the ILO website at:
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm
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The International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides may be viewed at:
http://www.fao.org/AG/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/
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Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes
8b)
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
Have the provisions of the Code of Conduct been implemented through other
pieces of legislation or by other means?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", please briefly describe.
Through legislation under Presidential Decree 1144 creating the Fertilizer and
Pesticides Authority
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9.
POISON CENTRES
Priority for Action D7
9a)
Have poison centre(s) been established in your country?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", please indicate classification level for each poison centre:
WHO Status of Development Classification
well-established centres, the full range of clinical analytical and other relevant facilities
A
and cover the whole country.
well-established centres, but lack some of the related facilities or do not provide full
B
coverage to the country. These centres require further development in order to meet
the ideal criteria for centres given in the IPCS Guidelines
certain facilities for poison control, but require major support to develop further areas
C
of activities, according to the criteria in the IPCS Guidelines, and should expand
coverage through the country.
Centre (Name &
location)
PGH Poison
Control and
Information Unit,
City of Manila
East Avenue
Medical Center,
Quezon City
Date
Established
1975
Classification initial
1990
Classification 2000
Classification current
A
B
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Rizal Medical
Center, Pasig
City
2001
C
Bicol Medical
Center, Naga City
Northern
Mindanao
Regional and
Training Hospital,
Cgayan de Oro
City
Batangas
Regional
Hospital,
Batangas City
Davao Medical
Center, Davao
City
Vicente Sotto
Memorial
Medical Center,
Cebu City
Baguio General
Hospital, Baguio
City
Eastern Visayas
Regional Medical
Center, Tacloban
City
Ilocos Medical
and Training
Hospital, La
Union
2001
C
1999
C
2002
C
1990
C
1996
C
1996
C
2003
C
2004
C
9b)
Is strengthening of poison centers planned?
Yes
If "Yes", for what time period?
Establishment: 1 per region by 2010
Strengthening: 2008
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9c)
If there are no established poison centres in your country, is work under way in
your country to establish a poison control centre with related chemical and
analytical facilities for the first time?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes" when do you expect the poison control centre to be operational? Please
provide location and date (year).
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10.
POLLUTANT RELEASE AND TRANSFER REGISTERS/EMISSION INVENTORIES
Priority for Action D8
10a)
Has your country established:
An air emission inventory?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
A land emission inventory?
Yes x‫ڤ‬
A water emission inventory?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
A waste inventory?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
A Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No x ‫ڤ‬
If "No", is work being initiated to design a PRTR or emission inventory
system?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
10 b) Has your country implemented a system comparable to the PRTR (e.g. the
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
11.
No
‫ڤ‬
PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL TRAFFIC IN TOXIC & DANGEROUS PRODUCTS
Priority for Action F
11a)
Has your country developed a national strategy, or other national measures (e.g.
legislation, action plans) for the prevention of illegal traffic in toxic and
dangerous products?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
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‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", when was it prepared? Please indicate date (year)
Through RA 6969 in 1990
12.
Children and Chemical Safety (Forum IV Recommendation)
12a)
Has your government prepared, through multi-stakeholder consultation,
initial national assessments of children’s environmental health and
chemical safety?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No x ‫ڤ‬
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
12b)
No
‫ڤ‬
Has your government taken action to promote harmonized data collection,
research, legislation and regulations, and the use of indicators of children’s
environmental health?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No x ‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", please briefly describe:
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
13. HAZARD DATA GENERATION (Forum IV Recommendation)
13a)
Has your government established national priorities for information
generation for chemicals that are not produced in high volumes?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
Other Forum IV Recommendations address:
Please provide brief information on specific actions your government has taken to
respond to the recommendations of Forum IV in these areas:
Occupational Safety and Health;
Acutely Toxic Pesticides – risk management and reduction;
Capacity building;
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INFOCAP (Information Exchange Network on Capacity Building for the Sound
Management of Chemicals ) implementation.
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Details of person completing the questionnaire:
IFCS National Focal Point:
Yes
No
Name:
Title:
Ministry
Address
Tel:
Fax:
Date:
Email:
Signature:
Please provide the following additional information:
Does the IFCS National Focal Point have direct access to the Internet in his/her office?
Yes x ‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", does he/she have access to the Internet in the building where he/she works?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
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