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: HUNGARY
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 X‫ڤ‬2005-2007
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes" to either of the above, please indicate the original publication date and
the date(s) of any revisions.
Original publ: 31 December 1997.
Deadline for revision: 15 October 2005.
If "Yes" to either of the above, please list all ministries, agencies and
organizations that participated:
See:
Annex_________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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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1
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.
2
1b)
Has your country developed any of the following on the sound management of
chemicals?
If yes, please
provide year
completed.
If development is in progress,
please provide the expected
completion year?
No
National Policies
1997
National Priorities
1997
National Strategies
1997
1997
*
* Act No XXV of 2000 on Chemical Safety
National Action Plans
1c)
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-ministerial committee on Chemical Safety
When was it established?
In 2000. - 188/2000 Governmental Decree
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?
___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 X‫ڤ‬
3.
3
No
‫ڤ‬
NATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON HAZARDOUS
CHEMICALS
ILO Convention 170 may be viewed on the ILO website at:
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm
Priority for Action C1
Act No XXV/2000/HTIS
3a)
What arrangements are operational in your country for the exchange of
information on hazardous chemicals? Please describe.
NCPH-NICS HTIS – National Information System (KBIR)
PIC National Authority
Please indicate if the established infrastructure includes:
1) website where national partners can gain access to chemical information
sources,
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
www.fjokk.hu
2) institutional directory listing sources of information
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No ‫ڤ‬
NCPH and institutes
NCPH-NICS 1096 Budapest, Nagyvárad tér 2
NCPH-NIOH 1096 Budapest, Nagyvárad tér 2
NCPH-NIEH 1096 Budapest, Gyáli út 6
NCPH-NIRRSH 1221 Budapest Anna u 5
4.
NATIONAL PROCEDURES ON SAFETY INFORMATION FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN
CIRCULATION
Priority for Action C3
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
Do they conform to the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and
Labelling Of Chemicals?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No X‫ ڤ‬They conform to the EU system.
For GHS see. note at 2a.
5.
ECOLOGICALLY SOUND AND INTEGRATED STRATEGIES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT
Priority for Action D1
5a)
Has your country prepared integrated pest management strategies?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", were national studies done to develop the strategies?
Yes
6.
‫ڤ‬
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
6b)
Has your country prepared an action plan for disposal of obsolete stocks
of pesticides and other chemicals?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No ‫ ڤ‬The program was multi-steps, action-like.
There were 3 of them up to now. The next one is planned for 2006.
If "Yes", has the action plan been implemented?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No X‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", has the action plan been completed?
Yes ‫ڤ‬
No X‫ڤ‬
If "No", is work in progress to prepare an action plan?
Yes
No
7.
‫ ڤ‬If yes, what is the expected completion date (year)?
‫ڤ‬
___________
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 principles4?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", is work in progress to implement the system?
Yes
7b)
4
‫ ڤ‬expected completion date (year)? _______________
No
‫ڤ‬
Is there a national law requiring the system?
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.
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
7c)
Has your country ratified and implemented ILO Convention 1745 on
Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
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 ?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", please briefly describe.
The elements of the Code have been incorporated into the national legislation.
No XXXV of 2000 on Plant protection and its executional decrees, Decree No 89
of 2000 (V. 15.), Min. of Agriculture; Decree No 5 of 2001 (I. 16.) Min.
Agriculture.
Act
of
9.
POISON CENTRES
Priority for Action D7
9a)
Have poison centre(s) been established in your country?
Yes X‫ڤ‬Partly
No
‫ڤ‬
5
ILO Convention 170 may be viewed on the ILO website at:
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm
The International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides may be viewed at:
http://www.fao.org/AG/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/
6
If "Yes", please indicate classification level for each poison centre: Partly developed. The
technical infrastructure is available. The beginning of its development: 1976.
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)
9b)
Date
Established
Classification initial
Classification 2000
Classification current
Is strengthening of poison centers planned? Yes.
If "Yes", for what time period?
_____2005-____________________
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 X‫ڤ‬
No ‫ڤ‬
If "Yes" when do you expect the poison control centre to be operational? Please
provide location and date (year).
2005 – depending on the measures taken by the Ministry of Health and the Office
of the Chief Medical Officer
10.
POLLUTANT RELEASE AND TRANSFER REGISTERS/EMISSION INVENTORIES
Priority for Action D8
10a)
Has your country established:
An air emission inventory?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
A land emission inventory?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
A water emission inventory?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
A waste inventory?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
A Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", is work being initiated to design a PRTR or emission inventory
system?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
10 b) Has your country implemented a system comparable to the PRTR (e.g. the
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control)?
Yes X‫ڤ‬
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", when was it prepared? Please indicate date (year)
There is no decree in effect, but in 2004 a contract was made between the
National
Center for Public Health and the Customs authorities for providing
information on substances crossing the borders illegal ly, and if required, for chemical
identification of the substances.
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes
12b)
‫ڤ‬
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "Yes", please briefly describe:
Seeking answer to this question is a separate item in the Hungarian Public Health
Programme. A school hygiene service, with both authority and service functions,
is operating in Hungary. Chemical safety education is compulsorily included in
the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools .
If "No", are efforts under way to do so?
Yes
‫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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
It is obligatory, the National Authority Task has been started (Act No
XXV on Chemical Safety, article 7, point 8; 793/93/EEC
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;
INFOCAP (Information Exchange Network on Capacity Building for the Sound
Management of Chemicals ) implementation.
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Similarly to EU, Hungary is implementing a labour protection programme,
accepted for 2002-2006 by resolution of the Parliament.
In Hungary the heavily toxic, as well as, persistent pesticides have been gradually
withdrawn since 1960 or are being withdrawn; mutagenic and carcinogenic
pesticides have not been allowed to be marketed and used since 1980.
Fatal occupational poisoning has not occurred since years.
Increase of chemical safety capacity proportion to the tasks is ensured by the
Hungarian Chemical Safety Act issued in 2000.
Connection to INFOCAP was made in July 2004. Since then, we have visited the
www.infocap.info website regularly, and in many cases have found the appropriate
answer to our problems regarding the sound management of chemicals. It is also
possible to get answer to our concrete questions through e-mail from
infocap@who.int
Details of person completing the questionnaire:
IFCS National Focal Point:
Yes
Prof. Dr. György Ungváry
Name:
Fodor József National Center for Public Health
Title:
1096 Budapest, Nagyvárad tér 2 Hungary
Ministry of Health
Ministry
1051 Budapest, Arany János u. 6-8.
Address
No
215-5491
Tel:
28 February 2005
Fax:
2156891
ungvary@fjokk.hu
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 X‫ڤ‬
No
‫ڤ‬
If "No", does he/she have access to the Internet in the building where he/she works?
Yes
‫ڤ‬
No
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