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welcome > Paraquat Watch > Where is Paraquat Banned?


The table below provides information on the countries which have
banned, withdrawn or restricted the use of paraquat

Country

Date

Restriction

Costa Rica

19/09/2005

Ban on aerial application 1

Belgium

19/09/2005

Use limited to professionals only 2

Syria

21/02/2005

Banned 3

New Zealand

01/01/2004

Preparations above 5% are restricted to commercial users and must be labelled dangerous poison 4

Cambodia

15/12/2003

Banned 5

Belize

01/01/2003

Ban on aerial application 6

USA

01/01/2003

May only be used by a certified pesticide applicator or under the direct supervision of a certified applicator 7

Chile

01/01/2003

Ban on aerial application 8

Switzerland

20/11/2002

Not registered for use due to acute toxicity 9

Indonesia

01/01/1999

Severely restricted use under professional supervision 10

Caribbean

01/01/1999

Local Restricted 11

Slovenia

13/07/1997

Banned 12

Denmark

01/07/1995

Banned 13

Germany

11/08/1993

Severely restricted 14

Austria

01/01/1993

Banned 15

Dominican Republic

04/06/1992

Banned (not implemented) 16

Hungary

30/09/1991

No uses permitted 17

Columbia

01/01/1989

Ban on aerial application 18

Philippines

01/01/1989

Restricted 19

South Korea

30/03/1987

Formulations must contain an emetic, stenching agent and a distinguishing colour 20

Finland

30/08/1986

Banned 21

Kuwait

01/01/1985

Banned 22

Sweden

31/12/1983

Banned 23

Norway

01/01/1981

Withdrawn from the market 24

Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal (DSV) Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Autorización de plaguicidas, San José, Costa Rica http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008948.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008935.html

Personal Communication between Ms. Afraa Nouh of the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic (MSEA) and F. Meienberg of the Berne Declaration (September 2005) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25010165.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008953.html

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Kingdom of Cambodia (15 December 2003) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008929.html

Pesticides Control Board Government of Belize (PCB), Pesticides Control Act, 2003 (2002) http://www.pcbbelize.com/laws.html

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Pesticide registration and classification procedures, Title 40, volume 21, section 152.175, Washington, DC 2003 http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/08aug20031600/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2003/julqtr/pdf/40cfr152.175.pdf

Ministerio de Agricultura (SAG), Gobierno de Chile, Resolución Nº 909 de 2001
Ministerio de Agricultura (SAG), Plaguicidas y fertilizantes: plaguicidas autorizados; plaguicidas restringidos, 2005 http://www.evb.ch/cm_data/1_Gobierno_de_Chile__Resol_Paraquat_909_.pdf

Statement of the Federal Council of Switzerland, (11 November  2002)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p1832.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008951.html

Pesticides Control Authority of the Caribbean (PCC), The Pesticides Regulations, p. 85, 1999 http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008945.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008939.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008936.html

Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL), Datenblatt: Gramoxone Extra [use restrictions for specific crops], Braunschweig 2005 http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008950.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008928.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008949.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008943.html

Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (MADR), Resolución 3028 de 1989 del ICA, Bo-gotá, República de Colombia 1989 http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008947.html

Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority of the Republic of the Philippines (FPA), Banned and Re-stricted Pesticides (as amended by Pesticide Circular no.4, 1989) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008954.html

Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007) http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008952.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008937.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
 http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008938.html

Produktkontrollnaemndens, Statens Naturvaardsverk, Beslut från Den, 31 December 1983, Stockholm, Sweden 1983 http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008940.html

‘Legal Status of Paraquat in Different Countries’, Berne Declaration, (30 July 2007)
http://www.evb.ch/en/p25008932.html

 

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