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This publication presents a unique list of restrictive regulatory actions taken by one hundred thirteen Governments on over eleven hundred pharmaceuticals, agricultural and industrial chemicals, as well as consumer products. This comprehensive and informative book was produced in response to General Assembly resolutions aimed at protecting the world against products harmful to health and the environment. The current issue is entirely devoted to chemicals.
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STIESN285 Department of Economic and Social Affairs Consolidated List of Products Whose Consumption andlor Sale Have Been Banned, Withdrawn, Severely Restricted or Not Approved by Governments Ninth Issue (New data only) (December 2001-June 2003) Chemicals United Nations New York, 2004 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. Copyright 0 United Nations, 2004 All rights reserved. Applications for the right to reproduce this work or parts thereof are welcomed and should be sent to the Secretary, United Nations Publication Board, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10017, United States of America. Governments and governmental institutions may reproduce this work or parts thereof without permission, but are requested to inform the United Nations of such reproduction. STlESN285 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Sales No. E.04.IV.2 ISBN 92-1-1 30232-3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .......................................................................................... .v .. Listing of products by product name ........................................................... .vi1 List of codes for countries, territories and areas ................................................ .ix PART I - REGULATORY INFORMATION Agricultural chemicals .................................................................... .3 Industrial chemicals ...................................................................... .29 Consumer products ....................................................................... .37 PART II - COMMERCIAL INFORMATION (Commercial information not included ) INDEXES A. Index by Chemical Abstract Service (CAS)Registry numbers .................41 B. Index to Chemicals by scientific and common names, and synonyms .........43 ANNEXES I. 11. 111. IV. General Assembly and Economic and Social Council resolutions.. .......47 Criteria for the inclusion of pharmaceutical and chemical products in the Consolidated List ................................................................ .6 1 Reference cited in the regulatory text.. ....................................... ..62 Questionnaire ....................................................................... 63 This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION resolution 2001/33, which requested the Secretary-General to look at the possibility of online dissemination of the List. In addition to the web posting, the eighth issue will be the last one to be published in the printed version as a whole, containing complete historical data. This is the first time that an update of the Consolidated List of Products whose Consumption and/or Sale have been Banned, Withdrawn, Severely Restricted or not Approved by Governments has been printed in a “short version”, Le., the present issue will contain only new data. The complete ninth issue, containing historical data on chemicals, will be posted on the United Nations web site. This short version of the ninth issue has been printed for the benefit of those users of the List, particularly for users in the developing countries, who may not have easy access to the Inter