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Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07)

Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Strategy for

ASEAN

Mazlin Bin Mokhtar & Goh Choo Ta

Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI)Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)43600 UKM BANGI, Selangor, Malaysia

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

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Scope of Implementation Strategy:

1. Goal

2. Objectives

3. Anticipated Scenario

4. Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap

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1. Goal

• To establish an ASEAN Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap through multi-stakeholder consensus involving collaboration, networking, synergetic efforts, expertise and information sharing at national and regional levels, as well as international level through ASEAN external relations.

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• To facilitate ASEAN member countries to implement GHS by year 2008, including supporting activities for capacity building.

2. ObjectivesOverall Objective

Immediate Objectives 1) To agree on appropriate activities for GHS implementation at

national and regional levels by incorporating the needs of the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) or other relevant programmes in ASEAN.

2) To identify the role of key stakeholders and propose timeline for each activity.

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3) To facilitate GHS implementation within ASEAN member countries and also ASEAN partnerships (11 countries).

4) To strengthen national, regional and international cooperation and collaboration in GHS implementation.

5) To integrate GHS elements into existing workplans and budgets, and consider possible requirements for additional resource mobilization if required.

2. Objectives (cont)Immediate Objectives (cont)

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3. Anticipated ScenarioGHS Implementation at Regional Level 1) Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap is agreed and

implemented.

2) ASEAN-OSHNET Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet is agreed and adopted by ASEAN member countries.

3) GHS elements are incorporated into the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme.

4) ASEAN Protocol 9 (transport) is amended by incorporating appropriate elements from several international technical documents that are in-line with GHS.

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GHS Implementation at Regional Level (cont)

3. Anticipated Scenario (cont)

5) Capacity across the four key sectors, i.e. industrial workplace, agriculture, transport and consumer products in the region in terms of GHS implementation is enhanced through multi-stakeholder approach.

6) A committee/working group for consumer products in ASEAN is established.

7) ASEAN Steering Committee on the GHS (ASCGHS) is established, if feasible.

8) ASEAN Group of Resource Persons on the GHS (AGRPGHS) is established, if feasible.

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3. Anticipated Scenario (cont)GHS Implementation at Regional Level (cont)

9) Harmonise Building Block Approach (BBA) among the ASEAN member countries

10) Transitional period for GHS implementation is identified.

11) Incentives for coordinated implementation of GHS among ASEAN member countries are identified.

12) Issues on mechanism of Confidential Business Information (CBI) have been identified and discussed.

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3. Anticipated Scenario (cont)GHS Implementation at National Level1) All the ASEAN member countries have established a

National Coordinating Committee on the GHS Implementation (NCCGHS).

2) Develop a multilingual (e.g. English and national language) website that consists of GHS implementation status across the four key sectors and other GHS related information.

3) Harmonise Building Block Approach (BBA) across the four sectors

4) National GHS Implementation Strategy is established and implemented.

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4. Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap

There are two sections for the Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap:

Section A: GHS Implementation at ASEAN regional level according to sector: (A1) Industrial Workplace; (A2) Agriculture; (A3) Transport; and (A4) Consumer Products.

Section B: Cross-sectoral GHS Implementation issues at ASEAN regional level

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Section A1: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Industrial Workplace

No MEASURES PROPOSED IMPLEMENTING

BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

1/6 Disseminate the ‘ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheets’ throughout the ASEAN

ASEAN-OSHNET September 2007

(Q3 2007)

2/6 Ensure the ‘ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet’ are accepted by the relevant government bodies in ASEAN.

Senior Labour Official Meeting

(SLOM)(or ASEAN-OSHNET)

December 2007

(Q4 2007)

3/6 Strengthen the role of ASEAN Chemical Industries Council (ACIC) in GHS implementation

ACIC December 2007

(Q4 2007)

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BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

4/6 Identify mechanisms to compromise the needs of confidential business information (CBI) and GHS in the region

ACIC October 2007(Q4 2007)

5/6 Organise GHS training and awareness raising workshops for industries and government agencies

ASEAN-OSHNET and ACIC

December 2007(Q4 2007)

6/6 Identify and nominate accredited institutions within the region to develop SDS

Senior Economic Officials Meeting

(SEOM) and ACIC

September 2008(Q4 2008)

Section A1: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Industrial Workplace (cont)

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Section A2: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Agriculture


BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

1/4 Incorporate GHS elements into the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme

Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers

on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF)

March 2008(Q1 2008)

2/4 Agree on the labels (that are in-line with GHS labelling) for registered pesticides that are accepted by the ASEAN member countries and then upload it onto the ASEAN Pesticides Network and Database.

SOM-AMAF December 2008(Q4 2008)

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BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

3/4 Strengthen the role of CropLife Asia and/or Pesticides Action Network in terms of GHS implementation in ASEAN

CropLife Asia and/or Pesticides Action

Network

June 2008(Q2 2008)

4/4 Organise GHS training and awareness raising workshops for farmers and farm workers

SOM-AMAF, CropLife Asia, and/or Pesticides

Action Network


Section A2: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Agriculture (cont)

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Section A3: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Transport


BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

1/2 Amend Protocol 9 that provides for the simplification of procedures and requirements of the transit transport of dangerous goods in ASEAN.

ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting

(ATM) / ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM)


2/2 Provide training and awareness raising workshops for customs officers in the region

Coordinating Committee on Customs (CCC)

( DG Customs Mtg AFMM)

October 2007(Q4 2007)

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Section A4: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Consumer Products


BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

1/4 Establish a committee/working group for consumer products in ASEAN

ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ)

(under AEM) or SEAgChemNet??


2/4 Ensure that GHS (as a standard) could accelerate the implementation of Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) to eliminate technical trade barrier

ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ)


MRAs

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BODY

PROPOSED TIMELINE

3/4 Strengthen the role of Regional Consumer Organisations in terms of GHS implementation in ASEAN

Regional Consumer Organisations (e.g SEApChemNet,

SEAgChemNet and ACIC??)


4/4 Establish training and awareness raising modules

Regional Consumer Organisations (e.g SEApChemNet,

SEAgChemNet and ACIC??)

June 2008(Q2 2008)

Section A4: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Consumer Products (cont)

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GHS Implementation at the ASEAN Regional Level

GHS Implementation at the National

Level

ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)

Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM)

ASEAN Steering Committee on the GHS (ASCGHS)*

ASEAN GHS Implementation Strategy

and Roadmap

ASEAN Group of Resource Persons on the GHS

(AGRPGHS)*

Ten (10) National Coordinating Committees on the GHS

Implementation (NCCGHS)

National Group of Resource Persons on the GHS

(NGRPGHS)

GHS Committee on Industrial Workplace

(GHSCIW)

GHS Committee on Agriculture (GHSCA)

GHS Committee on Transport (GHSCT)

GHS Committee on Consumer Products

(GHSCCP)

Ten (10) National GHS Implementation

Strategies

ASEAN Secretariat: Bureau for Economic Integration

AMEICC Secretariat

Relevant ASEAN Senior Officials Meetings and Ministerial Meetings

(* Proposed new structures/bodies)

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No MEASURES IMPLEMENTING BODY

TIMELINE

1/5 GHS should become as an agenda item to be discussed in the ASEAN senior officials meeting and if feasible, to the ASEAN Ministerial meetings.

Relevant ASEAN ministerial bodies, senior

official meetings, and technical working

groups


2/5 Establish the ASEAN Steering Committee on the GHS (ASCGHS)

Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) / ASEAN

Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM)

June 2008(Q2 2008)

3/5 Establish ASEAN Group of Resource Persons on the GHS (AGRPGHS)

AMEICC Secretariat September 2007(Q3 2007)

Example


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No MEASURES IMPLEMENTING BODY

TIMELINE

4/5 Facilitate the AGRPGHS meeting

AMEICC Secretariat July 2007(Q3 2007)

5/5 Facilitate GHS implementation at the ASEAN regional level

ASEAN Secretariat (Bureau for Economic

Integration)

June 2007(Q3 2007)

Section B: Cross-sectoral GHS Implementation issues at ASEAN regional level (cont)

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NZ-GHS Case Study as a potential model for ASEAN to scrutinize, adopt and adapt?

• Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996• Hazardous Substances (Minimum Degrees of Hazard) Regulations

2001• Hazardous Substances (Classification) Regulations 2001• Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001• Hazardous Substances (Classes 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations

2001• Hazardous Substances (Identification) Regulations 2001• Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001• Hazardous Substances (Tracking) Regulations 2001• Hazardous Substances (Disposal) Regulations 2001• Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001

• Environment Risk Management Authority (ERMA) New Zealand • Ministry of Environment • Department of Labour • Transport agencies • Local government

Agencies involved:

Existing Regulations and Act:

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Group Standards (an approval under HSNO for groups of hazardous substances of a similar nature, or type or having similar circumstances of use):

1. Additives, Process Chemicals and Raw Materials

2. Aerosols3. Animal Nutrition and Animal

Care Products4. Class 4 Substances 5. Class 5.1.1 Oxidising

Substances and Class 5.2 Organic Peroxides

6. Cleaning Products7. Compressed Gas Mixtures8. Construction Products9. Corrosion Inhibitors10. Cosmetics11. Denatured Ethanol12. Dental Products13. Embalming Products14. Fertilisers

15. Fire Fighting Chemicals 16. Food Additives and Fragrance

Materials 17. Fuel Additives18. Laboratory Chemicals and

Reagent Kids19. Leather and Textiles20. Lubricants21. Metal Industry Products22. N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified)

Substances23. Photographic Chemicals24. Polymers25. Refining Catalysts 26. Solvents27. Surface Coatings and

Colourants28. Water Treatment Chemicals

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From GHS purple Book, First Revised Version 2005:

‘Countries are free to determine which of the building blocks will be applied in different parts of their systems. However, where a system covers something that is in the GHS, and implements the GHS, that coverage should be consistent.’

Information from the Report of the 12th Session of the UNSCEGHS (Geneva, 12-14 December 2006)

(a) Hazard classes are building blocks(b) Within a hazard class, each hazard category can be seen as a building block

Building Block Approach

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Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs)

• MRAs are agreements between two or more countries to mutually recognize or accept some or all aspects of one another’s country conformity assessment results.

• Advantages of MRAs are such as reduced costs, greater certainty for market access, increase competition and freer flow of trade. It is anticipated that adoption of GHS could streamline or simplify mechanism for the MRAs where GHS is a globally recognized standards.

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Proposed selected ministerial bodies, senior officials meetings and working groups that can bring up GHS as an agenda item

Labour:1) ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM)2) ASEAN Senior Labour Officials Meeting (SLOM)

Agriculture:3) ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF)4) Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and

Forestry (SOM-AMAF)5) ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crops6) ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Agriculture Cooperatives7) ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Agriculture Training and Extension8) ASEAN Technical Working Group on Research and Development9) ASEAN Network for Pesticide Regulatory Authorities

Transport:10) ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM)11) ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM)12) Transport Facilitation Working Group13) Air Transport Working Group14) Land Transport Working Group15) Maritime Transport Working Group

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Standards:16) ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM)17) ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ)18) Working Group on Standards and Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAS)19) Working Group Accreditation and Conformity Assessment20) ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC)21) Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG)22) Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group

(TMHSPWG)23) Wood-Based Product Working Group (WBPWG)24) Rubber-Based Product Working Group (RBPWG)

Customs:25) ASEAN Finance Ministers Meetings (AFMM) 26) Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs 27) Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Committee on Customs Matters (ECCM) 28) Meeting of the ASEAN Customs Directors on Information and Communication

Technology (ACDICT)29) Meeting of the ASEAN Customs Directors on Enforcement and Mutual

Assistant (ACDEMA)30) Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinators of Customs Training Centre (ACCTC)31) ASEAN Customs Procedures and Facilitators Working Group

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Environment32) ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME)33) ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN)34) ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (AWGMEA)35) ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME)36) ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management (AWGWRM)37) ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC)

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