Japan - Notice on the Designation of Substances Newly Listed at the 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Chemical Substances Control Law

This notice designates the substances newly listed at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention as banned substances as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Chemical Substances Control Law (Japan CSCL), including chlorpyrifos, medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (long-chain PFCAs) and their salts, and long-chain PFCA-related substances. It is applicable to activities such as the production, manufacture, import and export of chemical substances in Japan.