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The Brazilian Path to Establish Legal and
Administrative Infrastructure to the Sound
Chemicals ManagementDF - Brazil
ICCM4, september/october 2015
Letícia Reis de CarvalhoDirector
Departament of Environmental Quality in the industry
Ministry of the Environment
Brazil
The importance of the Brazilian chemical industry
Fonte: ABIQUIM.
Brazilian Chemical Industry Net Sales – 2014 (*) (US$ bn)
Total:US$ 156,7 bn
Sources: Abiquim and associations of specific segments
(*) Estimated.
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
1,5 1,3 2,0 2,9 4,6 5,4 5,86,5 6,3 6,67,2 6,3 6,2
8,6 7,9 8,413,3
23,2
15,720,7
26,528,1
32,0 31,2
Deficit
Brazilian Trade Balance Chemical Products – 1991-2014
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
2,1 2,3 2,5 2,8 3,4 3,5 3,8 3,6 3,4 4,0 3,5 3,8 4,8 5,9 7,4 8,910,7 11,9 10,4
13,0
15,8 14,814,2 14,5
3,6 3,6 4,5 5,7 8,0 8,9 9,7 10,1 9,8 10,7 10,810,1 11,014,5 15,3
17,4
23,9
35,1
26,1
33,7
43,046,1 45,7
Exports Imports
Deficit booming1991: US$ 1.5 billion2014 = US$ 31.2 billion
Source: Sistema Aliceweb – MDIC/Secex
DESCRIPTION ∆ 2014/2013
∆ a.a. 2014/1991
IMPORTS (0.9%) +11.7%
EXPORTS +2.6% +8.8%
DEFICIT (2.4%) +14.1%
Brazilian chemicals management schemes
ODS’s
Chemical Weapons
Shipping dangerous goods/ hazardous
materials
Wood preservatives
Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, household
cleaning products
Pesticides
Asbestos
Oil PollutionChlor Production
Transportation of hazardous substances
Classification and Labelling schemes of substances,
mixtures and transportation of hazardous substances
Wastes
ILO Convention nº 170: Chemical Products on workplace
Explosives
Polichlorinated Byphenils
Benzene
Fertilizers (contaminants)
Mercury
Remediators
Chemical dispersants
Levels of lead in paints
The gap
Comprehensive legislation on Industrial Chemicals:
Absence of a inventory of industrial chemicals placed in the
market and measures to assess and manage their risks.
The proposal to fill the gap
Law Proposal to stablish:
• A national inventory of chemicals – Information System;
• GHS as the System of Classification and Labelling;
• Use of available and reliable national and international database and
substance information sources to reduce costs;
• Industry to provide data, to contribute in assessing hazards and, when
necessary, risks to health and environment;
• Substance prioritization based on risk;
• Risk management measures.
Multi stakeholder working group under National Comission on Chemical Safety:
Government (Environment, Health, Labour, Industry and Trade) – Civil society
(Environment and Employees).
Challenges to elaborate/approve
Challenges to implementation
To obtain hazard information on chemicals
Validate information on international data banks (lack of human resources)
Environmental monitoring (lack of infrastructure)
Qualified professionals: toxicologists, ecotoxicologists, risk management
specialists
Diversity in industries – uneven level of regulatory knowledge
Multinationals X Small and Medium Enterprises
Understanding, support, enforcement, evaluation
Strenghts
ISO Technical Standard on GHS- NBR 14.725)
Voluntary, but used by industries and adopted by MTE
Responsible Care and Global Product Strategy
Industry Voluntary Initiatives
National Commission on Chemical Safety (CONASQ)
Working group on Chemical Safety Education (“mainstreaming”
chemical safety in all education levels)
Strenghts – Best approach (International Cooperation)
UNEP
Seminars on Conventions (SC and Minamata)
Seminar on LIRA Guidance
Guidance and short-term activities: seminars, workshops
European Union (Sectorial Dialogues Project)
Hazardous substances emergency response
Industrial chemicals - Chemicals Management Schemes (EU,
Canada and China)
Pesticides and biocides control Schemes (EU)
Chemicals in products Schemes and Sustainable Government
Purchases
Short-term projects (~ 1 year)
Less bureaucracy (no mid-term reports, just a final)
Faster results (reports, guidelines/handbooks, technical visits,
improved networking, seminars/workshops)
Strenghts – Best approach (International Cooperation)
Sweden
International Training Programme
Workshops: GHS (2013), Mercury (2014), Chemical in
Products/Lead in Paints (end of 2015) and Pesticides Risk
Assessment (2016)
Long-term cooperation: Policy and Regulation formulation
Strenghts – Best approach (International Cooperation)
Canada
Technical visit to Environment and Health Ministries to get
acquainted with Canadian Chemicals Management Plan –
CMP.
CMP – Risk based approach, lower implementation costs,
supported and recognized both by civil society organizations
and industry, stakeholders integrated system, all risks
assessed.
Possibility of long-term cooperation on chemicals management
approach
Strenghts – Best approach (International Cooperation)
To improve coordination and programmatic vision to the 2020 goal
History:
• Brazilian National Commission on Chemical Safety (CONASQ) - first
stablished in 2000 to organize the III IFCS Forum (Bahia);
• National Program on Chemical Safety – 10 lines of action;
• CONASQ: 45 meetings, focusing on specific themes, not programmatic.
The proposal:
A Bill to stablish a National Policy on Chemicals Management:• Focused on the SAICM 2020 Goal;
• Bring coherence and improve coordination among stakeholders;
• Welcoming the policies, programs and activities from different sectors;
• Programmatic vision – 3 years action plan (cooperation, accountability,
indicators).
Conclusion
• Brazil is on its way to adopt a Chemicals Management
Regulation and strenghten our chemicals management
framework at all.
• Gaps Identified: lack of adequate infrastructure, adequate
human resources.
• Need to improve government infrastructure, specialized
human resources, outreach measures, training programs,
build industry technical capacity on GHS, stakeholders
commitment.
