Belarus - Project: Establish a sustainable national infrastructure to join and support the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention in the Republic of Belarus - Independent Assessment of the Closed Projects under the Special Programme Report (December 2022)

The project developed a national register of industrial chemicals and pesticides regulated by the Rotterdam Convention. The register includes information on 74 chemicals detailing their hazardous properties, classification and marking in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System. • The project also created the database of chemicals’ manufacturers in Belarus which includes 13 enterprises. The database contains information on manufacturers’ address, names and types of manufactured chemicals. • The inventory of chemicals showed that the chemicals listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention are not used or imported in Belarus. Moreover, the register and screening of legal acts allowed the identification of those hazardous chemicals that were not officially banned in the country.