New Delhi, India, 10-13 December 2012 REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE FOR CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES OF STATES PARTIES IN ASIA ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE TRANSFERS REGIME OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION New Delhi, India, 10-13 December 2012 Identification of Scheduled Chemicals: Other sources of information for Customs officers Daniel Cardozo Consultant November 15, 2018
Objectives By the end of this session participants would: Be acquainted with additional information sources that can be useful in identifying and controlling CWC chemicals and how to access these tools Be able to use these tools for basic queries
Green Customs Guide Guide for Customs on multilateral environmental agreements and related agreements Rotterdam Convention Stockholm Convention Basel Conventions Montreal Convention Cartagena Convention CITES CWC
Green Customs Guide (2) Contains Overview of treaties Common issues for Customs http://www.greencustoms.org
Future CWC e-learning module for Customs e-learning module for customs is being developed by OPCW and WCO Will be hosted on WCO’s e-learning platform The project is funded through the Green Customs Initiative Will follow a similar structure to this course hence will be another resource for customs in in identifying and controlling CWC related chemicals The English and French versions are expected to be released in early 2013.
Most Traded Scheduled Chemicals Sorted by CAS or by Schedule Provides info on main commercial uses. Downloadable as PDF from OPCW website http://www.opcw.org/our-work/national-implementation/declarations-adviser/ 6
INTERNET Chemspider http://www.chemspider.com ChemID http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/ ESIS http://esis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY (ECHA) http://echa.europa.eu/ ECICS http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/databases/ecics/index_en.htm Transport Canada http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/canutec/guide-menu-227.htm
ChemSpider
ECICS European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substances
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