NATIONAL GHS IMPLEMENTATION PHILIPPINES Presentation by: ANGELITA F. ARCELLANA GHS National Coordinator Philippines 15 November 2005

EXISTING LEGISLATIONS ADDRESSING THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS EXISTING LEGISLATIONS ADDRESSING THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS LegislationResponsible Department or Bodies Chemicals Use/Categories Covered RA Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes Control Act of 1990 Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Inter-Agency Technical Advisory Council composed of the Secretaries of DENR, DOH. DTI, DOST, DND, DFA, DOLE, DOF, DA, NGO Reps. on health and safety, Director. of Nuclear Research Inst. All toxic chemicals, hazardous and nuclear wastes

EXISTING LEGISLATIONS ADDRESSING THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS - 2 LegislationResponsible Department or Bodies Chemicals Use/Categories Covered RA Clean Air Act EMB Releases of dioxins and furans PD Creation of Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) FPA Pesticides and fertilizers PD 881- Empowering the Secretary of Health to Regulate the Labeling, Sale and Distribution of Household Hazardous Substances Dept. of HealthHazardous substances

EXISTING LEGISLATIONS ADDRESSING THE MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS - 3 LegislationResponsible Department or Bodies Chemicals Use/Categories Covered PD Revised Coast Guard Law Philippine Coast GuardVarious chemicals RA Consumer Act of the Philippines Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) Various chemicals Occupational Safety and Health Standards of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) DOLEIndustrial Chemicals

History of GHS Implementation During the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Philippines pledged to implement the GHS by The Philippines has since then concurred with the decision of other international bodies to adopt the GHS. APEC Chemical Dialogue (APEC-CD) ASEAN Economic Ministers – Ministry of International Trade and Industry (JAPAN) Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC)

History of GHS Implementation 28 September The BOI Board approved the creation of an Inter-Agency Committee chaired by the BOI to oversee the full implementation of the GHS in the country. 11 March The inter-agency body was transformed into a multi-sectoral body.

UNITAR GHS Project On 16 May 2005, the Philippines was selected by UNITAR as one of the 3 pilot countries in ASEAN for GHS capacity building and implementation project.

Achievements To Date Creation of National Implementation Committee Creation of Sectoral Groups Creation of Sub-Committees to Address Cross-Cutting Concerns Conduct of Comprehensibility Testing and Pilot Testing on 24 to 25 October

Members of National Implementation Committee Government: 1) Board of Investments (DTI-BOI) 2) Bureau of Customs (BOC) 3) Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) 4) Bureau of Plant Industries (DA-BPI) 5) Bureau of Product Standards (DTI-BPS) 6) Bureau of Small & Medium Enterprises Development (BSMED) 7) Civil Service Commission (CSC) 8) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 9) Department of Finance (DOF) 10) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

Members of National Implementation Committee Government – 2: 11) Department of Health (DOH) 12) Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 13) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 14) Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) 15) Environmental Management Bureau (DENR- EMB) 16) Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (DA-FPA) 17) Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) 18) National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)

Members of National Implementation Committee Government - 3: 19) Occupational Safety and Health Center (DOLE- OSHC) 21) Philippine Coast Guard (DOTC-PCG) 22) Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 23) Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) 24) Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 25) Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) 26) University of the Philippines – National Engineering Center (UP-NEC) 27) UP - National Poison Control and Information Service (UP-NPCIS)

Members of National Implementation Committee Industry: 28) Samahan sa Pilipinas ng mga Industriyang Kimika (SPIK) 29) Croplife Philippines, Inc. 30) Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders Assn. 31) Philippine Association of Chemical Suppliers, Inc. (PACSI)

Members of National Implementation Committee Civil Society: 32) Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) 33) Pesticide Action Network (PAN) 34) Philippine Seafarers Union (PSU) 35) National Federation of Women’s Club (NFW) 36) Philippine Society of Clinical and Occupational Toxicology (PSCOT)

Sectoral Groups 1.Industrial Workplace Government – Chair: DTI-BOI Co-Chair: Department of Labor and Employment - Occupational Safety and Health Center (DOLE-OSHC) Industry - SPIK (Chemical Industry Assn. of the Philippines) Civil Society - Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)

Sectoral Groups Agriculture Government – Chair: DTI-BOI Co-Chair: Department of Agriculture - Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (DA-FPA) Industry - Croplife Philippines, Inc.(CPI) Civil Society - Pesticide Action Network (PAN)

Sectoral Groups – 3 3.Transportation Government - Chair: DTI-BOI Co-Chair: Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Industry - Philippine International Seafreight Forwarders Assn. (PISFA) Civil Society - Philippine Seafarers Union (PSU)

Sectoral Groups Consumer Welfare Government - Chair: DTI-BOI Co-Chair: DTI-Bureau of Product Standards (BPS) Industry - Philippine Association of Chemical Suppliers, Inc. (PACSI) Civil Society - National Federation of Women’s Club (NFWC)

GHS Sub-Committees Name of Sub-CommitteeChair/Co-Chair 1. LegislationDTI-BOI/DENR-EMB 2. Comprehensibility TestingUP-NEC/SPIK 3. Technical TrainingDTI-BOI/DOLE-OSHC 4. Awareness RaisingDTI-BOI/PIA 5. International AffairsDTI-BOI/DFA

Awareness Raising & Capacity Building Seminars/Workshops Conducted by JETRO/AOTS: Type No. of Seminars Conducte d Date No. of Participants Basic Seminar3March 16, 2004 Nov. 8, 2004 Jan. 19, Basic Workshop4March 17 & 18, 2004 Nov. 9 & 10, 2004 Intermediate Workshop 3Nov. 11– 12, 2004 Jan. 17–18, 2005 Jan , Advanced Workshop2Aug , 2005 Oct ,

Orientation Seminar Under the UNITAR GHS Project GHS Orientation Seminar was held for the members of the National GHS Implementation Committee on 29 July 2005.

Need for Capacity Building No. of firms engaged in the manufacture of industrial chemicals and chemical products No. of people who have undergone advanced workshop training: SPIK - 15 (out of 60 members) Government - 3

Companies Which Have Implemented GHS NameProducts 1. Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. Caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite 2. Atlantic Coatings Paints & Coats 3. Pacific Paints (Boysen) Phils. Paints & Coats

CHALLENGES Lack of awareness within government, industry and civil society Existing legislations do not address labeling. Lack of capacity building Lack of technical expertise for classification labeling & SDS Lack of resources Industry, specially SMEs already burdened by global competition, see having to adapt to new standards as additional cost of doing business

THANK YOU. MABUHAY!