National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

Regulations

Regulations to domesticate the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in International Trade, 2021

Chapter 5 : Reporting and Record Keeping

9. Reporting or submission of information

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(1) The importer or exporter of chemicals listed in Annexure I to these Regulations must submit, annually, at the end of January every year, the following information to the South African DNA—
(a) actual quantities of the chemicals imported or exported; and
(b) customs import and export declaration document for every chemical consignment.

 

(2) The records contemplated in regulations 4(2), 5(1), 6, 8 and subregulation 9(1), must be—
(a) retained for a period of at least five years;
(b) made available to the DNA upon request; and
(c) made available by the importer and/or exporter of chemicals listed in Annexure I to these Regulations, and any person involved with the transit thereof.