Pursuant to Republic Act No. 6969, “Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990” and the Joint DTI-DENR-DA-DOF-DOH-DILG-DOLE-DOTC Administrative Order No. 01 Series of 2009 on “The Adoption and Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)”, the Environmental Management Bureau – DENR has issued DAO 2015-09.
Important aspects of the law:
- Implementation of the GHS Classification and Labelling in accordance with the following schedule:
Chemicals Effectivity Single substances and compounds covered under CCO and PCL Chemicals initially listed 2016 High Volume Toxic Chemicals 2017 Toxic Chemicals under the IATA and IMDG list of Dangerous Goods 2018 Mixtures 2019 - The Guidance Manual is available here: EMB MC 2015-011.
- For implementation of GHS for HVCs, the following Memorandum is available here: EMB MC 2017-010: Guidelines in the Implementation of Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Classification and Labeling Requirements for High Volume Chemicals (HVCs).
- For Toxic Chemicals under the IATA and IMDG list of Dangerous Goods: EMB MC 2020-009: Guidelines in the Implementation of Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Classification and Labeling Requirements for Chemicals under IATA and IMDG. (Annex)
- For mixtures: EMB MC 2021-009: Guidelines in the Implementation of Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Classification and Labeling Requirements for Mixtures.