1. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Strategy for ASEAN Mazlin Bin Mokhtar & Goh Choo Ta Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 43600 UKM BANGI, Selangor, Malaysia Email: mazlin@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my, gohchoota@yahoo.commazlin@pkrisc.cc.ukm.mygohchoota@yahoo.com

2. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Scope of Implementation Strategy: 1.Goal 2.Objectives 3.Anticipated Scenario 4.Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap

3. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) 1. Goal To establish an ASEAN Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap through multi-stakeholder consensus involving collaboration, networking, synergetic efforts, expertise and information sharing at national and regional levels, as well as international level through ASEAN external relations.

4. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) To facilitate ASEAN member countries to implement GHS by year 2008, including supporting activities for capacity building. 2. Objectives Overall Objective Immediate Objectives 1)To agree on appropriate activities for GHS implementation at national and regional levels by incorporating the needs of the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP) or other relevant programmes in ASEAN. 2)To identify the role of key stakeholders and propose timeline for each activity.

5. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) 3)To facilitate GHS implementation within ASEAN member countries and also ASEAN partnerships (11 countries). 4)To strengthen national, regional and international cooperation and collaboration in GHS implementation. 5)To integrate GHS elements into existing workplans and budgets, and consider possible requirements for additional resource mobilization if required. 2. Objectives (cont) Immediate Objectives (cont)

6. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) 3. Anticipated Scenario GHS Implementation at Regional Level 1)Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap is agreed and implemented. 2)ASEAN-OSHNET Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet is agreed and adopted by ASEAN member countries. 3)GHS elements are incorporated into the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme. 4)ASEAN Protocol 9 (transport) is amended by incorporating appropriate elements from several international technical documents that are in-line with GHS.

7. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) GHS Implementation at Regional Level (cont) 3. Anticipated Scenario (cont) 5)Capacity across the four key sectors, i.e. industrial workplace, agriculture, transport and consumer products in the region in terms of GHS implementation is enhanced through multi- stakeholder approach. 6)A committee/working group for consumer products in ASEAN is established. 7)ASEAN Steering Committee on the GHS (ASCGHS) is established, if feasible. 8)ASEAN Group of Resource Persons on the GHS (AGRPGHS) is established, if feasible.

8. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) 3. Anticipated Scenario (cont) GHS Implementation at Regional Level (cont) 9)Harmonise Building Block Approach (BBA) among the ASEAN member countriesBuilding Block Approach (BBA) 10) Transitional period for GHS implementation is identified. 11) Incentives for coordinated implementation of GHS among ASEAN member countries are identified. 12)Issues on mechanism of Confidential Business Information (CBI) have been identified and discussed.

9. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) 3. Anticipated Scenario (cont) GHS Implementation at National Level 1)All the ASEAN member countries have established a National Coordinating Committee on the GHS Implementation (NCCGHS). 2)Develop a multilingual (e.g. English and national language) website that consists of GHS implementation status across the four key sectors and other GHS related information. 3)Harmonise Building Block Approach (BBA) across the four sectors 4)National GHS Implementation Strategy is established and implemented.

10. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) 4. Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap There are two sections for the Proposed Regional GHS Implementation Roadmap: Section A: GHS Implementation at ASEAN regional level according to sector: (A1) Industrial Workplace; (A2) Agriculture; (A3) Transport; and (A4) Consumer Products. Section B: Cross-sectoral GHS Implementation issues at ASEAN regional level

11. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Section A1: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Industrial Workplace NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 1/6Disseminate the ‘ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheets’ throughout the ASEAN ASEAN-OSHNETSeptember 2007 (Q3 2007) 2/6Ensure the ‘ASEAN Guidelines on Chemical Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet’ are accepted by the relevant government bodies in ASEAN. Senior Labour Official Meeting (SLOM) (or ASEAN- OSHNET) December 2007 (Q4 2007) 3/6Strengthen the role of ASEAN Chemical Industries Council (ACIC) in GHS implementation ACICDecember 2007 (Q4 2007)

12. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 4/6Identify mechanisms to compromise the needs of confidential business information (CBI) and GHS in the region ACICOctober 2007 (Q4 2007) 5/6Organise GHS training and awareness raising workshops for industries and government agencies ASEAN-OSHNET and ACIC December 2007 (Q4 2007) 6/6Identify and nominate accredited institutions within the region to develop SDS Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) and ACIC September 2008 (Q4 2008) Section A1: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Industrial Workplace (cont)

13. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Section A2: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Agriculture NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 1/4Incorporate GHS elements into the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) March 2008 (Q1 2008) 2/4Agree on the labels (that are in-line with GHS labelling) for registered pesticides that are accepted by the ASEAN member countries and then upload it onto the ASEAN Pesticides Network and Database. SOM-AMAFDecember 2008 (Q4 2008)

14. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 3/4Strengthen the role of CropLife Asia and/or Pesticides Action Network in terms of GHS implementation in ASEAN CropLife Asia and/or Pesticides Action Network June 2008 (Q2 2008) 4/4Organise GHS training and awareness raising workshops for farmers and farm workers SOM-AMAF, CropLife Asia, and/or Pesticides Action Network September 2007 (Q3 2007) Section A2: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Agriculture (cont)

15. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Section A3: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Transport NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 1/2Amend Protocol 9 that provides for the simplification of procedures and requirements of the transit transport of dangerous goods in ASEAN. ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM) / ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) December 2008 (Q4 2008) 2/2Provide training and awareness raising workshops for customs officers in the region Coordinating Committee on Customs (CCC) ( DG Customs Mtg AFMM) October 2007 (Q4 2007)

16. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Section A4: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Consumer Products NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 1/4Establish a committee/working group for consumer products in ASEAN ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) (under AEM) or SEAgChemNet?? December 2008 (Q4 2008) 2/4 Ensure that GHS (as a standard) could accelerate the implementation of Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) to eliminate technical trade barrier ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) December 2008 (Q4 2008) MRAs

17. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) NoMEASURESPROPOSED IMPLEMENTING BODY PROPOSED TIMELINE 3/4Strengthen the role of Regional Consumer Organisations in terms of GHS implementation in ASEAN Regional Consumer Organisations (e.g SEApChemNet, SEAgChemNet and ACIC??) December 2007 (Q4 2007) 4/4Establish training and awareness raising modules Regional Consumer Organisations (e.g SEApChemNet, SEAgChemNet and ACIC??) June 2008 (Q2 2008) Section A4: GHS Implementation at ASEAN Regional Level: Consumer Products (cont)

18. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Section B: Cross-sectoral GHS Implementation issues at ASEAN regional level GHS Implementation at the ASEAN Regional Level GHS Implementation at the National Level ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) ASEAN Steering Committee on the GHS (ASCGHS)* ASEAN GHS Implementation Strategy and Roadmap ASEAN Group of Resource Persons on the GHS (AGRPGHS)* Ten (10) National Coordinating Committees on the GHS Implementation (NCCGHS) National Group of Resource Persons on the GHS (NGRPGHS ) GHS Committee on Industrial Workplace (GHSCIW) GHS Committee on Agriculture (GHSCA) GHS Committee on Transport (GHSCT) GHS Committee on Consumer Products (GHSCCP) Ten (10) National GHS Implementation Strategies ASEAN Secretariat: Bureau for Economic Integration AMEICC Secretariat Relevant ASEAN Senior Officials Meetings and Ministerial Meetings (* Proposed new structures/bodies)

19. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) NoMEASURESIMPLEMENTING BODY TIMELINE 1/5GHS should become as an agenda item to be discussed in the ASEAN senior officials meeting and if feasible, to the ASEAN Ministerial meetings. Relevant ASEAN ministerial bodies, senior official meetings, and technical working groups September 2008 (Q3 2008) 2/5Establish the ASEAN Steering Committee on the GHS (ASCGHS) Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM) / ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) June 2008 (Q2 2008) 3/5Establish ASEAN Group of Resource Persons on the GHS (AGRPGHS) AMEICC SecretariatSeptember 2007 (Q3 2007) Example Section B: Cross-sectoral GHS Implementation issues at ASEAN regional level

20. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) NoMEASURESIMPLEMENTING BODY TIMELINE 4/5Facilitate the AGRPGHS meeting AMEICC SecretariatJuly 2007 (Q3 2007) 5/5Facilitate GHS implementation at the ASEAN regional level ASEAN Secretariat (Bureau for Economic Integration) June 2007 (Q3 2007) Section B: Cross-sectoral GHS Implementation issues at ASEAN regional level (cont)

21. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) NZ-GHS Case Study as a potential model for ASEAN to scrutinize, adopt and adapt? Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996 Hazardous Substances (Minimum Degrees of Hazard) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Classification) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Classes 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Identification) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Packaging) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Tracking) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Disposal) Regulations 2001 Hazardous Substances (Emergency Management) Regulations 2001 Environment Risk Management Authority (ERMA) New Zealand Ministry of Environment Department of Labour Transport agencies Local government Agencies involved: Existing Regulations and Act:

22. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Group Standards (an approval under HSNO for groups of hazardous substances of a similar nature, or type or having similar circumstances of use): 1.Additives, Process Chemicals and Raw Materials 2.Aerosols 3.Animal Nutrition and Animal Care Products 4.Class 4 Substances 5.Class 5.1.1 Oxidising Substances and Class 5.2 Organic Peroxides 6.Cleaning Products 7.Compressed Gas Mixtures 8.Construction Products 9.Corrosion Inhibitors 10.Cosmetics 11.Denatured Ethanol 12.Dental Products 13.Embalming Products 14.Fertilisers 15.Fire Fighting Chemicals 16.Food Additives and Fragrance Materials 17.Fuel Additives 18.Laboratory Chemicals and Reagent Kids 19.Leather and Textiles 20.Lubricants 21.Metal Industry Products 22.N.O.S. (Not Otherwise Specified) Substances 23.Photographic Chemicals 24.Polymers 25.Refining Catalysts 26.Solvents 27.Surface Coatings and Colourants 28.Water Treatment Chemicals

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24. From GHS purple Book, First Revised Version 2005: ‘Countries are free to determine which of the building blocks will be applied in different parts of their systems. However, where a system covers something that is in the GHS, and implements the GHS, that coverage should be consistent.’ Information from the Report of the 12th Session of the UNSCEGHS (Geneva, 12-14 December 2006) (a) Hazard classes are building blocks (b) Within a hazard class, each hazard category can be seen as a building block Building Block Approach BACK

25. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) MRAs are agreements between two or more countries to mutually recognize or accept some or all aspects of one another’s country conformity assessment results. Advantages of MRAs are such as reduced costs, greater certainty for market access, increase competition and freer flow of trade. It is anticipated that adoption of GHS could streamline or simplify mechanism for the MRAs where GHS is a globally recognized standards. BACK

26. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Proposed selected ministerial bodies, senior officials meetings and working groups that can bring up GHS as an agenda item Labour: 1) ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting (ALMM) 2) ASEAN Senior Labour Officials Meeting (SLOM) Agriculture: 3) ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) 4) Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) 5) ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Crops 6) ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Agriculture Cooperatives 7) ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Agriculture Training and Extension 8) ASEAN Technical Working Group on Research and Development 9) ASEAN Network for Pesticide Regulatory Authorities Transport: 10) ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting (ATM) 11) ASEAN Senior Transport Officials Meeting (STOM) 12) Transport Facilitation Working Group 13) Air Transport Working Group 14) Land Transport Working Group 15) Maritime Transport Working Group

27. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Standards: 16) ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) 17) ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) 18) Working Group on Standards and Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAS) 19) Working Group Accreditation and Conformity Assessment 20) ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) 21) Pharmaceutical Product Working Group (PPWG) 22) Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements Product Working Group (TMHSPWG) 23) Wood-Based Product Working Group (WBPWG) 24) Rubber-Based Product Working Group (RBPWG) Customs: 25) ASEAN Finance Ministers Meetings (AFMM) 26) Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs 27) Meeting of the ASEAN Experts Committee on Customs Matters (ECCM) 28) Meeting of the ASEAN Customs Directors on Information and Communication Technology (ACDICT) 29) Meeting of the ASEAN Customs Directors on Enforcement and Mutual Assistant (ACDEMA) 30) Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinators of Customs Training Centre (ACCTC) 31) ASEAN Customs Procedures and Facilitators Working Group

28. Mazlin & Goh (10/05/07) Environment 32) ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AMME) 33) ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN) 34) ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (AWGMEA) 35) ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment (AWGCME) 36) ASEAN Working Group on Water Resources Management (AWGWRM) 37) ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) BACK