OECD OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology Biotechnology Post-Accession Review of Israel 16.11.12 Romy Even Danan Head, Hazardous Substances Division Ministry of Environmental Protection www.sviva.gov.il/english
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OECD OECD Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee andJoint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and
the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and BiotechnologyBiotechnology
Post-Accession Review of Israel16.11.12
Romy Even DananHead, Hazardous Substances Division
Ministry of Environmental Protection
www.sviva.gov.il/english
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Area:22,072 km2
Population: 7.9 Million (>1.8%/y)
92% Urban (>20,000)60% coastal Density: 328 p/km2
640 640 p/kmp/km22
45 45 p/kmp/km22
Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures
GDP pc $31,400 (2011) GDP by Industry
Manufacturing: 14.4% Chemical Industry: 20.8%
Average annual growth (2004-2011) Manufacturing: 4.4%
Chemical Industry: 9.1% Exports by value 2011
Manufacturing: $45.8 billion Chemical Industry: $17.2 billion
Number of employees 2011 Manufacturing: 360,000
Chemical Industry: 32,400
Industrial Revenue in 2011: $109 Billions
4* Electronics: Electronic Components, Control & Medical Equip., Electronic Communication Equip. & Aircrafts.
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Chemicals
Electronics
Food
Metal & Machinery
Mining & Qurrying
Rubber & Plastics
Paper & Printing
Transport Equipment
Textils & Wearing Apparel
Wood & Furniture
Electric Equipment
Others
(Sectorial Distribution)
Industrial Revenue in 2011 - $82.3 Billion
Employment in Industry in 2011: 360K Employees
5* Electronics: Electronic Components, Control & Medical Equip., Electronic Communication Equip. & Aircrafts.
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Electronics
Food
Metal & Machinery
Chemicals
Paper & Printing
Rubber & Plastics
Transport Equipment
Wood & Furniture
Textils & Wearing Apparel
Mining & Qurrying
Electric Equipment
Others
Employment in Industry in - 3 K Employees(Sectorial Distribution)
Industrial Export 2011: $46 Billions
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Chemicals
Electronics
Machinery
Metal
Mining
Aircrafts
Plastic & Rubber
Other
Textile
Electricity
Food
Industrial Export 2011: 46 Billion $Sectorial Distribution
Chemical industry in Israel(Export distribution by sector, 2011)
Total revenue $31.6 billion Total export $17.2 billion
Major Industrial Zones
Haifa Bay – Power plant, Refinery, Port, Petrochemicals, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Basic chemicals, Crude oil and chemicals storage
Ashdod - Power plant, Refinery, Port, Petrochemicals, Pesticides, Crude oil and chemicals storage
Sectorial binding rules for SME’s Mandatory timeframes Use of innovative (pilot) technologies Public participation and transparency
EU-Israel Twinning project
Timeframe - 2011
PRTRC(96)41
Progress since 20102010 - Pilot study (Sectorial/Regional/Substance)March 2012 - Environmental Protection Law (Pollutant Release and Transfer - Registering and Reporting Obligation), approved by the Knesset
114 pollutants (most of OECD 'short list‘ & Annex II of Kiev Protocol)
Reporting about water and energy consumption, waste transferred to treatment or disposal
Reporting requirements will apply to about 500 facilities
Implementation Substances/Media/Sectorial/DiffusedJune 2013 – Reports due for 2012Late 2013 - information publicly available on an Internet-based PRTR2013 - EU-Israel Twinning projectPromoting Kiev Protocol ratification
Timeframe - 2012
2011oStudy of globally existing mechanismsoGap analysis (Israeli legislation - required regulations) 2012 oPresentation of plan for establishing a chemical registration and investigation mechanism oIdentification of appropriate mechanism for IsraeloREACH study tour to Europe 2013oPresentation of draft legislation to ParliamentoEstablishment of a new administrative unit for the registration and assessment of chemicals2014oImplementation of chemical management mechanism
Timeframe – 2013
Chemicals management and investigation C(77)97 C(74)215 C(82)196 C(87)90
Chemicals management and investigation C(77)97 C(74)215 C(82)196 C(87)90
HPVIsrael ("ICL Industrial Products“) formally
submitted the documentation related to the DBM chemical (Dibromomethane) to the HPV program coordinators in January 2012, and hopefully it will be submitted for investigation in 2013.
Timeframe - 2013
Proprietary rights C(83)96
Proprietary rights are protected by law. These recommendations will be incorporated specifically in the future chemical registration system to be implemented by 2013.
Timeframe - 2013
International Conventions and Agreements
Rotterdam Convention - Israel ratified in 2011
Stockholm Convention - Israel signed the Convention in 2001 and is currently preparing its national implementation plan All chemicals in annexes A and B are
banned in Israel SAICM – Israel participates in SAICM and
is committed to its goals Cartagena Protocol – Subject to