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

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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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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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Electronics

Machinery

Metal

Mining

Aircrafts

Plastic & Rubber

Other

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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

Ramat Hovav - Bromine compounds, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Basic chemicals

Mishor Rotem – Minerals, Basic chemicals

Haifa

Tel Aviv

Beer Sheba

Environmental administration

Central Government Ministry of Environmental Protection Other Ministries: Infrastructure, Health,

Agriculture, Interior, Industry, Trade & Labor Parliament (Knesset)

Environmental Protection & Internal Affairs Committee

Parliamentary pressure groups Local Government

Environmental units and associations Civil Society

Voluntary national and local environmental organizations (>200 NGOs)

Civil - legal actions against polluters

Ministry of Environmental Protection

80 professional staff – Head Office

60 professional staff - Regions

Legal framework Main legislation

Business licensing Public health Abatement of nuisances Freedom of information

Specific environmental Clean air Hazardous substances PRTR

Specific principle Polluter pays Environmental impact assessment

Chemicals Management in Israel Existing SystemsExisting Systems

Registration of chemicals: pesticides, biocides, pharmaceuticals

Legal framework: Hazardous Substances Law and Regulations Permit for the Possession

of hazardous substances: quantities, composition, conditions on handling, labeling, risk management etc.

Alignment with Alignment with OECD Instruments OECD Instruments

Revision of hazardous substances legislation

Extension of registration to industrial chemicals

Banned or severely restricted chemicals C(84)37

Rotterdam Convention Ratified 2011 Implementation through Hazardous

Substances Law and Regulations Two chemicals categorized as banned

chemicals PIC requirement incorporated in the

Hazardous Material Permit of relevant exporters

Chemicals require import permit (according to the Free Import Order)

Timeframe - 2010

IPPCC(90)164

Aim: 150 major (IPPC) manufacturing plants

Implementation Status Adopted in major Industrial Zones Integrated regulation according to IPPC methodology

of facilities requesting air emission permits Clean Air Law – air Business Licensing Law – other media

Permit Based on BAT General binding rules for SME’s New “IPPC” unit established

Timeframe - 2011

IPPCC(90)164

Work Plan 2013By mid 2013 – Presentation of draft “Environmental Permitting Law” (IPPC) to Parliament:

Covers all major industrial installations One consolidated permit: waste, wastewater, air, marine

discharge, Chemicals use, radiation, hazardous waste treatment, asbestos

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

ongoing analysis