SG 155/25
Japan is planning to regulate three persistent organic pollutants (POP) as Class I Specified Chemical Substances.
In May 2025, the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (SC COP-12) added chlorpyrifos (SC-12/9), medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs, SC-12/10) and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs), their salts and LC-PFCA-related compounds (SC-12/12) to Annex A (elimination) of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), with specific exemptions.
According to the Convention:
On October 3, 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and other competent authorities announced a one-month consultation period for the proposed measures to regulate chlorpyrifos, MCCPs and LC-PFCAs, their salts and LC-PFCA-related compounds.
Key provisions in the proposal include:
Highlights of the import ban on specified products containing these POP chemicals in the proposal are summarized in Table 1.
| Substance | Products prohibited from import |
|---|---|
| Chlorpyrifos |
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| MCCPs |
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| LC-PFCAs, their salts and LC-PFCA-related compounds |
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Table 1
Comments will be accepted until November 2, 2025.
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