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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan The National Profile for the Management of Chemicals Third Edition Amman – 2006 Jordanian National Chemical profile Table of Contents Introduction: ...................................................................................................................I Executive Summary:....................................................................................................III Recommendation:.........................................................................................................IX Chapter One: (General Background)........................................................................... 1 (1-1) Natural and Demographic Structure of Jordan............................................... 1 (1-2) Political and Geographic Structure of the State ............................................. 1 (1-3) Industrial and Agricultural Sector.................................................................. 2 Chapter Two: (Chemicals Production, Import Export, and Use) ............................. 8 (2-1) Chemicals Production, Import, and Export.................................................... 8 (2-2) Chemicals use in Jordan............................................................................... 10 (2-3) Chemical Wastes.......................................................................................... 10 (2–4) Production, import, and export of fixed organic pollutants......................... 11 (2-5) Analysis:....................................................................................................... 13 Chapter Three: (Priorities related to Chemicals Management).............................. 14 (3-1) Priority concerns related to Chemicals Import, Production and Use ........... 14 (3-2) Analysis........................................................................................................ 28 Chapter Four: (Legal Instruments and Mechanisms Related to the Legislations of Chemicals' Management) .......................................... 30 (4-1) National Legislative Instruments related to Chemicals Management.......... 30 (4-2) Brief Description of the Basic Legislative Instruments related to chemicals................................................................................................... 30 (4-3) Existing legislations by using tabulation that deal with the various stages of chemicals from production, import up to disposal..................... 56 (4-4) Brief Description of Legal Approaches, Legal Measures and the Mechanisms Used for Chemicals Control and the Responsibly of the Concerned Bodies: .................................................................................... 56 (4-5) Non-Organizational Mechanism for Chemicals Management..................... 70 (4-6) Analysis:....................................................................................................... 71 Chapter Five: (Ministries, Agencies and Institutions Concerned with Chemicals Management) ..................................................................... 73 (5-1) Responsibilities and Tasks assumed by the bodies concerned with chemicals management ............................................................................. 73 (5-2) The Role of the concerned bodies in various chemicals management stages ......................................................................................................... 98 (5-3) Analysis...................................................................................................... 103 Chapter Six: (The Role of Non- Government Organizations and Bodies in Chemicals Management) ................................................................... 105 (6-1) Expertise Available Outside the Government Sector................................. 105 (6-2) Analysis...................................................................................................... 122 Chapter Seven: (Coordination and Cooperation Mechanisms among Ministries) ........................................................................................... 123 (7-1) Ministerial Commissions and Coordination Mechanisms ......................... 123 (7-2) Description of Ministerial Commissions and Coordination Mechanisms............................................................................................. 123 (7-3) Description of Mechanisms of obtaining Information from the Non- Governmental bodies: ............................................................................. 133 (7-4) Analysis...................................................................................................... 133 a Third Edition Jordanian National Chemical profile Chapter Eight: (Data Availability and Use) ............................................................ 140 (8-1) Availability of Data for Local Chemicals Management. .......................... 140 (8-2) National Information Website.................................................................... 142 (8-3) Steps of Collection, publishing and distributing national information ...... 143 (8-4) International References Availability......................................................... 145 (8-5) Availability of International Databases...................................................... 147 (8-6) National Information Exchange Systems................................................... 147 (8-7) Analysis...................................................................................................... 151 Chapter Nine: (Available Potentialities) .................................................................. 152 (9-1) Available Laboratories ............................................................................... 152 (9-2) Information Systems and Hardware Available at the Government Bodies...................................................................................................... 186 (9-3) Teaching and Training program................................................................. 190 (9-4) Analysis...................................................................................................... 190 Chapter Ten: (International Link)........................................................................... 192 (10-1) Cooperation with international organizations and contributing to the conventions concluded therewith............................................................ 192 (10-2) Participation in technical support projects related to chemicals. ............. 195 (10-3) Analysis.................................................................................................... 199 Chapter Eleven: (Awareness of Worker and the Public) ....................................... 200 Chapter Twelve: (Recourses Available and Required for in the Management of Chemicals) ...................................................................................... 208 (12-1) Resources available for management of chemicals.................................. 208 (12-2) Training Resources Required for Chemicals Management...................... 213 (12-3) Analysis:................................................................................................... 215 b Third Edition Jordanian National Chemical profile Members of the National Profile Updating Team (Third Edition) No. Name Authority / Body 1. Dr. Mohammad Khashshneh Director of Hazardous Substances and Waste Management Directorate – National Project Coordinator 2. Ahmad Naser Al-Din Project Secretary 3. Eng. Adnan Zawahreh Ministry of Environment 4. Eng. Izzat Abu Hamra Ministry of Environment 5. Chemist Raed Damra Ministry of Environment 6. Mrs. Jumanah Al-Btoush Ministry of Environment 7. Eng. Nezar Haddad Ministry of Environment 8. Eng. Jabr Daradkeh Ministry of Environment 9. Captain Eng. Hussein Al General Directorate of Civil Defense Hayyari 10. Eng. Lina Al Hmoud Ministry of Agriculture 11. Dr. Moh'd Khair Nawafleh Ministry of Education 12. Mrs. Laila Abu Haija National Information Technology Center 13. Eng. Ahmad Olaimat Ministry of Water & Irrigation Third Edition Jordanian National Chemical profile Introduction: The last decades of the twentieth century witnessed enormous industrial development in all walks of life. However, it is hard to speak about this development without referring to tens of thousands of chemicals introduced to the environment. This resulted in achieving human welfare and obtaining material gains on the one hand and damaging and causing serious deterioration to the environment and its components on the other as a result of which many people have now strange understanding that chemicals are synonym to poisons. In order change this understanding in its entirety, the International Forum for Chemical Safety (IFCS) was established in 1994 upon recommendations that came out of the Earth Summit, held in Rio De Janeiro in 1992. Chapter 19 of the Agenda 21 has highlighted the opportunities required for improving and developing chemicals management, like the existence of programs concerned with strengthening national capabilities and potentials for the management and development of chemicals. It has also shown the need for national profile projects for analyzing the present situation in dealing with chemicals in terms of manufacture, storage, import, export, use, handling, destruction and identifying the available infrastructure for its management. The idea for preparing and publishing a comprehensive national profile was adopted and executed by the Ministry of Health with the support of the World Health