NZL/92
WTO/TBT
NZ Nouvelle-Zélande
  • 71 - Génie chimique
2020-01-09
2019-11-11

This notification covers all chemical substances that meet the definition of "hazardous substance" in Section 2 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996, and that exceed the thresholds set in the Hazardous Substances (Minimum Degrees of Threshold) Notice 2017. This is equivalent to the coverage of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

Consultation Document: Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Revision 7 (2017). (60 page(s), in English)

This consultation document is seeking input on a range of proposals related to moving New Zealand from its current hazard classification system for hazardous substances, which dates from 2001, to Revision 7 (2017) of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). This consultation document also includes an exposure draft of the new Hazardous Substances (Classification) Notice, the legislation that implements the classification system for hazardous substances under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996.

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