Chemical Safety Science, 2018, Volume 2, Issue 1, p. 5 — 21

 

State policy and administrative control for ensuring chemical safety

 

UDC 006.88                                                                              Download PDF (Rus)

DOI: 10.25514/CHS.2018.1.12880

 

PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STATE REGULATION OF HANDLING OF CHEMICALS AND THEIR MIXTURES

S. A. Tsyb¹, D. O. Skobelev², A. E. Orlov¹, P. V. Filatkin¹, A. G. Chistyakov³, and N. M. Muratova³*

¹Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
²Federal State Autonomous Body “Research Institute “Environmental Industrial Policy Center”, Moscow, Russia
³Coordinating Informational Center of CIS Member States on Approximation of Regulatory Practices, Moscow, Russia

Received March 30, 2018

Published June 25, 2018

Abstract – The article deals with the issues of improving state regulation in the field of handling of chemicals and chemical mixtures within the context of preparing for the entry into force of Technical regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union “On the Safety of Chemical Products”. The ways of technological modernization of the domestic industry are discussed which can be performed by means of stimulating the use of modern technologies by the subjects of industrial activity, including scientifically based competitive best available technologies providing acceptable levels of risks of negative effects on human health and the environment caused by chemicals at various stages of their life cycle. The necessity of harmonizing national regulatory practices in accordance with interstate and international systems for chemical safety is emphasized.

Keywords: handling of chemicals and chemical mixtures, technical regulation, state industrial information system, technological modernization of industry, regulatory practices.