by Mr. Taofiki Oketokoun

BENIN

1. Are POPs produced in your country ?

¨ yes x no ¨ don't know

Name of substances:

 

2. Are POPs imported into your country ?

x yes ¨ no ¨ don't know

Name of substances:

Organochlorates, Hydrocarbon, Pharmaceutical Products, Colouring and Painting.

If so, is the importation x authorized ¨ unauthorized

 

3. Are POPs exported from your country?

¨ yes x no ¨ don't know

Name of substances

PC: 415.142 tonnes, Pharmaceutical Products:1055.518 tonnes and Colouring: 516.682 tonnes. (1995)

l Are POPs used in your country?

x yes ¨ no ¨ don't know

Concerne products passing through Benin to the other border countries as Burkina Faso and Togo

Name of substances: same substances Approximate quantity: not availible

Are chemical or non-chemical alternatives available?

yes

Have alternatives been chosen?

x often ¨ occasionally ¨ seldom ¨ never

Reasons why they have not been chosen

x cost ¨ effectiveness ¨ other

l Name of substances: Organophosporus Approx. quantity:

Are chemical or non-chemical alternatives available?

Yes

Have alternatives been chosen?

x often ¨ occasionally ¨ seldom ¨ never

Reasons why they have not been chosen:

x cost ¨ effectiveness ¨ other

l Name of substances: R134A Approx. quantity:

Are chemical or non-chemical alternatives available?

No

Have alternatives been chosen?

¨ often ¨ occasionally ¨ seldom ¨ never

Reasons why they have not been chosen:

¨ cost ¨ effectiveness ¨ other

l Name of substances: Approx. quantity:

Are chemical or non-chemical alternatives available?

Have alternatives been chosen?

¨ often ¨ occasionally ¨ seldom ¨ never

Reasons why they have not been chosen:

¨ cost ¨ effectiveness ¨ other

 

4. Are POPs stored in your country?

x yes ¨ no ¨ don't know

Please specify if the product is stored as a product, recyclable material or wastes:

Substance: Pesticides Quantity: As: Product

Obsolete Pesticides Waste

Hydrocarbon Product

Pharmaceutical Products Product

Colouring and Painting Product

Are the storage areas known?

x yes x no

 

5. Are POPs released into the environment?

x yes ¨ no ¨ don't know

If so, what ways are they released?

Released into:

x water x air x ground

Origin of release:

x industrial activity

x crop treatment

¨ vector control

¨ others

 

6. Are people exposed to POPs?

x yes ¨ no ¨ don't know

If so, how?

x professional exposure

x consumer exposure

x residential area exposure

x accidents and poisoning

7. What kind of monitoring takes place in your country?

¨ ambient/air

¨ surface water

¨ groundwater

¨ emission sources

¨ biological

Brief description:

No systematic monitoring

8. Are there legal restrictions on the use of POPs?

x yes ¨ no ¨ don't know

x    Health standards or regulations

¨ optional programme

x    Environmental standards or regulations

x    Directives