DDT law
The law on traffic with DDT ( DDT law ) was passed on August 7, 1972 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1385 ) in the Federal Republic of Germany . The reasons for the comprehensive ban on DDT were its ubiquitous distribution and persistence in connection with a tendency towards accumulation via the food chain ( biomagnification ).
According to the DDT Act, it was forbidden to manufacture, import, market, acquire and use DDT and DDT preparations. Since 1977 the DDT Act has also prohibited the manufacture and export of DDT. On the one hand, the export ban was intended to reduce the DDT contamination of imported foods. On the other hand, it was supposed to contribute to environmental protection abroad, which was not without controversy in terms of legal policy.
In individual cases, the Federal Health Office was able to grant exceptions to the ban for scientific purposes or for the synthesis of other substances.
The DDT law also prohibited the placing on the market of animal foods and cosmetics in which the DDT content was above certain maximum levels. The Federal Ministry of Health was able to set the maximum quantities by ordinance . The maximum levels in food and tobacco were set in the Plant Protection Product Maximum Amount Ordinance from 1982 onwards . There was no ordinance on the maximum DDT content in cosmetics.
With the 2nd law amending the Chemicals Act of July 25, 1994, the DDT law was repealed. The regulations contained therein, insofar as they concerned the bans on placing on the market, were transferred to Annex Section 1 of the Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance and, insofar as they concerned production and use bans , into Annex IV No. 20 of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (Art. 3 and Art . 4 No. 11 of the 2nd Amendment Act).
The reason for the repeal of the DDT Act or the transfer of its contents to the Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance and Hazardous Substances Ordinance was to adjust the legal situation. The DDT Act was the first comprehensive ban on environmental chemicals . In contrast to the later chemical regulations, it was passed as a separate law. Since the Chemicals Act , such regulations can be issued on the basis of Section 17 of the ChemG, as well as under the Plant Protection Act or the Food and Consumer Goods Act .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Eckhard Rehbinder: DDT law . in Kimminich, von Lersner, Storm: Concise dictionary of environmental law . 1986, Volume 1, Column 328, ISBN 3-503-02528-6
- ↑ Bundestag printed matter 12/7136 (PDF; 2.1 MB)
