Within the framework of different control tasks carried out by specialized agents of the General Directorate of Customs-AFIP of Argentina, it was possible to prevent the entry of cancer-causing chemicals from China, spokespersons for the entity reported this Sunday (11.09.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX).
During the procedure, it was detected that the merchandise that was intended to enter the country was decabromodiphenyl ether and trichlorofon, both prohibited from marketing by the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions, respectively.
These international agreements, to which Argentina adhered and is a party, have as their objective main objective to protect human health and the environment against possible damage from certain chemical products.
These agreements mainly regulate certain prohibitions on the import, export, production and use of certain chemical substances, allowing some exceptions for certain specific cases.
Official information indicated that in this procedure carried out by Customs, the purpose of the imports could not be determined, nor the application of some of the exemption assumptions established in the International Conventions, these being Absolutely prohibited import operations.
For this reason, Customs proceeded with the urgent isolation of the merchandise in question in order to prevent the spread of contaminating substances and their possible exposure to human beings, so it was wrapped and placed in a container.
In addition, importers were notified to urgently return the contaminating chemical substances to their origin without prejudice to the actions that will be carried out in accordance with the sanctions established in both international agreements.
Finally, the communication indicated that Customs proceeded with the application of the corresponding customs violation regulated in art. 954 inc. b) of the Customs Code, corresponding to a fine of one to five times the customs value of the infringing merchandise.
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