REGISTER OF SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS *Format adopted by the 1^st meeting of the Conference of the Parties in decision SC-1/23*
Chemical		Activity	Specific exemption		Party	Expiry date			Estimated quantity of production/use	Purpose(s) of production/use	Reason(s) for exemption		Remarks[1]
Aldrin CAS No: 309-00-2		Use	Local ectoparasiticide
Aldrin CAS No: 309-00-2		Use	Insecticide
Chlordane CAS No: 57-74-9		Production	As allowed for Parties listed in the Register		China	May 2009			The annual output of chlordane oil is about 500 tons.	For termiticide use			There are 9 enterprises having the capability to produce chlordane, among which 6 enterprises produce it at present.
		Use	Local ectoparasiticide
			Insecticide
			Termiticide		China	May 2009			The annual consumption of chlordane oil is in the range of 400-500 tons.	95% of chlordane is used in structures of houses, 4% of chlordane is used in dams, and the rest 1% of chlordane is used in underground cable boxes to control termites.
			Termiticide in buildings and dams		Botswana	17 May 2009				Chlordane is used in the construction industry.	The purpose of this exemption is to allow time to follow the necessary measures to ban it, e.g. educating the public, research on alternatives and consulting the relevant authorities on this requirement. These actions will be undertaken under the NIP..
			Termiticide in roads
			Additive in plywood adhesives
DDT[2] CAS No: 50-29-3		Production	Intermediate in production of dicofol		China	May 2009			About 80% of DDT is used as the intermediate in the production of dicofol. There are 6 enterprises having the capability to produce dicofol among which 4 enterprises keep on producing till now.	DDT used as the intermediate in the production of dicofol, an organochlorine used as miticide for a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and crops.	About 60% of DDT used as the intermediate in the production of dicofol is in non-closed-systems and needs to be applied for the specific exemption.
			Intermediate in production of dicofol		India	April 2011			150 , 000 Kg of DDT	Manufacture of Dicofol	Dicofol is a cost effective and most useful acaricide in tropical and sub tropical agriculture in India .dicofol does not posses any characteristic of parent POP		Only one public sector unit manufactures Dicofol.
			Intermediate
	Use		Production of dicofol
			Production of dicofol
			Intermediate		India		April 2011	150 , 000 Kg of DDT		Manufacture of Dicofol		Dicofol is a cost effective and most useful acaricide in tropical and sub tropical agriculture in India .dicofol does not posses any characteristic of parent POP
Dieldrin CAS No: 60-57-1	Use		In agricultural operations
Heptachlor CAS No: 76-44-8	Use		Termiticide
			Termiticide in structures of houses
			Wood treatment
			In use in underground cable boxes
Hexachloro-benzene CAS No: 118-74-1	Production		As allowed for the Parties listed in the Register
		Use		Intermediate
				Solvent in pesticide
				Closed system site limited intermediate
Mirex CAS No: 2385-85-5		Production		As allowed for the Parties listed in the Register	China		May 2009	The annual output of Mirex powder is in the range of 10-30 tons.					There are 5 enterprises having the capability to produce mirex and 3 enterprises produce it at present
Mirex CAS No: 2385-85-5		Use		Termiticide	Australia		17 May 2009			Mirex is used under licence in northern Australia as a bait control for the giant termite (Mastotermes darwiniensis).			Research is underway to find a suitable alternative with the aim of phasing out the use of mirex.
					China		May 2009	The annual consumption of mirex powder is in the range of 10-30 tons.		20-30% of mirex is used to control termites in structures of houses, dams and underground cable boxes.

[1] The remarks column may be used to specify further limitations on the scope of the specific exemptions to be applied by the Party (e.g., area, timing and techniques of applications as well as target organisms in the case of pesticides); expected emissions from production; whether intermediates are to be further processed on- or off-site; degree of purity of the chemical with type of impurities; and the number of extensions to the specific exemption that have been granted to a particular party.

[2] Production and use of DDT for the acceptable purpose of disease vector control in accordance with part II of Annex B are registered in a separate DDT register.