Chemical Licenses Section
Tasks and Specializations:
- Approving requests to import chemicals according to the actual needs for industry, scientific research, legal commercial activity, studies, universities, institutes, and schools.
- Follow-up and coordination with government agencies to release chemicals according to their nature and use in accordance with environmental requirements and standards.
- Follow-up and study of the primary chemicals to be approved before they are imported.
- Implementing procedures related to importing and exporting restricted and prohibited substances in international and regional protocols and agreements.
- Work to harmonize and standardize the classification and labeling of chemicals.
- Developing programs to reduce or prevent risks and develop alternatives (for example: preventing the import and use of foam).
- Follow up the implementation of the provisions of the Environmental Protection Law No. 42 of 2014 and its amendments and regulations and any amendments thereto.
- Setting the work plan for the department's employees in the customs outlets, determining the tasks and responsibilities assigned to them, following up their performance, and setting solutions to all obstacles and problems facing them in the performance of government actions related to chemicals in the country regarding updating approved and approved release lists periodically.
- Granting approvals to issue licenses for importing chemicals to companies in accordance with the articles of the executive regulations.
- The development of electronic systems for granting licenses and releases of chemicals in order to contribute to facilitating, accelerating and providing an opportunity for electronic linking between the relevant government agencies in the implementation of electronic services and the exchange of information.
- Training of national cadres from graduates of scientific colleges and applied institutes on chemicals management.
- Contributing to the implementation of the environmental awareness media plan at the Environment Public Authority by giving lectures - publishing the educational instructions through the print and audio media regarding safe handling of chemicals in coordination with the competent authorities.
- Follow up on the correspondence of the qualified companies and the customs papers regarding the seizure of a container and the obstacles that face the release operations.
- Preparing the proposed annual work, budget and operating plan for the department.
- Preparing periodic reports on the activities and achievements of the department.