UNEP: Guidance on the Development of Legal and Institutional Infrastructures for Sound Management of Chemicals and Measures for Recovering Costs of National Administration (LIRA-Guidance) (2015)
Description
This guidance document, published in 2015, is known as the LIRA Guidance (Legal and Institutional infrastructures and measures for Recovering costs of national Administrations). In order to ensure input on drafts and broad acceptance of the content it was developed based on workshops to discuss the guidance needed, the establishment of a multi-stakeholder Expert Group and testing in some countries.
The focus in the LIRA-guidance is managing the introduction of chemicals into the market as the establishment of such infrastructures provides a cost-effective enabling framework for the other parts needed for life-cycle chemicals management. It includes proposals for measures for financing necessary administration activities in this regard.
By supporting the development of coherent chemicals management frameworks at the national level, the LIRA Guidance contributes to the priorities developed the context of SAICM and the in 2015 endorsed Overall Orientation and Guidance document, as well as the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and Minamata Conventions.
Why this tool/guidance?
It aims to provide practical support to policy makers in countries that are in the process of developing national plans for strengthening legal and institutional infrastructures governing the introduction of chemicals into the market as part of a lifecycle chemicals management policy.
It provides options for organizing the legal and institutional infrastructures governing the placement of chemicals on the market, including legislation and institutional agreements, given the national context, including a template for a framework law. It also provides guidance on tools for ensuring sustainable financing, including cost recovery measures.
Legislative and Regulatory Construct element:
- Key government responsibilities Chapters 2, 3 and 4; Annexes 1 and 2
- Industry Responsibilities Chapter 4
- Financing Chapters 6 and 7
- Scope of the legislation and key definitions Chapter 4
- Additional legal requirement approaches for consideration Chapter 4
- Coordination mechanisms Chapter 4
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