All chemicals not listed under the Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances

Company name, company address, contact person, contact number, chemical name, trade name, CAS number, volume and chemical use. Other requirements that needs to be submitted by the applicant for PMPIN Compliance Certificate, Small Quantity Importation Clearance, or Polymer Exemption are the following:

a) Notarized and completed Abbreviated or Detailed Form (for PMPIN), Polymer Exemption Form (for Polymer Exemption);
b) Safety Data Sheet / SDS for polymer alone or the mi mixture/product where chemical is part of the ingredients;
c) 100% composition of Polymer including CAS numbers of monomers and other reactants (for Polymer Exemption);
d) Request for Confidential Business Information (if applicable);
e) Complete information of SDS;
f) For sufficiency of submitted SDS, information giving more focus on:
i) Physical and Chemical properties
ii) Toxicological information
iii) Ecological information;
g) For detailed application, laboratory reports for the following information are required:
i) Physical and chemical properties
ii) Toxicological information
iii) Ecological information.

The time allowed for submitting applications for a PMPIN Compliance Certificate Abbreviated Form is 90 working days and a Detailed Form is 120 working days prior to the importation. For Polymer Exemption and Small Quantity Importation Clearance, they are allowed 20 working days.

Application is done online thus the applicant can apply any time of the day for a PMPIN Compliance Certificate and Small Quantity Importation Clearance. However, processing days of an application are counted based on the working days of the EMB. While for Polymer Exemption which is applied manually, it can be applied at the EMB Central Office during Monday to Friday within the working hour period.