Around the world, in order to protect health and the environment, countries need to set in place and enforce effective national legislation, regulations and/or standards regarding chemicals of concern. The documents on this page are intended to help governments and industries create laws or adopt standards to limit the production, import, sale, and use of chemicals of concern.

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Factsheets and brochures

Suggested Steps for Establishing a Lead Paint Law

December 2019
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This fact sheet outlines steps that have been helpful in countries that have adopted lead paint laws. The steps are not necessarily sequential or needed in every country.
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Topics: Policymaking
Policy document

Model Law and Guidance for Regulating Lead Paint

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UNEP
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July 2018
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UN Environment, in cooperation with World Health Organization, United States Environment Protection Agency and other partners, has developed a model law and guidance in order to assist countries in establishing and implementing regulation on lead paint.The purpose of this guidance is to assist countries to enact new laws (or to modify their existing laws) to establish a single regulatory limit on the total lead content in paints. The guidance describes the key elements of effective and enforceable legal requirements. It

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Topics: Policymaking
English Arabic Azeri Chinese, Simplified French Russian Spanish Model Law (in all 6 UN Languages)
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Manuals and toolkits

Reformulation is Entirely Possible: Summary of the Lead Paint Reformulation Technical Guidelines and How to Use this Information

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Lead Paint Alliance , SAICM UN Environment Programme World Health Organization
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May 2022
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This document summarizes information from the Lead Paint Reformulation Technical Guidelines, the findings and recommendations of the reformulation pilot demonstrations, and two case studies of paint manufacturers which have reformulated paint products. This summary is also intended to highlight how the information from the Guidelines can be used by different stakeholders involved in the phasing out of lead paint.The full set of technical guidelines can be accessed here.The guidelines were made possible under a global project funded by the Global

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Process Considerations for Drafting Lead Paint Laws

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Lead Paint Alliance ,
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August 2020
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In response to questions received by the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint on roadmaps for developing regulations on lead content in paint, the Alliance offers the following process considerations. Questions are illustrative, indicating the kinds of information a government might consider as it undertakes each component of a drafting process.
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