Chemical dispersants for oil spills
Chemical Oil Spill Dispersants are liquid chemical mixtures used to break up oil spills and which act by reducing the surface tension of the oil-water system.
The General Chemical State Laboratory is responsible for the granting of "type-approval" of 3G chemical dispersants at the request of interested parties accompanied by a dossier containing the information referred to in JMD No: 5219/Φ .11/4/2000, Article 4.
Any approval granted shall be notified to the Marine Environment Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Citizen Protection and to the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR).
KYA No: 5219/Φ .11/4/2000 "Determination of specifications and validation of chemical dispersants for the elimination of marine pollution from oil" (Government Gazette 455/Β/4.4.2000).
Y.A. No: 3006358/3567 "Determination of a fee for the type-approval of chemical dispersants to eliminate the pollution of the sea by oil" (Government Gazette 370/Β/5.4.2001)