Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

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The Rotterdam Convention is a multilateral environmental agreement that promotes shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among countries in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides by requiring prior informed consent before their export.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty ⓘ
multilateral environmental agreement ⓘ
administeredBy Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
adoptedAt Rotterdam, Netherlands ⓘ
linked to: Rotterdam
adoptedIn 1998 ⓘ
aim to promote cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides ⓘ
to promote shared responsibility in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides ⓘ
to protect human health from hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade ⓘ
to protect the environment from hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple cooperative efforts among Parties ⓘ
prior informed consent ⓘ
shared responsibility ⓘ
creates PIC list of chemicals subject to prior informed consent ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2004 ⓘ
establishes Chemical Review Committee ⓘ
field chemicals management ⓘ
international environmental law ⓘ
pesticide regulation ⓘ
goal to contribute to environmentally sound use of hazardous chemicals ⓘ
to facilitate informed decision-making by importing countries ⓘ
hasBody Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
headquarters Geneva, Switzerland ⓘ
linked to: Geneva
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
mechanism Prior Informed Consent procedure ⓘ
obligesParties to communicate import decisions for listed chemicals ⓘ
to ensure exports comply with importing Party decisions ⓘ
to notify final regulatory actions to ban or severely restrict chemicals ⓘ
promotes information exchange on hazardous chemicals and pesticides ⓘ
transparency in international trade of hazardous chemicals and pesticides ⓘ
region global ⓘ
relatedTo Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ⓘ
requires exporting Parties to obtain prior informed consent from importing Parties before exporting certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides ⓘ
scopeIncludes banned chemicals ⓘ
severely hazardous pesticide formulations ⓘ
severely restricted chemicals ⓘ
shortName Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
subject hazardous chemicals ⓘ
hazardous pesticides ⓘ
international trade in chemicals ⓘ
website http://www.pic.int ⓘ

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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal → relatedTo → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal → formsClusterWith → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants → relatedConvention → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Minamata Convention on Mercury → relatedTo → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Treaty on the Dirty Dozen → relatedTo → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
subject linked to: treaty on the dirty dozen
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade → shortName → Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
linked to: Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
POPRC → relatedTo → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
international chemicals and waste regime → includesInstrument → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention → supportsImplementationOf → Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
linked to: Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention → administers → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Prior Informed Consent procedure → implementedThrough → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Chemical Review Committee → partOf → Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
linked to: Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Chemical Review Committee → operatesUnder → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention → governs → Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
linked to: Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention → legalBasis → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions → supportsTreaty → Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ