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

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international treaty multilateral environmental agreement

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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Label	Occurrences
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade canonical	5
Rotterdam Convention	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral environmental agreement ⓘ
administeredBy	Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ surface form: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
adoptedAt	Rotterdam ⓘ surface form: Rotterdam, Netherlands
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 ⓘ surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
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 on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rotterdam Convention
subject	hazardous chemicals ⓘ hazardous pesticides ⓘ international trade in chemicals ⓘ
website	http://www.pic.int ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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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 surface form: 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 on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rotterdam Convention