| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/1 | Provisional agenda | | 9/20/2024 11:59 AM |
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1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Adoption of the agenda.
3. Organizational matters: |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/3 | Rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties | | 1/6/2025 5:09 PM |
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Note by the Secretariat
I. Introduction
1. At its first meeting, in decision RC-1/1, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade adopted its rules of procedure, as contained in the annex to that decision, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45, which it agreed to maintain in square brackets to indicate that the sentence had not been agreed on and was of no effect. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/5 | Chemical Review Committee: developments for action by the Conference of the Parties | | 1/13/2025 9:36 AM |
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Note by the Secretariat
I. Introduction
1. Since the report provided to the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the Chemical Review Committee has held its nineteenth meeting, in Rome, from 3 to 6 October 2023, and its twentieth meeting, in Rome, from 17 to 20 September 2024. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/7 | Inclusion of carbosulfan in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention | | 1/13/2025 3:48 PM |
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Note by the Secretariat
I. Introduction
1. Pursuant to Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the Chemical Review Committee, at its eleventh meeting, in decision CRC-11/4, recommended that carbosulfan be listed in Annex III to the Convention. Subsequently, at its twelfth meeting, in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention, the Committee, by decision CRC-12/2, adopted a draft decision guidance document on carbosulfan (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.12/3/Rev.1) and decided to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.12/INF/7/Rev.1), to the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention for its consideration. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the addendum to the present note (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/7/Add.1) for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/7/Add.1 | Inclusion of carbosulfan in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention | | 1/13/2025 4:57 PM |
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Draft decision guidance document
Note by the Secretariat
As is mentioned in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/7, the Chemical Review Committee, at its twelfth meeting, by decision CRC-12/2, adopted a draft decision guidance document on carbosulfan. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for consideration by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The annex has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/10 | Inclusion of fenthion (ultra-low-volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention | | 1/13/2025 9:48 AM |
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Note by the Secretariat
I. Introduction
1. Pursuant to Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the Chemical Review Committee, at its ninth meeting, in decision CRC-9/4, recommended the listing of fenthion
(ultra-low-volume (ULV) formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) as a severely hazardous pesticide formulation in Annex III to the Convention. Subsequently, at its tenth meeting, in accordance with Article 7 of the Convention, the Committee, by decision CRC-10/2, adopted a draft decision guidance document on fenthion (ULV formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.10/3) and decided to forward it, together with the related tabular summary of comments (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.10/INF/5), to the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention for its consideration. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the addendum to the present note (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/10/Add.1) for consideration by the Conference of the Parties.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/10/Add.1 | Inclusion of fenthion (ultra-low-volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention | | 1/13/2025 9:18 AM |
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Draft decision guidance document
Note by the Secretariat
As is mentioned in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/10, the Chemical Review Committee, at its tenth meeting, by decision CRC-10/2, adopted a draft decision guidance document on fenthion (ultra low volume formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L). The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for consideration by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The annex has not been formally edited. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/13 | Inclusion of mercury in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention | | 1/14/2025 5:26 PM |
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Note by the Secretariat
I. Introduction
1. Pursuant to Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the Chemical Review Committee, at its nineteenth meeting, reviewed notifications of final regulatory action for mercury in the industrial category submitted by Colombia and the European Union, together with the supporting documentation referred to therein. Taking into account each of the specific criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, the Committee concluded that the notifications had met the criteria specified in Annex II to the Convention. Accordingly, the Committee agreed, in decision CRC-19/4, to recommend to the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention that mercury (CAS No. 7439-97-6) be listed in Annex III to the Convention as an industrial chemical and proceeded to prepare a draft decision guidance document.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/13/Add.1 | Inclusion of mercury in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention | | 1/14/2025 5:36 PM |
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Draft decision guidance document
Note by the Secretariat
As is mentioned in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/13, the Chemical Review Committee, at its twentieth meeting, by decision CRC-20/2, adopted a draft decision guidance document on mercury. The draft decision guidance document is set out in the annex to the present note for consideration by the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The annex has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/26 | Programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2026–2027: combined proposal (joint document) | | 1/13/2025 2:47 PM |
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Note by the Secretariat
I. Introduction
1. The present note provides information on the budget scenarios requested in decisions BC-16/28, (para. 26), RC-11/15 (para. 29) and SC-11/27 (para. 28), on programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2024–2025, adopted by the conferences of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at their 2023 meetings.
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