Considerations on COM(2021)194 - EU position on amending Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2021)194 - EU position on amending Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous ... |
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| document | COM(2021)194  |
| date | April 7, 2022 |
| (2) | Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council implements the Convention within the Union (2). |
| (3) | Pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention may list chemicals in Annex III to the Convention. |
| (4) | At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention is expected to adopt decisions to list further chemicals in Annex III to the Convention. |
| (5) | In order to ensure that importing Parties benefit from the protection offered by the Convention, and since all relevant criteria under the Convention are met, it is necessary and appropriate to support the recommendation from the Chemical Review Committee under the Convention as regards the inclusion in Annex III to the Convention of acetochlor, carbosulfan, chrysotile asbestos, decabromodiphenyl ether, fenthion, certain liquid formulations containing paraquat dichloride, and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds. The use of those chemicals is already banned or severely restricted within the Union, and, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 649/2012, most of them are subject to export requirements that go beyond what is required under the Convention. |
| (6) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties as regards amendments to Annex III to the Convention, as those amendments will be binding on the Union, |