Considerations on COM(2023)42 - EU position on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade on amendments to the Convention (Annex III) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)42 - EU position on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade on ... |
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| document | COM(2023)42  |
| date | April 25, 2023 |
(2) Pursuant to Article 7 of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties may adopt decisions to list chemicals in Annex III.
(3) At its eleventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties is expected to adopt decisions to list further chemicals in Annex III to the Convention.
(4) To promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm and to contribute to their environmentally sound use it is necessary to list further chemicals that were found to meet all relevant criteria in Annex III to the Convention.
(5) Furthermore, the Conference of the Parties will consider a proposal for amending the Convention submitted by Switzerland, Australia and Mali. That proposal aims at addressing the difficulty to list new chemicals in Annex III to the Convention originating from the need to achieve consensus for a decision to amend Annex III in accordance with Article 22(5) of the Convention.
(6) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Conference of the Parties, as the decisions will be binding on the Union or capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, namely Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 4 .