Call for Information on Trade

Call for information on trade in the candidate chemicals of which notifications of final regulatory action are tentatively scheduled for review by the Chemical Review Committee at its nineteenth meeting (3 – 6 October 2023):

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Communication to Parties and observers (13 April 2023)  

Parties and other interested observers are invited to submit by 20th June 2023 information on ongoing international trade for the following six candidate chemicals:

Candidate chemical CAS No. Category PIC Region Notifying Party Published in PIC Circular
Diarsenic pentaoxide 1303-28-2 Industrial Asia Republic of Korea Circular XX
Industrial Europe

European Union

Circular LV

Bromacil   314-40-9   Pesticide Europe Türkiye Circular LIV
Pesticide Latin America and the Caribbean Costa Rica Circular LII
Brodifacoum 56073-10-0 Pesticide Africa Mozambique Circular LV
Pesticide Europe Türkiye Circular LIV
Chlorpyrifos 2921-88-2 Pesticide Asia Malaysia Circular XLVII
Pesticide  Asia  Sri Lanka  Circular XLIX 
Pesticide Europe Türkiye Circular LIV
Pesticide Europe European Union Circular LVI
Ethion 563-12-2 Pesticide Africa Mozambique Circular LV
Pesticide Europe Türkiye Circular LIII
Mercury

 

7439-97-6   Pesticide& Industrial Asia Indonesia Circular LIII
Industrial Europe Türkiye Circular LIII
Industrial Latin America and the Caribbean Colombia Circular LII
Industrial Europe European Union Circular LVI

For each of the chemicals listed above, a notification of final regulatory action from each of at least two PIC regions has been submitted to the Secretariat in line with Article 5 (procedures for banned and severely restricted chemicals) of the Convention. The Secretariat has verified these notifications as being complete against the information requirements of Annex I of the Convention.

Process for collection of information on ongoing international trade

According to the criteria for listing banned or severely restricted chemicals in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, Annex II, paragraph (c)(iv), indicates that the Chemical Review Committee should consider whether there is evidence of ongoing international trade in the chemicals it reviews.

In line with the process for collecting information on ongoing international trade adopted by the Chemical Review Committee at its first meeting, countries and other interested parties are invited to submit information on ongoing trade and use of the above-listed chemicals[1].

  1. The notifying Parties are being requested to provide, where available, information on:
    1. the last time they imported the chemical;
    2. whether or not they manufactured the chemical and, if so,
    3. whether they continue to export it.
  2. The global industry associations are being requested to provide a response as to whether the above chemicals are manufactured and traded.
  3. NGOs dealing with pesticides or industrial chemicals are being requested to provide a response as to whether the above chemicals are manufactured and traded.
  4. Designated national authorities (DNAs) are requested to provide information on trade through the cover letter of the PIC Circular (PIC Circulars LVII issued in June 2023).

Information should, as much as possible, be submitted in English, the working language of the Chemical Review Committee.

Contact

Information can be submitted by 20th June 2023 by e-mail, fax or surface mail to:

Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Fax: (+39) 06 5705 3224
E-mail: pic@fao.org

United National Environment Programme (UNEP)
11-13, Chemin des Anémones
1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Fax: (+41) (0) 22 917 8098
Email: brs@un.org

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[1] https://www.pic.int/TheConvention/ChemicalReviewCommittee/Guidance/tabid/1060/ctl/Download/mid/14721/language/en-US/Default.aspx?id=1&ObjID=47480 (CRC handbook).