When two notifications for the same chemical from two different PIC regions have been verified to meet the information requirements of Annex I of the Convention, this chemical becomes a "candidate chemical" and is scheduled for review by the Chemical Review Committee (CRC).

When one proposal for a severely hazardous pesticide formulation (SHPF) from a developing country or a country with an economy in transition has been verified to contain the information required by Part 2 of Annex IV of the Convention, this formulation becomes a candidate formulation for listing in Annex III and is scheduled for review by the CRC.

Chemicals to be forwarded to the Chemical Review Committee

The following chemicals are scheduled for review by the ninth session of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC-9), to be held 21-25 October 2013.

For each chemical that the Chemical Review Committee has decided to recommend for listing in Annex III, it shall prepare a draft decision guidance document (DGD). The recommendation together with the draft DGD shall be forwarded to the Conference of the Parties. The Conference of the Parties shall decide whether the chemical should be made subject to the Prior Informed Consent procedure and, accordingly, list the chemical in Annex III and approve the draft decision guidance document.

Please click on the name of the chemical in the table below for information on the rationale for the recommendation to include the chemical in Annex III of the Convention and the workplan for the timeline of development of the DGD and the composition of the group to draft the DGD.