Candidate Chemicals

When two notifications for the same chemical from two different PIC regions have been verified to meet the information requirements of Annex I to 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 scheduled for review by the Chemical Review Committee

The following chemicals will be reviewed by the future meetings of the Chemical Review Committee. Due to the large number of candidate chemicals, the CRC bureau is deciding on the schedule and the priority of the candidate chemicals for review at its upcoming meetings.

Chemical
CAS No.
Category
(as per notification submitted) 
Atrazine 1912-24-9
Pesticide
Azinphos-ethyl 2642-71-9
Pesticide
Benzidine and its salts 92-87-5
Industrial
Chlorpyrifos-methyl 2921-88-2
Pesticide
Cyhexatin 13121-70-5
Pesticide
Diazinon 333-41-5
Pesticide
Dichlorvos 62-73-7
Pesticide
Dicofol 115-32-2
Pesticide
Endrin 72-20-8
Pesticide
Fenamiphos 22224-92-6
Pesticide
Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 Pesticide
Fipronil 120068-37-3
Pesticide
Mephosfolan 950-10-7
Pesticide
Methiocarb 2032-65-7
Pesticide
Methomyl 16752-77-5
Pesticide
Pentachlorobenzene 608-93-5 Pesticide
Phenthoate 2597-03-7
Pesticide
Profenofos 41198-08-7
Pesticide
Prothiofos 34643-46-4
Pesticide
Prothoate 2275-18-5
Pesticide
Quinalphos 13593-03-8
Pesticide
Zineb 12122-67-7  Pesticide
Cypermethrin 10% EC   SHPF
Cypermethrin 35% EC   SHPF
Emamectin benzoate 5 % SG   SHPF
Methomyl 40 % SP

SHPF

Chemicals for which Decision Guidance Documents (DGDs) are under development

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.

List of chemicals for which DGDs are under development, including Parties that submitted the FRA notifications, decisions of the Chemical Review Committee, development status of the draft DGDs, composition of the intersessional drafting groups and workplans for the preparation of draft DGDs: 

Chemical
CAS No.
Category
Notifying Parties
CRC decisions
Draft DGD development
Chlorpyrifos 2921-88-2 Pesticide The European Union
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
CRC-19/3
Mercury 7439-97-6
Industrial chemical The European Union
Colombia
CRC-19/4

Decision CRC-9/4
Composition of the drafting group
Workplan Fenthion  
Decision CRC-9/3
Composition of the drafting group
Workplan methamidophos  
Decision CRC-10/4
Composition of the drafting group
Workplan for the preparation of DGDs  
Decision CRC-10/5
Composition of the drafting group
Workplan for the preparation of DGDs  
Decision CRC-11/3
Composition of the drafting group
Workplan Carbofuran
Decision CRC-11/4
Composition of the drafting group
Workplan Fenthion