The rules of procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, were adopted by the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (decision RC-1/1, with the exception of the second sentence of paragraph 1 of rule 45). The rules of procedure apply to any meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention convened in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention.

Save as provided in rules 28–31, the rules shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the proceedings of any subsidiary bodies, subject to any modifications decided by the Conference of the Parties.