21ª reunión del Comité de Examen de Productos Químicos (CEPQ.21)

Note by the Secretariat

A tentative schedule for the work of the Chemical Review Committee at its twenty-first meeting is set out in the annex to the present note. The schedule will be adapted as work progresses. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

1. The twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade was held from 28 April to 9 May 2025 in Geneva, back to back with the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Note by the Secretariat

1. In its decision RC-12/2 on the operation of the Chemical Review Committee, the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade appointed 15 designated experts to serve as members of the Committee, with terms of office beginning on 1 May 2026 and ending on 30 April 2030. The curricula vitae of those members are set out in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.12/INF/5/Rev.2.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorothalonil: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/5), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Costa Rica to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorothalonil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorothalonil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/5), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorothalonil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorothalonil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/5), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorothalonil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on diazinon: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/6), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for diazinon in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on diazinon: notifications of final regulatory action UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/6), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for diazinon in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on diazinon: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/6), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided bySerbia to support its notification of final regulatory action for diazinon in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on diazinon: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/6), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for diazinon in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on dichlorvos: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/7), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for dichlorvos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on dicofol: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Chile to support its notification of final regulatory action for dicofol in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on dicofol: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Peru to support its notification of final regulatory action for dicofol in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on dicofol: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Switzerland to support its notification of final regulatory action for dicofol in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on dicofol: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for dicofol in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on fenamiphos: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/10), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for fenamiphos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on fenamiphos: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/10), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for fenamiphos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on fipronil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Cabo Verde, Chad, Gambia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo to support their notifications of final regulatory action for fipronil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on fipronil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for fipronil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on fipronil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for fipronil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methiocarb: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/13), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for methiocarb in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methiocarb: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/13), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for methiocarb in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methomyl: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/14), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Chile to support its notification of final regulatory action for methomyl in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methomyl: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/14), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for methomyl in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methomyl: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/14), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Uruguay to support its notification of final regulatory action for methomyl in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methyl-parathion: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/15), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Brazil to support its notification of final regulatory action for methyl-parathion in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methyl-parathion: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.21/15), annexes I and II to the present note set out the notification of final regulatory action for methyl-parathion in the pesticide category from the European Union reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee at its first meeting and the rationale adopted by the Committee for its conclusion, respectively. The present note, including its annexes, has not been formally edited.