| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/1 | Provisional agenda
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1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Organizational matters:
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/1/Add.1 | Annotations to the provisional agenda | |
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Item 1. Opening of the meeting
1. The seventh meeting of the Chemical Review Committee, to be held from 28 March to 1 April 2011 at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, will be opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 28 March 2011.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/2 | Issues arising out of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention and other decisions of the Conference of the Parties of relevance to the work of the Chemical Review Committee | |
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Note by the Secretariat
The present note is divided into two chapters. Chapter I provides an overview of the outcome of the deliberations 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 at its fourth meeting, held in Rome from 27 to 31 October 2008, on work undertaken by the Chemical Review Committee. The report of the meeting (UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.4/24) was circulated in December 2008 and posted on the Convention website (www.pic.int).
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/3 | Report of the Bureau on the preliminary review of
notifications and the proposal for a severely hazardous pesticide
formulation | |
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Note by the Secretariat
The process for drafting decision guidance documents set forth in decision RC-2/2 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 includes the establishment of
intersessional task groups for candidate chemicals and pesticide formulations scheduled for
consideration by the Chemical Review Committee. To promote efficiency in its work, the Committee
at its second meeting established a procedure for dealing with notifications of final regulatory action to
ban or severely restrict chemicals. The procedure has been posted on the Convention website
(www.pic.int) and will be available to the Committee at its seventh meeting in a compilation of policy
guidance and working procedures (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/INF/4).
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/4 | Amitraz - notifications of final regulatory action from the European Union and Syria | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received
at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of
two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the
Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the
Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such
notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to
the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the
Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/4/Add.1 | Amitraz - rationale for the Committee’s conclusion that the European Community’s
notification met the requirements of the Convention | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Rationale for the Committee’s conclusion that the European Community’s
notification met the requirements of the Convention
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/4/Add.2 | Amitraz - Supporting documentation provided by the Syrian Arab Republic | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by the Syrian Arab Republic
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/5 | Carbaryl - notifications of final regulatory action from the European Community and Syria | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received
at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of
two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the
Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the
Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such
notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to
the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the
Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/5/Add.1 | Carbaryl - rationale for the Committee’s conclusion that the European Community’s
notification met the requirements of the Convention | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Rationale for the Committee’s conclusion that the European Community’s
notification met the requirements of the Convention
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/5/Add.2 | Carbaryl - supporting documentation provided by the Syrian Arab Republic | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by the Syrian Arab Republic
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/6 | Endosulfan - notifications of final regulatory action from New Zealand and Benin | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/6/Add.1 | Endosulfan - supporting documentation provided by New Zealand | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by New Zealand
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/6/Add.2 | Endosulfan - supporting documentation provided by Benin
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Benin
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/6/Add.3 | Endosulfan - additional supporting documentation provided by Benin | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Additional supporting documentation provided by Benin
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, additional
documentation received from Benin to support its notification of final regulatory action for endosulfan
as a pesticide. The documentation has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/7 | Perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors - notifications of final regulatory action from Canada, European Union and Japan | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received
at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of
two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the
Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the
Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such
notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to
the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the
Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/7/Add.1 | Perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors - supporting documentation provided by Canada | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Canada
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Canada to support its notification of final regulatory action for perfluorooctane
sulfonate, its salts and its precursors as industrial chemicals. The documentation has not been formally
edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/7/Add.2 | Perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors - supporting documentation provided by the European Union. | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by the European Union.
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for perfluorooctane
sulfonate, its salts and its precursors as industrial chemicals. The documentation has not been formally
edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/7/Add.3 | Perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors - supporting documentation provided by the Japan
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Japan
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/8 | Pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - notifications of final regulatory action from Canada, European Community, Japan and Norway | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received
at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of
two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the
Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the
Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such
notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to
the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the
Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/8/Add.1 | Pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - supporting documentation provided by Canada | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Canada
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Canada to support its notification of final regulatory action for pentabromodiphenyl
ether commercial mixtures as industrial chemicals. The documentation has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/8/Add.2 | Pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures: supporting documentation provided by the European Community | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by the European Community
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from the European Community1 to support its notification of final regulatory action for
pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures as industrial chemicals. The documentation has not
been formally edited. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/8/Add.3 | Pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - supporting documentation provided by Japan | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Japan
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Japan to support its notifications of final regulatory action for pentabromodiphenyl ether
and tetrabromodiphenyl ether as industrial chemicals since both these chemicals are contained in
pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures. The documentation has not been formally edited. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/8/Add.4 | Pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - Supporting documentation provided by Norway | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Norway
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Norway to support its notifications of final regulatory action for pentabromodiphenyl ether
and tetrabromodiphenyl ether as industrial chemicals since both these chemicals are contained in
pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures. The documentation has not been formally edited. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/9 | Pentachlorobenzene - notifications of final regulatory action from Canada and Japan | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received
at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of
two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the
Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the
Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such
notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to
the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the
Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/9/Add.1 | Pentachlorobenzene - supporting documentation provided by Canada | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Canada
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Canada to support its notification of final regulatory action for pentachlorobenzene as
an industrial chemical. The documentation has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/9/Add.2 | Pentachlorobenzene - supporting documentation provided by Japan | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Japan
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Japan to support its notification of final regulatory action for pentachlorobenzene as
an industrial chemical. The documentation has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/10 | Octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - notifications of final regulatory action from Canada, European Community, Japan and Norway | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
1. Under Article 5 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, when the Secretariat has received
at least one notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical from each of
two prior informed consent (PIC) regions containing the information required in Annex I to the
Convention, it shall forward the notifications and accompanying documentation to the members of the
Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the information provided in such
notifications and, in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex II to the Convention, recommend to
the Conference of the Parties whether the chemical in question should be included in Annex III to the
Convention and whether a decision guidance document should be drafted.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/10/Add.1 | Octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - supporting documentation provided by Canada | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Canada
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Canada to support its notification of final regulatory action for octabromodiphenyl ether
commercial mixtures as industrial chemicals. The documentation has not been formally edited. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/10/Add.2 | Octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures: supporting documentation provided by the European Community | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by the European Community
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from the European Community1 to support its notification of final regulatory action for
octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures as industrial chemicals. The documentation has not
been formally edited. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/10/Add.3 | Octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - supporting documentation provided by Japan | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Japan
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Japan to support its notifications of final regulatory action for heptabromodiphenyl ether
and hexabromodiphenyl ether as industrial chemicals since both these chemicals are contained in
octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures. The documentation has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/10/Add.4 | Octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures - supporting documentation provided by Norway | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Norway
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation
received from Norway to support its notifications of final regulatory action for heptabromodiphenyl ether
and hexabromodiphenyl ether as industrial chemicals since both these chemicals are contained in
octabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures. The documentation has not been formally edited.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11 | Gramoxone Super - proposal to list a severely hazardous pesticide formulation | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Under Article 6 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, any party that is a developing
country or country with economy in transition and is experiencing problems caused by a severely
hazardous pesticide formulation under conditions of use in its territory may propose the listing of the
formulation in Annex III to the Convention. The proposal shall contain the information specified in
part 1 of Annex IV to the Convention. When the Secretariat receives such a proposal it shall forward a
summary of the information received to all parties. The Secretariat shall also collect the additional
information specified in part 2 of Annex IV. When this has been done, the Secretariat shall forward the
proposal and related information to the Chemical Review Committee. The Committee shall review the
information provided in the proposal and the additional information collected and, in accordance with
the criteria set out in part 3 of Annex IV, recommend to the Conference of the Parties whether the
severely hazardous pesticide formulation in question should be made subject to the PIC procedure and,
accordingly, be listed in Annex III to the Convention.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Add.1 | Gramoxone Super - Supporting documentation provided by Burkina Faso | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Supporting documentation provided by Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso, to support its proposal to list Gramoxone Super as a severely hazardous
pesticide formulation in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, has provided a
report on a pilot study on agricultural pesticide poisoning in the country.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Corr.1 | Gramoxone Super - Corrigendum | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. Page 20 of the PDF file, last line (English translation of Annex 1 to the form)
For valid for three (3) months read valid for three (3) years
2. Page 22 of the PDF file, line 24 (English translation of Annex 1 to the form)
After the least used insert (4.5%)
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Add.2 | Gramoxone Super - Additional information collected by the Secretariat from parties | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
The Secretariat received replies from 17 parties: Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, El Salvador, the European
Union, Hungary, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Norway, Pakistan and the Syrian Arab Republic. The
information received from these parties includes both formulation-specific information and
information pertaining to the active ingredient. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Add.3 | Gramoxone Super - Additional information collected by the Secretariat from observers | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
The Secretariat received replies from five observers: the Berne Declaration, the Central African Economic and Monetary Community/Inter-States Pesticides Committee for Central Africa, the Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific, the United States of America’s Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization. The information received from these observers includes both formulation-specific information and information pertaining to the active ingredient.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Add.4 | Gramoxone Super - Additional information collected by the Secretariat | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Additional information collected by the Secretariat
1. The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, documentation pertaining to the proposal by Burkina Faso to list Gramoxone Super as a severely hazardous pesticide
formulation in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The documentation was collected
by the Secretariat in accordance with part 2 of Annex IV to the Convention and includes basic
information on the physical, chemical and toxicological properties of paraquat, which is the active
ingredient contained in Gramoxone Super. The documentation set out in the annex is presented as
collected, without formal editing by the Secretariat.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Add.5 | Gramoxone Super - Additional information received by the Secretariat | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Additional information received by the Secretariat
Additional information received by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, additional
information received regarding the proposal to list Gramoxone Super as a severely hazardous pesticide
formulation in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The documentation set out in the
annex is presented as received, without formal editing by the Secretariat.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/11/Add.6 | Gramoxone Super - Additional information received by the Secretariat CPAC | |
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Note by the Secretariat
Addendum
Additional information received by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to provide, in the annex to the present note, additional
information received from the Central African Economic and Monetary Community/Inter-States
Pesticides Committee for Central Africa regarding the proposal to list Gramoxone Super as a severely
hazardous pesticide formulation in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed
Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The
documentation set out in the annex is presented as received, without formal editing by the Secretariat. |
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/12 | Draft decision guidance document for azinphos-methyl | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. At its fifth and sixth meetings, the Chemical Review Committee reviewed notifications of final regulatory action for azinphos-methyl from Canada and Norway, along with the supporting documentation referenced therein. Taking into account the requirements set out in Annex II to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, the Committee concluded that the requirements of that Annex had been met.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/13 | Guidance to intersessional task groups on reviewing notifications of final regulatory action and supporting documentation for chemicals scheduled for consideration by the Chemical Review Committee | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. The process for drafting decision guidance documents set out in decision RC-2/2 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 provides for the creation of task groups to work intersessionally to evaluate notifications of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict chemicals. The Chemical Review Committee developed a paper to provide guidance to such task groups with the understanding that it was a work in progress that could be amended in the light of experience gained. An intersessional drafting group was established at the Committee’s sixth meeting with the mandate to develop the guidance document further.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/14 | Working paper on the application of criterion (b) of Annex II to the Rotterdam Convention | |
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Note by the Secretariat
1. The Chemical Review Committee developed a working paper on the application of criterion (b) of Annex II to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The purpose of the paper is to assist the Committee in judging whether a notification of final regulatory action meets those criteria. The working paper was originally developed by the Committee at its first meeting with the understanding that it would continue to evolve in the light of future experience. It was amended to include further examples based on the experience gained at subsequent meetings of the Committee. An intersessional drafting group was established at the Committee’s sixth meeting with the mandate to further develop the working paper.
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| UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.7/15 | Report of the Chemical Review Committee on the work of its seventh meeting | |
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