By decision RC-12/1, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat to streamline information collection requests to Parties, taking into account the periodic questionnaire on the implementation of Articles 11 to 14 of the Convention and the work programme of the Compliance Committee of the Convention.
The work programme of the Compliance Committee of the Rotterdam Convention for the biennium 2026-2027, approved by decision RC-12/6 of the Conference of the Parties, includes a number of activities related to the Committee’s review of systemic issues of general compliance under the Convention as well as an invitation to the Parties to continue to provide information to the Committee, using questions to collect information.
In light of the above activities, the Compliance Committee of the Rotterdam Convention, with support from the Secretariat, developed and updated a set of questions to collect information from Parties on specific challenges being faced by Parties on a number of issues. These questions incorporate and streamline the periodic questionnaire on the implementation of Articles 11-14. All Parties were invited to respond to the questions by 31 March 2026.
The information submitted by Parties in response to this request is available below.