Chemicals recommended for listing in Annex III

For each of the following chemicals that are recommended by the CRC, up to its 19th meeting held in 2023, for listing in Annex III of the Convention, the associated draft decision guidance document (DGD) approved up to its 20th meeting held in 2024, will be considered by the COP at its twelfth meeting (COP12) in 2025.

Scheduled for consideration for inclusion by the Conference of the Parties at its next meeting

• Carbosulfan

• Chrysotile asbestos

• Fenthion (ultra low volume (ULV) formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L)

• Liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L

• Acetochlor

• Iprodione

• Methyl bromide

• Paraquat

• Chlorpyrifos

• Mercury

The Chemical Review Committee meets annually while the Conference of the Parties meets every two years. In the interest of promoting information exchange among Parties on these chemicals during the interim period between these two meetings, the notifications of final regulatory action, relevant supporting documentation, rationales developed by the Chemical Review Committee and draft decisions are available through the links above.

A list of the chemicals already considered by the Conference of the Parties and that were listed in, or removed from, Annex III is available at the page Information archive of the chemicals recommended for listing in Annex III.