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A scenario note developed by the Chair of the Chemical Review Committee, Noluzuko Gwayi (South Africa), to assist participants in preparing for the nineteenth meeting of the Committee is set out in the annex to the present note.

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A tentative schedule for the work of the Chemical Review Committee at its nineteenth 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.

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1. In its decision RC-11/2, 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 14 designated experts to serve as members of the Committee, with terms of office beginning on 1 May 2024 and ending on 30 April 2028. The curricula vitae of those members are set out in document UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/INF/5/Rev.2.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on the draft decision guidance document for methyl bromide (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/3), the annex to the present note sets out a compilation of comments and responses relating to the draft decision guidance document for methyl bromide. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on the draft decision guidance document for paraquat (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/4), the annex to the present note sets out a compilation of comments and responses relating to the draft decision guidance document for paraquat. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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The annex to the present note sets out information submitted by fourteen Parties (Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, European Union, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Yemen) and three observers (CropLife International, ONG La Grande Puissance De Dieu and Pesticide Action Network) in response to a request made by the Secretariat in accordance with paragraph (c) (iv) of Annex II to the Convention regarding trade in chemicals under consideration by the Chemical Review Committee. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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The Secretariat prepared, as set out in the annex to the present note, a summary of notifications of final regulatory action that have been reviewed by the Interim Chemical Review Committee or the Chemical Review Committee, and of those notifications scheduled for review by the Chemical Review Committee. Excluded from the summary record are those notifications for a use category of a chemical already included in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on bromacil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/5), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for bromacil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on bromacil: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/5), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Costa Rica to support its notification of final regulatory action for bromacil in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on carbaryl: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/6), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for carbaryl in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorfenvinphos: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/7), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorfenvinphos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorfenvinphos: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/7), the annex to the present note sets out the notification of final regulatory action for chlorfenvinphos in the pesticide category from Norway reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee at its eighteenth meeting and the rationale adopted by the Committee for its conclusion.1 The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorpyrifos: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Malaysia to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorpyrifos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorpyrifos: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Sri Lanka to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorpyrifos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorpyrifos: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorpyrifos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on chlorpyrifos: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/8), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for chlorpyrifos in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on diarsenic pentaoxide: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/9), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the Republic of Korea to support its notification of final regulatory action for diarsenic pentaoxide in the industrial category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on diarsenic pentaoxide: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/9), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for diarsenic pentaoxide1 in the industrial category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on ethion: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/10), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for ethion in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on ethion: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/10), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for ethion in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on mercury: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Indonesia to support its notification of final regulatory action for mercury in the pesticide and industrial categories. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on mercury: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by the European Union to support its notification of final regulatory action for mercury in the industrial category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on mercury: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Türkiye to support its notification of final regulatory action for mercury in the industrial category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on mercury: notifications of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/11), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Colombia to support its notification of final regulatory action for mercury in the industrial category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on methidathion: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/12), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for methidathion in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on thiodicarb: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/13), the annex to the present note sets out documentation provided by Mozambique to support its notification of final regulatory action for thiodicarb in the pesticide category. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on thiodicarb: notification of final regulatory action (UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/13), the annex to the present note sets out the notification of final regulatory action for thiodicarb in the pesticide category from the European Union reviewed by the Chemical Review Committee at its seventeenth meeting and the rationale adopted by the Committee for its conclusion. 1 The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

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1. The eleventh 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 1 to 12 May 2023 in Geneva, back to back with the sixteenth 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 eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

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The annex to the present note sets out a draft updated indicative list of substances covered by the listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds under the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Pursuant to decision RC-10/8, the Secretariat is to prepare, in consultation with the Chemical Review Committee, an indicative list of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds, make it available on the website of the Convention and update it periodically. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.