Just before the start of the 20th meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC), we talked to Christine Fuell, Senior Technical Officer and Team Leader in FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) and Executive Secretary ad interim of the Rotterdam Convention.
The twentieth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention will take place from 17 to 20 September 2024, at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, back-to-back with the twentieth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention. Pre-meetings of the intersessional task groups will be held on 16 September 2024.
The Rotterdam Convention COP 12 Bureau meeting took place in Geneva on 15 May 2024.
59th edition of the Rotterdam Convention PIC Circular is now available! The PIC Circular is a key document in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention for the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and for the exchange of information on hazardous chemicals in international trade. It is published in June and December every year.
The objective of this online consultation is to invite interested exporting Parties to identify and communicate to challenges being faced with ensuring that exporters within their jurisdiction comply with decisions in import responses, as required under Article 11 of the Rotterdam Convention.
The objective of this online consultation is to collect information from Parties about any challenges importing Parties may be facing related to the transmission of import responses in accordance with Article 10 of the Rotterdam Convention.
The online briefings will provide an overview of the issues that will be considered by the twentieth meetings of the CRC and POPRC, to be held respectively from 17 to 20 September 2024 and from 23 to 27 September 2024, in Rome, Italy.
The objective of this online briefing is to inform Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, observers and other stakeholders on the outcomes of second meeting of the Rotterdam Convention’s Compliance Committee (RCCC-2).