Mercury is a candidate chemical that has been recommended by the Chemicals Review Committee (CRC) for listing in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention in its nineteenth meeting (CRC 19).
CRC decision including rationale for the recommendation
The Chemical Review Committee recommended to the Conference of the Parties that mercury should be listed, as a pesticide, in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention (Decision CRC-19/4, document UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.19/14).
Rationale for the recommendation that mercury should become subject to the PIC procedure
Draft DGD adopted by CRC20
Notifications and supporting documentation on mercury reviewed by the CRC