Paraquat 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 eightteenth meeting (CRC 18). (Decision CRC-18/4, document UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.18/15).
CRC decision including rationale for the recommendation
The Chemical Review Committee recommended to the Conference of the Parties that paraquat should be listed, as a pesticide, in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention (Decision CRC-18/4, document UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.18/15).
Rationale for the recommendation that Paraquat should become subject to the PIC procedure
Draft DGD adopted by CRC18
Notifications and supporting documentation on terbufos reviewed by the CRC