The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (COP 6) will be held in
Rome, Italy,
with tentative dates set as
1 – 5 July 2013
Rome, Italy,
with tentative dates set as
1 – 5 July 2013
Monday, 21 February 2011
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Date and Venue for the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention
The fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention (COP 5) will be held in
Geneva, Switzerland,
from 20 – 24 June 2011
More information will be posted here or is available at time at the official website of the Rotterdam Convention www.pic.int
Geneva, Switzerland,
from 20 – 24 June 2011
More information will be posted here or is available at time at the official website of the Rotterdam Convention www.pic.int
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Brussels to propose revision of PIC rules by April 2011
A proposal to revise the prior informed consent (PIC) regulation will be tabled by April. The European Commission merely seeks to make technical changes. It will not propose to change its substance. The regulation deals with the export of dangerous chemicals.
A draft revised regulation is now going through inter-service consultation in Brussels, according to an EC official. It will align the PIC law with new rules on the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of hazardous chemicals and the Lisbon treaty.
Among other things, the commission will propose to amend certain terminologies such as 'preparations', which would now be called 'mixtures'. The references to comitology would also be changed to reflect new rules introduced by the Lisbon Treaty.
The commission also wants to transfer responsibility for dealing with export notifications to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Under PIC rules, European firms exporting dangerous chemicals must receive the consent of receiving countries.
Prior consent is not required if a company can demonstrate that the substance has already been licensed, registered or authorised in the receiving country. Such exports must be approved by the commission on a case-by-case basis. Under the draft revised PIC law, ECHA would process applications.
EU PIC law implements the UN's Rotterdam convention on prior informed consent for trade in hazardous chemicals. The revision will not affect the list of chemicals covered by the rules, which are regularly updated via an annex. The Hungarian presidency hopes to broker a Council of Ministers agreement on the revised law in June.
A draft revised regulation is now going through inter-service consultation in Brussels, according to an EC official. It will align the PIC law with new rules on the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) of hazardous chemicals and the Lisbon treaty.
Among other things, the commission will propose to amend certain terminologies such as 'preparations', which would now be called 'mixtures'. The references to comitology would also be changed to reflect new rules introduced by the Lisbon Treaty.
The commission also wants to transfer responsibility for dealing with export notifications to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Under PIC rules, European firms exporting dangerous chemicals must receive the consent of receiving countries.
Prior consent is not required if a company can demonstrate that the substance has already been licensed, registered or authorised in the receiving country. Such exports must be approved by the commission on a case-by-case basis. Under the draft revised PIC law, ECHA would process applications.
EU PIC law implements the UN's Rotterdam convention on prior informed consent for trade in hazardous chemicals. The revision will not affect the list of chemicals covered by the rules, which are regularly updated via an annex. The Hungarian presidency hopes to broker a Council of Ministers agreement on the revised law in June.
Follow Up: EU webpages on trade of dangerous chemicals and list of chemicals covered
Christian Schaible, Senior Policy Officer for Industrial Policies and Chemicals
European Environmental Bureau EEG
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