Chemical Review Committee

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The Chemical Review Committee is a scientific expert body under the Rotterdam Convention that evaluates hazardous chemicals and pesticides to recommend whether they should be subject to the treaty’s prior informed consent procedure in international trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rotterdam Convention body ⓘ
scientific expert body ⓘ
subsidiary body ⓘ
aimsTo promote prior informed consent in trade of certain hazardous chemicals ⓘ
promote shared responsibility in international trade of hazardous chemicals ⓘ
protect human health ⓘ
protect the environment ⓘ
appliesTo international trade in hazardous chemicals ⓘ
international trade in hazardous pesticides ⓘ
composedOf experts in chemicals management ⓘ
experts in pesticide management ⓘ
government-designated experts ⓘ
cooperatesWith FAO ⓘ
Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
UNEP ⓘ
decisionMaker Conference of the Parties based on Committee recommendations ⓘ
decisionType technical recommendations ⓘ
establishedBy Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
hasRole advise Conference of the Parties of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
develop decision guidance documents ⓘ
evaluate hazardous chemicals ⓘ
evaluate hazardous pesticides ⓘ
prepare recommendations on chemicals ⓘ
review candidate chemicals for listing ⓘ
hasWorkingLanguage United Nations official languages ⓘ
legalBasis articles of the Rotterdam Convention concerning listing of chemicals ⓘ
locationOfSecretariat Geneva ⓘ
mandate assess whether chemicals meet Convention criteria for listing in Annex III ⓘ
review notifications of final regulatory action ⓘ
review proposals for severely hazardous pesticide formulations ⓘ
meetingFrequency approximately once per year ⓘ
meets periodically ⓘ
operatesUnder Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
partOf Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
produces draft decision guidance documents ⓘ
rationales for recommendations ⓘ
recommendations for listing chemicals in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
purpose recommend whether chemicals should be subject to prior informed consent procedure ⓘ
relatedTo Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee ⓘ
reportsTo Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
reviewOutcome recommend listing chemical in Annex III ⓘ
recommend not listing chemical in Annex III ⓘ
scope certain hazardous industrial chemicals ⓘ
certain hazardous pesticides ⓘ
severely hazardous pesticide formulations in developing countries ⓘ
subjectArea chemical safety ⓘ
international environmental law ⓘ
pesticide risk management ⓘ
supportedBy Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ
usesCriteriaFrom Annex II of the Rotterdam Convention ⓘ

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