Considerations on COM(2017)73 - EU position within the Conference of the Parties with regard to amendments of Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

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dossier COM(2017)73 - EU position within the Conference of the Parties with regard to amendments of Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention.
document COM(2017)73 EN
date April  3, 2017
 
table>(1)The Union approved the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (the ‘Rotterdam Convention’) by Council Decision 2006/730/EC (1). The Rotterdam Convention entered into force on 24 February 2004.
(2)Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) implements the Rotterdam Convention in the Union.

(3)In order to ensure that importing countries benefit from the protection offered by the Rotterdam Convention, it is necessary to support the recommendation from the Chemical Review Committee, a subsidiary body of the Rotterdam Convention, as regards the inclusion in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention of carbofuran, carbosulfan, chrysotile asbestos, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, all tributyltin compounds, trichlorfon, fenthion (ultra low volume (ULV) formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L) and liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L. Those substances are already banned or severely restricted in the Union and are therefore subject to export requirements that go beyond what is required under the Rotterdam Convention.

(4)The eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention is expected to decide on the proposed amendments to Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention. The Union should support those amendments,