Compendium of Canada's engagement in international environmental agreements and instruments. Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides...: En4-381/1-29-2018E-PDF

"The Rotterdam Convention is an international treaty that provides an early warning to countries on a broad range of hazardous chemicals in international trade that have been banned or severely restricted in other countries to protect human health or the environment. The information shared under the Convention enables governments to assess the risks posed by these hazardous chemicals and to make informed decisions on their future import. By facilitating information exchange, the Convention empowers countries lacking adequate infrastructure to monitor the import and use of hazardous chemicals and pesticides. Canada has been a strong contributor of notifications of final regulatory action and these notifications have led to the inclusion of a number of substances to Annex III of the Convention, making them subject to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure"--Plain language summary.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Title Compendium of Canada's engagement in international environmental agreements and instruments. Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Later edition Compendium of Canada's engagement in international environmental agreements and instruments.
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Recueil des engagements du Canada aux accords et instruments internationaux sur l'environnement. Convention de Rotterdam sur la procédure de consentement préalable en connaissance de cause applicable à certains produits chimiques et pesticides dangereux qui font l'objet d'un commerce international.
"Compendium edition: October 2018."
Publishing information [Gatineau, Quebec] : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, 2018.
©2018
Description 1 online resource (2 pages)
Catalogue number
  • En4-381/1-29-2018E-PDF
Subject terms Hazardous substances -- Law and legislation.
Hazardous substances -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Pesticides -- Law and legislation.
Pesticides -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
Foreign trade regulation.
Foreign trade regulation -- Canada.
Canada -- Foreign relations -- Treaties.
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