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Rotterdam Convention

on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

Regional Experts meeting on “Principles and Tools for assisting countries in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention”.

15 – 19 October 2007 Geneva, Switzerland.

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THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE

FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SECRETARIAT OF THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

00100 Rome, Italy

Tel: (+39 06) 5705 3441

Fax: (+39 06) 5705 6347

E-mail: [email protected]

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

11-13, Chemin des Anémones

CH – 1219 Châtelaine

Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: (+41 22) 917 8296

Fax: (+41 22) 917 8082

E-mail: [email protected]

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Table of Contents

Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 4

Agenda and timetable.............................................................................................................................. 7

Meeting report ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Summary of outcomes including common challenges and possible solutions:.................................. 17

Presentations from Regional Experts: ................................................................................................. 19 Session 2 presentations: .................................................................................................................. 19

• (i) Experiences regarding Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations, plus the Community Health Monitoring Project; Ms. Francisca Katagira (Dr)........................................................................................................................... 19

Session 3 presentations; .................................................................................................................. 23 • (i) Impact of sub-regional consultations on promoting ratification of the Convention in the Near East region; Mr. Azhari Abdelbagi.................................................................................................................................................... 24

Session 4 presentations; .................................................................................................................. 27 • (i) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Near East; Mr Shoki Al Dobai (Dr) ...................... 27 • (ii) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Near East; Mr Amad Nahhal ............................... 28 • (iii) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Latin American region; Mr Julio Monreal ......... 29 • (iv) Rotterdam Convention implementation in the SAHEL; Mr. El Hadi .......................................................... 31 • (v) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Asian region; Ms.Kunghee Choi (Dr).................. 34

Session 5 presentations from other secretariats; .......................................................................... 38 • (i) Stockholm Convention national Implementation Plans (NIPs) and integration with the Rotterdam Convention; Mr. Suman Sharma................................................................................................................................... 38 • (ii) Synergies and cooperation with the Basel Convention; Mr. Ibrahim Shafii ................................................. 41 • (iii) UNITAR’s global capacity building programmes on chemicals management; Ms. Marylene Beau........... 44 • (iv) World Customs Organization Harmonized System Codes and role in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention; Mr. Ed De Jong ........................................................................................................................................ 48 • (v) SAICM Quick Start Programme (QSP) Trust Fund and the Rotterdam Convention; Mr. Hamoudi Shubber 53

Session 6 presentations; .................................................................................................................. 57 • (i) Chemical Review Committee and the Conference of the Parties; Ms. Hyacinth Chin Sue............................ 57 • (ii) Working Papers and Policy Guidance; Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld......................................................................... 60

Annex IV: List of Participants.............................................................................................................. 63

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Introduction Meeting Objectives Participants to be given information so as to help them understand the key provisions of the Rotterdam Convention; the PIC procedure and Information Exchange aspects; the associated obligations of Parties as set out in the individual articles of the Convention; the role of the Designated National Authorities (DNAs); and have brainstorming sessions regarding their potential role in working with the Secretariat in the regional and national delivery of technical assistance Background As reported to the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the programme of technical assistance to countries on the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, has moved from regionally-based training to activities tailored to meet the needs of individual countries or small groups of countries related to specific aspects of the Convention. It was also noted that the way in which the specific needs of individual Parties might be addressed depends on the issues of concern and the Parties involved. In some instances, a national or sub-regional meeting may not be an effective way of responding to the identified needs. In such cases, a more efficient means of assistance might include having a regional expert or international consultant work directly with the designated national authorities in countries. In response to this changing focus of the technical assistance activities in support of the Rotterdam Convention, a meeting of a group of regional experts was convened in Geneva in December 2005. The members of the group were largely drawn from past and present members of the Chemical Review Committee and included individuals with experience in matters relating to the Convention. A number of these experts had worked with the secretariat in the delivery of the national and sub-regional meetings on the implementation of the Convention. The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties agreed to a further meeting of this group of “regional experts” in order to follow up on the experience gained in 2006 and 2007 and to provide an opportunity to include new experts in the group and perhaps to expand the range of expertise available within the group. Current status There has been no coordinated follow-up with the regional experts that participated in the meeting in December 2005. A number of these experts participated in national and sub-regional meetings on the implementation of the Convention as facilitators and presenters. To date none of the experts have worked with designated national authorities in individual countries within their regions to address specific issues related to the implementation of the Convention. Criteria for selection of “regional experts” The following criteria were used to select a handful of experts: The candidate should -

• Have extensive experience in chemicals management issues, preferably with government experience; • Be knowledgeable of issues associated with the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention at

national level; • Have the will and ability to participate in ongoing activities as requested by the Secretariat; • Be fluent in English (as well as one of the other United Nations languages in their region); • Have suitable presentation and communication skills to effectively carry out the tasks as requested by

the Secretariat; • Be willing to provide a specific amount of time to support the secretariat in these activities e.g.

minimum 2 weeks. Terms of Reference for the informal Regional Experts group:

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Understand the key provisions of the Rotterdam Convention: the PIC procedure and Information Exchange, the associated obligations of Parties as set out in the individual articles of the Convention and the role of the Designated National Authorities (DNAs);

• PIC procedure, key elements and how it operates • Preparation and submission of notifications of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a

chemical; • Preparation and submission of proposals for severely hazardous pesticide formulations; • Procedures for making decisions on future imports of chemicals in Annex III to the Convention and for

reporting those decisions to the Secretariat; • Purpose of the export notification provisions: for exporting Parties role of key stakeholders within and

outside of government as basis for developing a national process; for both importing and exporting Parties how to use the information provided through export notifications;

• Information exchange provisions – including importance of the PIC Circular and how information available under the Convention might be used to strengthen chemicals management and decision making at the national level

• Participate in workshops as facilitators and resource persons. They may also be asked to make presentations on key obligations of the Rotterdam Convention on behalf of the secretariat and/or as appropriate present their national experience in the implementation of one or more of these obligations;

• Work with DNAs in individual countries to assist with particular challenges regarding the key operational elements of the Convention e.g. notifications of final regulatory action, severely hazardous pesticide formulations, import responses, export notification and information exchange. The experts would be expected to draw on their own experiences, and the Secretariat will also be available to provide information materials, advice and guidance as required.

For participation in national or sub-regional meetings – experts will only have their direct costs/expenses covered by the Secretariat (that is, airfares, DSA, travel expenses, etc,), no other form of remuneration is foreseen. For working directly with individual countries – experts will have their direct costs/expenses covered by the Secretariat (that is, airfares, DSA, travel expenses, etc,) further remuneration may be considered on a case by case basis Working with Regional experts As part of the planning for the technical assistance activities for 2007 and 2008, the Secretariat should identify the events where it requires assistance and then notify the appropriate regional expert. The experts should be contacted within ample time to establish their availability. Selection of the appropriate expert should be based on their technical experience, language skills, and regional similarities with the countries requiring assistance and availability. Structure and Content of the Meeting The meeting took the form of a series of plenary sessions delivered over five days. It focused on the practical experiences of the Secretariat and experts that had participated in technical assistance activities with a view to promoting a problem-solving approach to working with countries in the future. The following elements were considered:

a) Review of the key provisions of the Convention, associated obligations and roles of DNAs in the implementation of the Convention;

b) Review of the documentation and information materials available in support of the Convention, i.e. Resource Kit, etc;

c) Review of the concept notes for the principal meeting types and technical assistance activities scheduled for 2007/2008;

d) Review of the integration of the Rotterdam Convention in the context of relevant ongoing international activities on chemicals e.g. Stockholm Convention, Basel Convention and SAICM.

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e) The sharing of ideas, information, experiences and lessons learned both positive and negative, among the Secretariat and experts;

f) The identification of regional differences and similarities with respect to technical assistance needs, regional best practices and how to take these into account in working with countries.

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Agenda and timetable


Geneva, 15 – 19 October 2007.

Provisional AGENDA AND TIMETABLE International Environment House 2: Salle Aare

FIRST DAY Chairperson. Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld

Rapporteur: Gerold Opening and introduction to the Structure of the meeting

Welcome address: Secretariat Secretariat; Gerold

-Introduction of the meeting: structure and objectives; -Local arrangements; - Introduction of participants, including experience with chemicals, previous work with the Rotterdam Convention

Secretariat; Alex

Alex

SESSION 1: Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention

-Overview of the Rotterdam Convention; Secretariat: (Alex)

-Introduction to the Resource Kit; DNA Guidance; forms and guidance, the Rotterdam Convention website and other information materials;

Secretariat: (Yun)

Discussion

SECOND DAY Chairperson: Mr. Imad Nahal Rapporteur: Alex

SESSION 2: Review of key obligations of the Rotterdam Convention

Notification of Final Regulatory Action Secretariat: (Gerold)

Discussion on problems/challenges and possible solutions

Bridging information; Regional Expert: (Hyacinth)


Proposals for Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations

Regional Expert: (Francisca)


Import responses Secretariat: (Alex)


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Export and Import Obligations Regional Expert: (Manuweera)


Information Exchange Secretariat: (Gerold)


THIRD DAY Chairperson: Ms. Hyacinth Chin Sue Rapporteur: Yun

SESSION 3: National and Regional delivery of Technical Assistance under The Rotterdam Convention

Programme of work approved by COP-3 for the delivery of technical assistance for 2007/2008;

Secretariat: (Gerold)

Discussion

Concept note on the development of National Action Plans or elements of a Strategy for the implementation of the Convention; BOG table review;

Secretariat: (Alex)

Discussion

Concept note on the conduct of National Follow-Up Seminars;

Secretariat: (Alex)

Discussion

Concept note on Thematic Meetings on Trade and other specific issue;

Secretariat: (Yun)

Discussion

Concept note on the sub-regional meetings designed to foster cooperation among DNAs;

Secretariat: (Gerold)

Discussion

Feedback on delivery of Technical Assistance,

What is working well?

Problems/challenges being encountered?

Regional experts?

• Workshop evaluation forms; Secretariat: (Gerold)

FOURTH DAY Chairperson: Mr. Gamini Manuweera Rapporteur: Gerold

SESSION 4: Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

Presentations by selected experts on the variety of problems/challenges in the different regions and possible ways of dealing with them, for example:

• Inter-ministerial coordination;

Regional Experts?

-Ms. Choi;

-Ms. Krajnc;

-Mr. Monreal;

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• Legislative review and drafting;

• Lack of industrial chemicals management infrastructure; etc, etc,…

-Mr. Nahal;

-Mr. El Hadi;

Discussions on global challenges and regional similarities/differences; and how to deal with them

SESSION 5: Overview of related ongoing chemicals management activities

Basel Convention presentation; Basel Convention Secretariat;

Discussion

Stockholm Convention presentation on NIPs implementation and integration with the Rotterdam Convention;

Stockholm Convention Secretariat;

Discussion

SAICM-Quick Start Programme; preparation of proposals for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

SAICM Secretariat;

Discussion

Harmonized System Codes; role in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention

World Customs Organization;

Discussion

UNITAR; capacity building activities related to the sound management of chemicals;

UNITAR;

Discussion

FIFTH DAY Chairperson: Dr. Kyunghee Choi Rapporteur: Yun

SESSION 6: Presentations on the Conference of the Parties and the Chemical Review Committee

COP presentation; Secretariat; (Alex)

Chemical Review Committee presentation; Regional Expert: (Hyacinth)

Discussion

Working Papers and Policy Guidance Regional Expert: (Bettina)

Discussion on key issues arising from COP 3; and preparations for COP 4.

SESSION 7: Review technical assistance work plan for 2007/2008

Technical assistance work plan presentation; Secretariat; (Gerold)

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Discussions on involvement of experts for the different activities;

Revisit some issues addressed in the previous sessions, including:

• Identification of challenges being met by the DNAs;

• Delivery of technical assistance (workshops);

• Ways of encouraging Parties to make Notifications

Regional Experts feedback

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Meeting report First session: Introduction/overview of the Rotterdam Convention The purpose of this session was to establish a common baseline of understanding of the Convention among the participants. The Secretariat introduced the key provisions of the Rotterdam Convention, and the PIC procedure including the key obligations of notifications, import responses, SHPF, export notifications, information exchange with a focus on defining the role of the Secretariat and the Designated National Authorities. The key information materials available in support of the Convention were introduced, i.e. the Resource Kit and the website. The following were issues that came out of the discussions following the presentations made by the Secretariat:

• Outdated, wrong or incomplete addresses for DNAs, thus leading to lack of communications and networking among DNAs; Information exchange among DNAs was said to be crucial thus Secretariat was requested to regularly update DNA addresses; DNAs needed to share information regarding decisions to ban or restrict certain products; • Most countries had DNAs for pesticides and not for industrial chemicals; Challenges were cited regarding the harmonisation of registration systems with respect to industrial chemicals; • Regarding the notification of Final Regulatory Actions for pesticides and chemicals, misconceptions were clarified regarding what should be notified; intentional misuse was also clearly defined; It was further explained that Parties could use Appendix V of the PIC Circular to prioritise chemicals that they wanted to notify for Annex III listing of new chemicals; • There were suggestions regarding the communications between the Secretariat and the Parties and among the Parties themselves through internet Blogs and a Chat room on the Rotterdam Convention website; also the issue of a regular forum as a platform to discuss specific issues was raised; It was revealed that the Stockholm Convention had a chat forum for their focal points on their website where on a monthly basis they could meet to discuss specific issues; Experiments were under way in UNEP were an expert-for-the-day concept was being explored to answer questions on a specific topic (on a monthly basis);

• Was “PIC Circular” a good heading on the homepage of the Rotterdam Convention website? Suggestions regarding how it can be dealt with were given including moving it to a sidebar and having a pop-up window to explain the term;

• The PIC Circular was too voluminous. How could some of the information contained be given prominence and disseminated separately from the rest of the document?

• How best can the bridging information, policy guidance and risk evaluation information be presented to DNAs so that they can use it effectively?

• Some experts wanted to know the position of the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat regarding the issues of DDT; Clarification was made that it was an Annex III chemical and thus the Convention did not ask Parties to ban it but just state their position regarding its import; Since malaria and dengue fever were being seen in places that previously did not have them, it was likely that there was going to be an increase in the international trade of DDT; Experts recommended that the 3 Conventions (Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam) should consult with WHO and other interested bodies so as to deal with this issue;

• It was highlighted that there was a clearing house mechanism on the website that would allow Parties to share information regarding notifications of FRA for non-Annex III chemicals;

Second session: Review of key obligations The purpose of this session was to review the key obligations individually in detail highlighting the roles of the DNAs and the Secretariat in the implementation process. Included up to 5 sub sessions, one for each of the key obligations under the Convention: Notifications of final regulatory action; Proposals for Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations; Import responses; Export obligations/import obligations and Information exchange.

The presentations listed the range of problems/challenges in implementing the specific obligations that were identified in working with countries as well as possible solutions. Following each presentation there were

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discussions to clearly define the problems encountered, where information might be found in the Resource Kit etc., and for general brainstorming on possible ways in which the identified challenges might be addressed. The following were issues that came out of the discussions following Secretariat presentations: Import responses

• Regarding the issue of Import Responses, developed countries were said to be culprits at building obsolete stocks in the developed countries since in cases of emergency some were donating chemicals that were close to there expiry dates; Secretariat was asked to help developing countries by alerting the donors to this issue; Emergency or no emergency, the developed countries should be made to send export notifications with full information packages;

• Some country Parties did not have systems for decision-making thus leading to them not making any import responses as obligated by the Convention; In other cases the industry was not well represented in the decision-making process;

Export notifications

• Regarding the Export Notification process, the experts felt that it was a futile exercise if the importing Parties were not using the information (including sharing it with relevant stakeholders) provided by the exporters;

The regional expert from Switzerland presented the following summary of their export notification system which was highly appreciated by all the other experts;

Private companies are required to fill in annual export notification forms, 30 days before the exports. Also the relevant MSDS should be attached to the notification; export notification forms are then sent by the DNA of Switzerland to DNAs of importing parties.

Through the Swiss system Customs will always know which company sent a shipment where, because Customs has a database with all the tariffs and any trading in PIC chemicals will show in the system and the information is automatically distributed to all the Ports of Entry; Customs controls the shipment of chemicals so that only those Parties that have consented to certain chemicals will be traded with;

It was also stressed that good collaboration between the regulators, customs and the industry was of utmost importance.

Further information regarding the Swiss way of operation could be obtained from the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) at http://www.bafu.admin.ch/chemikalien/01415/01436/index.html?lang=en Notifications of Final Regulatory Action

• Industry was said to play an important role in the decision-making process in some countries or regions where it was heavily involved in lobbying the Parties against notifying certain chemicals that were of interest to them commercially, e.g. Endosulfan. Information was shared regarding how a regional group CSP in West Africa had taken the decision to ban endosulfan in their region (regardless of industry concerns) and they were waiting for one country to exhaust its stocks so that the individual States that were also Party to the Rotterdam Convention could then go ahead and notify FRA for endosulfan; Regional experts could contribute by following up on such issues and helping Parties gather adequate supporting national data in support of their notifications;

• Since notification of FRAs was an obligation of all Parties, the use of “Bridging Information” would assist Parties that had no capacity to carry out risk evaluations to meet this obligation based on health and environmental risk factors; Parties would need to submit national supporting data; Clarification was made between risk evaluations and risk assessments;

• Article 5 of the Convention sets out the timeline for notifications. Although Parties are encouraged to notify within the timeline to ensure timely exchange of information, they should still notify even with delay;

• Notifications were not only limited to Annex III chemicals as most of the regional experts misunderstood;

• The experts alluded to the need of a simplified brochure/guide regarding the issue of notifications of FRAs; what they were and what they were not, and clarity regarding Annex III and non-Annex III chemicals;

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• It was also stated that some DNAs may not have the time and capacity to submit notifications and regional experts could be helpful in actually assisting DNAs submit FRAs; ( the Jordan case study could be used as a success story and shared with other DNAs);

• There was a heated discussion regarding the issue of “risk evaluations” and it was felt that there was need for clarity on this issue and the need to clearly show DNAs how to do it; Parties needed advise regarding how their notifications could meet Annex III criteria; The Secretariat may need to invest resources into the issue of FRA notifications, since Parties were being inhibited from complying with this obligation due to the unavailability of information to prove or support actions taken; Parties may require technical aid in properly filling the notification forms, especially the risk evaluation section; The experts also enumerated that traditionally most of the developing countries banned chemicals based on the decisions from the developed countries and thus most have no data to substantiate their notifications of FRAs;

Severely hazardous pesticide formulations The expert from Tanzania made a very interesting presentation on the projects that they had regarding this issue and their experiences.

• The notification form has two parts (Part A and B), it was noted that Part B, on the collection of information related to environment incidents, was very difficult to fill adequately; There was need to simplify this form; There was a proposal to the Secretariat to prepare materials necessary for guiding Parties to adequately carry out environmental monitoring as required in the form and then disseminate the information to all the DNAs;

• Guidance for monitoring health incidents was also requested from the Secretariat; • Most Parties did not have the capacity nor reporting systems, thus, the Secretariat could guide

Parties into the development of such systems and technical assistance to build capacity in this respect; (It was stated that FAO was in the process of developing guidelines on incident reporting systems)

• The secretariat was requested to properly document the Tanzania case study and then make the information available to all Parties; There maybe need for National Action Plans specifically for SHPFs;

Information Exchange It was clarified that export notifications were meant to trigger national review of those substances since the exporting country had banned them, and the importing country was still using them. This was not an invitation for Parties to reject shipments of the said products. Third session: National and regional delivery of technical assistance under the Rotterdam Convention. The purpose of this session was to present the programme of work for the delivery of national and regional technical assistance in 2007-2008 approved by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The presentations highlighted the thinking behind the individual elements of the programme and how they had been developed in order to meet the needs of individual countries or groups of countries in implementing the Convention. The programme was composed of a broad range of activities including the development of national action plans or strategies for the implementation of the Convention; national follow-up seminars; thematic meetings on specific issues; fostering cooperation among DNAs in a region and working directly with individual countries on specific issues.

This session also provided an opportunity for the secretariat and regional experts to discuss their experiences in delivering these meetings and the challenges met.

The following were issues that came out of the discussions following Secretariat presentations: National Action Plan development meetings Some of regional experts have participated in these meetings as resource persons. As general feed back the experts felt that the meetings had been well-planned and structured. The following observations and suggestions were made regarding lessons learned:

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• To involve a broader range of people to participate in the meeting was crucial for the effect of the NAPs. Ideally it should involve a mixture of high level policy makers and middle manager technocrats. In order to best use the time available the meeting may be structured in two parts: sessions addressed to policy makers and those aimed to enhance knowledge on technical and operational work; However, problems were cited regarding the suitability of some participants in some of these meeting; Industry was cited as an important stakeholder to be adequately represented at these meetings;

• Better preparation by participants: DNAs may be asked to fill in a draft of the BOG tables before the meeting (with the help of the other stakeholders, of course);

• Sub-regional meetings provided useful opportunities for sharing experiences, however, there was a limitation in that in some of the areas the level of development among the Parties is similarly low, e.g. The information on export notifications and export controls provided by the Swiss expert is an area where there is little or non experience to be shared in many sub regions. Where appropriate, inviting experts from other regions may bring in experiences and added value.

• The Secretariat should provide a status report (i.e. number of import responses and notifications of FRA ) for each country that is present to ensure the accuracy of the information, as participants are in some cases not aware of the exact status of their own countries;

• In the BOG table under the “legislative and administrative basis” often countries list the existing items without mentioning the missing ones. For instance, it turned out during the meeting that many countries lack regulations for industrial chemicals;

• It was also suggested that the secretariat should invite potential donors to these meetings to make them aware of countries needs and priorities. The country NAPs are also published on the secretariat website;

• Following up the implementation of the NAPs is a very important issue. Regional experts could follow-up in their own countries after a NAP meeting;

• Within a sub-region, the level of development and implementation of the Convention may be different. It is important that DNAs help each other also after the sub-regional meeting and the networking should continue;

2007/2008 Technical Assistance work programme Approximately 50 NAP meetings have been conducted. The experts could help in the NAP meetings to catalyse the participants to actively participate. The following were some of the roles envisaged for the regional experts:

• Awareness raising of the Rotterdam Convention; Clarity regarding the advantages of being a Party and disadvantages of not being a Party; countries also need to be aware that the assessed contributions were not limiting and were very low and affordable;

• Encourage non-Parties to ratify the Convention through (sub) regional groups such as CLLSS, CSP, NEPAD, SADC, ECOWAS, AU, etc,.;

• Linkages with other programmes to encourage ratification, e.g. For countries to benefit from the Africa Stockpiles Programme, they need to have ratified the Stockholm, Rotterdam and Basel Conventions. Also for countries to benefit from the SAICM Quick Start programme their chances are highest if they have ratified the three Conventions;

• As resource persons in delivering NAP meetings, thematic meetings and DNA meetings; • Experts in conjunction with the secretariat, could make chemicals management be on the agenda of the

regional partners/groups, and information to be made available to them at their meetings so that they also discuss the Rotterdam Convention (financial resources can also be made available);

• Engage economic groups such as the MERCOSUL, since they are also actively involved in health, safety issues and chemicals. Since this group is also doing some work on the GHS, then it can also be used for MEAs;

• Face-to-face meetings with DNAs and regional experts at the DNA meetings can facilitate the Parties to honour their obligations;

• Need to facilitate the presence of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance at the follow-up seminars for non-parties; Regional officers could partner with the regional experts and other secretariat staff in the delivery of national follow-up seminars;

• Regional experts from other regions could attend DNA meetings in different regions so as to share experiences; it may also help to encourage some DNAs to actually fill in the forms at the meetings;

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• Regional experts can contribute at the DNA meetings by presenting the status of implementation reports for their regions;

• The meeting was also alerted to the presence of a regional partner (Information Warehouse of POPs in East Asian countries) which could play an important role in encouraging countries in the region to become Parties to the Convention and also assist in dealing with implementation challenges.

• The regional experts promised to provide additional information regarding regional partners and their scope of activities

The regional experts felt that the thematic paper on trade should be part and parcel of the National Action Plan development agenda. After the presentation by the Sudanese regional expert, it was felt that the issue of the appropriateness of participants was a challenge in their region. Suggestions were made regarding the collation of statistics with respect to responses received for the notifications that the EU sends out.

Fourth session: Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention This session provided an opportunity to review in more detail the challenges being experienced by the regions/countries in the implementation of the Convention. The experts also shared experiences and ideas as to how these challenges might be addressed with a view to improving the effectiveness of the technical assistance activities. The experts tried to identify challenges that were more common across the countries and regions that have participated in technical assistance activities with the Secretariat. Thus, possible regional differences and/or similarities with respect to the challenges being faced by countries in the implementation of the Convention were identified. The meeting also consider whether it was possible to identify “regional best practices” on how these needs might be addressed in order that this experience might be reflected in developing the programme of technical assistance for 2007-2008. Asia region The following regional challenges were cited:

• Insufficient mechanisms to control industrial chemicals; • Limited capacities and capabilities for risk evaluation/assessment; • Inadequate regulatory mechanisms; • Poor public awareness campaigns; • Lack of communication among stakeholders; • Insufficient monitoring mechanisms regarding the health and environmental effects of chemicals;

A well developed administrative and institutional mechanisms was shown from South Korea. SAHEL region (West Africa) All the 9 members States in this region signed an agreement on the common regulation of pesticides and the Sahelian Pesticide Committee is the registration body that represents interests of all of them. Through such a system, the issue of regional similarities are seen to be well covered, in the harmonization of registration procedures. However, the following were challenges cited in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention:

• Lack of information collection systems in cases of severely hazardous pesticide formulations (SHPF); • Weak information exchanges among the stakeholders, especially the DNAs, customs and industry; • Weak control systems for enforcement;

Latin American region The following regional challenges were cited:

• Lack of administrative structures capable of implementing the Rotterdam Convention obligations; • No structures that lead to the harmonization and encourage synergies among the MEAs; • No inter-sectoral coordination;

The following solutions were suggested for dealing with these specific challenges in the Latin American region: Training of personnel in toxicology and risk evaluation; Ensuring participation of all stakeholders in particular Customs, when dealing with

implementation issues of the Rotterdam Convention;

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Encourage and facilitate information exchange and networking of DNAs; (The chemical industry was found to be very powerful and influential in this region and was interested in protecting its interests irrespective of GMP). Near East region The following regional challenges were cited:

• Inadequate infrastructure and limited financial resources; • Shortage of trained staff (in Customs, Ministries of Environment, etc,.) • Absence of technical resources; • Lack of inter-ministerial coordination; • Lack of industrial chemicals management infrastructure; • Weak coordination between Secretariat and DNAs; • Lack of databases for chemicals information; • Wide spectrum of industrial users and many authorities involved in the management; • Lack of awareness; • Streamlining of national priorities; • Illiteracy among users of chemicals;

The following solutions were offered for dealing with these specific challenges in the Near East region; Build databases for pesticides and industrial chemicals; Strengthening of laboratories involved in pesticide residue monitoring; Strengthen information exchange mechanisms with DNAs; Capacity building activities targeting these disciplines(plant protection officers, medical

practitioners on agro-medicine, customs, environment officers, etc); Awareness raising programmes; Establishment of poison centres; Review and update legislation; Formulation of projects based on the National Action Plans;

The meeting also felt that funding mechanisms for projects could be expanded in the cross-cutting issues section of the Rotterdam Convention so as to give advice regarding where Parties can get donor assistance and for what type of projects. Fifth session: Overview of related ongoing chemicals management activities The session provided an opportunity to brainstorm on how best to promote or encourage cooperation among the national focal points e.g. designated national authorities of the Rotterdam and the focal points established under the Stockholm and Basel Conventions. It was also an opportunity to highlight how some of the broader issues on chemicals management, that are common across these Conventions might be addressed, including the role for SAICM. Information was provided on the linkages among the multilateral environmental agreements. The other Secretariats made presentations on the linkages between their conventions and the Rotterdam.

The SAICM Secretariat made a presentation of how SAICM might be used to facilitate implementation of the Rotterdam Convention, in particular, preparation of proposals under the Quick Start Programme. Further technical presentations were made by the World Customs Organization on harmonized customs codes, what they are, how they are used by customs authorities with a focus on those assigned to the chemicals in Annex III. In addition, UNITAR made a presentation on the range of guidance materials they have developed to assist countries in developing an integrated approach to chemicals management. Discussions that followed were mostly on clarifying issues that had been presented. This session was very much appreciated by the regional experts. Sixth session: Presentations on the Conference of the Parties and the Chemical Review Committee The purpose of this session was to introduce the role of the Conference of the Parties (COP), the work of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) and how the two bodies interacted. The Secretariat made a brief

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presentation on the COP including how chemicals were added to the Convention and the role of the CRC and COP respectively, some of the key issues arising from COP.3 and preparations for COP.4. Seventh session: Review work plan for 2007-2008 This session reviewed the work plan for the remainder of 2007 and developments for the first part of 2008 in order to have an initial understanding of where and when individual experts might be called upon to assist the secretariat. Summary of outcomes including common challenges and possible solutions:

1. How to seek high level support: • Through the National Follow-up Seminars?; • By including the Rotterdam Convention on the Agenda of the Regional Ministers meetings –

through ministerial briefs; • Include the RC on the Agenda of the Governing Bodies of UNEP and FAO, also AU, ECOWAS,

UMOA, NEPAD, League of Arab States, SADC, COMESA, CARICOM, EAC (East African Community);

• Prepare a concise and precise communication/public relations package for sensitizing senior managers;

• National Day dedicated to the Rotterdam Convention; • Need to improve communications among stakeholders at national level; • Industry should be adequately represented especially in the National Action Plan development

process, in order to ensure smooth enforcement; 2. How to improve cooperation with Customs;

a. Training activities in cooperation with other MEAs and chemical related programmes, e.g. Green Customs Guide, – sharing success stories on customs;

b. Customs to be made aware of health and environmental aspects of hazardous materials and be involved in the process; involve them in the national action plan development process;

c. DNAs to take initiative to work with Customs authorities and involve them in the process of implementation; they have to know their role in the process; DNAs and Customs should jointly work out a procedure which defines the role and task of each of them in the export control;

3. How to promote a multi-stakeholder approach; a. (same as 1)

4. How to improve industrial chemicals management infrastructure; a. Review of existing and drafting of appropriate legislation; b. use model laws from other countries; c. use of legal guide and case studies; d. setting up some administrative procedures for the PIC procedure as a starting point; e. share experiences with other countries; f.

5. Projects for the implementation of the National Action Plans; a. Set up some administrative procedures and mechanisms at national level for the PIC

procedure as a starting point; b. Make use / establish multi-stakeholder committees for implementation; c. Tools and indicators to monitor progress in implementation of NAPs; d.

6. How to improve the monitoring and reporting systems for SHPF; a. Involve the participation of Health Authorities b. Sub regional thematic meetings to establish incident reporting systems using external ,experts

to share experience /models

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c. Bridging info on SHPF: d. Training on investigation / reporting incidents (agro-medicine); e. Epidemiological surveillance systems f. establish linkages to activities of other partners equally involved in health and environment

monitoring;

7. Promote ratification

8. Regional Partners: There was found to be no universal concept regarding cooperation with regional organisations since some were political and others technical. Thus there was need to find common areas of cooperation with them. RE to provide info (mandate, members, how they operate) on potential partners to SRC;

• Regional organisations such as the SAHEL could be used to strengthen implementation of the Convention in their Party member States

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Presentations from Regional Experts: Session 2 presentations: • (i) Experiences regarding Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulations, plus the Community Health

Monitoring Project; Ms. Francisca Katagira (Dr) Slide 1

Regional Experts meeting on "Principles and Tools for assisting countries in Implementation of the Rotterdam Convention”,

Geneva, Switzerland,15th to 19th October 2007

EXPERIENCES REGARDING PROPOSALS FOR SEVERELY HAZARDOUS PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS(SHPF)

16th October 2007

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

By

DR. F. F. KATAGIRAMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY AND COOPERATIVES

TANZANIA

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Presentation outline

Part I: IntroductionPart II: Initiatives undertaken in TanzaniaPart III: The community health monitoring – Tanzania

experience.Part IV: ChallengesPart V: Way Forward

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Part I: Introduction

As stipulated in Article 6Any Party that is developing or country with an economy in transition and that is experiencing problems caused by a severely hazardous pesticide formulation under conditions of use, may propose for inclusion of the SHPF in Annex III The proposal shall contain the information required by Part I of Annex IV

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Introduction ctn..

Criteria for listing SHPF in Annex III Reliable evidence that common or recognized patterns of use within the Party led to the incidents Relevance to other States with similar conditionsHandling or applicator restrictions applicable in other States which might not be available in all States using the formulationSignificance of effects related to quantity used

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To be successful in adding SHPF in Annex III documentation shall demonstrate that:Data has been generated according to scientifically recognized methodsData reviews have been performed and documented according to generally recognized scientific principles and proceduresThe final regulatory action was based on a risk evaluation involving prevailing conditions within the Party taking the action

Intentional misuse is not an adequate reason

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Part II: Initiatives undertaken in Tanzania

AGENDA and PAN (UK) implemented a 3 year project(2005-2007) funded by EU titled” Pesticides and Poverty”-The project aimed at:

1. capacity building2. awareness raising among stakeholders for implementation of chemical conventions RC inclusivestrengthening community health monitoring capabilities

relevant to pesticides.

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Initiatives ctn

1. Capacity buildingPAN Asia and Pacific as partners of AGENDA provided:

community monitoring manualmonitoring tool kitTraining of trainers on community health monitoring with reference to Malaysia

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Initiatives ctn..

Capacity building ctn..In order to implement para 1 of Article 6 and Part 1 of

Annex IV it is important to have ecotoxicological or toxicological data collected by valid and recognized scientific methodologies therefore, In October 2006 NRI (partners of AGENDA) conducted a Training of trainers onEcotoxicological Monitoring

- Monitoring of aquatic and terrestrial organisms -Trainees included DNAs and support staff, NGOs and CSOsProvided manual describing field techniques for measuring a range of physical and physico-chemical parameters in air, soil and water

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Initiatives ctn

Capacity building ctnTraining done on reporting system of SHPF- Use of Environment Incident Report Forms (EIRF)

- With emphasis to Part B of the EIRFA national EIRF reporting system was developed

Equipment and handbooks provided to AGENDA for use during trainings and environmental monitoring

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2.Awareness raising among stakeholdersUsed Mass media including radio and TV programmes, newspapers, posters, brochures and leaflets. Seminars, conferences and workshops will be conducted to stakeholders

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Part III: Community health monitoringExperience in Tanzania

In January 2007 AGENDA in collaboration with PAN (UK) supported a project titled “Monitoring the health effects of Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulation (SHPF) in TZ- DNA for pesticides and an NGO (CREFT) identified two areas for the pilot project

-area growing vegetables and-area growing cereals

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Community health monitoringExperience in Tanzania ctn..

Criteria for selecting pilot areas for community based monitoring included:Target crops( vegetables and cereals)GenderAge groupsIncidences observed in the pastArea under cultivation;Proximity to sensitive areas e.g. water sources, social amenities such as schools, hospital, residential settlement;Size of population at risk

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ActivitiesConducted meetings with communities (females and males attended) at village levelsConducted a Stakeholders workshop which included farmers (females and males), medical staff, agric ext workers, politicalleaders, NGOs, CBOsConsensus reached on pesticides and health monitoring activities and information flow (reporting system/procedures)

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Project – Work and Health Programme in Southern Africa – Tanzania experienceObjective: To develop a systematic mechanism for pesticides monitoring and collection of data on occupational exposures, injuries and diseases at community level Pilot project conducted in Northern Tanzania in January –April in 5 villages with 30 farmers participation Farmers grow tomatoes, unions, cabbage, maize and keep livestockFarmers use a lot of fungicides, insecticides on crops and acaricides on livestock.

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Work and Health Programme in Southern Africa – Tanzania experience – Ctn..MethodologyExperts held meeting with communities, leaders and 30 farmers were selected.Training conducted to selected farmers on pesticides use and health. Developed data collections tools – questioners, checklist, self surveillance form.Developed consent forms and signed by farmers.Tested data collection tools. Data collected by farmers.

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Work and Health Programme in Southern Africa – Tanzania experience – Contn..Farmers experienced before the project:Pesticides a must for crop productionPesticides re-packaged thus no labelsPesticides stored in houses for safety prom theftMixed 3 – 7 different types in a single spray for effectivenessEat/drink while sprayingNo protective gear usedBurnt empty containers at market place or re-se or sell to vendorsConsumed poisoned poultry, goats, cowsUsed clothes even after spraying for several days

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Work and Health Programme in Southern Africa – Tanzania experience – Contn..Farmers experienced before the project cont.Even after spraying bathing was not necessary, bath when necessary (not immediately after spraying)Equipment washed in streamsUVL formulation mixed with water Pesticide sellers not trained.

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Work and Health Programme in Southern Africa – Tanzania experience – ctn..Health effects reported during mixing, spraying and after spraying (during monitoring period)Eye, throat and skin irritationDifficult in breathing and chest painProlonged headachePre-mature birthFainting Nausea, vomiting, stomach pains and excessive salivationLoss of apetiteNose bleeding, excessive sweatingSleeplessness.

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Change after Project activitiesCommunities documented health incidences and related them to pesticides especially profenofos+cypermethrin and also to ProfenofosNeed for safety gearAware of pesticide hazards Burning of pesticides empty containers prohibited in villages.Seek for recommendations of pesticides use i.e. dosage, typeEager to undertake IPM approach for pest management There has been a change of attitude.

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Part: IV Challenges

Village Environment groups and NGOs to respond to incidents in the fieldCompetence of local communities to identify and estimate affected non target organisms Competence of local communities to gather basic dataIdentify communities at risk for trainingCapacity for carrying out risk evaluation

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Part V: Way forward

Training- Extension workers and local communities in selected areas will be trained on pesticides monitoring and environment incident reporting.

Awareness raising.- Mass media including radio and TV programmes, newspapers, posters, brochures and leaflets. - Seminars, conferences and workshops will be conducted to stakeholders.

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Way forward ctn..

Sourcing for FundsSustainable sources of funds for the Convention activities will be solicited ie from govt. budget and other sourcesTranslation of EIRF into national language (Kiswahili)Make the EIRF user friendly to local personnel ie extension staff and local communities Establish stakeholders forum- A forum for dissemination of information related to pesticides effects and other Convention issues and stakeholders participation

Session 3 presentations;

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• (i) Impact of sub-regional consultations on promoting ratification of the Convention in the Near East region; Mr. Azhari Abdelbagi

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Impact of Sub-regional workshops on promoting the ratification and

implementation of Rotterdam convention

Azhari Omer Abdelbagi, Regional expert

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Introduction

The conference of parties adopted decisions on regional delivery of technical assistance. The secretariat of Rotterdam convention convened three sub-regional consultations in the Near East region;Cairo (Egypt), Muscat (Oman), Damascus (Syria);About 13 countries participated in these workshopsTen parties, three non parties (Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq).

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•Structure of the Presentation• Introduction;• First Participants;• Second: Impact on promoting

ratification;• Third: Impact on implementation of

key obligations;• Fourth: Legislative and Administrative

infrastructure;• Fifth: Recommendations of three

meetings;• Sixth : Suggestions.

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•First Participants• 31 Agriculturists;• 15 Environmentalists;• 4 Health specialists• 6 Custom officials;• 1 from industry;• 1 from foreign affairs;• Total 58 officials;• Analysis:• Participants from industry were quite few (only one) although 1/3 of the

chemicals subject to the PIC were industrials;• Mixing of officials responsible for direct implementation at international

level (DNAs) with those responsible for implementation at national level (customs);

• The latter groups deserve some national thematic workshops;• While the former group need training on how to fulfill both national and

international obligations specially those of relevance to the work with secretariat (import responses, notifications …etc);

• Other stake holder such as exporters, importers and other national stake holders need some local thematic workshops.

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Second: Impact on promoting ratification

Three non parties participated in the three workshops;Egypt in Cairo consultation in May 2005;Bahrain in Muscat consultation in May 2006;Iraq in Damascus consultation in November 2006;Analysis:None of the three countries had become a party yet;A follow up with these countries is needed to promote ratification, especially Bahrain who indicated a need for expert to help explaining the convention;Probably Egypt is on the tract, but it needs a follow-up;Iraq had many other national problems.

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•Third: Impact on implementation of key

obligations• A\ Appointment of DNA: • All countries appointed DNA except

Saudi Arabia which was a party since 2000.

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•B\ Notification of final regulatory actions

• About eleven complete notifications from Jordan only (out of over 570 complete notifications);

• Fifty incomplete notifications (out of 85) from UAE only;• One from Qatar and Sudan (under voluntary procedure);• No notifications from other countries despite the presence of

a number of banned or severely restricted materials in all countries.

• Analysis:• Only one country seem to show some improvement, the UAE

which submitted 50 notifications six months following the workshop, although they indicated in the plan that they already submitted 69 notifications (but non was reported in the circular);

• None of the other participating countries had fulfilled any of the promised obligations.

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•Analysis of import responses• Total failure in the 10 countries is 47%• There is no clear improvement except Jordan,• None of the ten countries have fulfilled all required

responses;• Two countries Saudi Arabia and Yemen did not submit any

response yet;• Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Sudan had intermediate level of

implementation (14-23 failure) and therefore have to put more efforts;

• Jordan is the best followed by Oman and Qatar.• Some countries have problem with both pesticides and

industrial chemical;• Others have clear indication of problems with industrial

chemicals only;• Jordan appears to have no problem;

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•D\ Severely hazardous pesticide formulations (SHPF) and import responses

• None of the participating countries had submitted any proposal of SHPF;

• None of the participating countries is exporting chemicals subject to national control actions as indicated in their plans;

• A need for establishing a poison control centers and centers for environmental incidents was indicated;

• Training of staff in diagnosis and reposting of incidents was asked for;

• Training of national officials in export obligations was also indicated.

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•Fourth: Legislative and Administrative infrastructure

• 1\ Cairo Consultations May 2005• Analysis:• None of the four participating

countries have indicated a gab in legislative or administrative infrastructures;

• Saudi Arabia, despite its various available legislations has not yet appointed a DNA;

• Probably an n expert or secretariat follow-up could improve the situation.

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•2\ Oman Sub regional consultation May 2006:

• Analysis:• Non of the four countries have

indicated a clear gab in legislative or administrative infrastructures,

• Oman seems to regulate both industrial chemicals and pesticides by one law, but they indicated a trend to issue a separate law for pesticides.

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•3\ Damascus Sub regional consultation Nov 2006

• Analysis:• A need for legislation for industrial chemicals was

indicated by Sudan;• A need for up-dating the laws was indicted by

Syria;• Laws listed by Lebanon did not included

regulations for industrial chemicals;• Laws listed by Yemen did not clearly indicated a

gab in regulations for industrial chemicals, although it may be needed;

• Setting up of administrative mechanism was indicated by both Lebanon and Iraq.

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•Fifth: Recommendations of three meetings• Training of custom officials about the convention;• Training the medical and environmental staff on the identification and

reporting of cases of poisoning by pesticides and other chemicals;• Follow the modern practices for monitoring the environmental incidence

related• to chemicals;• Conducting a national workshop to train large number of national staff on

the• implementation of key obligations of the convention;• The continuous active participation in the workshops and meetings related

to the• convention;• Translation of all documents related to the convention into Arabic.• Adoption of Arabic as main language in delivering regional or sub-regional

meetings;• The Bahraini delegation believe that it is necessary to send an expert to

the• Kingdom of Bahrain to explain the convention, its benefits and subsequent• obligations;• Build-up of a national data base for pesticides and other chemicals;• Periodical inspection (every six months) of workers involved in handling

and use of pesticides in order to estimate the level of exposure to pesticides and follow-up of their health conditions;

• Establishment of poison centers and centers for monitoring environmental Incidents.

• Assistance in legislations regulating the industrial chemicals;

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•Sixth: Suggestions• Suiting measurable objectives: • Directing further regional or sub-regional activities towards

specific measurable target and availing the basic statistics, this will allow easy evaluation of success;

• Directing national activities towards thematic aspects, making use of regional experts. The secretariat in consultation with regional experts can prepare the necessary documentation;

• Participants:• Making proper balance in selecting participants in regional

activities (those of direct relevance to the set objectives) e.galthough the past three workshops were directed towards setting national plans only one participant from industry had participated;

• Thematic national meetings can be helpful in training of custom officials, DNA staff, other national stake holders such as exporter and importer;

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• Promoting ratification:• Since none of the three countries had become a party yet;• A follow up with these countries is needed to promote

ratification; • Bahrain indicated a need for expert to help explaining the

convention; therefore a response from the secretariat may promote the situation;

• Probably Egypt is on the tract, but it needs a follow-up;• Iraq had many other national problems.• Impact on implementation of key obligations:• Appointment of DNA:• Only one country with a problem (Saudi Arabia), therefore

a secretariat member with regional expert should go and meet with the concerned departments directly;

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•Notifications• Only one country seem to show some improvement,

the UAE which submitted 50 notifications six months following workshop, although they indicated in the plan that they already submitted 69 notifications (but non was reported in the circular);

• None of the other participating countries had fulfilled any of the promised obligations.

• Statistics given by parties during the meetings were not correct, therefore the secretariat should prepare correct statistics to be used as measure of success;

• A more close follow-up with parties to fulfill their promises is needed, initially by frequent letters and latter by sending an expert;

• For some countries (Saudi Arabia, Yemen) a secretariat member with regional expert should go and meet with the responsible departments directly;

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•Import responses• Total failure in the 10 countries is 47%;• There is no clear improvement except Jordan,• None of the ten countries have fulfilled all required

responses;• Two countries Saudi Arabia and Yemen did not submit any

response yet;• Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Sudan had intermediate level

of implementation (14-23 failure) and therefore they have to put more efforts;

• Jordan is the best followed by Oman and Qatar.• Some countries have problem with both pesticides and

industrial chemical;• Others have clear indication of problems with industrial

chemicals only;• Jordan appears to have the least problem;• A more close follow-up with parties to fulfill their promises

is needed, initially by frequent letters and latter by sending an expert;

• For some countries (Saudi Arabia, Yemen) a secretariat member with regional expert should go and meet with the responsible departments directly;

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•SHPF and Export notifications

• None of the participating countries had submitted any proposal of SHPF;

• None of the participating countries is exporting chemicals subject to national control actions as indicated in their plans;

• Training in reporting of poisoning and incidents can be done through national thematic workshop;

• Training on export obligations can be done within the national thematic workshops for exporters and DNA and his supporting staff.

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•Legislative and Administrative infrastructure

• A need for legislation for industrial chemicals was indicated bySudan;

• A need for up-dating the laws was indicted by Syria;• Laws listed by Lebanon did not included regulations for

industrial chemicals;• Laws listed by Yemen did not clearly indicated a gab in

regulations for industrial chemicals, although it may be needed;

• Setting up of administrative mechanism was indicated by both Lebanon and Iraq.

• Based on this a-sub regional workshop on how to regulate industrial chemicals is needed; to be followed by sending a legal expert to work with parties which indicated such a gab;

• Regional experts can help parties with such problems to make administrative arrangements until a suitable regulation is formulated.

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•Other suggestions• Translation of all documents related

to the convention into Arabic.• Adoption of Arabic as main language

in delivering regional or sub-regional meetings;

• Establishment of poison centers and centers for monitoring environmental Incidents and proper training on this matter.

Session 4 presentations; • (i) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Near East; Mr Shoki Al Dobai (Dr)

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Regional Experts meeting on:“Principles and Tools for assisting countries in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention”

Geneva, 15 – 19 October 2007

Challenges and constrains faces implementation of Rotterdam

Convention in Near East region and the suggestions to pass them

Shoki AL-DOBAIMinistry of Agriculture & Irrigation

YEMEN

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Challenges and Constrains

• Inadequate infrastructure, including limited financial resources.

• Shortage of trained staff in the related authorities.

• Shortage/absence of technical resources and expertise (includinghuman resources, labs, databases, guidelines, etc.).

• Lack of coordination between the related authorities (Ministries) and lack of clear mandates for concerned Ministries.

• Weakness of coordination regarding procedures taken among DNAsand Secretariat.

• Lack of data base on pesticides and industrial chemical.

• Lack of the National Chemical Profile in the most countries.

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• Wide spectrum of industrial chemicals users and numerousness of authorities involved in its management lead to scattering of responsibility and make the decisions about them more difficult,specially with the weakness or lack of coordination between these authorities.

• Weakness of awareness about the hazardous of pesticides and other toxic chemicals among the users.

• Lack of the expertise in detection poisoning cases caused by pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

• Spread of illiteracy among users of pesticides, and lack of awareness at various levels and nonchalance particularly among farmers using pesticides.

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•Suggestions• Build up national data bases on pesticides and industrial

chemicals.

• Strengthen the units and laboratories assigned for pesticides quality formulation and residue monitoring.

• Strengthen the information exchange mechanisms regarding pesticides and industrial chemicals on the regional level.

• Enhance mechanism of coordination and facilitate communication & support to DNAs (e.g. via Regional Experts occurred in their regions).

• Establishment a National Committee/Team from related authorities for implementation of Convention.

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• The Secretariat is requested to provide technical and financial support to strengthening the capacity building of the involved authorities in following fields:

• Training of personnel e.g.:• Plant protection officers

• Plant Quarantine inspectors

• Customs authority staff

• Medical staff in hospitals on pesticides poisoning diagnosis andtreatments, particularly in the rural areas.

• Environmental authorities staff

• NGOs involved and those which can help the DNA in process of awareness raising among the public and in collecting information about the incidences and poisoning cases.

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2. Awareness raising programs for stakeholders of pesticides and chemicals.

3. Assist countries to develop and update their laboratories and establishment of a system for pesticides poisoning incidences reporting and establishment of poison centers and centers for monitoring environmental incidents (may be via SAICM - Quick Start Program and with coordination with WHO if possible ).

• (ii) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Near East; Mr Amad Nahhal

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Problems, challenges faced in the Near East Region and possible ways to resolve them

Lebanon’s experience

Geneva, 15 – 19 October 2007.

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•Current situation

• Lebanon is a member of the RC (Ratified in 2006)• DNA for pesticides assigned (16 ICR sent, the

remaining very soon), notifications will be sent in the near future for banned pesticides only

• No DNA for Industrial Chemicals (no ICR or notifictions sent for Industrial chemicals)

• Pesticides registered• No registration for industrial chemicals yet???

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•Problems Encountered

• Ratification Problems/Challenges• Benefits of the Convention made known• Legislative review and update (Priorities)• Complexity of the procedure in Lebanon• Awarness

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• Implementation Problems/ Challenges• National Action Plan difficult to refine and implement

with current infrastructure, especially for industrial chemicals

• Inter-ministerial coordination at the higher levels fluctuates

• No DNA for Industrial Chemicals assigned yet• Lack of industrial chemicals management infrastructure

(inventories, registration, etc…)• Shortage in staff and financial requirements to setup

and manage systems• Awareness and involvement of all stakeholders

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•Possible solutions

• Increase awareness of the convention• Explain the benefits to stakeholders (especially

Chemical Industry, and decision makers)• Assign DNA and improve cooperation• Allocate more resources (human and Financial) for

implementation• Review and update legislations • Develop a simple and suitable chemical management

system (look for funds: Project for implementation of NAP)

• (iii) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Latin American region; Mr Julio Monreal Slide 1

Latin AmericaRegion

Julio MonrealChile

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Regional Meetings

Brazil, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

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Lack of administrative structures capable of implementing opportune actions demanded by Rotterdam Convention

Lack of structures to take advantage of synergic opportunities coming from the rest of the Chemical Conventions..

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• Need of Inter-sector co-ordination to carry out a real implementation of Rotterdam Convention.

• It is necessary to explicit the importance of ensuring Custom participation.

• There is a need to define and structure useful and efficient information systems.

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• It is important to ensure the need to internally regulate topics related to the procedures and obligations demanded by the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention together with the other Conventions of the Chemical Agenda.

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Train technical personnel. Areas of especial attention must be toxicology and risk evaluation.Widest information spreading of the Convention concepts, target effects, duties and technical information Ensure the informed participation of different actors.

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• Special attention should be paid to the possibility of taking advantage of all the opportunities of synergies between the Rotterdam Convention and the other Conventions on the Chemical Agenda.

• The intersectoral coordination is fundamental to advance in the complete implementation of the Rotterdam Convention.

• Assure the participation of Customs.

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• The most ample dissemination of the terms, scope, obligations and technical information of the Convention must be carried out in order to assure the informed participation of the different involved actors, both from the public and private sectors

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• The cooperation, consultancy and information exchange between countries of the Region can be an important tool for the progress in the implementation of the Convention, specially in the cases of countries who have just recently ratified or gained access to the Convention.

• The needs of defining and forming technical teams necessary for the implementation of the Convention, must be studied.

• (iv) Rotterdam Convention implementation in the SAHEL; Mr. El Hadi

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REGIONAL EXPERTS MEETING ON : PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS FOR ASSISTING COUNTRIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

ROTTERDAM CONVENTION

Mohamed El Hadi Ould TALEBMauritanian Pesticides - DNAGeneva 15-19 october 2007

IMPLEMENTATION OF ROTTERDAM CONVENTION IN THE SAHEL

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Introduction

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•Presentation of CILSS (suite)

• Population: approximately 50 million• Total area : 5.35 million km2

• dominant activity : Agriculture• cultivable area : 140 million ha• annual cultivated area : 16.3 million ha

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The Common Regulation on Pesticidesregistration (1992, 1999)

The objective is to combine the expertise of the CILSS memberstates for pesticide registration in order to ensure rational andjudicious use

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The Sahelian Pesticide Committee(SPC)

The SPC is the common pesticide registration body. It became operational in 1994. It assessesregistration dossiers submitted by theagrochemical industry during Two ordinarymeeting by year

The SPC deliver provisional registration certificate and full registration valid for all themember states .

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Responsibilities of the SPC

• Evaluate and follow-up of pesticides registration applications;

• Prepare reference list of public institutions authorized to carry out trials;

• Prepare reference list of laboratoriesauthorized to carry out analyses for second assessments;

• Define methods for the control of thepesticides composition and quality and theirevaluation

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Lessons learned

Pesticide legislation- Pesticide registration, evaluation and

authorization of pesticides , takes place atthe regional level;

- National pesticide legislations in all memberstates have been amended to incorporate theregional responsibility for pesticide registration

- Interdisciplinary pesticide management committees are created in all member states

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1. Status of RC implementation

* RC is currently ratified by nine CILSS countries but the ratification instrument ofBissau Guinea was not sent yet to the UN

* Majority of the countries installed a legalmechanism to carry out obligations underRC

* The member states of the CILSS took andnotified the RC Secretariat their decisions offuture import of pesticides icluded in AnnexIII

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Principal constraints of RC implementation

* Lack of information collection System on theintoxication or environmental accidents due to thepesticides which could contribute to the SHPF proposal

* Weaknes of the informations exchange between thevarious actors (industry, customs, control services)

* Weakness of the control system on the pesticides importation and use

* Absence of the export control system in order to ensure the respect of the RC obligations

* Absence of coordination between focal points ofvarious conventions

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2.Support of DNA work

Regarding the RC key operationalelements, the direct contact between a RC expert and national actors must help DNA on :

- Information Exchange between various actors- Developing a information collection system on the

intoxications and environmenal accidents- Developing a control and inpection system

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3. Regional similarities and differences for theRC implementation : What can SPC Do?

• Help DNAs to prepare notifications of final regulatory action (list of banned pesticides)

• Help DNAs to prepare import responses (listpesticides authorized)

• Assist DNA to propose a SHPF (scientificData)

• Help DNA to harmonise export notification

• Promote information exchange on chemicals

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What can SPC Do?

Assist CILSS countries in meeting theirobligations under the convention by :

- Taking the lead in the fulfillment of the keyprocesses and monitoring follow-up in thecountries

- Ensuring communication with RC secretariat- Identify opportunities for collaborative action

or training among member countries e.g. ofcustoms authorities

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Principal constraints

• Weakness of the control and inspection system

• Weakness of the information collection system

• Lack of chemical analysisInfrastructure

• Lack of national management systemorganisation (link DNA-Customs-industry)

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Recommandations

• Support the CILSS countries to developan integrated action plan for chemicalsmanagement

• Reinforce the capacities of control andinspection

• Sensitise and train the various actorsregarding the RC key operationalelements

• Support a national committee for pesticide management (all chemicalrelated convention synergies)

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• (v) Challenges, constraints and possible way forward in the Asian region; Ms.Kunghee Choi (Dr)

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Challenges & Opportunities in the implementation of the Rotterdam

Convention

Kyunghee CHOI, Ph.D.

National Institute of Environmental Research

Ministry of Environment

Republic of Korea

Regional Experts Meeting on “Principles and Tools for assisting countries in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention”

15-19 October 2007, Geneva Switzerland

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• Insufficient mechanisms to effectively control the influxof chemicals, particularly industrial chemicals

• Limited capacity & capability for risk assessment

• Absence of proper regulatory mechanism in place under the available legislation to address the issues pertaining to industrial chemicals management

• Poor public awareness & communication on hazards associated with chemicals

Challenges at regional level (I)

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• Insufficient communication, coordination & cooperation among the stakeholders

• Absence of established framework for life-cycle management of chemicals

• Health & environmental adverse effects are not properly monitored

Challenges at regional level (II)

Slide 4

Functional elements and composition of the regulatory infrastructure

Prevention of industrial disasters and creation of clean work environment

Industrial Safety and Health Act

Hazardous substances Used at workplace

Ministry of Labor

Protection of human health and the environment from use of toxic industrial chemicals

Toxic Chemical Control Act

Toxic Industrial Chemicals


ObjectivesRelevant ActSubstancesResponsible Authority

Chemicals Related Acts

Slide 5


Fertilizer management

Fertilizer Management Act

Fertilizer

Management of feed and feed additives

Feed Management Act

Feed additives

Securing the quality and proper use of Pesticides

Agrochemicals Management Act

PesticidesMinistry of Agriculture

and Forestry

Slide 6

Psychotropic drugs control

Psychotropic Drugs Control Act

Psychotropic drugs

Narcotics Management

Narcotics ActNarcotics

Food additives managementManagement of residual in agricultural products

Food Sanitation Act

Food additivesResidual pesticides in agricultural products

Proper management of dug and cosmetics

Pharmaceuticals Act

Drugs and cosmetics

Ministry of Health and Welfare


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Slide 7

Prevention and confrontation of fires

Fire Services ActDangerous substances in case of accident

Proper management

of marine environments

& fisheries

Marine PollutionPrevention Act

Marinepollutants

Ministry of Marine

Affairs & Fisheries

Radioactive materials management

Atomic Energy Act

Radioactive materials

Ministry of Science and Technology

For gunpowder Safe management of high pressure gas

High Pressure Gas Regulation Act

High Pressure (toxic) Gas

Ministry of Commerce,

Industry and Energy

Management of chemicals used

Guns, Swords and Gunpowder Act

Gunpowder

Ministry of Government Administration & Home Affairs


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Hazard Evaluation

o New Chemicals

o Existing Chemicals

Classificationo Hazardous Chemicalso Observational Chemicals

o Banned Chemicals

o Severely Restricted Chemicals

Enforcement of management standard

o Government

- Business Registration & Permission

- Enforcemento Private Sector

- Facility Standards- Management standards

Chemicals Survey

Discharge amount Survey (TRI)

o Point Sourceo Non-Point Source

(Diffuse Source)Environmetal

Pollution surveyo POPS/EDCs/HMo Environmental Media

Risk Assessmento Chemicals baseo Media base

Pre-market Stage

UseStage

Discharge Stage

Environmental Management Policyo Chemical: Banned or restricted use of chemicals, development of standards

o Media: Environmental standards & emission standards

Chemicals Management (Industrial Chemicals)

Slide 9

Toxic Chemicals Control Act (TCCA) Scope – Relevant Authority

Industrial Chemicals

Toxic Chemicals(555 chemicals) Observational

Chemicals(20 chemicals)

Severely RestrictedChemicals

(5 chemicals)

Others

BannedChemicals(58 chemicals)

New Chemicals New Chemicals Notification

Existing ChemicalsEvaluation of existing chemicalsSurvey of amounts in circulationPRTRs

possibleMinistry of Environment (MOE)

National Institute of EnvironmentalResearch(NIER)

Slide 10

Monitoring system for import of Industrial Chemicals

Industrial Chemicals

Check the list- Toxic Chemicals- Observational Chemicals- Banned or Restricted Chemicals

- Existing Chemicals

New Chemicals- Evaluation of Chemicals by New Chemicals Notification Unit in NIER

Toxic ChemicalsObservational Chemicals

Import Report

(KMCA)

Import Certificate

Yes

Yes

No

Others

CustomsClearance

Slide 11

Korean Existing Chemicals Inventory(KECI)

• 1991 Core Inventory• 1993, 1994 Supplementary I , II

• Current InventoryCombined edition MOE + MOL (1996)

- Approx 36,000 chemicals including polymers- Listed 600 chemicals notified - Static (plan to reform or up-date)

Newly notified chemicals since 1991(up to now 3000 chemicals)

- Official Gazette published periodically- Internet information, the MOE homepage,

www.me.go.kr

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Foreign supplier

NIER- identities/inventory status- completeness of mandatory data- contents of confidentiality claim- data quality/authentication

MOL(data summary)

MOGAHA(Official Gazette)

Head of Related ministry

Applicant(Manufacturer/Importer)

(Authorized agent)

Changes?The duration of assessment should be completed within 45 days.(Amended to the Ministerial Ordinance of the law, Jan.5, 1999)

Basic data supplementary datadata submitted voluntarily

(Q)SAR programCHEM DBInternet information

(Request of Restrictionon Manufacture/import)

Notification Procedures

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• Direct Clarification at Customs House- reveal all components to confirm regulatory compliance* routinely imported products* single chemical products

• Import certificate from MOE- MOE delegated KCMA (Korea Chemicals Management Association) - If composition details contain confidential information

No requirement of full disclosure of components.- Issuance upon the request only

(Article 5, Presidential Decree)- No unfair procedure

Import Certification - Customs Clearance Procedure

Slide 14

• Product composed of toxic chemicals plus others ;- Submitted quantitative information on toxic

chemicals only plus explanatory self-statements for compliance of other composition

• Product composed of all listed chemicals- Submitted only explanatory self-statements

for the compliance

Product for low volume exemption ;- Submitted qualitative information on new

chemical substance only plus explanatory self-statements for the compliance

Import Certification by KCMA(Korea Chemicals Management Association)

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<Industrial Chemicals>

<Agricultural Chemicals>

NIER & CSEC

o New Chemicals Review

o Existing Chemicals Investigation

International Obligation

MoE

Decision for Regulatory

Action

Inter-ministerial

consultation

Final Regulatory

Decision

RegistrationReview

InternationalObligation

Final Regulatory

Action

RDAAgro-

chemicalsReview

Committee

NIER: National Institute of Environmental Research

CSEC: Chemical Substance Evaluation Committee

MoE: Ministry of Environment

RDA: Rural Development Administration

Slide 16

- Strengthening researches and fact-finding studies

- Dissemination of Information on Chemicals - Promotion of International cooperation - Devise risk reduction measures

Fact-finding studies Int’l cooperation

Risk Reduction MeasuresInformation Dissemination

Strategies of Chemicals Management Policy

Sound management of Chemicals

Slide 17

Expert Council for Chemicalsin Ministry of Environment

Expert Committeein NIER

Countermeasure Councilin Ministry of Environment

Council is composed of:

• MoE, KFDA, MoL, RDA, and

other governmental bodies

• Experts on Chemicals

• Representatives of Industries

• Representatives of NGOs

Establishment of “Council for Hazardous Chemicals and

Subsidiary Expert Committee”

Slide 18

• Legal basis ; Article 11 of the Law

• Banned or Severely restricted chemicals- 49 chemicals including DDT with TCCA Enforcement - Additional 10 chemicals ; PCBs, Benzidine etc.

• International Chemical Practice - Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm Convention etc.

Changes?MOE announced 4 and 55 chemicals as severely restricted or banned chemicals respectively. ( Amended to MOE Notice No.1999-141, Sep.8.1999)

Banned or Severely restricted chemicals

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- Registration : manufacturer

- File a report (every year) : import, export, sell

- Classification and labelling

- Management standards

- Storage and Transportation

- Record keeping(sale, storage, use)

Requirement of Toxic Chemicals

Slide 20

• Economic • Sociopolitical• Legal

ControlOptions

Non-riskAnalyses

RegulatoryDecision

• Technical Feasibility• Engineering Controls• Institutional Controls

HazardIdentification

ExposureAssessment

ToxicityAssessment

RiskCharacterization

TCCA Article18 (Risk Assessment)

Risk Assessment & Management

Slide 21

Scope and Coverage

• Evaluating/regulating new chemicals (PIC and POPs)

• Evaluating/regulating existing chemicals (PIC and POPs)

• Import/export controls (PIC, POPs and Basel)• Disposal (POPs and Basel)• Hazard communication (PIC, POPs and Basel)• Environmental releases (POPs)• Other links, eg, regional treaties

Slide 22

- DNA : Ministry of EnvironmentRural Development Administration Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

- Role : Notification of final regulatory action (BSR)Import responseExport Notification*

- Legal Basis : Established on Feb.8, 1999- Prohibiting of manufacture of BSR (Article 11 TCCA)- Reporting the import and export toxic chemicals(Article12 TCCA)

- Reporting the import and export toxic chemicals(Article 7 Ministerial Ordinance on TCCA)

- Consent of export of BSR chemicals (TCCA,Dec.31, 2004)

Implementation of Rotterdam Convention

* Public Notice (Feb. 9, 2004: Industrial Chemicals)Public Notice (Feb. 19, 2004: Pesticide & SHPF)

Slide 23

Rotterdam ConventionSecretariat

Notification formImport ResponseExport Notification

Rural DevelopmentAdministration


Industrial Chemicals Pesticide & SHPF

Ministry of Foreign

Affairs & Trade

Operating Framework

Slide 24

• Workshop with Industries

• Public Hearing with stakeholders including

• industries

• Composition of Committee with multi-stakeholder

• Legislation Notice

Mechanism in place between chemical industry and the regulatory authority (DNA)

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Information Warehouse of POPs in the East Asian Countries

Concept of warehouseConcept of warehouseData Network for Information exchange of East Asian countries

BackgroundBackground

Agree to establish Data warehouse for monitoring network in East Asian countries (Dec. ’03, Japan) - Regional Monitoring program : Japan- Data warehouse program : Korea

1st Workshop for Warehouse (Dec. ’05, Seoul)

Support Article 16 in Stockholm convention

2nd Workshop for Warehouse (Nov. ’06, Seoul)3rd Workshop for Warehouse (Nov.’07. Incheon: Planned)

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Environm

ental P

ollution D

B

Data Assessment/Analysis

Publication

Development of QA/QC

Standardization of Monitoring Methodology

Education/Training

Workshop

Regional Monitoring Network Russia NFPMongolia NFP

Korea NFPJapan NFP

China NFP

•Collection of Data

/Transmission to

Clearinghouse

North East Asian Center for Environmental Data & Training

• Monitoring Data

Regional Monitoring DataTechnical Data of Monitoring

Cyber EducationNet Conference

Information/ Dissemination

Users

Collection of Data

Session 5 presentations from other secretariats; • (i) Stockholm Convention national Implementation Plans (NIPs) and integration with the Rotterdam Convention; Mr.

Suman Sharma

Slide 1

National Implementation Plan opportunity for synergy with


Suman SharmaProgram Officer

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants18 October 2007, Geneva

Slide 2

Outline of the presentation

StatusObjectives of the ConventionWhat is a NIPBenefits of a NIPRelevance of NIP with Rotterdam ConventionConclusion

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Status

Convention adopted on 22 May 2001150 Governments signed it149 Parties to date (25 September 2007)Convention entered into force on 17 May 2004

COP-1: May 2005 Punta del Este, UruguayCOP-2: May 2006, Geneva, SwitzerlandCOP-3: May 2007 Dakar, Senegal

65 NIPs have been received until 5 October 2007

Slide 4

Objectives of the Conventions

Stockholm Convention: To protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants

Rotterdam Convention:To promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm;

Slide 5

Implementation of the Convention

Elimination provisionsRestricted use provisionsControl provision in international tradePromotion related provisions

In order to bring these provisions into action -National Implementation Plan

Slide 6

What is a National Implementation Plan (NIP)? Mandatory Inclusive DynamicNational PolicyInformation Sharing

Slide 7

What are Action Plans?

Detailed workplans of the NIP on:Source identification and release estimatesRelease reductionMeasures including the use of best available

techniques and best environmental practices

Slide 8

Benefits of a NIP (continued)

The NIP will help to: Improve understanding of the national situationEstablish inventories of sources and estimates Assess impacts on health, developmentAssess regulatory and other mechanismsAssess capacity to manage or dispose of stockpiles or wastesStrengthen the capacity of Convention focal point

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Relevance of NIP development with Rotterdam Convention

Official Contact Point (OCP) and DNA, Policy and legislation Coordinating/collaborating agenciesCoverage of the chemicals

Slide 10

In order to promote complementarities and avoideduplicationsSC-1/12 adopted the Guidance for developing NIP incorporating the concerns relating to implementation of Rotterdam ConventionDuring the preparation of their NIPs, Parties are requested to consider requirements of RC as a general principal of NIP development


Slide 11

Phase I: Establishment of coordinating mechanism and process organization

Categorically asked Parties to involve politicians, ministers and government official responsible to RC in the coordinating mechanism for the implementation of Stockholm Convention


Slide 12

Phase II: Establishment of POPs inventories and assessment of National Infrastructure and capacity

an assessment of the framework and infrastructure to RC is to be carried out too!a revision of import decision taken under PIC procedure for the chemicals subject to SC


Slide 13

Phase III: Priority assessment and objective setting

compliance to RC has also been sought as a means of identification and prevention of trade of POPs chemicalsunderstanding possible links to the RC and opportunities for synergy DNA for RC is to be fully involved in priority assessment and objective setting exercise


Slide 14

Phase IV Formulation of NIP:

linkage with key element of RC to be highlightedOpportunities for Implementation of RC are assessed in individual action plans to be developed for SC


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Phase V: National endorsement of NIP:

Key role of DNA and other stakeholders in the endorsement process


Slide 16

Recent analysis of NIPs revealedonly a minority of the implementation plans are seemed to be based on guidance to develop NIPonly12 % acknowledge the existence of synergy at national level 7% mentioned the relevance of RC in implementing SC. > 80% of the NIP just mention if they are Party to RC

National ReportsImplementation of Convention at different stages ratification to RC as measure to control trade of Annex A and B compounds


Slide 17

Conclusion

Great opportunities to work together to achieve synergy

At secretariat levelAt Party level

Financial and technical resources mobilization

Promoting complementaritiesRole of SC Regional and Subregional centres

• (ii) Synergies and cooperation with the Basel Convention; Mr. Ibrahim Shafii

Slide 1

Synergies and Cooperation With theBasel Convention

Ibrahim ShafiiProgramme Officer (Technical)

Secretariat of the Basel Convention

Slide 2

The Basel Convention Regional Centres

Technical AssistanceCapacity Building

Technology Transfer

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Slide 3

Overview of the BCRCs• Established by article 14(1) of the Basel

Convention and decisions of the COP;• 14 Regional and Coordinating Centres in

operation;• Main instrument for the implementation of the

Strategic Plan at regional level;• Key delivery mechanism for promotion of ESM

of hazardous wastes at the regional level.• Each centre has its own facilities and staff.

Slide 4

Africa and West Asia1 Basel Convention Regional Centre for the Arab States inEgypt

2 Basel Convention Regional Co-ordinating Centre in Nigeria3 Basel Convention Regional Centre in Senegal4 Basel Convention Regional Centre in South Africa5 Basel Convention Regional Centre in Tehran

Asia and Pacific Region6 Basel Convention Regional Centre in China7 Basel Convention Regional Centre in Indonesia8 Pacific Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Joint Implementation of the Basel and Waigani Conventions in the South Pacific region

Central and Eastern Europe9 Basel Convention Regional Centre in the

Russian Federation10 Basel Convention Regional Centre in Slovakia

Latin America and the Caribbean11 Basel Convention Regional Centre in Argentina12 Basel Convention Regional Centre in El Salvador13 Basel Convention Regional Centre in Trinidad and Tobago14 Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Latin Americaand Caribbean region in Uruguay

Slide 5

Current Status• Legal Status:- 10 Framework Agreements

signed- Intergovernmental

Organization (South Africa) • Projects and

activities:- Strategic plan: More than 17

project and 21 capacity building activities under the Strategic Plan;

- Trust fund: 15 projects since 2004;

- Cooperation with other MEAs: 56 activities for 2001 to 2006.

• Business Plans:- 13 Business Plans were

prepared for 2007-2008• Information

Exchange:- Needs assessed by the

BCRCs;- Meeting of the Steering

Committees;- Information sessions about the

BCRCs;- Websites: 11 BCRCs.

Slide 6

BCRCs

• Outputs:- Projects (side-event);- Regional workshops, capacity

building activities;- Partnership Project;- Training manuals;

• Political support:- Regional Support- Recognition by the Stockholm

Convention, AMCEN, NEPAD and the SAICM;

• Technology transfer:

- Relationship donor-region- Regional delivery for different

international agencies (UNEP, Stockholm Convention, etc);

- Involvement of regional and local expertise.

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Links with the Rotterdam Convention

• Article 10: Obligations in relation to imports of chemicals listed in Annex III

• Article 11: Obligations in relation to exports of chemicals listed in Annex III

• Article 12: Export notification seeking prior informed consent

• Article 13: Information to accompany exported chemicals

• Article 14: Information exchange• Article 16: Technical assistance

• The COP1 of the Rotterdam Convention by its Decision RC-1/14 on Regional delivery of technical assistance invited the Basel Convention Regional Centres and Regional Coordinating Centres, to participate in the regional delivery system to make full use of synergies among those entities, organizations and multilateral environmental agreements.

• BCRCs could assist in developing the infrastructure and capacity to manage chemicals at the regional level.

• Enforcement and awareness

Slide 8

Controlling Illegal Trafficking in Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes

•Green Customs initiative•WCO/Harmonized System Codes•UNEP “Sky Hole Patching” Project •Sharing of information and experiences in non-compliance issues

Slide 9

SCENARIOS

• ILLEGAL IMPORTATION AND USE OF PESTICIDES

• TOXIC & BANNED CHEMICALS SMUGGLING

• HAZARDOUS WASTE DRUM DUMPING• ETC

Slide 10


Mechanisms for Cooperation

• National Level- Hazardous Chemicals/Wastes TaskForces:Composed of representatives from Customs (agents, inspectors, trade information specialists), environmentalagencies, police, officials with hazardous wasteregulatory and prosecution background, competentauthorities over chemical/waste shipments. • Regional and International Level: Multi-agency task force focused on international trafficking in hazardous chemicals/wastes and WCO –Customs Enforcement Network

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Reference materials:

Relevant Technical Guidelines http://www.basel.int/techmatters/index.html

Guide to the Control System

Guidance Elements for Detection, Prevention and Control of Illegal Traffic in Hazardous Wastes

Training Manual on Illegal Traffic for Customs Officers and other Enforcement Agencies

Slide 12

Other possibilities for cooperation

•Collaboration in the development of documentations, guidelines, etc.•Joint training activities on the implementation of Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions•Regional workshops on chemical and waste issues•Joint projects on disposal of banned chemicals/wastes e.g PCBs, POPs, etc.•Reporting, monitoring and outreach

• (iii) UNITAR’s global capacity building programmes on chemicals management; Ms. Marylene Beau

Slide 1

International Chemicals Management:

An Overview of UNITAR’S Global Capacity Building Programmes

Marylene BeauChemicals and Waste & Programmes

UNITARwww.unitar.org/cwg

Slide 2

UNITAR’s Mission• To provide legal, institutional and technical support to

governments and stakeholders to develop sustainable capacity for managing dangerous chemicals and wastes

• Project activities take place within the framework of implementing international agreements (e.g. SAICM, Stockholm Convention, Rotterdam Convention, GHS) aimed at protecting human health and the environment, while ensuring sustainable industrial development and facilitating trade of chemicals

• UNITAR approach to capacity building supports a country-driven programmatic and integrated approach to chemicals management, as endorsed at the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) in Dubai, February 2006

2

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3

UNITAR’s Global Capacity Building Programmes

Active in over 100 countries

Have a variety of key donors including Switzerland, GEF, USA, and the European Commission

Participating Organisation of the IOMC (Inter-organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals)

Close cooperation with industry and other stakeholders (NGO’s, Academia, Unions, etc) but would like to further build partnerships in many areas

Slide 4

4

A Selection of UNITAR’s Global Capacity Building Programmes

Integrated National Programmes and Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Enabling Activities

Globally Harmonized System of Classification & Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Implementation

Stockholm Convention Implementation

Pollutant Release & Transfer Registers (PRTRs)

International action on mercury

Rotterdam Convention Implementation

Slide 5

5

Integrated National Programmes and Assisting Countries with SAICM Enabling Activities

• The importance of developing an integrated and coordinated approach to national chemicals management is one of the key messages of SAICM

• Such a programme can facilitate, inter alia,

• interministerial coordination

• access to and exchange of information

• stakeholder participation

• coordinated priority setting, and

• integration of chemicals management activities into national development planning processes.

Slide 6

6

Integrated National Programmes and Assisting Countries with SAICM Enabling Activities

UNITAR provides a variety of services to assist with capacity development related to SAICM enabling activities

Thematic workshop on governance, civil society participation, and strengthening partnerships for chemicals and waste management and SAICM implementation (June 2006)

National Profiles (ICCM Resolution I/4(c))

National SAICM Capacity Assessments (ICCM Resolution I/4(c))

National SAICM Pilot Projects (4 countries)

33 QSPTF country projects approved

Slide 7

7

SAICM Thematic Workshop Outcomes

Developed understanding of challenges and opportunities for SAICM implementation at the national level

Explored options for developing sound governance structures for SAICM implementation

Discussed challenges and opportunities for involving civil society and private sector in national SAICM implementation

Developed understanding on elements of partnerships for sound chemicals management

Provided input to national SAICM pilot projects

www.unitar.org/cwg/tw

Slide 8

8

National Chemicals Management Profiles

• Overview of national legal, institutional, administrative, and technical infrastructure for national chemicals management

• Assists in identification of infrastructure-related strengths, weaknesses, and gaps, as well as priority needs for national action and external technical assistance

• Baseline against which progress may be judged in meeting specific national or international targets (e.g. SAICM)

• QSP Strategic Priority: • “development or updating of national chemical profile…”

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9

National SAICM Pilot Projects

3 developing countries and 1 country in economic transition: Belarus, Panama, Pakistan, and Tanzania

Project countries selected by UNITAR/IOMC Project Task Force (June 2006)

Country projects will take place over a period of 3 years (2006-2009)

Funded by Government of Switzerland (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) as a contribution to the QSP

Slide 10

National SAICM Pilot Projects: Key Milestones

Information Exchange

Mechanism and Website

National Development Planning Process(ongoing feedback and integration of chemicals and waste management)

NationalProfile

and other

relevant material

SAICM Capacity Assessment:gov’t,industry,NGOs.

National Forum

on Governanceand Priority

Setting

Partnership Project 1

Partnership Project 2 National

Review Workshop

Agreed Governance

Structure

Inter-ministerial Coordination

Stakeholder Involvement

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33-country Projects on National Profile Updating, Capacity Assessment, and Priority Setting

• 2-year projects

• Supported by SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund (QSP TF)

• Expect commencement in second-quarter 2007

• All countries have National Profiles• to be updated in light of SAICM outcomes

• National SAICM Capacity Assessment developed

• National SAICM Priority Setting Workshop will take into account above products

• Other activities such as awareness raising, database development, and national SAICM policy development

Slide 12

12

• UNITAR and ILO: Focal Point for GHS Capacity Building

• Programme Advisory Group (PAG)

• UN Subcommittee of Experts on the GHS (SCEGHS)

• WSSD Global Partnership for Capacity Building to Implement the GHS (UNITAR/ILO/OECD)

Global Capacity Building for GHS Implementation

Slide 13

13

GHS Activities• Global Activities

• Global workshop on GHS, Side Events, Implementation Survey, Roster of Experts

• Regional Activities• SADC (2003), Latin America (2004), ASEAN (2005, 2007), CEE

(2006), Arab Countries (2006), ECOWAS (2008)

• National Activities• Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Nigeria, Senegal, Slovenia, South

Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, The Gambia, The Philippines, Uruguay and Zambia

• Some 83 countries interested in GHS capacity building• Guidance, resource and training materials developed

Slide 14

14

UNITAR Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Programme (Stockholm Convention)

• To provide support to developing countries and countries with economies in transition to take measures to eliminate or reduce the release of POPs into the environment

• Planning Activities:

• National profile development & priority- setting

• Action plan development

• National implementation plan (NIP) project assistance

• Risk management decision making training

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15

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Programme: Implementation Activities

PCB elimination

Legislation and policy development, including enforcement

Other institutional strengthening (GHS, pollutant release and transfer registers)

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16

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Programme: Action Plan Development

o As many as 17 action plans, strategies, etc. can be developed as part of a NIP

o “Generic” UNITAR methodology on developing action plans for sound chemicals management used more than 50 countries to-date

o Adapted for Stockholm Convention NIPs

o UNDP/GEF MSP for 25 Least Developed Countries

o UNDP/GEF MSP for 15 Least Developed Countries

o Swiss support for additional 7-10 countries

Slide 17

17

NIP Project Development Assistance

o Countries to-date:o Union of Comoros: co-executing NIP projecto Pakistan: skills-building on many aspects of NIP development,

inventory compilation, and capacity gap assessmento Mozambique: national priorities and objectives; identification

of POPs management options; training on cost benefit analysis; and evaluation of costs and benefits of management options

o Peoples' Republic of China: NIP assistance o Thailand: Priority assessment, objectives setting, NIP

formulationo Togo: assistance with PCBs inventories

Slide 18

18

Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)

o UNITAR assists countries in the design of national PRTRs through multi-stakeholder processes

o To-date, nine countries successfully developed PRTRs with UNITAR assistance

o Additional country projects currently under way (Armenia, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Thailand, Togo)

o Main financial support from USA, The Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland

o Programme Implemented in cooperation with OECD and UNEP Chemicals

Slide 19

International Action on Mercury

o Project with Swiss and EPA support and UNEP collaboration in Chile, Ecuador and Panama

o Activities:o Mercury Emission Inventory o Risk Management Plan on Mercuryo Integration of Emission Inventory into a national

PRTR

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20

Assisting Countries with the Rotterdam Convention Implementation

o Joint Pilot Project between the Rotterdam Secretariat and UNITAR in developing national action plans for the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention Started in April 2006

o Six pilot countries: Mongolia, Ethiopia, Benin, Ecuador, Guinea (Conakry), Cote d’Ivoire and twomore to come in 2008

o Supported by Swiss government

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Assisting Countries with the Rotterdam Convention Implementation

o Methodology developed and tested in countrieso Revised after pilots for all countries to use

o Project outcomes will be presented at COP-4 (Oct 08) in a side event

Slide 22

Methodology Overview

• 4 month implementation period• 2 stages:

• Assessment of National Capacities and Gaps Analysis

• Undertaken by a consultant under DNA supervision and Rotterdam Secretariat/UNITAR review

• Developing the NAP• Hold a National Workshop with main stakeholders• Focus on integrating NAP into existing activities• Final discussions on prioritizing NAP activities

• Use of guidance and worksheets

Slide 23

Lessons learned

• Importance of a two-step process: • Starting with the Gap Analysis development prior to the workshop

(less subject to discussion)• Review and develop the NAPs during the workshop

• Importance of guidance from Secretariat and UNITAR in elaborating NAPs

• Flexible and user-friendly methodology to facilitate technical discussions

• Capitalize previous training assistance provided for other chemicals agreements

• (iv) World Customs Organization Harmonized System Codes and role in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention; Mr. Ed De Jong

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Harmonized System

Harmonized System codes; role in the implementation of

the Rotterdam Convention

Ed DE JONGWCO Tariff and Trade Affairs

Directorate

Slide 2



World Customs Organization

Intergovernmental organization

171 Member countries

Customs administrations

Global centre of Customs expertise

Slide 3



Secretariat

Technical Committees :

Harmonized System Committee

Permanent Technical Committee

Technical Committee on Rules of Origin

Technical Committee on Customs Valuation

Various Sub-Committees


Slide 4



Developed number of international Customs

instruments :

Harmonized System Convention

Revised Kyoto Convention

Administration or development of other

international agreements :

WTO agreement on Customs valuation

Harmonized Non-Preferential Rules of Origin


Slide 5



Harmonized Commodity Description

and Coding System (HS)

Basis for (among others) :

Customs revenue

Trade data

Origin

Harmonized System

Slide 6



International organisations :

WTO

UNSD

ICC

UNEP

CITES

OPCW

RC (PIC)

International cooperation

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Slide 7



The Harmonized System is a structured nomenclature4-digit headings5- and 6-digit subheadings

Heading 28.52

Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, excluding amalgams

Harmonized System

Slide 8



MULTIPURPOSE NOMENCLATURE

Harmonized System

• As a basis for Customs tariffs;• As a basis for the collection of international trade statistics;• As a basis for rules of origin;• For the collection of internal taxes;• As a basis for trade negotiations (e.g., the WTO schedules of tariff

concessions);• For transport tariffs and statistics;• For the monitoring of controlled goods (e.g., wastes, narcotics,

chemical weapons, ozone layer depleting substances, endangered species);

• As a vital element of core Customs process areas of Customs controls and procedures, including risk assessment, information technology and compliance.

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o 21 sectionso 96 Chapters (Chapter 77 is reserved for possible

future use)

o 1221 4-digit headings (of 926 have been further subdivided into one- or two-dash subheadings (5- or 6-digit subheadings), otherwise indicated by a zero)

o In total : 5,052 separate groups of goods identified by a 6-digit code (HS-code)

Harmonized System

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Environmental and social concerns were major features of the HS amendments in 2002 and in 2007.

In 2007 many amendments of the HS Nomenclature relate to the protection of the environment (e.g., creation of new subheading for the identification of certain species of fish, the monitoring and control of products of bamboo, pesticides (Rotterdam Convention) and products containing asbestos

Harmonized System

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Monitoring of goods covered by :CITESICCATINBAR (FAO)Rotterdam ConventionStockholm ConventionBasel ConventionMontreal ProtocolOPCW

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HS 2007 amendments

In HS 2007 :

ICCATINBAR (FAO)Rotterdam ConventionMontreal Protocol

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Code of Ethics on the International

Trade in Chemicals

Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure

for certain hazardous chemicals and

pesticides

International cooperation

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Amendment of the HS

NEW SUBHEADINGS CAN BE CREATED WHEN TRADE VOLUME EXCEEDS $50 MILLION (EXEMPTION FOR GOODS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CONCERN)

EXISTING HS CODES ARE ALSO REVIEWED ON THE BASIS OF TRADE VOLUME ($50 MILLION)

NB : HEADINGS = $100 MILLION

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Firm / Federation National Administration

Intern organization WCO Secretariat / HS Comm.

Scientific Sub-Committee HS Review Sub-Committee

Scientific Sub-Committee HS Committee

WCO Council

Reservation ! National Administration

Not adopted Adopted

Amendment of the HS

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HS 2007 amendments


New heading 28.52 :

Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, excluding amalgams

Priority within Section VI : Note 1 B

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HS 2012 amendments

HS 2012 28.52 : Inorganic or organic compounds of

mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams

2852.10 - Chemically defined2852.90 - Other

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HS 2007 amendments

Rotterdam Convention - Chapter 29

Ethylene dibromide (ISO), Aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) and heptachlor (ISO) (heading 29.03)Pentachlorophenol (ISO) and Dinoseb (ISO) and its salts (heading 29.08)Dieldrin (ISO, INN) (heading 29.10)Dinoseb (ISO) acetate (heading 29.15)Binapacryl (ISO) (heading 29.16)Chlorobenzilate (ISO) and 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts and esters (heading 29.18)

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HS 2007 amendments

Rotterdam Convention - Chapter 29 (contd.)

Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate (heading 29.19)Parathion (ISO) and parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion) (heading 29.20)Fluoroacetamide (ISO), monocrotophos (ISO) and phosphamidon (ISO) (heading 29.24)Chlordimeform (ISO) (heading 29.25)Captafol (ISO) and methamodophos (ISO) (heading 29.30)

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HS 2007 amendments


Chapter 38

New subheading 3808.50 :

Goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter

New Subheading Note 1 :

list of chemicals covered by the Rotterdam Convention which can be used in pesticides

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HS 2007 amendments

Rotterdam Convention - Chapter 38 (contd.)

new subheadings 3824.81 to 3824.83 for mixtures and preparations containing :

- oxirane (ethylene oxide) (subheading 3824.81)

- polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated terphenyls(PCTs) (subheading 3824.82)

- tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate (subheading 3824.83)

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Recommendations

WCO Recommendations

to facilitate the monitoring and controlling of international trade in certain categories of goods

to be introduced as soon as possible

additional subheadings at national level

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WCO Recommendations

Ozone Layer Depleting Substances

Chemical weapons

Recommendations

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Cooperation on national level necessary between

Environment Officers&

Customs Officers

National cooperation

• (v) SAICM Quick Start Programme (QSP) Trust Fund and the Rotterdam Convention; Mr. Hamoudi Shubber

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Contents

Introduction: about SAICMQSP overview, objective & strategic priorities, mandate and governance, institutional set-upQSP Trust Fund application process and materials, eligibility, project objectives, MEA and Basel relevance, TFIC appraisal, previous rounds, support to applicantsConclusion and contact information

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Introduction: about SAICMThe Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is a global policy frameworkadopted in February 2006 in Dubai by the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM).

SAICM supports the achievement of the goal agreed in 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development of ensuring that, by 2020, chemicals are produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health

SAICM has three core texts:Dubai Declaration on International Chemicals Management (political commitment)Overarching Policy Strategy (scope, needs, objectives, principles, financial and implementation arrangements)Global Plan of Action (work areas, activities, actors, timeframes and targets, indicators of progress)

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QSP overview

SAICM’s Quick Start Programme (QSP) was established by the ICCM

QSP aims to support initial enabling activities in developing countries, least developed countries, small island developing States and countries with economies in transition

QSP consists of a trust fund, as well as bilateral, multilateral and other forms of cooperation

SAICM QSP web page: www.chem.unep.ch/saicm/qsp.htm

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QSP objective & strategic prioritiesThe QSP aims to mobilize resources for national priority initial enabling activities in keeping with the work areas set out in the strategic objectives of section IV of the OPS, in particular:

a) Development or updating of national chemical profiles and the identification of capacity needs for sound chemicals management;

b) Development and strengthening of national chemicals management institutions, plans, programmes and activities to implement SAICM, building upon work conducted to implement international chemicals-related agreements and initiatives;

c) Undertaking analysis, interagency coordination, and public participation activities directed at enabling the implementation of SAICM by integrating – i.e., mainstreaming – the sound management of chemicals in national strategies, and thereby informing development assistance cooperation priorities

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QSP mandate and governance

Overarching Policy Strategy paragraph 19, ICCM resolution I/4 and guidance from the QSP Executive Board and Trust Fund Implementation CommitteeExecutive Board provides overall operational guidance

Members are QSP contributors and Government regional representatives (Belgium, US, Belarus, Georgia, Burundi, Egypt, Jamaica, Peru, Iran and Thailand) Sub-committee of trust fund donors and regional representatives within the Executive Board

Trust Fund Implementation Committee (TFIC) considers project proposals seeking trust fund assistance

TFIC= participating organizations of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) + UNDP IOMC= FAO, ILO, OECD, UNEP, UNIDO, UNITAR and WHO

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QSP institutional set-up

UNEP administers trust fund

SAICM secretariat facilitates the application process and services the Executive Board and Trust Fund Implementation Committee

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QSP Trust Fund: overview

Aims to provide seed money to support the objective and strategic priorities of the QSP.

Governments and, under exceptional circumstances, NGOs can receive support for projects from $50,000 to $250,000.

Projects can be for a maximum of 2 years.

All project proposals need the endorsement of the SAICM National Focal Point.

Information and application forms available on www.chem.unep.ch/saicm

->Quick Start Programme Trust Fund

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QSP Trust Fund: application processThere are two application rounds per year. Next round closes in March 2008 (dates announced on web site).Applications are submitted in English only to the SAICM secretariat by post with all the required signatures Signed advance copies can be forwarded by e-mail or fax.After each application deadline the SAICM secretariat screens applications for eligibilityTwo months after each application deadline, the TFIC meets to review and make the appraisal of the applicationsAfter the meeting, the applicant is notified in writing by the SAICM secretariat of the Committee’s decision.Implementation arrangements for approved projects are made between the project manager and UNEPApproved project documents are made publicly available on the SAICM website.

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QSP Trust Fund: application materialsI. Application form

Applicant informationSummary of the budget and project description Focal point(s) endorsement(s)

II. Budget tablesExcel templateBreakdown of the total costs and budget Annexes (if relevant)

Job descriptions and description of the recruitment processInformation on group training, meetings or conferences List of non-expendable equipment

III. Project DescriptionMain document of the applicationProject background, management and descriptionWorkplan and evaluation plan

Proofs of co-funding from other sourcesConfirmations of co-financing or in-kind contributions

Letter of support and other supporting information Confirmation of multi-stakeholder and/or multi-sectoral supportPress articlesEtc.

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QSP Trust Fund eligibility: Governments

Governments of:Developing CountriesCountries with Economies in Transition

LDCs and SIDS have priority.

Governments must have nominated a SAICM National Focal Point (NFP).

Official nomination procedure via Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The list of focal points is available at www.chem.unep.ch/saicm

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QSP Trust Fund eligibility: NGOs (1)

NGOs that have expertise in chemicals management

NGOs that have the necessary resources and administrative capacity

NGOs that have nominated a SAICM NGO focal point

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QSP Trust Fund eligibility: NGOs (2)

To be considered under on an “exceptional circumstances” NGO projects need to:

Address a significant need in chemicals management;Address a gap – i.e. other stakeholders are not addressing the need; andDemonstrate the value of the project being undertaken by an NGO.

NGO projects need the endorsement of the official national focal point of the country (or countries) where the project will be implemented

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QSP Trust Fund eligibility: regional projects

Regional or multi-country project proposals may also be submitted by Governments and civil society networks.

Proposals for such projects should be submitted in a single applications and seek a maximum total funding of $250,000.

Regional or multi-country project proposals need the endorsement of national focal points of all the countries where project activities would be undertaken.

Multi-country or civil society projects can be submitted at the same time as individual Government projects are submitted or implemented.

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QSP Trust Fund eligibility: focal point endorsement

Nomination of national (or NGO) focal points should be finalised prior to the submission of the application

Focal point endorsements should be coordinated as early as possible

Additional information and documents on focal points and the nomination process are available on the SAICM website: www.chem.unep.ch/saicm/focalpoints.htm

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QSP Trust Fund: project objectives

Project objectives and activities should be clearly identified in the applicationApplications should also highlight the direct links between the project and the QSP objective and strategic priorities Reminder: QSP focus on national priority initial enabling activities, in particular:

a) Chemical profiles and identification of capacity needs;b) Chemicals management institutions, plans, programmes and activities, building upon work conducted to implement international agreements; c) Activities directed at enabling the implementation of SAICM by integrating – i.e., mainstreaming – chemicals in national strategies and development assistance priorities

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QSP Trust Fund: relevance to MEAs

Second strategic priority of the QSP provides an opportunity for building upon work to implement MEAs, such as the Rotterdam

SAICM “enabling activities” may be supported

providing a basic and essential level of information to enable policy and strategic decisions to be made, or assisting planning that identifies priority activities within a country

Implementation activities may not be supported

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QSP Trust Fund: relevance to the Rotterdam Convention

Rotterdam Convention COP 3 decision3/5, recommended that individual developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition

Propose projects under the SAICM QSP that will build foundational capacities in sound chemicals management necessary for their adequate implementation of the Rotterdam Convention;

Propose projects under the QSP that will support activities directed at enabling the implementation of sound chemicals management objectives by mainstreaming them into national development strategies, noting that this type of enabling activity is among the strategic priorities of the QSP;

Request the Rotterdam Convention secretariat to facilitate the identification of donors that will provide them with technical support to assist them in integrating sound chemicals management objectives into their national development assistance requests, noting that the provision of such technical support is among the financial considerations included in subparagraph 19 (c) (i) of SAICM’s Overarching Policy Strategy;

Possible activities may include: SAICM action plan development, building upon PIC Action Plans,Developing or strengthening national waste and chemicals management programmes or activities; Research for risk reduction strategies;Regional projects illegal trafficking

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QSP Trust Fund: appraisal by TFIC

Compatibility with QSP objectives and strategic priorities (see ICCM I/4)Geographical balance Sectoral balancePriority for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)Other relevant factors identified by the TFIC and Executive Board

co-fundingmultisectoral impactparticipation of stakeholdersetc

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QSP Trust Fund application process: first round

The first round of applications to the trust fund closed on 18 August 2006.

44 applications were received from 32 Governments12 from NGOs

31 Applications were reviewed by the TFIC on 18 October 27 Governments4 NGOs

8 projects were approved or conditionally approved7 Government and 1 NGO applicationsCovering activities in 20 countries 19 Applications were suggested for resubmission4 projects were declined

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QSP Trust Fund application process: second round

The second round of applications to the trust fund closed on 16 April 2007.

35 applications were received from 30 Governments5 from NGOs

31 Applications were reviewed by the TFIC on 29-30 May 2007 28 Governments3 NGOs

21 projects were approved or conditionally approved20 Government and 1 NGO applicationsCovering activities in 21 countries 5 applications were recommended for further development and resubmission5 projects were declined

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QSP Trust Fund: support to applicants

Application Guidelines are available with the application documents on the SAICM website: www.chem.unep.ch/saicm/qsptf.htm

Provides essential information on the application process and packageAvailable in English, French, Spanish and Arabic

The secretariat is available:to provide guidance on the application procedureto answer questions on the applications formsto review applications to provide further advice of applications

Do not hesitate to send an email to [email protected]

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Conclusion

The 3nd round of applications closed on 14September 2007

The fourth round of applications will open in November and is expected to close in March 2008, with exact dates to be annonced.

Applications should be developed as early as possible to ensure the meet all requirements and the deadline for submission

Advance drafts should be sent to the SAICM secretariat as early as possible for an initial assessment of their completeness and eligibility

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Contact Information

SAICM Secretariatc/o Chemicals Branch, UNEP/DTIE, 11-13 Chemin des Anémones, International Environment House CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, [email protected]://www.chem.unep.ch/saicm/

QSP Contact: Mr. Hamoudi ShubberEmail: [email protected]: (+41 22) 917 86 31Fax: (+41 22) 797 34 60

Session 6 presentations; • (i) Chemical Review Committee and the Conference of the Parties; Ms. Hyacinth Chin Sue

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Chemical Review CommitteeMeeting of Regional Experts of Rotterdam CommitteeGeneva October, 2007

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Introduction

Chemical Review Committee was established by the Conference of the Parties as a subsidiary bodyComprises 31 members nominated by countries as experts from five PIC regions as follows;African States (8), Asian and Pacific States

(8), Central and Eastern European (3), Latin American and Caribbean (5), Western European and other states (7).

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CRC members

South Africa, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Tanzania, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Finland, Ecuador, Democratic Republic of Congo, Finland, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Slovenia, Samoa, Rwanda, Ghana, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Libyan Arab Jamahirya, Kyrgyzsatan, Jordan

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New members(as of October 1, 2007)

Africa: Benin, Gabon, Nigeria, South AfricaAsian and Pacific: China, India, Japan, Sri LankaCentral and Eastern Europe: Czech RepublicLatin American and Caribbean: Chile, MexicoWestern Europe and other states: Austria, France, Norway

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How members operate

Members:

(i) operate in an individual capacity,(ii) are required to complete conflict of interest

forms; and(iii) serve for four years

The first set of members who served for two years are being replaced

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Bureau Members

Africa TanzaniaAsia and Pacific JordanCentral and Eastern Europe SloveniaLatin America and Caribbean Jamaica, ChairWestern Europe and Others

These members have gained some experience from serving the past two years

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Role of CRC

Review notifications of final regulatory actions and proposals for severely hazardous pesticides formulations against the criteria in Annex II and IV respectively.

The criteria are defined and must be adhered to

Guidance papers (e.g. bridging information) are prepared to help others to understand how the criteria are interpreted, thereby improve transparency and consistency in interpretation

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Role of CRC (cont.,)For notifications and proposals that meet all the required criteria, a rationale is developed

Two notifications from different PIC regions or one proposal for a severely restricted pesticide formulation must be verified to meet the criteria for the chemical to advance to the Conference of Parties (COP)

CRC recommends to COP that the chemical be listed in Annex III and prepares a Decision Guidance Document (DGD) for adoption by the COP

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When notifications or proposals meet the criteria

DGD must be based on information specified in Annex I or Annex IVThe COP accepts the recommendation of the CRC for listing in Annex III only by consensusCOP also adopts the DGD

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Support of SecretariatSecretariat reviews notifications or proposal to verify if information meets criteria of Annex I Where there is insufficient data, the convention requires secretariat to inform the Party that the information is inadequate Where the information meet all the criteria a summary is prepared and circulated to PartiesCRC helps with this review at the next meeting

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Reviewing notifications and proposals

Notifications are sent to committee members prior to date of meetingIntersessional work groups review the documents and enter information in templatesAll CRC members review all reports during a week of meetingObservers and members seek clarification where necessaryGuidance documents updated as experience is gained

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Decision making

All decisions are to be made by consensus, however, where consensus can not be reached, voting is permittedA two third majority of those eligible to vote is needed to accept a decision

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CRC Meetings

CRC meets annuallyMeetings are open to observers including manufacturers of chemicalsReports are available on website www.pic.int and widely circulatedNext meeting March 2008

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Obligation of partiesIt is not a requirement to have all the information on Annex 1

It is an obligation to notify final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict

A decision by CRC that the notification or proposal for severely hazardous formulation meets the criteria is not a recommendation to parties to ban the chemical

A listing obligates parties to make a decision on future imports

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Experience on notifications

Notifications are mainly from Developed countriesFew notifications from developing countriesOld chemicals that are banned long ago may not have risk assessment data availableDeveloping countries may need to do assessments if these chemicals are to be proposed for listingCRC reviewed notifications of chrysotileasbestos that met the criteria, howeverCOP could not reach consensus to list the chemical in Annex III

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• (ii) Working Papers and Policy Guidance; Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld

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Regional Experts Meeting on “Principles and Tools for assisting countries in the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention“

Session 6

Working Papers and Policy Guidance

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Working procedure: process for drafting decision-guidance documents and accompanying explanatory notes

• The purpose of the document is to guide the work of the CRC

– developed by iCRC. CRC.1 reviewed and adopted the paper, and forwarded it to the COP. COP.2 adopted the process.

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Working procedures: working paper on preparing internal proposals and decision guidance documents for banned or severely restricted chemicals

• provides guidance to intersessional Drafting Groups of the CRC in the preparation of decision guidance documents for banned or severely restricted chemicals.– iCRC: initial draft, further discussed and amended at CRC.1-3

Working procedures: working paper on preparing internal proposals and decision guidance documents for severely hazardous pesticide

formulations

• provides guidance to intersessional Drafting Groups of the CRC in the preparation of decision guidance documents for severely hazardous pesticide formulations.– iCRC: initial draft, adopted by CRC.1

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Guidance to intersessional Task Groups on reviewing notifications of final regulatory actions and supporting documentation for chemicals

scheduled for consideration by the CRC

• Pursuant to a decision at COP, CRC.2 developed this paper, which was endorsed by CRC.3

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Policy Guidance: Contaminants

• “policy on contaminants would include final regulatory actions to ban a pesticide that had been taken by at least two countries in two PIC regions on the basis of a contamination contained in that substance, where the notifications also met the requirements of Annexes I and II of the Convention”

• defer detailed discussion until CRC is confronted by such a situation

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Working procedure: Process for determining evidence of ongoing trade

• This paper describes the process followed by the Secretariat in determining ongoing international trade in a chemical scheduled for review by the CRC

• Criterion (c) (iv) requires that the CRC consider “whether there is evidence of ongoing international trade in the chemical”

• Information from:– notifying Party

• notification form• continued manufacture, export, import

– relevant industry association• manufacture and trade

– NGOs and others (Parties and non-Parties)• general call for information on continued use, import and

export posted on the Rotterdam website or included in the PIC circular.

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Working paper on the application of criterion (d) of Annex II“intentional misuse“

• The purpose of this paper is to assist the CRC in judging the acceptability of a notification of final regulatory action with respect to criterion (d) of Annex II

• future notifications relating to “intentional misuse” should be considered on a case-by- case basis (COP.3)

• “…what constituted misuse, as compared to common and recognized patterns of use of pesticides, largely as a result of the varying levels of controls over pesticide uses that existed under different regulatory systems.”

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Working Procedures: Common and recognized patterns of use of severly hazardous pesticide formulations

• This paper was developed to facilitate the work of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) when considering proposals for severely hazardous pesticide formulations. It sets out issues to consider in characterizing common and recognized patterns of use of pesticides in developing countries and countries with economy in transition and how relevant information might be collected by the Secretariat.

• originally developed by the interim CRC, was adopted by CRC.1, will evolve with future experience.

• Defining the Problem– widely varying views on what constitutes common and recognized

patterns of use due to the varying levels of control over pesticide uses that exist under different regulatory systems.

• Issues– Widely differing methods of regulating pesticides in developing

countries and their direct implications for defining common and recognized patterns of use

– Type of information needed to characterize common and recognized patterns of use – what is available to the CRC

– Collecting country specific information on common and recognizedpatterns of use for individual formulations

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Policy Guidance: Working paper on the preparation and use of focused summaries -1-

• This paper describes the content of a focused summary that is to be submitted by a Party in support of their notification of final regulatory action to ban or severely restrict a chemical scheduled for consideration by the CRC.– iCRC: initial draft, adopted by CRC.1

• DNAs are invited to submit focused summaries of the information used in support of regulatory actions– summarize the notification of final regulatory action– ensure that an adequate level of detail is provided– should demonstrate how the notification fulfils the criteria in

Annex II by providing a summary of key decisions and key findings, with references to the associated documents.

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Policy Guidance: Working paper on the preparation and use of focused summaries -2-

• Outline or key headings– Introduction

• brief statement or summary of the final regulatory action and the reasons for the action taken

– Risk evaluation• key findings• key data reviews consulted• reference to national studies• summary of actual or potential human exposure and/or

environmental fate. – Risk reduction and relevance to other States

• Estimates of the quantity of chemicals used, or imported/exported, at the time of the regulatory action and, if possible, information on ongoing trade;

• Relevance of the control action to other States, i.e., those with similar conditions of use;

• Comments on the typical use of the chemical in the notifying country, with comments on possible misuse if appropriate.

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Policy guidance: Bridging Information

• UNEP/FAO/RC/CRC.3/4– The purpose of this paper is to assist the Chemical Review

Committee (CRC) in judging the acceptability of a notification of final regulatory action, with respect to criterion (b) (iii) of Annex II, where the notifying Party has used a risk evaluation from another country or international body as the basis for its national decision.

– CRC.1: initial draft, further discussed and amended at CRC.3• Use of guideline is voluntary and flexible• The Chemical Review Committee will consider such bridging

information on a case-by-case basis. In reviewing the information, the Committee will apply the following principles:– Exposure or potential exposure is a key element;– The information should be science-based, on the best available

knowledge;– The information should also be sufficiently detailed to enable the

Chemical Review Committee to make an assessment.• A. Pesticides B. Industrial chemicals

– Examples for human or environmental exposure

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Policy Guidance: Risk Evaluation in the Context of the RotterdamConvention -1-

• Risk evaluation: working paper on the application of criteria (b) (i), (b) (ii) and (b) (iii) of Annex II

– CRC.1: initial draft, further discussed and amended by CRC.2 andCRC.3

• The purpose of this paper is to assist the CRC in judging the acceptability of a notification of final regulatory action with respect to criteria (b) (i) (b) (ii) and (b) (iii) of Annex II.

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• 4 scenarios for criteria (b) (i) and (b) (ii):Scenario 1: Data are not provided and there is no reference to a source of data in

the notification or in the supporting documentation.• Criteria (b) (i) and (b) (ii) would not be met.

Scenario 2: Data are provided but the source of the data is not referenced in the notification or in the supporting documentation.

• Criteria (b) (i) and (ii) would not be met as it would not be possible to verify that the data have been generated according to scientific principles and procedures or that the data reviews have been performed and documented according to generally recognized scientific principles and procedures.

Scenario 3: Data are not provided but there is a reference to a source of data in the notification or in the supporting documentation.

• Criteria (b) (i) and (ii) would be met where the notifying country merely references a source document, without drawing out the specific information which they have used to make their decision, provided that the reference is to an internationally recognized source including a risk evaluation undertaken under the Stockholm Convention or the Montreal Protocol. Other documents, such as national or regional assessments, would need to be examined on a case-by-case basis.

Scenario 4: Data are provided and the source of the data is referenced in the notification or in the supporting documentation.

• Criteria (b) (i) and (b) (ii) would be met, provided that the data are from an internationally recognized source including a risk evaluation undertaken under the Stockholm Convention or the Montreal Protocol. Other documents, such as national or regional assessments, would need to be examined on a case–by-case basis.

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• criterion (b) (iii)

– Example 1: Incidents involving direct exposure of humans• Actual or measured exposure (DNOC/Peru)

• Expected or anticipated exposure (1. MeParathion/EC; 2. bis (chloromethyl) ether (carcinogen)/Canada; WHO hazard class 1a or 1b)

– Example 2: Incidents involving direct exposure of the environment (wildlife, livestock, etc.)• Actual or measured exposure (methyl bromide/NL; endosulfan/Thailand)

• Expected or anticipated exposure (1. MeParathion/EC (modeling); 2. endosulfan/NL; 3. dicofol/NL)

– Example 3: Indirect exposure via the environment (air, water, soil)• (a) How the presence of a chemical in the environment results in human and

environmental (actual or expected) exposure. Actual exposure can be directly measured. Expected exposure can be estimated.

• (b) An explanation of how the exposure relates to the problem which was the reason for the regulatory action, taking into account the hazards of the chemical, would facilitate the work of the Committee.

• The presence of a chemical in the environment in itself is not sufficient to meet criteria b (iii) (Endosulfan/Jordan)

• Biomagnification/bioconcentration/persistence (Mirex/Canada)

• Ozone depletion

– direct effect (Carbon tetrachloride/Canada)

– indirect effect

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Annex IV: List of Participants

CANADA (ABSENT) Mr. Lars Juergensen Program Manager, International Affairs, Alternative Strategies and Regulatory Affairs Pest Management Regulatory Agency Health Canada 2720 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0K9 Canada Tel: +1 (613) 736 3697 Fax: +1 (613) 736 5929 [email protected] [email protected] CHILE Mr Julio Monreal Departamento de Salud Ambiental Ministerio de Salud Mac Iver 459 Piso 8 Santiago Chile Tel: +562 574 0179 / 574 0791 Fax: +562 664 9150 [email protected] FRANCE (ABSENT) M. Mario Nichelatti Direction de la prévention des pollutions et des risques Bureau des substances et préparations chimiques Ministère de l'Ecologie et du Développement Durable 20 av. de Ségur Paris 07 SP 75302 France Tel: +33 (1) 42 19 15 45 Fax: +33 (1) 42 19 14 68 [email protected] GAMBIA Mr. Adama Cham Registrar Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticide Management National Environmental Agency 5 Fitzgerald Street

PMB 48 Banjul The Gambia. Tel: +220-422 4867 Fax: +220-229 701 Mobile: +220-9925135 [email protected] [email protected] JAMAICA Ms. Hyacinth Chin Sue Registrar Pesticides Control Authority 4th Floor Oceana Hotel Complex Ministry of Health 2-4 King Street Kingston Jamaica Tel: (+1 876) 948 2133 Fax: (+1 876) 967 1285 [email protected] LEBANON Mr. Imad NAHHAL Plant Protection Officer Ministry of Agriculture Bir Hassan, Embassies Street Beirut Lebanon Tel: +961-1-849639 Fax: +961-1-849627 [email protected] MAURITANIA Mr. Mohamed El Hadi Ould Taleb Délégué Régional du Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage Wilaya de l'Adrar - Atar BP 180 Nouakchott Mauritania Tel: +222 5464329 Fax :+222 5464305/5241992 Mobile: +222 6543582 [email protected]

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REPUBLIC OF KOREA Ms. Kyunghee Choi Director National Institute of Environmental Research Ministry of Environment Environmental Research Complex Kyungseo-Dong, Seo-Gu, Incheon Republic of Korea Tel: (+82 32) 560 7206 Fax: (+82 32) 568 2041 [email protected] [email protected] SOUTH AFRICA (ABSENT) Ms. Dee Fischer Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Directorate: Waste Stream Management Private Bag X447 Pretoria, 0001 South Africa Phone: +27 12 310 3857 Fax: +27 12 320 0024 [email protected] SLOVENIA (ABSENT) Ms. Karmen Krajnc Undersecretary National Chemicals Bureau Ministry of Health Mali trg 6 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Tel: +386 1 478 6054 Fax: +386 1 378 6266 [email protected] SRI LANKA Mr. Gamini Manuweera Registrar of Pesticides Pesticides Registration Office Department of Agriculture Getambe P.O. Box 49 Peradeniya 20400 Sri Lanka. Tel: +94 81 2388076

Fax: +94 81 2388 135 [email protected] SUDAN Mr. Azhari Omer Abdelbagi Director of Training Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khartoum Sudan Tel: +249 1837 81263 Fax: +249 1837 81267 Mobile: +249 122 18 0599 [email protected] SWITZERLAND Ms. Bettina Hitzfeld Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) Substances, Soil and Biotechnology Division 3003 Berne Switzerland Tel: +41 (31) 323 1768 Fax: +41 (31) 324 7978 [email protected] UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Ms. Francisca Katagira Principal Agricultural Officer Plant Health Services Section Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security & Cooperatives P.O. Box 9071 Dar es Salaam Tanzania Tel: +255 22 286 5642 Fax: +255 22 286 5642 [email protected] YEMEN Mr. Shoki Al-Dobai Director of Pesticide Directorate Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation General Directorate of Plant Protection Shoup Street, P.O. Box 26 Sana’a Yemen Tel: +967-1-235 193

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Fax: +967-1-228 064 [email protected] SECRETARIAT: Mr. Alexander Mangwiro Programme Officer Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention United Nations Environment Programme International Environment House 11 Chemin de Anemones CH 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8458 Fax: +41 22 917 8082 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Gerold Wyrwal Agriculture Officer Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome Italy Phone: +39 06 5705 2753 Fax: +39 06 5705 3224 E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Yun Zhou Technical Officer Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome Italy Tel: (+39 06) 5705 4160 Fax: (+39 06) 5705 6347 E-mail: [email protected]

GUESTS: Mr. Ed de Jong Technical Officer Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate World Customs Organization Rue du Marche 30 B-1210 Bruxelles Belgique Tel: +32 2 209 9293 Fax: +32 2 209 9492 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Suman Sharma Programme Officer Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention United Nations Environment Programme 11-13 Chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8210 Fax: +41 22 917 8098 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Paul Whylie Programme Officer Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention United Nations Environment Programme 11-13 Chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8305 Fax: +41 22 917 8098 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Hamoudi Shubber SAICM Secretariat, Chemicals Branch Division of Technology, Industry and Economics United Nations Environment Programme 11-13 Chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8631 Fax: +41 22 797 3460 E-mail: [email protected]

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Mr. Ibrahim Shafii Programme Officer Secretariat of the Basel Convention United Nations Environment Programme 15 chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8636 Fax: +41 22 797 3454 E-mail: [email protected] Ms. Marylène Beau Fellow United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Chemin des Anémones 11-13 CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 8583 Fax: +41 22 917 8047 E-mail: [email protected]

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