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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to a country for the first time must notify the Party of import in advance and provide certain information relating to the LMO. The Party of import then has an opportunity to examine this information and may decide to accept or reject the import, or attach conditions to it, based on a risk …
Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… international organizations. http://www.informea.org/terms/import/ … the Protocol. The AIA procedure applies prior to the first import of an LMO destined for intentional introduction into the environment of the Party of import. According to these rules, the Party of export or the …
Overview of the Rotterdam Convention
… Countries lacking adequate infrastructure to monitor the import and use of these chemicals are particularly … chemicals and to take informed decisions on their future import. Seeing the need for mandatory controls, offi cials … providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and disseminating these decisions to …
Main Provisions of the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… contents 1. The Prior Informed Consent procedure Stage 1: Import Responses Stage 2: Follow up on importing and … The PIC procedure only applies to the export and import of chemicals listed in Annex III. The Convention stipulates 2 key stages; (1) Import Responses and; (2) follow up Parties’ …
Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides
… – generally referred to as a State party – decides not to import a particular chemical or pesticide covered by the PIC … duct to that country. If a country decides to limit the import of a chemical to certain uses, exporting countries … whose use should be carefully weighed and whose import needs to be agreed. (See the initial list on page 2.) …
The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… for recycling or recovery industries in the State of import; or the TBM in question is in accordance with other … TBM. Such restrictions may apply to the export or to the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes. The Convention … have the right to prohibit totally or partially the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes into their …