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Why is a compliance mechanism so important?

20 Jun 2026 Video in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… 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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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’ …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… sound interim storage. Each Party shall not allow the import of mercury from a non-Party State or organisation to … Products which have a de�ned date after which manufacture, import and export are no longer allowed (described in part I … products of mercury-added products the manufacture, import and export of which are not allowed for it under …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… brackets : Article 6 – Notifi cation14 1. The Party of [import][export][may][shall ][notify] [or] require the … writing [the competent national authority of] the Party of import [and the Biosafety Clearing-House] [and, where … V A, written in a language acceptable to the State of import. Only one notifi cation needs to be sent to each State …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… within their national jurisdictions to prohibit the import of all hazardous wastes into their territories. Any … Under article 8, parties have an added duty to re- import any hazardous wastes exported to another party … http://www.informea.org/terms/import … of final disposal. Article 5(2) authorizes parties to import wastes from non-parties into their territories only …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… Importer is a Party (Article 3.8) 1. General Rule: Mercury import is prohibited. 2. Exception: The non-Party exporter … from a non-Party. Under such a waiver, a Party could import mercury from primary mining and decommissioning … and to limit global mercury supplies overall. iii. The import restriction waiver is only available until the 2nd …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

20 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste