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Towards responsible trade

… trade in the chemicals included in the legally binding prior informed consent (PIC) procedure. It enables member governments to …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… International Criminal Police Organization iPIC informal Prior Informed Consent MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… are similar means by which a State establishes its consent to be bound by a treaty, depending on domestic legal … 2 of the Convention. 1 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The Basel Convention mechanism for promoting the implementation and compliance - Celebrating a decade of assistance to Parties

… or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from SBC. 03 FOREWORD In order to … in other States, to ensure that those States are informed immediately. Furthermore, Focal Points are required … wastes abroad should firstly secure the prior written consent of the country of import, as well as those of the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Illegal Traffic under the Basel Convention

… of the wastes, and any countries of transit, must be informed of and agree to this shipment. Also, the existence … export can be allowed. Shipments which do not meet the “prior informed consent” requirements of the Basel Convention or that result …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Implementation of key operational articles of the Minamata Convention

… that has provided the exporting Party with its written consent, and only for the purpose of: •A use allowed to the … that has provided the exporting Party with its written consent, including certification demonstrating that: … compounds are intentionally used that did not exist prior to the date of entry into force of the Convention …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… receipt from the intended destination country of a written consent, prior to export. Movements of hazardous wastes without such consent amount to illegal traffic. So are movements pursuant …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on movements of wastes

… to the Convention. In addition, the Secretariat should be informed of any subsequent changes to information provided in … movements of nationally defined hazardous wastes (e.g. the prior informed consent - PIC - procedure) is also obliged to send a specific …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… processes should be controlled. But the number-one prior- ity is still for measures and changes to be deployed … and chemicals. The 1998 Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Proce- dure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… mercury, unless the importing Party has provided written consent and only for a use allowed under the Convention, or … storage, or to a non-Party that has provided written consent, certifying a number of speci�c warranties, such as … processes listed in Annex B and did not exist prior to the date of the Convention’s entry into force. …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste