Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulations and Order under CEPA, 1999

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade aims to provide an efficient method for exchanging information about a small number of banned or severely restricted industrial chemicals and pesticides between participating countries.

The Convention is not a worldwide ban on certain chemicals. Rather, it will require that identified chemicals not be exported unless prior consent has been provided by the government of the importing country. Under the Convention, exporting countries will also be legally bound to inform importing countries about exports of chemicals banned or severely restricted in the exporting country. Countries that ratify the Convention will be obliged to implement the agreement at the national level and to create enforcement mechanisms to control commercial exports and exporters.

• Second Session of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention for Prior Informed Consent (PIC) -26Kb
  February 13-17, 2006

• Eleventh Session of the Interim Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention for Prior Informed Consent (PIC) - 26Kb
  June 30, 2004
  
  
• Fifth Session of the Interim Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention for Prior Informed Consent (PIC) - 27Kb
  January 22, 2004
  
  
• Export of Substances Under the Rotterdam Convention Regulations
  (SOR/2002-317) August 16, 2002
  
  The Export of Substances Under the Rotterdam Convention Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 were published in Canada Gazette, Part II on August 28, 2002. These regulations apply to pesticides that are subject to the Rotterdam Convention
  
  
• The Order Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
  (SOR/2002-318) - August 16, 2002
  
  The Order Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 makes the following four pesticides subject to the Regulations: toxaphene, binapacryl, ethylene dichloride and ethylene oxide. Participating countries recently agreed to add these substances to the PIC procedure of the Rotterdam Convention.
  
  
• The Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - 15Kb
  March 1998
  
  
  
• Conclusion of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an international legally binding instrument for the application of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade - 25Kb
  March 1998
  
  
• Legislation to Implement the PIC Convention
  with respect to Pesticides - 8Kb
  March 1998

Related information

• Rotterdam Convention Web site