2006/730/EC: Council Decision of 25 September 2006 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade

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Article 1

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade signed in Rotterdam on 11 September 1998, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Rotterdam Convention’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community, the Declaration of competence set out in the Annex to this Decision, in accordance with Article 25(3) of the Rotterdam Convention.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect from 19 December 2002.

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Declaration by the European Community in accordance with Article 25(3) of the Rotterdam Convention

The European Community declares that, in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof, it is competent to enter into international agreements, and to implement the obligations resulting therefrom, which contribute to the pursuit of the following objectives:

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preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment,

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protecting human health,

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prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources,

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promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems.

The European Community also declares that, in accordance with Article 133 of the Treaty, it has exclusive competence on common commercial policy, concerning, in particular, trade in goods.

Moreover the European Community declares that it has already adopted legal instruments, including Regulation (EC) No 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals  ( 1 ) , binding on its Member States, covering matters governed by the Rotterdam Convention, and will submit and update, as appropriate, a list of those legal instruments to the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention.

The European Community is responsible for the performance of those obligations resulting from the Rotterdam Convention which are covered by Community law in force.

The exercise of Community competence is, by its nature, subject to continuous development.

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OJ L 63, 6.3.2003, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 777/2006 ( OJ L 136, 24.5.2006, p. 9 ).