Council Decision (EU) 2025/860 of 14 April 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade as regards certain amendments to that Convention and to Annex III thereto, and to the Rules of Procedure for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (the ‘Conference of the Parties’) shall be to support the adoption of the amendments to Annex III to the Convention as regards the inclusion of acetochlor, carbosulfan, chlorpyrifos, chrysotile asbestos, fenthion (ultra low volume (ULV) formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L), iprodione, liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, mercury, methyl bromide and paraquat.
If a Party to the Convention proposes amending Rule 16 of the Rules of Procedures for the Conference of the Parties so as to provide that any item on the agenda the consideration of which was not completed at an ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties is not to be included automatically in the provisional agenda of the next ordinary meeting, unless otherwise decided by the Conference of the Parties, the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf shall be not to support such an amendment.
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be not to support the proposal to amend Article 16 of the Convention on technical assistance by adding a reference to the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund and to financial support granted by the Parties.
Refinements of the positions referred to in Articles 1, 2 and 3, in light of the developments at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, may be agreed upon by representatives of the Union, in consultation with the Member States, during on-the-spot coordination meetings without a further decision of the Council.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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