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Rotterdam Convention Operation of the Prior Informed Consent procedure for banned or severely restricted chemicals

Of the 201 chemicals concerned, 160 are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Of the four chemicals concerned, two are currently not subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.

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Free, prior and informed consent

Democracy depends on informed consent.

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Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous

(e) Free, prior and informed consent (2004)

Overview of free, prior and informed consent

The first of these is informed consent.

In its article 17, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade states

FAO and UNEP are implementing the London Guidelines for the Exchange of Information on Chemicals in International Trade, including the prior informed consent procedure.

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade entered into force on 24 February 2004.

(a) The person freely gives his or her informed consent

(a) The person freely gives his or her informed consent

No doubt, I was informed, the consent had been obtained.

The expected number of responses is calculated for all countries participating in the prior informed consent procedure at the time indicated for chemicals concerned in each column.

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

Relevance of institutional policy frameworks to free, prior and informed consent

Elements of a common understanding of free, prior and informed consent

Informed consent is the very bedrock of our understanding of democracy.

They signed this document, and it's called an informed consent document.

(e) Parties should consider the need for and practical implementation of athe prior informed consent procedure for ODS imports similar to the one used in the Basel Convention

As at 30 April 2005, no Party had reported information to the secretariat on transit movements through its territory of chemicals subject to the interim prior informed consent procedure.

(a) Legal commentary on the concept of free, prior and informed consent

The latter also continued its work on the development of a legally binding instrument for the application of the prior informed consent (PIC) procedure concerning banned or severely restricted chemicals.

Their consent was to be not only free and prior, but also informed.

To date, 24 pesticides, 6 severely hazardous pesticide formulations and 11 industrial chemicals are listed in Annex III of the Convention and are therefore subject to the prior informed consent procedure.

The functions of the secretariat are defined in Article 19, paragraph 2, of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.

In contrast, while the Rotterdam Convention seeks to regulate (through the prior informed consent procedure) the international market in banned or severely restricted chemicals, the Convention did not create that market.

Determination that the elements of free, prior and informed consent have not been respected may lead to the revocation of consent given.

The Convention establishes a Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure, which permits developing countries to prevent shipments of certain hazardous chemicals from entering their territory unless they have explicitly agreed to their import.

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11.30 12.30 Discussion on Workshop on Free, Prior and Informed Consent in January 2005

The applicant must also obtain written prior informed consent from any affected private landowner.

Documentation of traditional forest related knowledge, benefit sharing and free prior and informed consent

Documentation of traditional forest related knowledge, benefit sharing and free prior and informed consent

For example, I asked the epilepsy people what are they using for informed consent.

The voluntary prior informed consent procedure continued to provide protection to all participating countries, not only to Parties to the Convention. He recalled, however, that in accordance with decision RC 1 13, the voluntary procedure would cease to operate in February 2006.

Report 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 on the work of its second meeting