Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade

The Chemical Review Committee forwards the recommendation and draft decision guidance document to the Conference of the Parties for decision.

Issues to consider in reviewing the draft decision guidance document on chrysotile asbestos

Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed

The draft decision guidance document on chrysotile asbestos was amended by the Co Chairs of the drafting group in the light of the comments received.

As a result of the last round of comments received, several minor editorial changes were incorporated into the draft decision guidance document.

The text of the draft decision guidance document on chrysotile asbestos as submitted to the Secretariat by the drafting group is annexed to the present note.

(5) The drafting group would incorporate comments from the Chemical Review Committee and its observers on the internal proposal and prepare a draft decision guidance document.

(5) The drafting group would incorporate comments from the Chemical Review Committee and its observers on the internal proposal and prepare a draft decision guidance document.

The Committee then agreed a timetable for the work of the intersessional group established to prepare a draft decision guidance document on chrysotile asbestos.

Accordingly, the Committee agreed to recommend to the Conference of the Parties that chrysotile asbestos should be listed in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention. The Committee also adopted a rationale, and agreed to establish an intersessional drafting group to produce a draft decision guidance document for that chemical.

The decision guidance document is prepared by the Chemical Review Committee (CRC).

(6) The draft decision guidance document (and the tabular summary of comments) will be distributed as a meeting document for discussion at a Chemical Review Committee meeting (in six languages) for finalization and approval.

Draft common country programme document for Cape Verde

The draft constitution was a very forward looking document.

Global Coordinating Group (GCG) Prepares a draft guidance document for collection of information and conduct of the assessment

Draft guidance for the reviewing and updating of national implementation plans

(7) The Chemical Review Committee forwards the recommendation and draft decision guidance document to the Conference of the Parties for decision.

The recommendation of the Committee together with the draft decision guidance document is to be forwarded to the Conference of the Parties, which will decide whether the chemical should be made subject to the prior informed consent procedure and, accordingly, list the chemical in Annex III and approves the draft decision guidance document.

Draft country programme document for Ghana (DP DCP GHA 1)

Draft country programme document for Namibia (DP DCP NAM 1)

Draft country programme document for Uganda (DP DCP UGA 1)

Draft country programme document for Cambodia (DP DCP KHM 1)

Draft country programme document for China (DP DCP CHN 1)

Draft country programme document for Albania (DP DCP ALB 1)

Draft country programme document for Belarus (DP DCP BLR 1)

Draft country programme document for Bulgaria (DP DCP BGR 1)

Draft country programme document for Georgia (DP DCP GEO 1)

Draft country programme document for Turkey (DP DCP TUR 1)

Draft country programme document for Ukraine (DP DCP UKR 1)

Draft country programme document for Peru (DP DCP PER 1)

Draft country programme document for Chad (DP DCP TCD 1)

Draft country programme document for Swaziland (DP DCP SWZ 1)

Draft country programme document for Afghanistan (DP DCP AFG 1)

Draft country programme document for Bangladesh (DP DCP BGD 1)

Draft country programme document for Indonesia (DP DCP IDN 1)

Draft country programme document for Guyana (DP DCP GUY 1)

Draft country programme document for Chad (DP DCP TCD 1)

Draft country programme document for Swaziland (DP DCP SWZ 1)

Draft country programme document for Afghanistan (DP DCP AFG 1)

Draft country programme document for Bangladesh (DP DCP BGD 1)

Draft country programme document for Indonesia (DP DCP IDN 1)

Draft country programme document for Guyana (DP DCP GUY 1)

Some experts felt that the scope of the decision guidance document should not be limited to the information provided by the notifying Parties, but should be expanded to include other relevant information.

A status report on the work of the drafting group, including a compilation of the comments and the amended draft decision guidance document, were circulated to drafting group members on 14 October 2005.