Workshop to support the intersessional work on the process of listing chemicals in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention

Venue: Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Peldu iela 25, LV-1494 Riga, Latvia. Background: By decision RC-7/5 on intersessional work on the process of listing chemicals in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties established an intersessional working group. The group was mandated to review cases in which the Conference of the Parties was unable to reach consensus on the listing of a chemical, to identify options for improving the effectiveness of the listing process and to develop proposals for enabling improved information flows that support the prior informed consent procedure for those chemicals. To facilitate the work of the group, the lead country, Australia, developed a thought-starter document, which was circulated to the members of the group for their consideration and comments. The thought-starter paper and the comments received will serve as a basis for discussion at the workshop.Working Language: English