Decree No. 17/2005 approving the Rotterdam Convention on The Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade to be applied within the territory of Cape Verde.

Subject

Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

Pollution control PIC-prior informed consent Pesticides International agreement-implementation Internal trade International trade Inspection International agreement-text Risk assessment/management

Geographical area

Africa, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa

Entry into force notes

This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication.

Abstract

This Decree approves and the Rotterdam Convention on The Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade to be applied within the territory of Cape Verde. The above mentioned Convention, consisting of 30 articles and 5 Annexes, aims at promoting the mutual responsibility and efforts of cooperation between the Parts in the international trade of specific dangerous chemical products. The objective of this Convention is to promote shared respon

Full text

Portuguese

Website

www.legis-palop.org

Other references

Implements treaty

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

Treaty | Multilateral | Rotterdam | Sep 10, 1998

Keyword: Capacity building, Pesticides, Procedural matters, PIC-prior informed consent, Enforcement/compliance, Data collection/reporting, Dispute settlement, Hazardous substances

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-001280)