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Law No. 6988 on ratifying the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.

Country/Territory
Türkiye
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette No. 30027, 3 April 2017.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pesticides Hazardous substances International trade Data collection/reporting Classification/declassification PIC-prior informed consent
Geographical area
Asia, Black Sea, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day it is published in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

By this Law the Republic of Turkey hereby approves the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. In order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm, this Convention aims at promoting shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in international trade of certain hazardous chemicals. Furthermore this Convention aims at contributing to environmentally sound use of certain hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.

Full text
Turkish
Website
www.resmigazete.gov.tr

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Regulation on the export and import of certain hazardous chemicals.

Legislation | Türkiye | 2023

Keyword: Access-to-information, Hazardous substances, International trade, Pesticides, PIC-prior informed consent, Precautionary principle, Protection of environment, Public health, Public participation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX