Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade   Revised in 2005
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2004
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This booklet is published for information only. It does not substitute the original authentic texts of the Rotterdam Covention and amendments thereto as deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations acting as the Depository of the Convention.

This booklet contains the text of the Rotterdam convention, including the amendments adopted by the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Geneva, 20 -24 September 2004), which starts on page 4. The amendments to Annex III enter into force on 1 February 2005, except the deletion of the existing entries for certain severely hazardous formulations of Monocrotophos and Parathion that enters into force on 1 January 2006. Those entries are marked with (1) in the present version. The new Annex VI, as communicated to all Parties by the Depositary, enters into force on 11 January 2006 in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 22 of the Convention.

For further information, please contact the Secretariat at one of the following addresses:

Secretariat for the Rotterdam Convention
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: (+39 06) 5705 3441
Fax: (+39 06) 5705 6347
E-mail: [email protected]

Secretariat for the Rotterdam Convention
United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP)
11-13, Chemin des Anémones
CH – 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: (+41 22) 917 8296
Fax: (+41 22) 797 8082
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