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

Details

Treaty type
Multilateral
Subject
POLLUTION
Signed at
—
Signed on
—
In force on
24 February 2004

Treaty document

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Parties

  1. AFGHANISTAN
  2. ALBANIA
  3. ANGOLA
  4. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
  5. ARGENTINA
  6. ARMENIA
  7. AUSTRALIA
  8. AUSTRIA
  9. Bahrain
  10. BARBADOS
  11. BELGIUM
  12. BELIZE
  13. BENIN
  14. BOLIVIA
  15. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  16. BOTSWANA
  17. BRAZIL
  18. BULGARIA
  19. BURKINA FASO
  20. BURUNDI
  21. CAMBODIA
  22. CAMEROON
  23. CAPE VERDE
  24. CHAD
  25. CHILE
  26. CHINA
  27. COLOMBIA
  28. CONGO
  29. CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
  30. Cook Islands
  31. COSTA RICA
  32. COTE D'IVOIRE
  33. CUBA
  34. CYPRUS
  35. CZECH REPUBLIC
  36. DENMARK
  37. DJIBOUTI
  38. DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF
  39. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  40. ECUADOR
  41. EL SALVADOR
  42. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
  43. ERITREA
  44. ESTONIA
  45. ETHIOPIA
  46. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
  47. FINLAND
  48. FRANCE
  49. GABON
  50. GAMBIA THE
  51. GERMANY
  52. GHANA
  53. GREECE
  54. GUATEMALA
  55. GUINEA
  56. GUINEA BISSAU
  57. GUYANA
  58. HONDURAS
  59. HONG KONG SAR
  60. HUNGARY
  61. INDIA
  62. INDONESIA
  63. IRAN
  64. IRELAND
  65. ISRAEL
  66. ITALY
  67. JAMAICA
  68. JAPAN
  69. JORDAN
  70. KAZAKHSTAN
  71. KENYA
  72. KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
  73. KUWAIT
  74. KYRGYZSTAN
  75. LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
  76. LATVIA
  77. LESOTHO
  78. LIBERIA
  79. LIBYA
  80. LIECHTENSTEIN
  81. LITHUANIA
  82. LUXEMBOURG
  83. MACEDONIA THE FYR OF
  84. MADAGASCAR
  85. MALAWI
  86. MALAYSIA
  87. MALDIVES
  88. MALI
  89. MALTA
  90. MARSHALL ISLANDS
  91. MAURITANIA
  92. MAURITIUS
  93. MEXICO
  94. MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF
  95. MONGOLIA
  96. MONTENEGRO
  97. MOROCCO
  98. MOZAMBIQUE
  99. NAMIBIA
  100. NEPAL
  101. NETHERLANDS THE
  102. NEW ZEALAND
  103. NICARAGUA
  104. NIGER
  105. NIGERIA
  106. NORWAY
  107. PAKISTAN
  108. PANAMA
  109. PARAGUAY
  110. PERU
  111. PHILIPPINES
  112. POLAND
  113. PORTUGAL
  114. Qatar
  115. ROMANIA
  116. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  117. RWANDA
  118. SAINT LUCIA
  119. SAMOA
  120. SAUDI ARABIA
  121. SENEGAL
  122. SERBIA
  123. SEYCHELLES
  124. SINGAPORE
  125. SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  126. SLOVENIA
  127. SOMALIA
  128. SOUTH AFRICA
  129. SPAIN
  130. SRI LANKA
  131. ST KITTS AND NEVIS
  132. ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  133. SUDAN
  134. SURINAME
  135. SWAZILAND
  136. SWEDEN
  137. SWITZERLAND
  138. SYRIA
  139. TANZANIA
  140. THAILAND
  141. TOGO
  142. TONGA
  143. TUNISIA
  144. TURKEY
  145. UGANDA
  146. UKRAINE
  147. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  148. UNITED KINGDOM
  149. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  150. URUGUAY
  151. VENEZUELA
  152. VIETNAM
  153. YEMEN
  154. ZAMBIA
  155. ZIMBABWE

Actions

Party Action Taken on Effective on
AFGHANISTAN Accession 6 March 2013 4 June 2013
ALBANIA Accession 9 August 2010 7 November 2010
ANGOLA Signature 11 September 1998
ANGOLA Accession 24 March 2006 22 June 2006
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Accession 23 August 2010 21 November 2010
ARGENTINA Signature 11 September 1998
ARGENTINA Ratification 11 June 2004 9 September 2004
ARMENIA Signature 11 September 1998
ARMENIA Ratification 26 November 2003 1 January 1900
AUSTRALIA Signature 6 July 1999
AUSTRALIA Ratification 20 May 2004 18 August 2004
AUSTRIA Signature 11 September 1998
AUSTRIA Ratification 27 August 2002
Bahrain Accession 16 April 2012 15 July 2012
BARBADOS Signature 11 September 1998
BELGIUM Signature 11 September 1998
BELGIUM Ratification 23 October 2002
BELIZE Accession 20 April 2005 19 July 2005
BENIN Signature 11 September 1998
BENIN Ratification 5 January 2004 4 April 2004
BOLIVIA Accession 18 December 2003 17 March 2004
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Accession 19 March 2007 17 June 2007
BOTSWANA Accession 5 February 2008
BRAZIL Signature 11 September 1998
BRAZIL Ratification 16 June 2004 14 September 2004
BULGARIA Notification 25 July 2000
BULGARIA Accession 25 July 2000
BURKINA FASO Signature 11 September 1998
BURKINA FASO Ratification 11 November 2002
BURUNDI Accession 23 September 2004 23 December 2004
CAMBODIA Accession 1 March 2013 30 May 2013
CAMEROON Signature 11 September 1998
CAMEROON Ratification 20 May 2002
CAPE VERDE Accession 1 March 2006 30 May 2006
CHAD Signature 11 September 1998
CHAD Ratification 10 March 2004 8 June 2004
CHILE Signature 11 September 1998
CHILE Ratification 20 January 2005 20 April 2005
CHINA Signature 24 August 1999
CHINA Ratification 22 March 2005 20 June 2005
CHINA Declaration 22 March 2005
CHINA Declaration 26 August 2008 26 August 2008
COLOMBIA Signature 11 September 1998
COLOMBIA Ratification 3 December 2008 3 March 2009
CONGO Signature 11 September 1998
CONGO Ratification 13 July 2006 11 October 2006
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Signature 11 September 1998
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF Ratification 23 March 2005 21 June 2005
Cook Islands Accession 29 June 2004
COSTA RICA Signature 17 August 1999
COTE D'IVOIRE Signature 11 September 1998
COTE D'IVOIRE Ratification 20 January 2004 19 April 2004
CUBA Signature 11 September 1998
CUBA Ratification 22 February 2008 22 May 2008
CYPRUS Signature 11 September 1998
CYPRUS Ratification 17 December 2004 17 March 2005
CZECH REPUBLIC Signature 22 June 1999
CZECH REPUBLIC Ratification 12 June 2000
DENMARK Signature 11 September 1998
DENMARK Ratification 15 January 2004 14 April 2004
DENMARK Notification 15 January 2004 1 January 1900
DJIBOUTI Accession 10 November 2004 8 February 2005
DOMINICA, COMMONWEALTH OF Accession 30 December 2005 30 March 2006
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Accession 24 March 2006 22 June 2006
ECUADOR Signature 11 September 1998
ECUADOR Ratification 4 May 2004 2 August 2004
EL SALVADOR Signature 16 February 1999
EL SALVADOR Ratification 8 September 1999
EQUATORIAL GUINEA Accession 7 February 2003
ERITREA Accession 10 March 2005 8 June 2005
ESTONIA Accession 13 June 2006
ESTONIA Declaration 13 June 2006
ETHIOPIA Accession 9 January 2003
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Signature 11 September 1998
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Approval 20 December 2002
FINLAND Signature 11 September 1998
FINLAND Acceptance 4 June 2004 2 September 2004
FRANCE Signature 11 September 1998
FRANCE Approval 17 February 2004 17 May 2004
GABON Accession 18 December 2003 17 March 2004
GAMBIA THE Accession 26 February 2002
GERMANY Signature 11 September 1998
GERMANY Ratification 11 January 2001
GHANA Signature 11 September 1998
GHANA Ratification 30 May 2003
GREECE Signature 11 September 1998
GREECE Ratification 23 December 2003 22 March 2004
GUATEMALA Accession 19 April 2010 18 July 2010
GUINEA Accession 7 September 2000
GUINEA BISSAU Signature 10 September 1999
GUINEA BISSAU Ratification 12 June 2008 10 September 2008
GUYANA Accession 25 June 2007 29 August 2007
HONDURAS Accession 26 September 2011 25 December 2011
HONG KONG SAR Notification 26 August 2008 26 August 2008
HUNGARY Signature 10 September 1999
INDIA Accession 24 May 2005 22 August 2005
INDONESIA Signature 11 September 1998
INDONESIA Ratification 24 September 2013 23 December 2013
IRAN Signature 17 February 1999
IRAN Ratification 26 August 2004 24 November 2004
IRELAND Accession 10 June 2005 8 September 2005
ISRAEL Signature 20 May 1999
ISRAEL Ratification 3 October 2011 1 January 2012
ISRAEL Declaration 3 October 2011
ITALY Signature 11 September 1998
ITALY Ratification 27 August 2002
JAMAICA Accession 20 August 2002
JAPAN Signature 31 August 1999
JAPAN Acceptance 15 June 2004 13 September 2004
JORDAN Accession 22 July 2002
KAZAKHSTAN Accession 1 November 2007 30 January 2008
KENYA Signature 11 September 1998
KENYA Ratification 3 February 2005 4 May 2005
KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF Accession 6 February 2004 6 May 2004
KUWAIT Signature 11 September 1998
KUWAIT Ratification 12 May 2006 10 August 2006
KYRGYZSTAN Signature 11 August 1999
KYRGYZSTAN Ratification 25 May 2000
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Accession 21 September 2010 20 December 2010
LATVIA Accession 23 April 2003
LESOTHO Accession 30 May 2008 28 August 2008
LIBERIA Accession 22 September 2004 21 December 2004
LIBYA Accession 9 July 2002
LIECHTENSTEIN Accession 18 June 2004 16 September 2004
LITHUANIA Accession 17 March 2004 15 June 2004
LUXEMBOURG Signature 11 September 1998
LUXEMBOURG Ratification 28 August 2002
MACEDONIA THE FYR OF Accession 12 August 2010 10 November 2010
MADAGASCAR Signature 8 December 1998
MADAGASCAR Ratification 22 September 2004 21 December 2004
MALAWI Accession 27 February 2009 28 May 2009
MALAYSIA Accession 4 September 2002
MALDIVES Accession 17 October 2006 15 January 2007
MALI Signature 11 September 1998
MALI Ratification 5 June 2003
MALTA Signature 25 September 1998
MARSHALL ISLANDS Accession 27 January 2003
MAURITANIA Signature 1 September 1999
MAURITANIA Acceptance 22 July 2005 20 October 2005
MAURITIUS Accession 5 August 2005 3 November 2005
MEXICO Accession 4 May 2005 2 August 2005
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Accession 27 January 2005 27 April 2005
MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF Declaration 27 January 2005
MONGOLIA Signature 11 September 1998
MONGOLIA Ratification 8 March 2001
MONTENEGRO Accession 30 December 2011 29 March 2012
MOROCCO Accession 25 April 2011 24 July 2011
MOZAMBIQUE Accession 14 April 2010 14 July 2010
NAMIBIA Signature 11 September 1998
NAMIBIA Ratification 24 June 2005 22 September 2005
NEPAL Accession 9 February 2007 10 May 2007
NETHERLANDS THE Signature 11 September 1998
NETHERLANDS THE Acceptance 20 April 2000
NETHERLANDS THE Declaration 17 February 2010
NEW ZEALAND Signature 11 September 1998
NEW ZEALAND Ratification 23 September 2003 1 January 1900
NEW ZEALAND Notification 23 September 2003 1 January 1900
NICARAGUA Accession 19 September 2008 18 December 2008
NIGER Accession 16 February 2006 17 May 2006
NIGERIA Accession 28 June 2001
NORWAY Signature 11 September 1998
NORWAY Acceptance 25 October 2001
PAKISTAN Signature 9 September 1999
PANAMA Signature 11 September 1998
PANAMA Ratification 18 August 2000
PARAGUAY Signature 11 September 1998
PARAGUAY Ratification 18 August 2003 1 January 1900
PERU Signature 11 September 1998
PERU Ratification 14 September 2005 13 December 2005
PHILIPPINES Signature 11 September 1998
PHILIPPINES Ratification 31 July 2006 29 October 2006
POLAND Accession 14 September 2005 13 December 2005
PORTUGAL Signature 11 September 1998
PORTUGAL Approval 16 February 2005 17 May 2005
Qatar Accession 10 December 2004 10 March 2005
ROMANIA Accession 2 September 2003 1 January 1900
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Accession 28 April 2011 27 July 2011
RWANDA Accession 7 January 2004 6 April 2004
SAINT LUCIA Signature 25 January 1999
SAMOA Accession 30 May 2002
SAUDI ARABIA Accession 7 September 2000
SENEGAL Signature 11 September 1998
SENEGAL Ratification 20 July 2001
SERBIA Accession 31 July 2009 29 October 2009
SEYCHELLES Signature 11 September 1998
SINGAPORE Accession 24 May 2005 22 August 2005
SLOVAK REPUBLIC Accession 26 January 2007 26 April 2007
SLOVENIA Signature 11 September 1998
SLOVENIA Ratification 17 November 1999
SOMALIA Accession 26 July 2010 24 October 2010
SOUTH AFRICA Accession 4 September 2002
SPAIN Signature 11 September 1998
SPAIN Ratification 2 March 2004 31 May 2004
SRI LANKA Accession 19 January 2006 19 April 2006
ST KITTS AND NEVIS Accession 14 August 2012 12 November 2012
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Accession 29 October 2010 27 January 2011
SUDAN Accession 17 February 2005 18 May 2005
SURINAME Accession 30 May 2000
SWAZILAND Accession 24 September 2012 23 September 2012
SWEDEN Signature 11 September 1998
SWEDEN Ratification 10 October 2003 1 January 1900
SWITZERLAND Signature 11 September 1998
SWITZERLAND Ratification 10 January 2002
SYRIA Signature 11 September 1998
SYRIA Ratification 24 September 2003 1 January 1900
SYRIA Declaration 24 September 2003 1 January 1900
TANZANIA Signature 11 September 1998
TANZANIA Ratification 26 August 2002
THAILAND Accession 19 February 2002
TOGO Signature 9 September 1999
TOGO Ratification 23 June 2004 21 September 2004
TONGA Accession 31 March 2010 29 June 2010
TUNISIA Signature 11 September 1998
TURKEY Signature 11 September 1998
UGANDA Accession 18 August 2008 16 November 2008
UKRAINE Accession 6 December 2002
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Accession 10 September 2002
UNITED KINGDOM Signature 11 September 1998 1 January 1900
UNITED KINGDOM Ratification 17 June 2004 15 September 2004
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Signature 11 September 1998
URUGUAY Signature 11 September 1998
URUGUAY Ratification 4 March 2003
VENEZUELA Accession 19 April 2005
VENEZUELA Def EIF 18 July 2005
VIETNAM Accession 7 May 2007 5 August 2007
YEMEN Accession 4 February 2006 5 May 2006
ZAMBIA Accession 28 January 2011 28 April 2011
ZIMBABWE Accession 1 March 2012 30 May 2012

Citations

  1. PRO (now TNA) FO.949/1029/0: 0
  2. Treaty Series 039/2004: Cm 6335||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2004-TS0039.pdf
  3. Treaty Series 051/2004: Cm 6564
  4. Treaty Series 032/2005: Cm 6652||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0032.pdf
  5. Treaty Series 037/2005: Cm 6676||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0037.pdf
  6. Treaty Series 042/2005: Cm 6729||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0042.pdf
  7. Treaty Series 043/2005: Cm. 6776||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2005-TS0043.pdf
  8. Treaty Series 020/2006: Cm 6911||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0020.pdf
  9. Treaty Series 028/2006: Cm 6972||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0028.pdf
  10. Treaty Series 033/2006: Cm 7045||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0033.pdf
  11. Treaty Series 034/2006: Cm 7159||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2006-TS0034.pdf
  12. Treaty Series 027/2007: Cm 7258||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0027.pdf
  13. Treaty Series 029/2007: Cm 7267||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0029.pdf
  14. Treaty Series 032/2007: Cm 7360||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0032.pdf
  15. Treaty Series 014/2008: Cm 7496||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0014.pdf
  16. Treaty Series 016/2008: Cm 7607||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0016.pdf
  17. Treaty Series 017/2008: Cm 7699||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2008-TS0017.pdf
  18. Treaty Series 021/2004: Cm 6259||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2004-TS0021.pdf
  19. Treaty Series 017/2009: Cm 7779||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2009-TS0017.pdf
  20. Treaty Series 019/2009: Cm 7870
  21. Treaty Series 020/2010: Cm 7952||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0020.pdf
  22. Treaty Series 022/2010: Cm 8063||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0022.pdf
  23. Treaty Series 049/2011: Cm 8451||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2011-TS0049.pdf
  24. Treaty Series 046/2004: Cm 6390||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2004-TS0046.pdf
  25. Miscellaneous Series 001/2004: Cm 6119
Metadata

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UUID: b094cdfe-8962-4eef-88eb-5558147fd8b0
Treaty ID: 4431
Record ID: 72898