Council Decision (EU) 2022/1024 of 7 April 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade as regards amendments of Annex III to that Convention

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade shall be to support the amendment of Annex III to the Convention as regards the inclusion of acetochlor, carbosulfan, chrysotile asbestos, decabromodiphenyl ether, fenthion (ultra low volume (ULV) formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L), liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L, corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds.

Refinements of the position referred to in Article 1, in light of the developments at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, may be agreed upon by representatives of the Union, in consultation with the Member States, during on-the-spot coordination meetings without a further decision of the Council.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.