Rotterdam Convention | 19-21 March 2024 | 2nd meeting of the Rotterdam Convention Compliance Committee (CC.2)

Venue: FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy.

Highlights: The second meeting of the Compliance Committee will continue its work related to the review of systemic issues of general compliance set out in its work programmes for 2022-2023 and 2024-2025, adopted by the Conference of the Parties. This includes: laws, regulations, policies, procedures and other measures to implement the Convention, notifications of final regulatory actions, exports and imports of Annex III chemicals; Export notifications; Information exchange; Information submission; and Enhanced cooperation with the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee.

The Committee will consider the outcomes of consultations with Parties that had not designated national authorities in accordance with Article 4, as well as a number of systemic issues of general compliance.

The Committee will be looking ahead to activities to fulfil its mandate both in relation to specific submissions and to systemic issues of general compliance, as well as preparation of reports for the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in 2025.