Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2004-133 (Year: 2004, Number: 133)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 4. számú melléklet a 265/2004. (IX. 23.) Korm. rendelethez
Paragraph Index: 320

2. § Az Egyez mény, va la mint annak mel lék le tei an gol nyel - vû szö veg e és annak hi te les ma gyar nyel vû for dí tá sa a kö - vet ke zõ: „Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade The Par ti es to this Con ven ti on, awa re of the harm ful im pact on hu man he alth and the en vi ron ment from cer ta in ha zar do us che mi cals and pes ti ci des in in ter na ti o nal trade, Re cal ling the per ti nent pro vi si ons of the Rio Dec la ra ti on on En vi ron ment and De ve lop ment and chap ter 19 of Agen da 21 on ‘En vi ron men tally so und ma na ge ment of to xic che mi cals, inc lu ding pre ven ti on of il le gal in ter na ti o nal traf fic in toxic and dangerous products’, mind ful of the work un der ta ken by the Uni ted Na ti ons En vi ron ment Pro gram me (UNEP) and the Food and Ag ri cul tu re Or ga ni za ti on of the Uni ted Na ti ons (FAO) in the ope rat ion of the vo lun ta ry Pri or In for med Con sent pro ce du re, as set out in the UNEP Amen ded Lon don Gu i de li nes for the Ex chan ge of In for mat ion on Che mi cals in In ter na ti o nal Tra de (he re i naf ter re fer red to as the ‘A men ded Lon don Gu i de li nes’) and the FAO In ter na ti o nal Code of Con duct on the Dist ri bu ti on and Use of Pesticides (hereinafter referred to as the ‘International Code of Conduct’), ta king into ac co unt the cir cums tan ces and par ti cu lar re qu i re ments of de ve lo ping co unt ri es and co unt ri es with eco no mi es in tran si ti on, in par ti cu lar the need to strengt hen na ti o nal ca pa bi li ti es and ca pa ci ti es for the ma na ge ment of che mi cals, inc lu ding trans fer of tech no logy, pro vi ding fi nan ci al and tech ni cal assistance and promoting cooperation among the Parties, no ting the spe ci fic ne eds of some co unt ri es for in for mat ion on tran sit mo ve ments, re cog ni zing that good ma na ge ment prac ti ces for che mi cals sho uld be pro mo ted in all co unt ri es, ta king into ac co unt, in ter alia, the vo lun ta ry stan dards laid down in the In ter na ti o nal Code of Con duct and the UNEP Code of Et hics on the In ter na ti o nal Tra de in Che mi cals, de si ring to en su re that ha zar do us che mi cals that are ex por ted from the ir ter ri to ry are pac ka ged and la bel led in a man ner that is ade qu a tely pro tec ti ve of hu man he alth and the en vi ron ment, con sis tent with the prin cip les of the Amen ded Lon don Gu i de li nes and the International Code of Conduct, re cog ni zing that tra de and en vi ron men tal po li ci es sho uld be mu tu ally sup por ti ve with a view to achi e ving sus ta i nab le development, emp ha si zing that not hing in this Con ven ti on shall be in terp re ted as imp lying in any way a chan ge in the rights and ob li ga ti ons of a Party un der any exis ting in ter na ti o nal ag re e ment app lying to che mi cals in in ter na ti o nal tra de or to environmental protection, un ders tan ding that the abo ve re ci tal is not in ten ded to cre a te a hi e rar chy bet we en this Con ven ti on and ot her in ter na ti o nal agreements, de ter mi ned to pro tect hu man he alth, inc lu ding the he alth of con su mers and wor kers, and the en vi ron ment aga inst po ten ti ally harm ful im pacts from cer ta in ha zar do us che mi cals and pes ti ci des in international trade, ha ve ag re ed as fol lows: Article 1 Objective The ob jec ti ve of this Con ven ti on is to pro mo te sha red res pon si bi lity and co o pe ra ti ve ef forts among Par ti es in the in ter na ti o nal tra de of cer ta in ha zar do us che mi cals in or der to pro tect hu man he alth and the en vi ron ment from po ten ti al harm and to cont ri bu te to the ir en vi ron men tally so und use, by fa ci li ta ting in for mat ion ex chan ge abo ut the ir cha rac te ris tics, by pro vi ding for a na ti o nal de ci si on-ma king pro cess on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties. Article 2 Definitions For the pur po ses of this Con ven ti on: (a) ‘Che mi cal’ me ans a subs tan ce whet her by it self or in a mix tu re or pre pa rat ion and whet her ma nu fac tu red or ob ta i ned from na tu re, but does not inc lu de any li ving or ga nism. It con sists of the fol lo wing ca te go ri es: pes ti ci de (inc lu ding se ve rely ha zar do us pesticide formulations) and industrial; (b) ‘Ban ned che mi cal’ me ans a che mi cal all uses of which wit hin one or more ca te go ri es have been pro hi bi ted by fi nal re gu la to ry ac ti on, in or der to pro tect hu man he alth or the en vi ron ment. It inc lu des a che mi cal that has been re fu sed app ro val for first-ti me use or has been withd rawn by in dust ry eit her from the do mes tic mar ket or from furt her con si de ra ti on in the do mes tic app ro val pro cess and whe re the re is cle ar evi den ce that such ac ti on has been taken in order to protect human health or the environment; (c) ‘Se ve rely rest ric ted che mi cal’ me ans a che mi cal vir tu ally all use of which wit hin one or more ca te go ri es has been pro hi bi ted by fi nal re gu la to ry ac ti on in or der to pro tect hu man he alth or the en vi ron ment, but for which cer ta in spe ci fic uses re ma in al lo wed. It inc lu des a che mi cal that has, for vir tu ally all use, been re fu sed for app ro val or been withd rawn by in dust ry eit her from the do mes tic mar ket or from furt her con si de ra ti on in the do mes tic app ro val pro cess, and whe re the re is cle ar evi den ce that such ac ti on has been taken in order to protect human health or the environment; (d) ‘Se ve rely ha zar do us pes ti ci de for mu lat ion’ me ans a che mi cal for mu la ted for pes ti ci dal use that pro du ces se ve re he alth or en vi ron men tal ef fects ob ser vab le wit hin a short pe ri od of time af ter sing le or mul tip le exposure, under conditions of use; (e) ‘Fi nal re gu la to ry ac ti on’ me ans an ac ti on ta ken by a Party, that does not re qu i re sub se qu ent re gu la to ry ac ti on by that Party, the pur po se of which is to ban or se ve rely restrict a chemical; (f) ‘Ex port’ and ‘im port’ mean, in the ir res pec ti ve con no ta ti ons, the mo ve ment of a che mi cal from one Party to anot her Party, but exc lu de mere tran sit operations; (g) ‘Party’ me ans a Sta te or re gi o nal eco no mic in teg ra ti on or ga ni za ti on that has con sen ted to be bo und by this Con ven ti on and for which the Con ven ti on is in force; (h) ‘Re gi o nal eco no mic in teg ra ti on or ga ni za ti on’ me ans an or ga ni za ti on cons ti tu ted by so ve re ign Sta tes of a gi ven re gi on to which its mem ber Sta tes have trans fer red com pe ten ce in res pect of matt ers go ver ned by this Con ven ti on and which has been duly aut ho ri zed, in ac cor dan ce with its in ter nal pro ce du res, to sign, ra ti fy, accept, approve or accede to this Convention; (i) ‘Che mi cal Re vi ew Com mit te e’ me ans the sub si di a ry body re fer red to in pa rag raph 6 of Article 18. Article 3 Scope of the Convention

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