Rotterdam Convention Databases

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC) for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade is a multilateral environmental legally binding agreement that entered into force in 2004. Its objectives are to:

• promote shared responsibility and cooperative efforts among Parties in the international trade of certain chemicals in order to protect human health and the environment;
• contribute to the environmentally sound use of those hazardous chemicals by facilitating information exchange about their characteristics, including by providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties.

As of 22^nd April 2025, there are 167 Parties to the Convention, with 55 chemicals listed in the Annex III to the Convention being subject to the PIC procedure.  

Under this database, you will find specific information regarding: 

• Import responses which are the decisions provided by Parties indicating whether or not they will consent to import the chemicals listed in Annex III of the Convention and subject to the PIC procedure  

• Notifications of final regulatory action which are the means by which Parties inform the Secretariat of their national legal actions to ban or severely restrict a chemical for human health and/or environmental reasons.

More info about the data at: https://data.apps.fao.org/?lang=en&share=f-9e952512-cf3d-4d4b-913e-a5c3e4431800