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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8144
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment

Commission proposes ratifying Rotterdam Convention on Hazardous Chemicals and wants to go further

Brussels, 05/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Tuesday, the Commission presented two texts aimed at speeding-up entry into force of the Rotterdam Convention on the international trade in hazardous chemicals, an important agreement for the environment and human health. Indeed, it provides for, to be legally exported, certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides needing the prior, informed consent of the country of destination, based on duly supplied information. The first text is a...

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