Strasbourg, 11/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Approving its rapporteur, Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM, NL), the Parliament gave its go-ahead, on 5 September, to Community approval of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure, on the basis of Articles 133, 175 and 300 of the EU Treaty. The international convention establishes prior consent procedure in full knowledge of the facts, for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade. The Rotterdam Convention...