(6) The proposal by several Parties to the Convention to amend Article 16 of the Convention on technical assistance, which envisages to broaden the scope by also addressing financial assistance, in particular assistance by the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund (GEF) and financial assistance by Parties, with the objective of supporting, in particular, developing countries, seems to be unnecessary since all Parties to the Convention are to implement the integrated approach to financing, the GEF already addresses aspects of the Convention and Parties can already provide contributions to the voluntary trust fund of the Convention to support provision of technical assistance to developing country Parties.
(7) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, as the decisions will be binding on the Union or capable of decisively influencing the content of Union law, namely Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (the ‘Conference of the Parties’) shall be to support the adoption of the amendments to Annex III to the Convention as regards the inclusion of acetochlor, carbosulfan, chlorpyrifos, chrysotile asbestos, fenthion (ultra low volume (ULV) formulations at or above 640 g active ingredient/L), iprodione, liquid formulations (emulsifiable concentrate and soluble concentrate) containing paraquat dichloride at or above 276 g/L corresponding to paraquat ion at or above 200 g/L, mercury, methyl bromide and paraquat.
Article 2
If a Party to the Convention proposes amending Rule 16 of the Rules of Procedures for the Conference of the Parties so as to provide that any item on the agenda the consideration of which was not completed at an ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties is not to be included automatically in the provisional agenda of the next ordinary meeting, unless otherwise decided by the Conference of the Parties, the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf shall be not to support such an amendment.
Article 3
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be not to support the proposal to amend Article 16 of the Convention on technical assistance by adding a reference to the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund and to financial support granted by the Parties.
Article 4
Refinements of the positions referred to in Articles 1, 2 and 3, in light of the developments at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, may be agreed upon by representatives of the Union, in consultation with the Member States, during on-the-spot coordination meetings without a further decision of the Council.
Article 5
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Luxembourg, 14 April 2025.
For the Council
The President
K. KALLAS
(1)
OJ L 63, 6.3.2003, p. 27
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http://data.europa.eu/eli/convention/2003/106/oj
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(2) Council Decision 2006/730/EC of 25 September 2006 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (
OJ L 299, 28.10.2006, p. 23
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