To protect human health and global environmental safety, enhance the exchange of chemical information in international trade, improve the safe use of chemicals and pesticides in various countries, and promote good management of chemicals and pesticides, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly adopted the "Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade" on September 10, 1998, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This is commonly known as the "Rotterdam Convention" or "PIC Convention," and it officially came into effect on February 24, 2004.

Conference of the Parties Meeting

The Conference of the Parties (COP) was established under Article 18 of the Rotterdam Convention and serves as its governing body. This body is made up of representatives from countries that have accepted, ratified, or acceded to the Convention. The COP plays a crucial role in advancing the implementation of the Convention through decisions made during its meetings. The COP is responsible for reviewing and evaluating how effectively the Convention is being implemented.

Previous meetings of the Conference of the Parties

Chemical Review Committee Meeting

The Chemical Review Committee (CRC) is a subsidiary body of the Rotterdam Convention. It reviews chemicals and pesticide formulations based on the criteria outlined in Annexes II and IV of the Convention. The CRC makes recommendations to the Conference of the Parties regarding the inclusion of these chemicals in Annex III.

Previous meetings of the Chemical Review Committee

Import Responses

Import responses are decisions made by Parties on whether they consent to import chemicals listed in Annex III of the Convention, which are subject to the PIC procedure. These responses are published in the PIC Circular every June and December and are accessible in the import responses database.

Database of Import Responses

Statistics of cases and notifying countries in each month of 2022 in Taiwan

Note：

1. The above number of cases is the number of goods cases
2. India is an export notification case, and the EU, the United States, and the United Kingdom are import notification cases.