Delegatsiooni moodustamine

Urmas Reinsalu Välisministeerium Meie 21.03.2023 nr 6-6/23/1182 Delegatsiooni moodustamine Baseli, Rotterdami ja Stockholmi konventsioonide osapoolte kohtumiseks Austatud härra minister Palun Välisministeeriumil moodustada Eesti delegatsioon osalemiseks Baseli konventsiooni osapoolte 16. kohtumisel, Rotterdami konventsiooni osapoolte 11. kohtumisel ja Stockholmi konventsiooni osapoolte 11. kohtumisel 1.–12. mail 2023 Genfis. Teen ettepaneku moodustada delegatsioon järgmises koosseisus: Hannela ARTUS delegatsiooni juht, Keskkonnaministeeriumi keskkonnatehnoloogia osakonna nõunik; Piret OTSASON delegatsiooni liige, Keskkonnaministeeriumi keskkonnakorralduse osakonna nõunik; Annemari LINNO delegatsiooni liige, Sotsiaalministeeriumi rahvatervise osakonna peaspetsialist; Katrin KAARE delegatsiooni liige, Keskkonnaameti jäätmebüroo peaspetsialist; Mari-Liis UMMIK delegatsiooni liige, Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli tehniline ekspert. Lugupidamisega (allkirjastatud digitaalselt) Madis Kallas Minister Lisad: 1. Kohtumise seletuskiri 2. Volituste eelnõu 3. Kohtumise kutse 4. Kohtumise päevakava Teadmiseks: Sotsiaalministeerium Hannela Artus, 626 2966 [email protected] Paldiski mnt 96/ Tallinn 13522/ 626 2802/ [email protected]/ www.envir.ee/ Registrikood 70001231  SELETUSKIRI Baseli konventsiooni osapoolte 16. kohtumine, Rotterdami konventsiooni osapoolte 11. kohtumine ja Stockholmi konventsiooni osapoolte 11. kohtumine 1.–12. mai 2023 Genfis 1. TAUST Baseli, Rotterdami ja Stockholmi konventsioonide ühine eesmärk on kaitsta inimtervist ja keskkonda erinevate ohtlike ainete eest. Baseli konventsioon reguleerib ohtlike ja teiste jäätmete käitlemist ja vedu. Stockholmi konventsioon reguleerib püsivate orgaaniliste saasteainete (edaspidi POSide) käitlemist ja kasutuselt kõrvaldamist. Rotterdami konventsioon reguleerib ohtlike kemikaalide kaubandust. 2011. aastal võeti Baseli, Rotterdami ja Stockholmi konventsioonide osaliste kohtumistel vastu kolm identset otsust kolme konventsiooni ühildamise osas (BC-10/29, RC-5/12 ja SC-5/27). 2013. aastal toimusid koos kolme konventsiooni osaliste kohtumised ja nende konventsioonide osapoolte samaaegne erakorraline kohtumine. Muuhulgas otsustati jätkata Baseli, Stockholmi ja Rotterdami ühinenud sekretariaadiga. Kolmel konventsioonil on palju ühist ning seetõttu on mõistlik teatud küsimusi ühiselt vaadata. Samuti leiti, et selline lähenemine on majanduslikult soodsam. Seetõttu peetakse kolme konventsiooni osaliste kohtumised ühiselt. Baseli konventsiooni osapoolte 16. kohtumine, Rotterdami konventsiooni osapoolte 11. kohtumine ja Stockholmi konventsiooni osapoolte 11. kohtumine toimub Genfis 1.–12. mail 2023. Kohtumistel osalemine eeldab, et moodustatakse volitustega delegatsioon. 1.1. BASELI KONVENTSIOON Ohtlike jäätmete riikidevahelise veo ja nende kõrvaldamise kontrolli Baseli konventsioon kirjutati alla Baselis 22. märtsil 1989. aastal ja see jõustus 5. mail 1992. aastal. Konventsiooni peamine eesmärk on kaitsta inimtervist ja keskkonda ohtlike ja muude jäätmete kahjulike mõjude eest selliste jäätmete transportimisel ning kõrvaldamisel, sh taaskasutamisel. Baseli konventsioon on ELi õigusesse üle võetud Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu 14. juuni 2006. aasta määrusega (EÜ) nr 1013/2006 jäätmesaadetiste kohta. Jäätmete käitlemist käsitlevaid sätteid kohaldatakse läbi jäätmete raamdirektiivi 2008/98/EÜ. 1.2. STOCKHOLMI KONVENTSIOON Stockholmi konventsioon võeti vastu Stockholmis 22. mail 2001 ning see jõustus 17. mail 2004, mis oli üheksakümnes päev pärast kuupäeva, mil viiekümnes riik andis hoiule ratifitseerimis-, vastuvõtmis- või ühinemiskirja. Eesti ühines Stockholmi konventsiooniga 11. juulil 2008 Vabariigi Valitsuse korraldusega nr 346. 2010. aastal valmis Eesti Stockholmi püsivate orgaaniliste saasteainete konventsiooni riiklik rakenduskava (National Implementation Plan - NIP). Konventsiooni eesmärgiks on kaitsta inimese tervist ja keskkonda püsivate orgaaniliste saasteainete eest. Euroopas reguleerib Stockholmi konventsiooni täitmist peamiselt Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu määrus (EL) nr 2019/1021 püsivate orgaaniliste saasteainete kohta (uuesti sõnastatud). Konventsiooni esialgne nimekiri hõlmas peamiselt pestitsiide ja insektsiide, mille kasutamine Eestis oli lõpetatud juba aastakümneid tagasi, ning mõningaid tööstuskemikaale ja isetekkelisi, peamiselt põlemisel tekkivaid ühendeid. Uute lisatavate ainete korral on valdavalt tegemist tööstuses kasutatavate kemikaalidega. 1.3. ROTTERDAMI KONVENTSIOON Teatavate Ohtlike Kemikaalide ja Pestitsiididega Rahvusvaheliseks kauplemiseks Nõusoleku saamise korda käsitlev Rotterdami konventsiooni tekst võeti vastu 10. septembril 1998. aastal toimunud ministrite konverentsil Rotterdamis ning jõustus 24. veebruaril 2004. Euroopa Liit ratifitseeris konventsiooni 20. detsembril 2002 ning Eesti liitus konventsiooniga 13. juunil 2006. Rotterdami konventsioon loob seaduslikult siduvad kohustused rakendada eelnevalt teatatud nõusoleku protseduuri (PIC-protseduuri), mis võimaldab ametlikult teada saada ja teatavaks teha importivate riikide otsuseid selle kohta, kas nad soovivad saada edaspidi teatavate kemikaalide saadetisi, ning tagada, et eksportivad riigid neid otsuseid järgivad. Konventsiooni eesmärgiks on edendada jagatud vastutust ning soodustada poolte koostööd ohtlike kemikaalide rahvusvahelises kaubanduses, et kaitsta inimese tervist, sealhulgas tarbijate ja töötajate tervist ning keskkonda teatavate rahvusvaheliselt kaubeldavate kemikaalide ja pestitsiidide kahjuliku mõju eest ja aidata kaasa selliste kemikaalide keskkonnaohutule kasutamisele. Eksport ja import Rotterdami konventsiooni mõistes on kemikaali liikumine ühe konventsiooniosalise territooriumilt teise konventsiooniosalise territooriumile ning konventsiooni kohaldatakse keelustatud või rangelt piiratud käitlemisega kemikaalidele ja eriti ohtlikele pestitsiidivormidele. 2. EESTILE JA EUROOPA LIIDULE OLULISED TEEMAD Enne Baseli, Rotterdami ja Stockholmi konventsioonide osapoolte kohtumist toimuvad Brüsselis seda ettevalmistavad keskkonnatöögrupid (WPIEI), kus lepitakse kokku EL ühispositsioon ja sõnavõtud. Samuti toimuvad kohtumiste ajal jooksvalt ELi koordinatsiooni kohtumised. EL ühispositsioon valmib viimases WPIEIs või koordinatsioonis Genfis kohapeal. Nagu alati esindab kohtumisel Euroopa Liidu liikmesriike Euroopa Komisjon koos Euroopa Liidu Nõukogu eesistujamaaga. Euroopa Liit osaleb läbirääkimistes ning esindab liikmesriikide seisukohti, mis on eelnevalt kokku lepitud (WPIEIdes ning koordinatsioonides). 2.1. BASELI KONVENTSIOON Baseli konventsiooni konverentside vahelise töökoosoleku (Basel OEWG) tulemusena otsustati saata Baseli konventsiooni osalisriikide konverentsile arutamiseks ja vastu võtmiseks mitmed tehnilised juhendid nii plastijäätmete, kummijäätmete kui ka elektri- ja elektroonikaseadmete jäätmete teemal. Tulenevalt Baseli konventsiooni konverentsi otsusest, mille kohaselt alates 2025 käsitletakse kõiki elektri- ja elektroonikaseadmete jäätmeid ohtlike jäätmetena, on konverentsil olulise teemana arutelul ka jäätmete riikidevahelisel veol kirjaliku loa andmise (PIC) protseduuri muutmine sujuvamaks ning riikidevaheliste vedude dokumentatsiooni elektrooniliseks muutmine. 2.2. STOCKHOLMI KONVENTSIOON Stockholmi konventsiooni osas on Eesti ja EL jaoks oluline konventsiooni vastavuse ja täitmise hindamise ning vastavusmehhanismi (compliance mechanism) läbirääkimistes edasi liikumine tõhusa teksti ning selle vastuvõtmise suunas, eelmistel COP-del pole suudetud riikide vahel leida konsensust. Lisaks on oluline, et saavutatakse kokkulepe dekloraan plusi, metoksükloori ja UV-328 lisamiseks konventsiooni A lisasse. Nimetatakse uued liikmed püsivate orgaaniliste saasteainete hindamise komiteesse (POP Review Committee (POPRC)) ja muudesse Stockholmi konventsiooni organitesse. Kuna püsivatest orgaaniliste saasteainetest koosnevate, neid sisaldavate ja nendega saastunud jäätmete käitlemiseks on välja töötatud tehnilised juhendid Baseli konventsiooni raamides, uuendatakse ja koostatakse neid vastavalt ainete lisamisega Stockholmi konventsiooni lisadesse. Kohtumisel oodatakse mitme püsivaid orgaanilisi saasteaineid käsitleva tehnilise juhendi vastuvõtmist. 2.3. ROTTERDAMI KONVENTSIOON Rotterdami COP oluliste teemadena tuleb arutlusele teatavate ainete lisamine konventsiooni III lisasse, mille puhul eelmisel korral ei jõutud konsensusele ning ka mõnede uute ainete lisamine. Täpsemalt arutatakse atsetokloori, karbosulfaani, krüsotiilasbesti, fentiooni (üliväikeses koguses valmistatavad tooted, mille koostises on toimeainet vähemalt 640 g/l), iprodiooni, vedeltoodete (emulgeeruv kontsentraat ja lahustuv kontsentraat), mille koostises on parakvaatdikloriidi vähemalt 276 g/l, millele vastab parakvaatioonide sisaldus vähemalt 200 g/l, ning terbufossi lisamist konventsiooni III lisasse. Lisaks arutatakse konventsiooni muudatuse ettepanekut, mille kohaselt lihtsustuks ainete kandmine konventsiooni III lisasse, kuna praeguses konventsiooni variandis võtab ainete lisamine väga kaua aega ning sageli ei jõuta konsensusele. 3. DELEGATSIOONI LIIKMED Keskkonnaministeerium teeb ettepaneku nimetada Baseli konventsiooni osaliste 16. kohtumise, Rotterdami konventsiooni osaliste 11. kohtumise ja Stockholmi konventsiooni osaliste 11. kohtumise delegatsiooni juhiks Keskkonnaministeeriumi keskkonnatehnoloogia osakonna nõuniku Hannela Artus ning delegatsiooni liikmeteks Keskkonnaministeeriumi keskkonnakorralduse osakonna nõuniku Piret Otsason, Sotsiaalministeeriumi rahvatervise osakonna peaspetsialisti Annemari Linno, Keskkonnaameti jäätmebüroo peaspetsialisti Katrin Kaare ja Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli tehnilise eksperdi Mari-Liis Ummik. Keskkonnaministeeriumi esindajate kulud üritusel osalemiseks katab Keskkonnaministeerium. Teised osalejad korraldavad oma kulude katmise ise.  CREDENTIALS (Model) [Name of Party] THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF [PARTY],1 Considering that it is desirable that [Party] be represented at: [Please tick the box(es) to which the credentials pertain] The sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, to be convened in Geneva (Switzerland) from 1 to 12 May 2023, HAS DECIDED: To appoint a delegation which shall be entitled to take part in the above-mentioned meeting(s) and to designate as: Head of delegation [Name] - [Position] Other representative(s): [Name] - [Position] Alternate representative(s): [Name] - [Position] Adviser(s): [Name] - [Position] … Signed and sealed at [place and date] THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1 This model assumes that the credentials will be issued by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State Party. Credentials may, however, also be issued by heads of State or heads of Government. In the case of a regional economic integration organization, credentials must be issued by the competent authority of that organization.  BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention United Nations Environment Programme Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Office Address: International Environment House 1 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy 11–13, chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland Tel.: +39 06 5705 2061 ¦ Fax: +39 06 5705 3224 ¦ E-mail: [email protected] Postal Address: c/o Palais des Nations, 8-14, avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0) 22 917 8271 ¦ Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 8098 ¦ E-mail: [email protected] 7 November 2022 Subject: Invitation to the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-12 May 2023 Excellency, We have the honour to refer to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. 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Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest consideration. Rolph Payet Rémi Nono Womdim Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Convention Encl.  UNITED BC NATIONS RC SC UNEP/CHW.16/INF/2* UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/INF/2* UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/2* Basel Convention on the Control of Distr.: General Transboundary Movements of 23 January 2023 Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal English only Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Conference of the Parties Conference of the Parties Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention to the Rotterdam Convention to the Stockholm Convention on the Control of Transboundary on the Prior Informed Consent on Persistent Organic Pollutants Movements of Hazardous Wastes Procedure for Certain Hazardous Eleventh meeting and Their Disposal Chemicals and Pesticides in Geneva, 1–12 May 2023 Sixteenth meeting International Trade Item 3 (b) of the provisional Geneva, 1–12 May 2023 Eleventh meeting agenda1**** Item 3 (b) of the provisional Geneva, 1–12 May 2023 Organizational matters: agenda** Item 3 (b) of the provisional agenda*** organization of work Organizational matters: Organizational matters: organization organization of work of work Tentative schedule of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Note by the Secretariat The annexes to the present note contain a tentative schedule of work for the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (annex I) and a list of possible contact and other groups (annex II). The tentative schedule of work, which was agreed to by the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the three conventions at their joint meeting on 18 January 2023, is provisional and could be subject to changes before or during the two weeks of the meetings.1 The present note, including its annexes, has not been formally edited. * Reissued for technical reasons on 2 March 2023. ** UNEP/CHW.16/1. *** UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/1. **** UNEP/POPS/COP.11/1. 1 Participants may wish to take into account that each of the sessions of the conferences of the Parties may last longer or begin earlier, subject to the decisions taken by the bureaux, which would be expected to meet each morning from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. to agree on the order of business for the day, and by the conferences of the Parties. Delegates are therefore advised to allow for a certain level of flexibility when making travel arrangements. 020323  UNEP/CHW.16/INF/2–UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/INF/2–UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/2 Annex I Tentative schedule of work of the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties1 Sat, 6 Mon, 1 May 2023 Tue, 2 May 2023 Wed, 3 May 2023 Thu, 4 May 2023 Fri, 5 May 2023 May 2023 BC Item 1: Opening of the meeting Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: BC Item 2: Adoption of the agenda Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups RC Item 1: Opening of the meeting Joint sessions of the COPs: Session of SC COP-11: Session of SC COP-11: Session of BC COP-16: RC Item 2: Adoption of the agenda BC Item 4 (cont.) Item 5 (cont.) Consideration of the outcomes of the Item 4 (cont.) SC Item 1: Opening of the meeting (d) Technical assistance; (a) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases contact groups and draft decisions (b) Scientific and technical matters SC Item 2: Adoption of the agenda RC Item 5: Matters related to the from intentional production and use (cont.): Item 4: Rules of procedure. (cont.): Joint sessions of the COPs: implementation of the Convention (iii) Polychlorinated biphenyls; (i) Technical guidelines (cont.) No formal meetings BC Item 3; RC Item 3; SC Item 3: (e) Technical assistance; (b) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases (except POPs wastes); from unintentional production; Joint sessions of the COPs: (a) Strategic issues: Organizational matters SC Item 5 (cont.) BC Item 6; RC Item 7; SC Item 7: Morning session (b) Organization of work; (f) Technical assistance; (d) Implementation plans; (i) Strategic framework; (h) Reporting pursuant to Article 15; Enhancing cooperation and (ii) Improving the functioning of 10 a.m.– (a) Election of officers; BC Item 4 (c) (cont.) (i) Mechanism coordination among BRS 1 p.m. the PIC procedure; (c) Credentials;2 for Promoting Implementation and (c) Synergies in preventing and (iii) Development of guidelines BC Item 4: Matters related to the Compliance of the Basel Convention; combating illegal traffic and trade in RC Item 5 (cont.) (d) Compliance; for environmentally sound implementation of the Convention hazardous chemicals and wastes; management; (b) Scientific and technical matters: SC Item 5 (cont.) (j) Compliance;3 BC Item 9; RC Item 10; SC Item 10: (c) Legal, compliance and (i) Technical guidelines (POPs wastes); BC Item 7; RC Item 8; SC Item 8: Venue and date of the next COPs. governance matters (cont.): SC Item 5: Matters related to the Programme of work and budget. BC Item 10; RC Item 11; SC Item (i) Committee Administering the implementation of the Convention BC Item 8; RC Item 9; SC Item 9: 11: Other matters (admission of Mechanism for Promoting (c) Measures to reduce or eliminate releases Implementation of the MOU observers). Implementation and Compliance from wastes; between UNEP and the COPs and of the Basel Convention (cont.); FAO for RC Session of BC COP-16: Item 4 (cont.) Session of SC COP-11: Item 5 Session of RC COP-11: Item 5 (cont.) Session of SC COP-11: Session of SC COP-11: (b) Scientific and technical matters (cont.): (cont.) (c) Enhancing the effectiveness of the Consideration of the outcomes of the Consideration of the outcomes of (i) Technical guidelines (cont.) (except POPs (j) Compliance (cont.); Convention;5 contact groups and draft decisions the contact groups and draft wastes); (i) Effectiveness evaluation; Item 11: Other matters (cont.). decisions Joint sessions of the COPs: (c) Legal, compliance and governance (a) Measures to reduce or eliminate Item 12: Adoption of the report. No formal meetings BC Item 4 (cont.) (f) Financial resources; matters: releases from intentional production RC Item 5 (cont.) (f) Financial resources; (ii) Providing further legal clarity;4 and use: SC Item 5 (cont.) (g) Financial resources Joint sessions of the COPs: Afternoon session (i) Exemptions; Adoption of the reports on and mechanisms; 3–6 p.m. (iv) Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, credentials. BC Item 5; RC Item 6; SC Item 6: its salts and perfluorooctane Session of SC COP-11: Item 5 International cooperation and sulfonyl fluoride; (e) Listing of chemicals in Annex A, B or C to coordination (ii) DDT; the Convention; (a) Cooperation and coordination with the Minamata Convention on Mercury; (b) Cooperation and coordination with other organizations. 1 Items listed in the draft tentative schedule are from the provisional agendas of the meetings (UNEP/CHW.16/1; UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/1; UNEP/POPS/COP.11/1). 2 The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties have agreed that, when examining credentials, they would accept, in addition to original credentials in good order, copies of credentials on the understanding that original credentials would be submitted as soon as possible. Each Bureau would present its report to the respective Conference of the Parties for its consideration in the afternoon of Friday, 5 May 2023. Any updates to the credentials report may be considered by the respective Conference of the Parties in the afternoon of Thursday, 11 May 2023. 3 Consideration of the agenda items on compliance in joint session would be limited to an introduction by the Secretariat of the agenda items, as well as a report by each respective Chair on the work of the Basel and Rotterdam convention committees. Discussions and conclusions on the way forward would take place during the convention-specific sessions later in the weeks. 4 This includes the proposal by the European Union to amend Annex IV and certain entries in Annexes II and IX to the Basel Convention. 5 The session on Wednesday, 3 May 2023 would cover the proposal by Switzerland, Australia, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Mali to amend Articles 7, 10, 11 and 22 of the Rotterdam Convention and to add a new Annex VIII to the Convention. A contact group on this topic, if established, would not meet before Sunday, 7 May 2023. The remaining topics under this agenda item would be taken up on Tuesday, 9 May 2023. 2  UNEP/CHW.16/INF/2–UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/INF/2–UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/2 Sun, 7 May 2023 Mon, 8 May 2023 Tue, 9 May 2023 Wed, 10 May 2023 Thu, 11 May 2023 Fri, 12 May 2023 Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Joint sessions of the COPs: Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Reports of contact groups Session of BC COP-16: Session of BC COP-16: Session of BC COP-16: Session of RC COP-11: Session of RC COP-11: Session of RC COP-11: Item 4 (cont.) Consideration of the (c) Legal, compliance and governance Consideration of the outcomes of Consideration of the outcomes of the Consideration of the Consideration of the outcomes of the contact groups and draft contact groups and draft decisions outcomes of the contact outcomes of the contact the contact groups and draft matters (cont.): decisions groups and draft decisions groups and draft decisions decisions (iii) National legislation, notifications, Morning enforcement of the Convention and efforts Item 4 (cont.) Item 12: Adoption of the session to combat illegal traffic; Joint sessions of the COPs: report. 10 a.m.– (g) Work programme of the OEWG (iv) Proposal by the Russian Federation to BC Item 6 (cont.); RC Item 1 p.m. for 2024–2025. amend paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the 7 (cont.); SC Item 7 (cont.) Convention; Item 10: Other matters (cont.). (a) Clearing-house (e) Basel Convention Partnership mechanism for information Programme; exchange; (b) Mainstreaming gender; (d) From science to action. Session of BC COP-16: Session of RC COP-11: Session of RC COP-11: Session of BC COP-16: Joint and Convention- Adoption of BC budget decision Item 4 (cont.) Item 5 (cont.) Item 5 (cont.) Consideration of the specific sessions of the (b) Scientific and technical matters (cont.): COPs: Adoption of RC budget decision (d) Compliance (cont.); outcomes of the contact (ii) Classification and hazard (b) Listing of chemicals in Annex III groups and draft decisions Consideration of the Adoption of SC budget decision characterization of wastes; (b) Listing of chemicals in Annex to the Convention (cont.); outcomes of the joint Afternoon (iii) National reporting; III to the Convention; (c) Enhancing the effectiveness of Item 11: Adoption of the contact groups, adoption of session (iv) Electronic approaches to the report. the reports on credentials the Convention (cont.);6 3–6 p.m. notification and movement documents; (possible updates) and (v) Further consideration of plastic waste; (a) Status of implementation; adoption of outstanding BC Item 12; RC Item 13; SC Joint sessions of the COPs: Item 13: Closure of the (vi) Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and Item 4: Rules of procedure for the decisions Adoption of the sections of the meetings IX on e-waste; Conference of the Parties. reports on the joint sessions of (vii) Waste containing nanomaterials; Item 11: Other matters (cont.). the meetings of the COPs.7 Stockholm Convention Conference of the Parties (SC COP) Basel Convention Conference of the Parties (BC COP) Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties (RC COP) Joint sessions and Convention-specific sessions as necessary of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties 6 This includes the proposal to amend Article 16 of the Rotterdam Convention which was submitted prior to the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties by Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 7 The conferences of the Parties are scheduled to meet in joint sessions to adopt the section of their report covering the joint sessions held from Monday, 1 May 2023, to Thursday, 4 May 2023. 3 UNEP/CHW.16/INF/2–UNEP/FAO/RC/COP.11/INF/2–UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/2 Annex II Possible contact and other groups at the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties The contact and other groups listed below have been tentatively identified and may be established during the two-week period of the meetings, and meet during a set amount of time, as needed. The total number of groups meeting at any one time would need to be limited to ensure that there is adequate opportunity for the interests of all delegations to be factored into the discussions. The groups are expected to complete their work by the day before the last convention-specific session in order to allow for adoption of decisions as much as possible by the end of convention-specific sessions they relate to. Joint contact and other groups: - Group on programmes of work and budgets - Group on technical assistance/financial resources and mechanisms - Group on joint issues Stockholm Convention-specific contact and other groups: - Group on listing of chemicals - Group on compliance Basel Convention-specific contact and other groups: - Group on technical matters - Group on compliance and legal matters - Group on strategic matters Rotterdam Convention-specific contact and other groups: - Group on enhancing the effectiveness of the Convention - Group on compliance - Group on the listing of chemicals in Annex III ____________________ 4