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88. Revelation of the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the following States have ratified their instruments of ratification or ratification. Accession documents to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (BGBl. III. No 67/2005, as last amended by BGBl. III No 106/2009, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III No 140/2008):
| States: |
Date of deposit of the instruments of ratification. Certificate of Accession: |
| Albania |
9 August 2010 |
| Costa Rica |
13. August 2009 |
| Guatemala |
19 April 2010 |
| Colombia |
3 December 2008 |
| Croatia |
16. November 2007 |
| Malawi |
27 February 2009 |
| the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
12 August 2010 |
| Mozambique |
15 April 2010 |
| Serbia |
31 July 2009 |
| Somalia |
26 July 2010 |
| Tonga |
31 March 2010 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
16 December 2009 |
According to a further note by the Secretary-General, the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1 On 17 February 2010 the following statement was made:
The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with Article 20 (2) of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade, that it is both in this paragraph shall be deemed to be binding on any party which has an obligation to settle one or both of these means of dispute settlement.
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