ROTTERDAM CONVENTION
January 1st, 2002
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE EUROPEAN Commission today (Tuesday) formally proposed that the European Union ratifies the Rotterdam Convention procedure regulating the shipping of hazardous chemicals in international trade, and at the same time proposed that the EU goes further by covering a wider range of chemicals than contained in the Convention.Participating importing countries have the right to refuse cargoes of certain dangerous chemicals. Exporting countries promise to restrict exports to those chemicals approved by the importing country. Brussels said the agreement ...
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