SECTION 3: PESTICIDE EVALUATION REPORT CONTEXT This section reviews the current state of Madagascar international obligations concerning pesticides; Madagascar agriculture, environment and pesticides policy and levels of IPM use, including pesticides; and SPU awareness from pesticide import and use to final EPC disposition. 3.1 Madagascar International Treaties/Agreement Obligations Related to Pesticides The following are international agreements concerning pesticides. First the common name of the treaty is provided in column one, with a description of the purpose of each treaty in column two, and then status with each is provided in column three. Madagascar’s Treaty or Purpose of Treaty or Convention Madagascar decisions taken Convention name Stockholm The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Signed: 24 September 2001 Convention Organic Pollutants (POPs) covers chemicals that Ratified: 18 November 2005 are toxic, persistent in the environment, and liable to bio-accumulate. The Convention was established to eliminate or restrict the production and use of POPs. Rotterdam The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Signed: 08 December 1998 Convention Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Ratified: 22 September 2004 Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade promotes shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals, commonly referred to as PIC chemicals. Signatory nations can decide whether to allow or ban the importation of chemicals listed in the treaty, and exporting countries are obliged make sure that producers within their jurisdiction comply. Basel Convention The Basel Convention on the Control of Accession: 02 June 1999 Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Entry into force: 31 August 1999 Wastes and Their Disposal is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries. Montreal Protocol The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Accession: 11 July 1996 Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. Methyl
SECTION 3: PESTICIDE EVALUATION REPORT CONTEXT This section reviews the current state of Madagascar international obligations concerning pesticides; Madagascar agriculture, environment and pesticides policy and levels of IPM use, including pesticides; and SPU awareness from pesticide import and use to final EPC disposition. 3.1 Madagascar International Treaties/Agreement Obligations Related to Pesticides The following are international agreements concerning pesticides. First the common name of the treaty is provided in column one, with a description of the purpose of each treaty in column two, and then Madagascar’s status with each is provided in column three. Treaty or Convention name Purpose of Treaty or Convention Madagascar decisions taken Stockholm Convention The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) covers chemicals that are toxic, persistent in the environment, and liable to bio-accumulate. The Convention was established to eliminate or restrict the production and use of POPs. Signed: 24 September 2001 Ratified: 18 November 2005 Rotterdam Convention The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade promotes shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals, commonly referred to as PIC chemicals. Signatory nations can decide whether to allow or ban the importation of chemicals listed in the treaty, and exporting countries are obliged make sure that producers within their jurisdiction comply. Signed: 08 December 1998 Ratified: 22 September 2004 Basel Convention The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries. Accession: 02 June 1999 Entry into force: 31 August 1999 Montreal Protocol The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. Methyl Accession: 11 July 1996
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