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GB PIC—assimilated Regulation (EU) No 649/2012: post‑Brexit framework for hazardous chemical exports/imports, scope, HSE role, Northern Ireland position, Rotterdam Convention obligations and reforms

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Assimilated Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals (recast) (GB PIC Regulation)

Entry into Force: 1 January 2021

Subject: Hazardous substances, chemicals

Background to the GB PIC Regulation

Regulation (EU) No 649/2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous chemicals (the EU PIC Regulation) supersedes the Prior Informed Consent Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 on the export and import of dangerous chemicals and has applied since 1 March 2014. Its objectives are to give effect to the UN Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, fostering shared responsibility and co-operative efforts in the international movement of hazardous chemicals, in order to protect human health and the environment from potential harm and to support the environmentally sound use of hazardous chemicals.

These objectives are to be delivered by:

  • enabling the exchange of information on the characteristics of hazardous chemicals
  • establishing an EU decision-making process on their import and export...
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