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EU Regulations

• Europe Adopts Comprehensive Chemicals Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 15 December 2006)
• EU Takes Steps to Reduce Global Mercury Exposure (Bridges Trade BioRes, 3 November 2006)
• Developing Countries Say REACH Could Have "Grave Consequences" (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 June 2006)
• Chirac Recalls French Ship From India, Orders Investigation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 17 February 2006)
• Five Polluting Chemicals To Be Considered For Trade Ban (Bridges Trade BioRes, 25 November 2005)
• European Parliament Approves REACH Chemicals Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 25 November 2005)
• Development Concerns Raised Over European Chemicals Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 11 November 2005)
• EU to Exempt Small Quantities From REACH Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 September 2005)
• Public Hearing Tackles REACH Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 21 January 2005)
• Simpler Cost-Sharing REACH Proposal Meets Support (Bridges Trade BioRes, 3 December 2004)
• EC Chemicals Regulation Draws Renewed Criticism At WTO (Bridges Trade BioRes, 8 July 2004)
• APEC Concerned Over EU Chemicals Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 2 April 2004)
• European Commission Adopts Chemicals Proposal (Bridges Trade BioRes, 31 October 2003)
• Fierce Battle Over Review Of EU Chemical Policy Continues (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 October 2003)
• EU Chemicals Review Carries On (Bridges Trade BioRes, 19 September 2003)
  
• Discussion On New EU Chemicals Legislation Picks Up Speed (Bridges Trade BioRes, 11 July 2003)
• New EU Chemical Legislation: Precaution or Protectionism? (BRIDGES Monthly Review Year 7, Number 4, May 2003)
• European Commission Releases Draft Chemicals Legislation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 15 May 2003)
  

MEAs

Stockholm Convention

• Compliance, Effectiveness and Technical Assistance Top Chemicals Meeting Agenda (Bridges Trade BioRes, 11 May 2007)
• Technologies, Synergies in Focus For Stockholm Convention (Bridges Trade BioRes, 19 May 2006)
• First Stockholm COP Moves Towards Implementation (Bridges Trade BioRes, 13 May 2005)
• Stockholm And Rotterdam Convention Enter Into Force (Bridges Trade BioRes, 5 March 2004)
• Delegates Prepare For POPs Convention Entry Into Force (Bridges Weekly, 28 July 2003)
• Treaty To Outlaw "Dirty Dozen" Chemicals Up For Signature (Bridges Weekly, 22 May 2001)
• Governments Agree To Ban Or Limit 'Dirty Dozen' POPS (Bridges Weekly, 12 December 2000)
• POPs Talks Marked By Slow Progress (Bridges Weekly, 28 March 2000)
• First Views Aired on International Emissions Negotiations Start on Eliminating Dangerous Chemicals (BRIDGES Monthly Review Year 2, Number 5, July-August 1998)

Rotterdam Convention

• CITES, PIC Meetings Test Balance Between Trade and Environmental Protection (Bridges Trade BioRes, 20 October 2006)
• Rotterdam Clashes On Compliance-Financing Link, Stalls On Asbestos (Bridges Trade BioRes, 14 October 2005)
• Asbestos Sparks Controversy At Rotterdam Convention Meeting (Bridges Weekly, 23 September 2004)
• Rotterdam Convention enters into force (Bridges Weekly, 26 February 2004)
• PIC Treaty Set To Enter Into Force (Bridges Trade BioRes, 15 December 2003)
• European Effort To Ban Asbestos Fails (Bridges Trade BioRes, 28 November 2003)
• Pesticides, Asbestos Recommended For Stricter Trade Controls (Bridges Weekly, 26 February 2002)
• Prior Informed Consent Advances Towards Full Convention Status (Bridges Weekly, 16 October 2001)
• Interim Chemical Review Committee Established for Prior Informed Consent Procedure (BRIDGES Monthly Review Year 3, Number 6, July/August 1999)
  
• Rotterdam Treaty on Pesticide Trade Controls Finalised (Bridges Monthly, April/May 1998)
• New Round of Pesticide Negotiations (Bridges Monthly, September 1998)
• Pesticide Treaty Inches Forward (Bridges Monthly, September 1997)

Montreal Protocol

• Parties Agree to Speed Up Action at Montreal Protocol 20th Anniversary (Bridges Trade BioRes, 5 October 2007)
• Ozone Meeting Considers Illegal Trade, Climate Change Linkages (Bridges Trade BioRes, 17 November 2006)
• Ozone Layer Recovery Likely to be Delayed (Bridges Trade BioRes, 8 September 2006)
• Ozone Meeting Approves Limited Use Of Methyl Bromide (Bridges Trade BioRes, 3 December 2004)
• Montreal Protocol: Exemptions Granted For Methyl Bromide (Bridges Trade BioRes, 2 April 2004)
• Methyl Bromide Pollutes Chemicals Meeting (Bridges Trade BioRes, 14 November 2003)
• Ozone Meeting Agrees On Fund Replenishment, Discusses WTO Links (Bridges Weekly, 12 December 2002)
• Developing Countries Scrutinised At Meeting on Ozone Depleting Substances (Bridges Weekly, 23 October 2001)
• Ozone Talks Go Smoothly But Fall Short On Commitments (Bridges Weekly, 19 December 2000)
• Ozone Meet Yields Mixed Results (Bridges Weekly, 18 December 1999)
• Towards a More Effective Ozone Treaty? Meeting of the Parties Will Seek to Curb Illegal Trade (Editorial, BRIDGES Monthly Review Year 1, Number 3, September 1997)

Basel Convention

• Dutch Company to Pay for Toxics Clean-up in Abidjan (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 February 2007)
• Basel Parties Debate E-Waste, Patchwork of International Chemicals Rules (Bridges Trade BioRes, 15 December 2006)
• Abidjan Toxic Waste Poisoning Raises Questions of Responsibility (Bridges Trade BioRes, 8 September 2006)
• Basel Convention Points To IMO Negotiations on New Ship Treaty (Bridges Trade BioRes, 14 April 2006)
• Basel Convention Fails To Move On Ban Amendment (Bridges Trade BioRes, 5 November 2004)
• Ten Years After Entry Into Force, Basel Convention COP Agrees On Strategic Plan For The Future, Adopts Compliance Mechanism (Bridges Weekly, 20 December 2002)
• Basel Convention Group Adopts New Plastic Wastes Management Guidelines (Bridges Weekly, 29 January 2002)
• Hazardous Waste Export Ban Upheld, Contents Clarified (BRIDGES Monthly Review Year 2, Number 2, March 1998)
  
• Basel Convention Parties to Examine Export Ban on Hazardous Wastes (Bridges Monthly, Jan/Feb 1998)
• The Basel Convention and International Trade (Bridges Monthly, Jan/Feb 1998)
  

Other Chemicals News

• NGOs Accuse Japan of Pushing Toxics in Bilateral Trade Agreements (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 March 2007)
• Ministers Agree Steps to Regulate Mercury (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 February 2007)
• Proposal To Eliminate Tariffs On Trade In Chemicals (Bridges Trade BioRes, 2 June 2006)
• New SAICM Chemicals Initiative Adopted: Precaution, Trade Controversial (Bridges Trade BioRes, 17 February 2006)
• NAFTA Tribunal Rules Against Canadian Methanol Producer (Bridges Trade BioRes, 2 September 2005)
• Countries Divided Over Regulating Mercury At UNEP Council (Bridges Trade BioRes, 4 March 2004)
• European Commission Proposes Mercury Ban (Bridges Trade BioRes, 4 February 2005)
• Indian Parliamentary Panel Supports NGO Claim Of Soft Drink Contamination (Bridges Trade BioRes, 6 February 2004)
• Soft Drink Contamination Scandal Keeps Bubbling In India (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 October 2003)