Ninth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an
International Legally Binding Instrument for the Application of the
Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC) for Certain Hazardous Chemicals
and Pesticides in International Trade (INC-9)
Bonn,
Germany; 30 September - 4 October 2002
Tuesday, 1 October
Delegates to PIC INC-9 met in a morning Plenary to consider procedures
for handling cases of non-compliance under the agenda item on
preparation for the COP, and issues arising out of ICRC-3 under the item
on implementation of the interim PIC procedure. In the afternoon, PIC
regional groups gathered to discuss membership of the ICRC, an informal
group met to discuss the budget, and an open-ended working group
convened to consider the compliance mechanism.