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title: "Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure Explained"
description: "The Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure ensures importing countries can refuse hazardous chemical shipments, protecting public health and the environment."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Prior Informed Consent Procedure is a legally binding mechanism under the Rotterdam Convention requiring exporting countries to obtain importing countries' consent before shipping listed hazardous chemicals and pe…
- How does a chemical become subject to the PIC Procedure?
- What is the difference between the Rotterdam, Basel, and Stockholm Conventions?
- Why has chrysotile asbestos never been listed under PIC despite meeting the criteria?
- What obligations does the PIC Procedure place on exporting countries?

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1. 10 September 1998

   The Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure is the operational core of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous…

2. 24 February 2004

   The Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure is the operational core of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous…

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At the 2022 Rotterdam Convention COP in Geneva, Parties added the industrial chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and decabromodiphenyl ether to Annex III, subjecting their export to importing states' prior informed consent.

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