Our country has failed to notify the Secretariat of certain valid final regulatory actions that it has taken. What are the consequences of this?
A. At this stage, there are no direct penalties in the Convention to be imposed upon countries in this situation. The issue of non-compliance is to be discussed at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties. However, the country will have lost an opportunity to alert other countries of concerns regarding a particular chemical. If the failure to notify has meant that the chemical is not included in Annex III when it may otherwise have been listed, then the country will not be able to ensure that the chemical is not exported to it by Parties to the Convention.
