8.updates On International Commitments - ggrsREV

UPDATES ON
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS BEING HANDLED

BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU (EMB)
Geri-Geronimo
Geri-Geronimo R.
R. Sañez
Sañez
Chief,
Chief, Hazardous Waste Management Section
Hazardous Waste Management Section
EnvironmentalEnvironmental Quality Division
Quality Management Division
Environmental
Environmental Management
Management Bureau
Bureau
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Basel Convention
• Adopted by the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries on

22 March 1989 in Basel, Switzerland
• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 21 October 1993
• Entered into force on 19 January 1994
• The EMB-DENR is the National Focal Point and

Competent Authority
Geri-Geronimo R. Sañez
Environmental Quality Division
Environmental Management Bureau
Updates
• National Report for 2014 was submitted to the BRS Convention
Secretariat as of December 2015
• 12th Meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee

(ICC-12) and 10th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group
(OEWG-10) of the Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their
Disposal [30 May-02 June 2016, UNEP Headquarters (Gigiri),
Nairobi, Kenya]
• 12th Meeting of the COPs to the Basel Convention (BC COP-12), 7th
Meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam (RC
COP-7) and Stockholm Convention (SC COP-7) [4-15 May 2015,
Geneva, Switzerland]
International Conference on Chemicals Management -
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
(ICCM-SAICM)
• Adopted by the International Conference on Chemicals

Management (ICCM) on 6 February 2006 in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
• Quick Start Programme (QSP) of SAICM
• Code of Practice for Asbestos
Updates
• Chemical Control Order for Lead and Lead Compounds
(DAO 2013-24)
– Setting a 90ppm threshold limit for lead paint
• Issued DAO 2015-09: Adoption of GHS

– One year reactivation of training and orientation seminars for
regulators and industry representatives on GHS for chemical
industry
• Draft Amendment of Chemical Control Order (CCO) for

Mercury and Mercury Compounds
– Phase-down of mercury level in dental amalgams
– Artisanal Small-Scale Gold MiningChief,
(ASGM) Geri-Geronimo R. Sañez
Hazardous Waste Management Section
Minamata Convention
• Signed by the Philippines on 10 October 2013 in

Kumamoto, Japan
• Environmental Management Bureau thru United Nations

Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Swiss
Confederation has prepared the Ratification Dossier for
the Philippines
• Awaiting for certificates of concurrence from DOE and

OHSC-DOLE
Updates
• 7th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating

Committee on Mercury (INC7) and UNEP Global
Mercury Partnership and 7th Partnership Advisory Group
(PAG7) [08-15 March 2016, King Hussein Bin Talal
Convention Centre, Dead Sea, Jordan]
• Preparatory Regional Meeting for COP1, 5-7 July 2017,

Bangkok, Thailand
• First Conference of the Parties (COP1), 24-29

September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
Rotterdam Convention
• Adopted by the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries on 11

September 1998 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (UNEP &
FAO)
• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 31 July 2006
• Entered into force on 29 October 2006
• Designated National Authorities (DNAs):

o Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) for Pesticides
o Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) for Industrial
Chemicals
Updates
• The Philippines has regularly consented notifications especially from
PIC-ECHA
• Rotterdam Convention Sub regional Designated National Authorities

(DNAs) Consultative Meeting: Final Regulatory Action (FRA)
Evaluation Toolkit [26-28 October 2016; Bangkok, Thailand]
• 12th Meeting of the COP to the Basel Convention (BC COP-12), 7th
Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam (RC
COP7) and Stockholm Convention (SC COP7) [4-15 May 2015;
Switzerland]
• Rotterdam Convention Sub regional DNA Consultative Meeting on

the Final Regulatory Action (FRA) Evaluation Tool Kit and other
Approaches [26-28 October 2016; Bangkok, Thailand)
Stockholm Convention
• Adopted on 23 May 2001 during the Diplomatic

Conference of the Plenipotentiaries in Stockholm,
Sweden
• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 27 February 2004
• Entered into force on 27 May 2004
• EMB-DENR is the Focal Point and Competent Authority
Updates
• The Philippines’ updated National Implementation Plan
(NIP) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) [2014]
has been submitted to the Secretariat of the Stockholm
Convention includes the “Nasty Nine + One”
• Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best

Environmental Practices (BEP) on Fossil Fuel and Fired
Boilers was already concluded in September 2015
• The Philippines through EMB has been participating in

the POPSEA Project led by Ministry of Environment,
Japan Environmental Sanitation Center since 2003
Updates
• 12th Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review
Committee (POPRC-12) [19-23 September 2016; Rome, Italy]
• 12th Meeting of the COP to the Basel Convention (BC COP-

12), 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the
Rotterdam (RC COP7) and Stockholm Convention (SC
COP7) [4-15 May 2015; Switzerland]
• Global-Workshop on Updating National Implementation Plans

(NIPs) to meet obligations under the Convention and to
transmit revised and updated NIPs to COP [17-19 February
2015; Bratislava, The Slovak Republic]
2017 BRS COPs with High-Level Segment
• “Asia-Pacific Preparatory Meetings of the Conferences of

the Parties to the Basel (14), Rotterdam (8) and
Stockholm (8) Conventions” and “Working Session to
Address Regional Specific Issues Related to the
Ratification and Early Implementation of the Minamata
Convention”, 06-10 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
• Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel

(14), Rotterdam (8) and Stockholm (8) BRS Conventions
with High-Level Segment, 22 April-06 May 2017,
Geneva, Switzerland
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)
• Adopted in New York on 09 May 1992
• Entered into force on 21 March 1994
• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 02 August 1994
• Entered into force (PHL) 31 October 1994
• The DENR is currently working on updating the Greenhouse Gas

(GHG) inventories for waste, industry, and forest sectors
• Climate Change adaptation and mitigation targets beyond 2020

for the Philippines will fall under the newly signed Paris
Agreement as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)
Kyoto Protocol
• Adopted on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan
• Signed by the Philippines in April 1998
• Ratified by the Philippine Senate in November 2003
• First Commitment Period – 2008 to 2012
• Second Commitment Period – 2013 to 2020
• Total Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) by 10 Projects – 2,180,194
• Binding targets for Kyoto Protocol are applicable only to Annex I

(developed countries), and will end in 2020
Vienna Convention for the Protection
of the Ozone Layer
• Serves as framework for efforts to protect the globe’s

ozone layer
Montreal Protocol
• Adopted in Montreal, Canada on 16 September 1987
• Gradual phasing-out of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in the

country
• Completed the ban on five of the six (6) groups of Ozone

Depleting Substance (ODS) namely CFCs, Halons, Carbon
tetrachloride (CTC), Methyl chloroform and Methyl bromide
• Kigali Amendment [Rwanda] - approved on October 2016 for

Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Phase-down – for Ratification
Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in
East Asia (EANET)
• Launched on 1998
• With 13 participating countries (including the Philippines)
• Activities under EANET are voluntary in nature
• EMB currently undertakes holding the following
monitoring activities
 Wet and Dry Deposition (WD) in Sto. Tomas, Benguet; Los
Banos, Laguna; and Metro-Manila
 Inland Aquatic Environment (IAE) in San Pablo, Laguna and
Ambuklao Lake, Benguet
 Soil and Vegetation (S&V) in Makiling Forest Reserve and UP
Quezon-Laguna Grant in Laguna, including Remote S&V
monitoring in Itogon, Benguet every 3 years
APEC Chemical Dialogue
• Attendance to APEC-CD since 2012 to present
• Updating the Chemical Management regulations through the years
• Elimination of Lead in paints through the architectural, decorative and
household in 2016 and industrial use in 2019
• The reformulations of National Regulations for the implementation of the
Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for industrial chemicals
• Moving forward…
 Continuing GHS capacity building and trainings (local and international)
(i.e. GHS Intermediate Training of EMB Regulators from Region 1 to 17
on 21-24 March 2017)
 Linkages and initiating related GHS activities for improvement of
implementation in collaboration with DTI-BOI, SPIK, International
organizations, among others
 GHS policy-related issuances and amendments (i.e. High Volume
Chemicals)
 Building Block discussion and agreement led by DTI-BOI dated
December 2016
ASEAN Working Group on Climate Change
(AWGCC)
ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral

Environmental Agreements (AWGMEA)

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UPDATES ON

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS BEING HANDLED

• Adopted by the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries on

• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 21 October 1993

• Entered into force on 19 January 1994

• The EMB-DENR is the National Focal Point and

• 12th Meeting of the Implementation and Compliance Committee

• Adopted by the International Conference on Chemicals

• Quick Start Programme (QSP) of SAICM

• Code of Practice for Asbestos

• Issued DAO 2015-09: Adoption of GHS

• Draft Amendment of Chemical Control Order (CCO) for

• Signed by the Philippines on 10 October 2013 in

• Environmental Management Bureau thru United Nations

• Awaiting for certificates of concurrence from DOE and

• 7th Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating

• Preparatory Regional Meeting for COP1, 5-7 July 2017,

• First Conference of the Parties (COP1), 24-29

• Adopted by the Conference of the Plenipotentiaries on 11

• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 31 July 2006

• Entered into force on 29 October 2006

• Designated National Authorities (DNAs):

• Rotterdam Convention Sub regional Designated National Authorities

• Rotterdam Convention Sub regional DNA Consultative Meeting on

• Adopted on 23 May 2001 during the Diplomatic

• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 27 February 2004

• Entered into force on 27 May 2004

• EMB-DENR is the Focal Point and Competent Authority

• Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best

• The Philippines through EMB has been participating in

• 12th Meeting of the COP to the Basel Convention (BC COP-

• Global-Workshop on Updating National Implementation Plans

• “Asia-Pacific Preparatory Meetings of the Conferences of

• Meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel

• Adopted in New York on 09 May 1992

• Entered into force on 21 March 1994

• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 02 August 1994

• Entered into force (PHL) 31 October 1994

• The DENR is currently working on updating the Greenhouse Gas

• Climate Change adaptation and mitigation targets beyond 2020

• Signed by the Philippines in April 1998

• Ratified by the Philippine Senate in November 2003

• First Commitment Period – 2008 to 2012

• Second Commitment Period – 2013 to 2020

• Total Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) by 10 Projects – 2,180,194

• Binding targets for Kyoto Protocol are applicable only to Annex I

• Serves as framework for efforts to protect the globe’s

• Ratified by the Philippine Senate on 17 July 1991

• Gradual phasing-out of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in the

• Completed the ban on five of the six (6) groups of Ozone

• Kigali Amendment [Rwanda] - approved on October 2016 for

ASEAN Working Group on Multilateral

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