United Nations amendments

International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, United Nations Pood and Agriculture Organization, New York, 1985 amended to include provisions for "Prior Informed Consent," 1990. 

United Nations Environmental Programme (2009) Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as amended in 2009... 

The functions of INCB are laid down in the following treaties the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. Broadly speaking, INCB deals with the following ... 

A major amendment was made to the Japanese Chemical Substances Control Law in April 2004 on the recommendations made by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Environmental Conservation Review - Further Expansion of the Regulation Scope for Conservation of Ecosystem in line with the Agenda 21 - Human Action Program for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). In order to conform to international harmonisation, the amended Chemical Substances Control Law has introduced a new examination and regulation system to prevent not only hazards to human health but also damages to animals and plants. 

Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Manual of Tests and Criteria means the latest revised edition of the United Nations publication bearing this title, and any published amendment thereto ... 

UNECE (2007). Amendments to the Globally Harmonized System of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS). United Nations, Geneva. Document ST/SG/AC.10/34/Add.3, http //www.unece.org/ trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs rev01/01amend e.html. 

Copper Chlorophyll. Current efforts to improve the green color of processed foods include the use of copper complexes of chlorophyll derivatives. Copper complexes of pheophytin and pheophorbide are available commercially under the names copper chlorophyll and copper chlorophyllin, respectively. Their use in canned foods, soups, candy, and dairy products is permitted in most European countries under regulatory control of the European Economic Community (47). The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (48) has certified their safe use in foods provided that no more than 200 ppm of free ionizable copper is present. Use of copper-containing chlorophyll derivatives in foods is not allowed in the United States under the Color Additive Amendment to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. 

The United Nations (UN) has developed criteria for the testing of chemical container and packaging systems. This criteria is performance-based and is covered in their publication entitled Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. The U.S. Department of Transportation adopted United Nations recommendations in 1990 and amended them in 1996. 

Finally, the Super Docket amendments authorized the use of United Nation s shipping descriptions and identification numbers for certain hazardous... 

CAC/MSIC 5-1993 (amended 2003), Glossary of Terms and Definitions (Veterinary Drugs in Foods), Codex Alimentarius Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2003 (available at http //www.codex alimentarius.net/web/more info.j sp id sta=348 accessed 10/23/10). 

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), as amended by the 1972 Protocol. United Nations. 

Staff members whose appointments are terminated shall be paid an indemnity in accordance with the schedule of payments as outlined in Annex III of the United Nations Staff Regulations. The Secretariat shall publish the schedule of payments applied at the United Nations, and any amendments, in information circulars. 

The latest amendment to United Nations Regulation No. 46 is based on the ISO 16505 2015 and is the first regulation permitting the use of CMS as an alternative to mirrors for passenger cars as well as for commercial vehicles. The proposal to amend UN R.46 was adopted in November 2015 by the World Fomm for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) and is expected to enter into force around August 2016 [3]. 

United Nations Economic and Social Council, ECE/TRANSAVP.29/2015/84, Proposal for Supplement 2 to the 04 series of amendments to Regulation No. 46 (Devices for indirect vision), 27 August 2015. http //www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2015/wp29/ECE-TR/tNS-WP29-2015-084e.pdf (2015). Accessed 29 Oct 2015... 

United Nations ECE/TRANS/WP.29/343/Rev.23, 2 September 2015, Status of the 1958 Agreement, of the annexed UN Regulations and of amendments thereto. Revision 23 http // www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs/updates/08-ECE-TRANS-WP. 29-343-Rev.23.pdf (2015). Accessed 14 Oct 2015... 

Tue NM, Takahashi S, Suzuki G et al (2013) Contamination of indoor dust and air by polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants and relevance of non-dietary exposure in Vietnamese informal e-waste recycling sites. Environ Int 51 160-167 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2013) Recommendation by the persistent organic pollutants review committee to list hexabromocyclododecane in annex A to the Stockholm convention and draft text of the proposed amendment. Conference of the parties to the Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants sixth meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (28 April-10 May 2013)... 

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