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Brazil approved the text of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants through Legislative Decree No. 204 , of May 7, 2004, and promulgated the text of the Convention in 2005, via Decree No. 5,472 , of June 20, 2005. A National Implementation Plan NIP (Plano Nacional de Implementação) exists.
The Minamata Convention on Mercury was promulgated by the publication of Decree nº 9.470, of August 14, 2018.
The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC) Applied to Certain Pesticides and Hazardous Chemicals Subject to International Trade: Brazil signed the Convention in 1998 and approved its text through Legislative Decree No. 197, of May 7, 2004. The promulgation of the Rotterdam Convention in Brazil took place through Decree No. 5,360, of January 31, 2005 .
The National Plan for the Prevention, Preparation and Rapid Response to Environmental Emergencies with Hazardous Chemicals (P2R2) was created by the Decree of the President of the Republic No. 5,098 of 2004 with the objective of preventing the occurrence of accidents with dangerous chemicals and improving the system of preparation and response to chemical emergencies in the country.
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