Request for information on brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) and perfluorooctance sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)

Decision:

POPRC-7/7: Evaluation of brominated diphenyl ethers pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and work programme on brominated diphenyl ethers and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride

Background:

By decision SC-5/5, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention invited parties to submit information on their experiences in implementing the Committee’s recommendations on brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) and perfluorooctance sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) set out in the annex to decision POPRC-6/2, and requested the Secretariat to compile the information received for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting.

By decision SC-5/8, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat, with advice from relevant experts, to develop a process to enable the Conference of the Parties at its sixth and every second ordinary meeting thereafter to evaluate parties’ progress in achieving the ultimate objective of eliminating BDEs and to review the continued need for the specific exemption for those chemicals in accordance with paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Convention.

The Committee considered the two decisions and requested the Secretariat to collect from parties the information on BDEs pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Convention and on their experience in implementing the Committee’s recommendations on BDEs and PFOS, its salts and PFOSF.

Request:

• Parties and observers are invited to submit the information on BDEs pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Convention and on their experience in implementing the Committee’s recommendations on BDEs and PFOS, its salts and PFOSF set out in the annex to decision POPRC-6/2.

Method of submission:

• Form: format for the evaluation of BDEs pursuant to paragraph 2 of parts IV and V of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and work programme on BDEs and on PFOS, its salts and PFOSF.

1. Decision POPRC-6/2, on work programmes on new persistent organic pollutants, and its annex containing recommendations on the elimination of BDEs from the waste stream and on risk reduction for PFOS and its salts and PFOSF.
2. Information on BDEs and PFOS and its salts and PFOSF in articles extracted from the risk management evaluation and a technical paper on BDEs and other sources.

• Please submit the information to the Secretariat by e-mail (ssc@pops.int / kohno@pops.int) or by Fax (+41-22-917-8098).

Deadline for submission:

• 31 July 2012

If you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Kei Ohno (e-mail: kohno@pops.int; telephone +41 22 917 8201).