Call for information and follow-up to the eighteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee

At its eighteenth meeting held from 26 to 30 September 2022 in Rome, the POPs Review Committee adopted 8 decisions contained in annex I to the report of the meeting (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.18/11).

A letter dated 10 October 2022 inviting the submission of information as agreed by the POPs Review Committee at its eighteenth meeting was sent to Parties and observers.

A follow-up letter dated 19 December 2022 reminding the submisison of information on chlorpyrifos, chlorinated paraffins, long-chain PFCAs, as well as inviting comments on the indicative lists of substances covered by the listing of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds and PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds was sent to Parties and observers.

 

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Invitation for information following the decisions adopted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee at its eighteenth meeting (POPRC-18) [10 October 2022]395.19 K
Reminder for submitting information on chlorpyrifos, chlorinated paraffins and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds and comments on indicative lists of PFAS listed under the Stockholm Convention [19 December 2022]325.9 K
Updated indicative list of substances covered by the listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.17/INF/14/Rev.1)1.01 MB
Initial indicative list of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.15/INF/9)611.44 K

All information and comments should be sent to the Secretariat by e-mail to: Ms. Kei Ohno Woodall (kei.ohno@un.org).

(1) Invitation for information relating to adverse effects resulting from long-range transport of chlorpyrifos

By decision POPRC-18/3, the Committee decided to defer its decision on the draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos to the nineteenth meeting of the Committee and noted that, while the Committee had agreed that Annex D screening criteria were met, the Committee was unable to agree that chlorpyrifos was likely as a result of its long-range environmental transport to lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action was warranted.

The Committee established an intersessional working group to review and update the draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos in accordance with Annex E to the Convention and invited Parties and observers to submit to the Secretariat additional information relating to adverse effects resulting from long-range transport of chlorpyrifos before 5 December 2022.

 

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Form for submission of information relating to adverse effects resulting from long-range transport of chlorpyrifos30.56 K

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(2) Invitation for information specified in Annex F (socio-economic informatio) for “chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14–17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight” and “long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds”

By decision POPRC-18/4, the Committee, having completed the risk profile for chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14–17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention, adopted the risk profile (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.18/11/Add.3) and decided, in accordance with paragraph 7 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that the chemicals were likely, as a result of their long-range environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action was warranted.

Furthermore, by decision POPRC-18/5, the Committee, having completed the risk profile for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention, adopted the risk profile (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.18/11/Add.4) and decided, in accordance with paragraph 7 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that the chemicals were likely, as a result of their long-range environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action was warranted.

The Committee established intersessional working groups to prepare a risk management evaluation that includes an analysis of possible control measures for those chemicals in accordance with Annex F to the Convention and invited Parties and observers to submit to the Secretariat the information specified in Annex F before 5 December 2022.

 

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Form for submission of Annex F information42.4 K

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(3) Invitation for comments on the revised draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos, draft risk management evaluations for chlorinated paraffins and LC-PFCAs, their salts and related compounds, indicative lists of substances covered by the listing of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds and PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds

On the basis of information submitted by Parties and observers, the intersessional working groups of the POPs Review Committee have prepared the following documents for comments by Parties and observers:

  • Draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos
  • Draft risk management evaluation for chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14-17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight
  • Draft risk management evaluation for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related compounds
  • Draft document on long-range environmental transport
  • Indicative list of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
  • Indicative list of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds

Parties and observers are invited to review the documents and submit comments to the Committee by e-mail to: kei.ohno@un.org, by 17 April 2023.

 

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Invitation to review and submit comments on the draft risk management evaluations for chlorinated paraffins and long-chain PFCAs, their salts and related compounds; draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos; document on long-range environmental transport (POPRC-18) [14 March 2023]383.8 K
Draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos505.97 K
Additional information on the draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos1.73 MB
Draft risk management evaluation for chlorinated paraffins516.96 K
Draft risk management evaluation for long-chain PFCAs, their salts and related compounds232.23 K
Additional information on Draft risk management evaluation for long-chain PFCAs, their salts and related compounds191.98 K
Draft indicative list of long-chain PFCAs, their salts and related compounds120.26 K
Draft document on long-range environmental transport1.2 MB
Draft indicative list of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds1.01 MB
Draft indicative list of PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds611.44 K

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