The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having concluded in decision POPRC-17/5 that the screening criteria set out in Annex D to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants have been fulfilled for chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14–17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight,

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having decided in decision POPRC-17/6 that the screening criteria set out in Annex D to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants have been fulfilled for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds,

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having completed an evaluation of the proposal by the European Union to list chlorpyrifos in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Stockholm Convention and having decided at its seventeenth meeting, in decision POPRC-17/4, that the proposal meets the criteria set out in Annex D to the Convention,

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

1. Invites Parties and observers to provide to the Secretariat, by 15 March 2024, information on experiences with and challenges encountered in developing and implementing appropriate strategies for identifying persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes and other relevant information, using the revised version of the form set out in annex I to the note by the Secretariat on information relating to the work on persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes, to be available by 24 November 2023;

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Acknowledging the document on long-range environmental transport, which is intended as a living document and accordingly may be periodically updated as necessary to continue to reflect the work, considerations and practices of the Committee,

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The nineteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee was held at the headquarters of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, from 9 to 13 October 2023.

At its nineteenth meeting, by its decision POPRC-19/1, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a 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 on the basis of the draft contained in the note by the Secretariat (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/2), as revised during the meeting. The text of the risk management evaluation as adopted is set out in the annex to the present addendum. It has not been formally edited.

At its nineteenth meeting, by its decision POPRC-19/2, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a risk management evaluation for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds on the basis of the draft contained in the note by the Secretariat (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/3), as revised during the meeting. The text of the risk management evaluation as adopted is set out in the annex to the present addendum. It has not been formally edited.

At its nineteenth meeting, by decision POPRC-19/3, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a risk profile for chlorpyrifos on the basis of the draft contained in the note by the Secretariat (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/4), as revised during the meeting. The text of the risk profile as adopted is set out in the annex to the present addendum. It has not been formally edited.

Annotated provisional agenda

Item 1

Opening of the meeting

1. The nineteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee will be held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome from 9 to 13 October 2023. The meeting will be opened by the Chair of the Committee, Mr. Peter Dawson (New Zealand), at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, 9 October 2023. In accordance with the terms of reference of the Committee, prior to the meeting and using a correspondence procedure, the Committee members will meet in closed session to review issues pertaining to conflicts of interest.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its eighteenth meeting, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted decision POPRC-18/4 on chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14–17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight. In paragraph 3 of the decision, the Committee decided to establish an intersessional working group to prepare a risk management evaluation that included an analysis of possible control measures for those chemicals in accordance with Annex F to the Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its eighteenth meeting, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted decision POPRC-18/5 on long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds. In paragraph 3 of that decision, the Committee decided to establish an intersessional working group to prepare a risk management evaluation that included an analysis of possible control measures for those chemicals in accordance with Annex F to the Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its eighteenth meeting, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted decision POPRC 18/3 on chlorpyrifos, in which the Committee decided to defer its decision on the draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.18/INF/25) to its nineteenth meeting and noted that, while it agreed that the screening criteria set out in Annex D to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants had been met, it had been 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. In the same decision, the Committee decided, in accordance with Annex E to the Convention, to establish an intersessional working group to review and update the draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its eleventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions SC-11/9, SC-11/10 and SC-11/11, in which it decided to amend Annex A to the Convention to list methoxychlor, Dechlorane Plus and UV-328, respectively.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its eighteenth meeting, in decision POPRC-18/8, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee decided to establish an intersessional working group on long-range environmental transport to further develop the draft document for use by the Committee in its consideration of long range environmental transport and agreed to work in accordance with the workplan set out in annex II to document UNEP/POPS/POPRC.18/INF/21.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. At its ninth and tenth meetings, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted decisions SC-9/12 and SC-10/13, by which it decided to amend Annex A to the Convention to list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, respectively. At the same meetings, the Conference of the Parties adopted decisions SC 9/13 and SC 10/14, in which it requested the Secretariat to compile, in consultation with the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, the information submitted by Parties and others to establish indicative lists of substances covered by the listing of PFOA, its salts and PFOA-related compounds and by the listing of PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, make it available on the Convention website, and update it periodically.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In accordance with paragraph 28 of its terms of reference, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee prepares, for each of its meetings, risk profiles and risk management evaluations as required by Article 8 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. To undertake this task, the Committee establishes an intersessional working group for each chemical and agrees on a workplan for completing the draft risk profiles and risk management evaluations.

I. Opening of the meeting

1. The nineteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee was held at the headquarters of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, from 9 to 13 October 2023.

At its nineteenth meeting, by its decision POPRC-19/1, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a 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 on the basis of the draft contained in the note by the Secretariat (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/2), as revised during the meeting. The text of the risk management evaluation as adopted is set out in the annex to the present addendum. It has not been formally edited.

At its nineteenth meeting, by its decision POPRC-19/2, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a risk management evaluation for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds on the basis of the draft contained in the note by the Secretariat (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/3), as revised during the meeting. The text of the risk management evaluation as adopted is set out in the annex to the present addendum. It has not been formally edited.

At its nineteenth meeting, by decision POPRC-19/3, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee adopted a risk profile for chlorpyrifos on the basis of the draft contained in the note by the Secretariat (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.19/4), as revised during the meeting. The text of the risk profile as adopted is set out in the annex to the present addendum. It has not been formally edited.