Fifth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC)

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Items: 14		Files: 28
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/1	Provisional agenda
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/1/Add.1	Annotated agenda
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/2	Revised draft risk profile: short-chained chlorinated paraffins
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/2/Rev.1	Revised draft risk profile: short-chained chlorinated paraffins
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/3	Draft risk profile: endosulfan
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/4	Summary of a proposal to list hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Convention
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/5	Summary of activities undertaken for effective participation in the work of the Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/6	Summary of intersessional work on substitution and alternatives
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/7	Proposal for further work on toxicological interactions to be undertaken by the Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/8	Draft workplans for the intersessional period between the fifth and sixth meetings of the Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/9	Work programmes on new persistent organic pollutants as adopted by the Conference of the Parties
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/10	Report of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the work of its fifth meeting
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/10/Add.1	General guidance on considerations related to alternatives and substitutes for listed persistent organic pollutants and candidate chemicals (POPs)
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/10/Add.2	Risk profile on endosulfan

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UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/1	Scenario note for the fifth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/2	Tentative schedule for the meeting
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/3	Outcome of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties relevant to the work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/4	Designated members of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/5	List of experts nominated by Parties for the roster of experts and other experts invited by the Committee to participate in the Committee’s work
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/6	Outcomes of the workshops for effective participation of Parties in the work of the Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/7	Pocket guide for effective participation in the work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/8	Additional explanatory notes for Annex E and Annex F information submission forms
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/9	Supporting document for the draft risk profile on endosulfan
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/10	Annotated outline for a guidance document on perfluorooctane sulfonate alternatives
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/11	Comments and responses relating to the draft risk profile on endosulfan
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/12	Comments and responses relating to the pocket guide for effective participation in the work of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/13	Comments on the general guidance on considerations related to alternatives and substitutes for persistent organic pollutants
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/14	Comments and responses relating to the annotated outline for a guidance document on perfluorooctane sulfonate alternatives
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/15	Verification of whether a proposal to list hexabromocyclododecane in Annexes A, B or C to the Convention contains the information specified in Annex D to the Convention
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/16	Proposal to list hexabromocyclododecane in Annex A to the Convention
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/17	Additional information submitted on hexabromocyclododecane
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/18	Supporting document for the risk profile on short chained chlorinated paraffins
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/19	Draft questionnaires and terms of reference for the work programmes on new persistent organic pollutants
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/20	Risk assessment of combined exposures to multiple chemicals
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/21	Comparison between the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee and the Task Force on Persistent Organic Pollutants
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/22/Rev.1	List of documents by agenda item
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/23	Additional information on short-chained chlorinated paraffins: bioconcentration study of a chlorinated paraffin (C=13)
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/24	List of Participants

Additional information on HBCD

Submission by Norway

Letter dated 4 September 2009
Member State Committee Support Document for Identification of Hexabromocyclododecane and All Major Diastereoisomers Identified as a Substance of Very High Concern
Background document for hexabromocyclododecane and all major diastereoisomers identified (HBCDD)
Data on manufacture, import, export, uses and releases of HBCDD as well as Information on potential alternatives to its use
EMEP contribution to the preparatory work for the review of the CLRTAP protocol on persistent organic pollutants. New substances: Model assessment of potential for long-range transboundary atmospheric transport and persistence of Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)
Temporal trends of brominated flame retardants in coastal waters of Japan and South China: Retrospective monitoring study using archived samples from es-Bank, Ehime University, Japan. Shinsuke Tanabe, Marine Pollution Bulletin 57 (2008) 267-274	^{Available at www.sciencedirect.com}

Submission by the European Hexabromocyclododecane Industry Working Group

Letter dated 10 July 2009
An evaluation of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) for Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP) properties and the potential for adverse effects in the environment
Industry comments to TermaNord 2008:520 Hexabromocyclododecane as a possible global POP