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Chemicals occurring as unintentional trace contaminants in products and articles

Document type
Decision
Reference number
POPRC-6/11
Date
Oct 11, 2010
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances
Treaty
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001)
Meeting
Sixth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-6)
Website
www.informea.org
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UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Chinese.doc
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.French.doc
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Russian.doc
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Arabic.doc
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.English.doc
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UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Spanish.doc
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.English.pdf
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Russian.pdf
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Chinese.pdf
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.French.pdf
UNEP-POPS-POPRC.6-POPRC-6-11.Arabic.pdf
Abstract

Noting that, pursuant to note (i) of part I of Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, quantities of a chemical occurring as unintentional trace contaminants in products and articles shall not be considered for listing in Annexes A and B to the Convention,

Recognizing that the compilation of information related to national regulations on unintentional trace contaminants in products and articles could be further updated and complemented with additional information,