× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Exemptions Document type Decision Reference number SC-11/1 Date May 1, 2023 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-16, RC COP-11, SC COP-11) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.English.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.English.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.French.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Spanish.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-COP.11-SC-11-1.Arabic.pdf Abstract The Conference of the Parties Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-11/17, on effectiveness evaluation, as they relate to specific exemptions, 1. Notes, pursuant to paragraph 9 of Article 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, that as there are no longer any Parties registered for specific exemptions for the production and use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins from 18 December 2023, no new registrations may be made with respect thereto as of that date;