× 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. Guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and their related chemicals Document type Decision Reference number POPRC-11/6 Date Oct 18, 2015 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Hazardous substances Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Eleventh Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-11) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.English.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.English.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.French.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Spanish.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.Arabic.pdf Abstract The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee 1. Decides to establish an intersessional working group to prepare revised guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and their related chemicals, based on the proposal set out in the note by the Secretariat, for consideration at its twelfth meeting, and agrees to work in accordance with the workplan set out in the annex to the present decision; 2. Requests the Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, to commission the preparation of the revised guidance for consideration by the Committee at its twelfth meeting;