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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
Source
UNEP, 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
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UNEP-POPS-POPRC.11-POPRC-11-6.English.docx
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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;