× 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-10/5 Date Oct 26, 2014 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Hazardous substances Treaty Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001) Meeting Tenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-10) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.English.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.English.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.French.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.French.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Russian.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Russian.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Spanish.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Spanish.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Chinese.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Chinese.pdf UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Arabic.docx UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.Arabic.pdf Abstract The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, 1. Concludes that the guidance on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and their related chemicals should be revised to incorporate pertinent information contained in the report on the assessment of alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride, in addition to the information contained in the technical paper on the identification and assessment of alternatives to the use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride and their related chemicals in open applications and, as so revised, should be submitted to the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its eighth meeting, in 2017;