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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-10/5
Date
Oct 26, 2014
Source
UNEP, 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
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UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.English.docx
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UNEP-POPS-POPRC.10-POPRC-10-5.French.docx
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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;