× 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. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds Document type Recommendation Reference number CRC-15/4 Date Oct 8, 2019 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Waste & hazardous substances Treaty Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Sep 29, 1998) Meeting Fifteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention (CRC.15) Website www.informea.org Full text UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Spanish.pdf UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.French.docx UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Spanish.docx UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.English.pdf UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Russian.docx UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Arabic.docx UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Chinese.docx UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.French.pdf UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.English.docx UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Russian.pdf UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Chinese.pdf UNEP-FAO-RC-CRC.15-CRC-15-4.Arabic.pdf Abstract The Chemical Review Committee, Recalling paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 7 of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, Recalling also its decision CRC-14/5, adopted at its fourteenth meeting, in which it recommended, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 5 of the Convention, that the Conference of the Parties should list perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds in Annex III to the Convention as industrial chemicals,