Quick Views – POPRC 20

The POPs Review Committee in its 20th meeting will address the following key items:

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i) Adopt the Risk Management Evaluation.

ii) Adopt a recommendation for listing under the Convention to the 2025 Conference of the Parties (COP-12).

Medium chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs), their salts and related compounds

Risk Management Evaluations and recommendations to list MCCPs and LC-PFCAs in Annex A of the Convention at COP-12 was adopted at POPRC in 2023. At this meeting, POPRC is expected to:

i) Adopt the proposed addendums to the risk management evaluations.

ii) Based on the addendums, potentially adopt strengthened recommendations for listing with fewer exemptions.

Proposal for listing polyhalogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in Annex C to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

i) Verify that the nominated polyhalogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans meet the screening criteria in Annex D of the Convention and moving them forward to the Risk Profile stage.

Identification of POPs in stockpiles, articles in use and wastes

i) Take note of the report on the intersessional work concerning persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products, and articles in use and in wastes

ii) Consider submitting the report together with recommendations to COP-12

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