Legal provisions of COM(2013)134 - EU position on the proposal for an amendment of Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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dossier COM(2013)134 - EU position on the proposal for an amendment of Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ...
document COM(2013)134 EN
date March 12, 2013

Contents

Article 1 - 1          The position to be taken by the European Union at the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention shall be to support

- the listing of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) in Annex A to the Convention with a time limited exemption for production and use of HBCDD in building-related applications;

- the deletion of the following exemptions and acceptable purposes from the entry on Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives in Annex B to the Convention: fire-fighting foams; insecticides for the control of red imported fire ants and termites; decorative metal plating; carpets; leather and apparel; textiles and upholstery,

in line with the recommendations of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee.

Minor changes vis-à-vis the recommendations of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union at the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention without further decision of the Council.

2          The Parties to the Convention should be allowed to postpone the transposition of the listing of HBCDD in Annex A to the Convention until February 2016.

3          In case the inclusion in Annex A of a clause temporarily allowing the recycling of wastes containing HBCDD under specific, well-defined conditions is proposed, the European Union may support such an amendment.

Article 2

After its adoption, the Decision of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.