The Register of specific exemptions was established in conformity with Article 4 of the Stockholm Convention, for the purpose of identifying the Parties that have specific exemptions listed in Annex A or Annex B;
The Register is regularly updated after decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties so as to include specific exemptions available following adoption of amendments to annexes to the Convention, as well as to take into account expired specific exemptions. Following decisions of the Conference of the Parties, no new registrations may be made with respect to certain specific exemptions. For further information, please see the Expired Specific Exemptions.
Dates of entry into force of the amendments to Annexes to the Convention
An indicative table on the status and entry into force of the amendments to the Annexes is available in the Amendments to Annexes to the Stockholm Convention page.
Please also note the amendments to Annexes A and B adopted at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention:
Document Symbol
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Title
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Download |
SC-9/4 |
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (advance) |
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SC-9/12 |
Listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (advance) |
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Specific exemptions for chemicals listed in Annexes A and B
Various specific exemptions and acceptable purposes have been made available to Parties within the Convention text and subsequently by decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to amend the Annexes to the Convention.
The lists below do not include those specific exemptions that have expired. Further information on these is available here.