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Endosulfan risk profile
Chair: Mr. Ricardo Barra, Drafter: Mr. Sylvain Bintein
Activities
Submission of Annex E information
: 9 January 2009
First draft: 3 March 2009
Second draft: 7 April 2009
Send to Parties for comments: 10 April 2009
Deadline for Parties to submit comments: 26 May 2009
Third draft: 9 June
Final draft: 7 July 2009
Alternatives and substitution
Chair: Mr. Thomas Yormah
Activities
Revision of the PentaBDE draft (
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.4/INF/13
)
Presentation
on the guidance document given at POPRC4
Comments
received from intersessional working group members
Australia (
E-mail: 13 Feb 2009
), (
Comments: 13 Feb 2009
)
Japan (
15 Jan 2009
)
Morocco (
21 Jan 2009
)
Norway (
16 Feb 2009
)
IPEN (
15 Jan 2009
), (
5 Feb 2009
)
BSEF (
15 Jan 2009
), (
13 Feb 2009
)
Revised
"Guidance on flame retardant alternatives to pentabromodiphenyl ether"
(Rev: 27 Feb 2009)
General guidance on substitution and alternatives
Draft general guidance on considerations related to alternatives and substitutes for POPs
– Parties and observers are invited to provide their comments by 26 June 2009 to
ssc@pops.int
.
More information
Guidance on alternatives to PFOS
Draft annotated outline for a guidance document on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS)
– Parties and observers are invited to provide their comments by 26 June 2009 to
ssc@pops.int
.
More information
Toxic interactions
Co-chair: Mr. Ivan Holoubek, Mr. Henk Bouwman
Activities
Preparation of proposal for activities - ongoing
Support for effective participation
Chair: Mr. Mario Yarto
Activities
Revision of the Handbook
Comments
received
Norway (
21 Jan 2009
)
Slovakia (
28 Nov 2008
)
Sweden (
21 Oct 2008
)
United States (
11 Dec 2008
), (
E-mai: 21 Jan 2009
) (
Comments-1: 21 Jan 2009
), (
Comments-2: 21 Jan 2009
)
CropLife International (
14 Oct 2008
)
IPEN (
2 Sept 2008
), (
Jan 2009
)
WCC (
31 July 2008
)
Compilation of further comments received prior to POPRC-4 (
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.4/INF/21
)
Revised Handbook
(Rev:18 Feb 2009)
Additional guidance on Annex E and F - under development
Development of a “pocket guide” to the “handbook on effective participation in the work of the POPRC”
– Parties and observers are invited to provide their comments by 29 July 2009 to ssc@pops.int.
More information
Regional workshops
Middle East region: 9-12 March 2009, Amman, Jordan
Central and Eastern Europe region: 25-27 March 2009, Brno, Czech Republic
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