Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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Series Title | COM |
Series Details | (2013) 134 final (12.3.13) |
Publication Date | 12/03/2013 |
Content Type | Policy-making |
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was adopted in May 2001 in the framework of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The European Union and its Member States are parties to the Convention and the provisions of the Convention have been implemented in EU law by Regulation (EC) 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (the POPs Regulation). The overall objective of the Stockholm Convention is to protect human health and the environment from POPs. Specific reference is made to the precautionary approach as set out in Principle 15 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. The principle is made operational in Article 8 of the Convention, which lays down the rules for including additional chemicals in the Annexes to the Convention. At the sixth Conference of the Parties in May 2013, a decision should be taken to add to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention, which lists substances to be eliminated, a new substance, Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD), nominated in 2008 by Norway. At the same meeting, a decision should be taken to delete a number of specific exemptions and acceptable purposes for the production, placing on the market and use of Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0134:FIN:EN:PDF |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe |