Outline for a risk management evaluation outline 

Executive summary 

1. Introduction 

1.1 Chemical identity of the proposed substance 

• Mention which Party made the proposal and when it was made 

• Spell out the specific chemical identity and particular considerations related to that identity 

1.2 Conclusions of the Review Committee, Annex E information 

• “the Committee has conducted and evaluated a risk profile in accordance with Annex E (add 

reference to the meeting and the decision) and has concluded that [...]” 

1.3 Data sources 

• Short overview of data submitted by Parties and observers regarding the information specified in 

Annex F of the Stockholm Convention (N.B. a more elaborated summary of the submissions may 

be provided as a separate POPRC/INF document) 

• Information on availability of national and international management reports 

1.4 Status of the chemical under international conventions 

1.5 Any national or regional control actions taken 

2. Summary information relevant to the risk management evaluation1

2.1 Identification of possible control measures 

• Short list of possible control measures (such as production prohibition, production restrictions, all 

use prohibition, restriction of a specific use, phase-out of stocks and articles in use, release control 

measures, waste disposal and clean-up of contaminated sites) 

2.2 Efficacy and efficiency of possible control measures in meeting risk reduction goals 

• Technical feasibility 

• Identification of critical uses 

• Costs and benefits of implementing possible control measures, including environmental and health 

costs and benefits 

2.3 Information on alternatives (products and processes) where relevant 

• Description of alternatives 

• Technical feasibility 

• Costs, including environmental and health costs 

• Efficacy, including benefits and limitations of alternatives versus nominated substance and 

identification of any critical uses for which there is at present no alternative 

• Risk, including information on whether the proposed alternative has been tested/evaluated and any 

information on potential risks associated with untested alternatives over the life cycle of the 

alternative 

• Availability

• Accessibility

2.4 Summary of information on impacts on society of implementing possible control measures 

• Health, including public, environmental and occupational health 

• Agriculture, including aquaculture and forestry 

• Biota (biodiversity) 

• Economic aspects, including costs and benefits for producers and consumers and the distribution 

of costs and benefits 

• Movement towards sustainable development 

• Social costs (employment, etc.) 

• Other impacts 

2.5 Other considerations 

• Access to information and public education 

• Status of control and monitoring capacity 

3. Synthesis of information 

• Synthesis of information relevant to the risk management evaluation, in the form of a risk 

management strategy2, with emphasis on an analysis of possible control measures for the chemical 

that leads to the concluding statement 

 

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Such information should reflect due regard for the differing capabilities and conditions among the Parties.
• The analysis of possible control measures should evaluate the full range of potential control 

measures and conclude, where possible, whether the recommended strategy/strategies are costeffective, market-neutral and provide benefits to human health and the environment 

4. Concluding statement 

• Conclusion from the risk profile (for example: “Having decided that [name of chemical] is likely, 

as a result of long-range environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse effects on human 

health and/or the environment, such that global action is warranted); 

• Having prepared a risk management evaluation and considered the management options; 

• The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee recommends that the chemical be considered 

by the Conference of the Parties for listing in Annex [A], [B], [and/or C].” 

• Statement linking the objective of sustainable development as set forth in the plan of 

implementation of the World Summit for Sustainable Development3to the process and work of the 

Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee 

References

*Target size: not longer than 20 pages.

 

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This synthesis will include the integration of information on hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control measures evaluation, 

including a decision-making proposal on control measures, and recommendations for strategy implementation, supervision and 

review.

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Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August−4 September 2002 

(A/CONF.199/20* and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex, subparagraph 139 (b): “Integration of the economic, social and 

environmental dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced manner”