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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
The Parties to this Convention,
Recognizing that persistent organic pollutants possess toxic properties, resist degradation,
bioaccumulate and are transported, through air, water and migratory species, across international
boundaries and deposited far from their place of release, where they accumulate in terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems,
Aware of the health concerns, especially in developing countries, resulting from local exposure to
persistent organic pollutants, in particular impacts upon women and, through them, upon future
generations,
Acknowledging that the Arctic ecosystems and indigenous communities are particularly at risk
because of the biomagnification of persistent organic pollutants and that contamination of their
traditional foods is a public health issue,
Conscious of the need for global action on persistent organic pollutants,
Mindful of decision 19/13 C of 7 February 1997 of the Governing Council of the United Nations
Environment Programme to initiate international action to protect human health and the environment
through measures which will reduce and/or eliminate emissions and discharges of persistent organic
pollutants,
Recalling the pertinent provisions of the relevant international environmental conventions, especially
the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, and the Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal including the regional
agreements developed within the framework of its Article 11,
Recalling also the pertinent provisions of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and
Agenda 21,
Acknowledging that precaution underlies the concerns of all the Parties and is embedded within this
Convention,
Recognizing that this Convention and other international agreements in the field of trade and the
environment are mutually supportive,

Reaffirming that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles
of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own
environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their
jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the
limits of national jurisdiction,
Taking into account the circumstances and particular requirements of developing countries, in
particular the least developed among them, and countries with economies in transition, especially the
need to strengthen their national capabilities for the management of chemicals, including through the
transfer of technology, the provision of financial and technical assistance and the promotion of
cooperation among the Parties,
Taking full account of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States, adopted in Barbados on 6 May 1994,
Noting the respective capabilities of developed and developing countries, as well as the common but
differentiated responsibilities of States as set forth in Principle 7 of the Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development,
Recognizing the important contribution that the private sector and non-governmental organizations
can make to achieving the reduction and/or elimination of emissions and discharges of persistent
organic pollutants,
Underlining the importance of manufacturers of persistent organic pollutants taking responsibility for
reducing adverse effects caused by their products and for providing information to users,
Governments and the public on the hazardous properties of those chemicals,
Conscious of the need to take measures to prevent adverse effects caused by persistent organic
pollutants at all stages of their life cycle,
Reaffirming Principle 16 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development which states that
national authorities should endeavour to promote the internalization of environmental costs and the
use of economic instruments, taking into account the approach that the polluter should, in principle,
bear the cost of pollution, with due regard to the public interest and without distorting international
trade and investment,
Encouraging Parties not having regulatory and assessment schemes for pesticides and industrial
chemicals to develop such schemes,
Recognizing the importance of developing and using environmentally sound alternative processes
and chemicals,
Determined to protect human health and the environment from the harmful impacts of persistent

organic pollutants,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1. Objective
Mindful of the precautionary approach as set forth in Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development, the objective of this Convention is to protect human health and the
environment from persistent organic pollutants.
Article 2. Definitions
For the purposes of this Convention:
a) “Party” means a State or regional economic integration organization that has consented to be
bound by this Convention and for which the Convention is in force;
b) “Regional economic integration organization” means an organization constituted by sovereign
States of a given region to which its member States have transferred competence in respect of
matters governed by this Convention and which has been duly authorized, in accordance with
its internal procedures, to sign, ratify, accept, approve or accede to this Convention;
c) “Parties present and voting” means Parties present and casting an affirmative or negative vote.

Article 3. Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use
1. Each Party shall:
a) Prohibit and/or take the legal and administrative measures necessary to eliminate:
(i) Its production and use of the chemicals listed in Annex A subject to the provisions of that
Annex; and
(ii) Its import and export of the chemicals listed in Annex A in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph 2; and
b) Restrict its production and use of the chemicals listed in Annex B in accordance with the
provisions of that Annex.

2. Each Party shall take measures to ensure:
a) That a chemical listed in Annex A or Annex B is imported only:
(i) For the purpose of environmentally sound disposal as set forth in paragraph 1 (d) of Article
6; or
(ii) For a use or purpose which is permitted for that Party under Annex A or Annex B;
b) That a chemical listed in Annex A for which any production or use specific exemption is in
effect or a chemical listed in Annex B for which any production or use specific exemption or
acceptable purpose is in effect, taking into account any relevant provisions in existing

international prior informed consent instruments, is exported only:
(i) For the purpose of environmentally sound disposal as set forth in paragraph 1 d) of Article
6;
(ii) To a Party which is permitted to use that chemical under Annex A or Annex B; or
(iii) To a State not Party to this Convention which has provided an annual certification to the
exporting Party. Such certification shall specify the intended use of the chemical and
include a statement that, with respect to that chemical, the importing State is committed to:

a) Protect human health and the environment by taking the necessary measures to
minimize or prevent releases;
b) Comply with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 6; and
c) Comply, where appropriate, with the provisions of paragraph 2 of Part II of Annex B.
The certification shall also include any appropriate supporting documentation, such as
legislation, regulatory instruments, or administrative or policy guidelines. The exporting
Party shall transmit the certification to the Secretariat within sixty days of receipt.
c) That a chemical listed in Annex A, for which production and use specific exemptions are no
longer in effect for any Party, is not exported from it except for the purpose of environmentally
sound disposal as set forth in paragraph 1 (d) of Article 6;
d) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term ``State not Party to this Convention" shall include,
with respect to a particular chemical, a State or regional economic integration organization that
has not agreed to be bound by the Convention with respect to that chemical.

3. Each Party that has one or more regulatory and assessment schemes for new pesticides or new
industrial chemicals shall take measures to regulate with the aim of preventing the production and
use of new pesticides or new industrial chemicals which, taking into consideration the criteria in
paragraph 1 of Annex D, exhibit the characteristics of persistent organic pollutants.
4. Each Party that has one or more regulatory and assessment schemes for pesticides or industrial
chemicals shall, where appropriate, take into consideration within these schemes the criteria in
paragraph 1 of Annex D when conducting assessments of pesticides or industrial chemicals
currently in use.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this Convention, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to quantities
of a chemical to be used for laboratory-scale research or as a reference standard.
6. Any Party that has a specific exemption in accordance with Annex A or a specific exemption or an
acceptable purpose in accordance with Annex B shall take appropriate measures to ensure that
any production or use under such exemption or purpose is carried out in a manner that prevents
or minimizes human exposure and release into the environment. For exempted uses or
acceptable purposes that involve intentional release into the environment under conditions of
normal use, such release shall be to the minimum extent necessary, taking into account any

applicable standards and guidelines.
Article 4. Register of specific exemptions
1. A Register is hereby established for the purpose of identifying the Parties that have specific
exemptions listed in Annex A or Annex B. It shall not identify Parties that make use of the
provisions in Annex A or Annex B that may be exercised by all Parties. The Register shall be
maintained by the Secretariat and shall be available to the public.
2. The Register shall include:
a) A list of the types of specific exemptions reproduced from Annex A and Annex B;
b) A list of the Parties that have a specific exemption listed under Annex A or Annex B; and
c) A list of the expiry dates for each registered specific exemption.

3. Any State may, on becoming a Party, by means of a notification in writing to the Secretariat,
register for one or more types of specific exemptions listed in Annex A or Annex B.
4. Unless an earlier date is indicated in the Register by a Party, or an extension is granted pursuant
to paragraph 7, all registrations of specific exemptions shall expire five years after the date of
entry into force of this Convention with respect to a particular chemical.
5. At its first meeting, the Conference of the Parties shall decide upon its review process for the
entries in the Register.
6. Prior to a review of an entry in the Register, the Party concerned shall submit a report to the
Secretariat justifying its continuing need for registration of that exemption. The report shall be
circulated by the Secretariat to all Parties. The review of a registration shall be carried out on the
basis of all available information. Thereupon, the Conference of the Parties may make such
recommendations to the Party concerned as it deems appropriate.
7. The Conference of the Parties may, upon request from the Party concerned, decide to extend the
expiry date of a specific exemption for a period of up to five years. In making its decision, the
Conference of the Parties shall take due account of the special circumstances of the developing
country Parties and Parties with economies in transition.
8. A Party may, at any time, withdraw an entry from the Register for a specific exemption upon
written notification to the Secretariat. The withdrawal shall take effect on the date specified in the
notification.
9. When there are no longer any Parties registered for a particular type of specific exemption, no
new registrations may be made with respect to it.
Article 5. Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from unintentional production

Each Party shall at a minimum take the following measures to reduce the total releases derived from
anthropogenic sources of each of the chemicals listed in Annex C, with the goal of their continuing
minimization and, where feasible, ultimate elimination:
a) Develop an action plan or, where appropriate, a regional or subregional action plan within two
years of the date of entry into force of this Convention for it, and subsequently implement it as
part of its implementation plan specified in Article 7, designed to identify, characterize and
address the release of the chemicals listed in Annex C and to facilitate implementation of
subparagraphs b) to e). The action plan shall include the following elements:
(i) An evaluation of current and projected releases, including the development and
maintenance of source inventories and release estimates, taking into consideration the
source categories identified in Annex C;
(ii) An evaluation of the efficacy of the laws and policies of the Party relating to the
management of such releases;
(iii) Strategies to meet the obligations of this paragraph, taking into account the evaluations in
(i) and (ii);
(iv) Steps to promote education and training with regard to, and awareness of, those
strategies;
(v) A review every five years of those strategies and of their success in meeting the
obligations of this paragraph; such reviews shall be included in reports submitted pursuant
to Article 15;
(vi) A schedule for implementation of the action plan, including for the strategies and measures
identified therein;
b) Promote the application of available, feasible and practical measures that can expeditiously
achieve a realistic and meaningful level of release reduction or source elimination;
c) Promote the development and, where it deems appropriate, require the use of substitute or
modified materials, products and processes to prevent the formation and release of the
chemicals listed in Annex C, taking into consideration the general guidance on prevention and
release reduction measures in Annex C and guidelines to be adopted by decision of the
Conference of the Parties;
d) Promote and, in accordance with the implementation schedule of its action plan, require the
use of best available techniques for new sources within source categories which a Party has
identified as warranting such action in its action plan, with a particular initial focus on source
categories identified in Part II of Annex C. In any case, the requirement to use best available
techniques for new sources in the categories listed in Part II of that Annex shall be phased in
as soon as practicable but no later than four years after the entry into force of the Convention
for that Party. For the identified categories, Parties shall promote the use of best
environmental practices. When applying best available techniques and best environmental
practices, Parties should take into consideration the general guidance on prevention and
release reduction measures in that Annex and guidelines on best available techniques and
best environmental practices to be adopted by decision of the Conference of the Parties;

e) Promote, in accordance with its action plan, the use of best available techniques and best
environmental practices:

(i) For existing sources, within the source categories listed in Part II of Annex C and within
source categories such as those in Part III of that Annex; and
(ii) For new sources, within source categories such as those listed in Part III of Annex C which
a Party has not addressed under subparagraph (d).
When applying best available techniques and best environmental practices, Parties should
take into consideration the general guidance on prevention and release reduction measures in
Annex C and guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices to be
adopted by decision of the Conference of the Parties;
f) For the purposes of this paragraph and Annex C:
(i) “Best available techniques” means the most effective and advanced stage in the
development of activities and their methods of operation which indicate the practical
suitability of particular techniques for providing in principle the basis for release limitations
designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, generally to reduce releases of
chemicals listed in Part I of Annex C and their impact on the environment as a whole. In
this regard:
(ii) “Techniques” includes both the technology used and the way in which the installation is
designed, built, maintained, operated and decommissioned;
(iii) “Available” techniques means those techniques that are accessible to the operator and that
are developed on a scale that allows implementation in the relevant industrial sector, under
economically and technically viable conditions, taking into consideration the costs and
advantages; and
(iv) “Best” means most effective in achieving a high general level of protection of the
environment as a whole;
(v) “Best environmental practices” means the application of the most appropriate combination
of environmental control measures and strategies;
(vi) “New source” means any source of which the construction or substantial modification is
commenced at least one year after the date of:
a) Entry into force of this Convention for the Party concerned; or
b) Entry into force for the Party concerned of an amendment to Annex C where the source
becomes subject to the provisions of this Convention only by virtue of that amendment.
g) Release limit values or performance standards may be used by a Party to fulfill its
commitments for best available techniques under this paragraph.

Article 6. Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from stockpiles and wastes
1. In order to ensure that stockpiles consisting of or containing chemicals listed either in Annex A or
Annex B and wastes, including products and articles upon becoming wastes, consisting of,
containing or contaminated with a chemical listed in Annex A, B or C, are managed in a manner

protective of human health and the environment, each Party shall:
a) Develop appropriate strategies for identifying:
(i) Stockpiles consisting of or containing chemicals listed either in Annex A or Annex B; and
(ii) Products and articles in use and wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with a
chemical listed in Annex A, B or C;
b) Identify, to the extent practicable, stockpiles consisting of or containing chemicals listed either
in Annex A or Annex B on the basis of the strategies referred to in subparagraph a);
c) Manage stockpiles, as appropriate, in a safe, efficient and environmentally sound manner.
Stockpiles of chemicals listed either in Annex A or Annex B, after they are no longer allowed to
be used according to any specific exemption specified in Annex A or any specific exemption or
acceptable purpose specified in Annex B, except stockpiles which are allowed to be exported
according to paragraph 2 of Article 3, shall be deemed to be waste and shall be managed in
accordance with subparagraph d);
d) Take appropriate measures so that such wastes, including products and articles upon
becoming wastes, are:
(i) Handled, collected, transported and stored in an environmentally sound manner;
(ii) Disposed of in such a way that the persistent organic pollutant content is destroyed or
irreversibly transformed so that they do not exhibit the characteristics of persistent organic
pollutants or otherwise disposed of in an environmentally sound manner when destruction
or irreversible transformation does not represent the environmentally preferable option or
the persistent organic pollutant content is low, taking into account international rules,
standards, and guidelines, including those that may be developed pursuant to paragraph 2,
and relevant global and regional regimes governing the management of hazardous wastes;
(iii) Not permitted to be subjected to disposal operations that may lead to recovery, recycling,
reclamation, direct reuse or alternative uses of persistent organic pollutants; and
(iv) Not transported across international boundaries without taking into account relevant
international rules, standards and guidelines;
e) Endeavour to develop appropriate strategies for identifying sites contaminated by chemicals
listed in Annex A, B or C; if remediation of those sites is undertaken it shall be performed in an
environmentally sound manner.

2. The Conference of the Parties shall cooperate closely with the appropriate bodies of the Basel
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
to,inter alia:
a) Establish levels of destruction and irreversible transformation necessary to ensure that the
characteristics of persistent organic pollutants as specified in paragraph 1 of Annex D are not
exhibited;
b) Determine what they consider to be the methods that constitute environmentally sound
disposal referred to above; and

c) Work to establish, as appropriate, the concentration levels of the chemicals listed in Annexes
A, B and C in order to define the low persistent organic pollutant content referred to in
paragraph 1 d) (ii).

Article 7. Implementation plans
1. Each Party shall:
a) Develop and endeavour to implement a plan for the implementation of its obligations under this
Convention;
b) Transmit its implementation plan to the Conference of the Parties within two years of the date
on which this Convention enters into force for it; and
c) Review and update, as appropriate, its implementation plan on a periodic basis and in a
manner to be specified by a decision of the Conference of the Parties.

2. The Parties shall, where appropriate, cooperate directly or through global, regional and
subregional organizations, and consult their national stakeholders, including women's groups and
groups involved in the health of children, in order to facilitate the development, implementation
and updating of their implementation plans.
3. The Parties shall endeavour to utilize and, where necessary, establish the means to integrate
national implementation plans for persistent organic pollutants in their sustainable development
strategies where appropriate.
Article 8. Listing of chemicals in Annexes A, B and C
1. A Party may submit a proposal to the Secretariat for listing a chemical in Annexes A, B and/or C.
The proposal shall contain the information specified in Annex D. In developing a proposal, a Party
may be assisted by other Parties and/or by the Secretariat.
2. The Secretariat shall verify whether the proposal contains the information specified in Annex D. If
the Secretariat is satisfied that the proposal contains the information so specified, it shall forward
the proposal to the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee.
3. The Committee shall examine the proposal and apply the screening criteria specified in Annex D
in a flexible and transparent way, taking all information provided into account in an integrative and
balanced manner.
4. If the Committee decides that:
a) It is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled, it shall, through the Secretariat,
make the proposal and the evaluation of the Committee available to all Parties and observers
and invite them to submit the information specified in Annex E; or

b) It is not satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled, it shall, through the Secretariat,
inform all Parties and observers and make the proposal and the evaluation of the Committee
available to all Parties and the proposal shall be set aside.

5. Any Party may resubmit a proposal to the Committee that has been set aside by the Committee
pursuant to paragraph 4. The resubmission may include any concerns of the Party as well as a
justification for additional consideration by the Committee. If, following this procedure, the
Committee again sets the proposal aside, the Party may challenge the decision of the Committee
and the Conference of the Parties shall consider the matter at its next session. The Conference of
the Parties may decide, based on the screening criteria in Annex D and taking into account the
evaluation of the Committee and any additional information provided by any Party or observer,
that the proposal should proceed.
6. Where the Committee has decided that the screening criteria have been fulfilled, or the
Conference of the Parties has decided that the proposal should proceed, the Committee shall
further review the proposal, taking into account any relevant additional information received, and
shall prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E. It shall, through the Secretariat, make
that draft available to all Parties and observers, collect technical comments from them and, taking
those comments into account, complete the risk profile.
7. If, on the basis of the risk profile conducted in accordance with Annex E, the Committee decides:
a) That the chemical is likely as a result of its long-range environmental transport to lead to
significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action is
warranted, the proposal shall proceed. Lack of full scientific certainty shall not prevent the
proposal from proceeding. The Committee shall, through the Secretariat, invite information
from all Parties and observers relating to the considerations specified in Annex F. It shall then
prepare a risk management evaluation that includes an analysis of possible control measures
for the chemical in accordance with that Annex; or
b) That the proposal should not proceed, it shall, through the Secretariat, make the risk profile
available to all Parties and observers and set the proposal aside.

8. For any proposal set aside pursuant to paragraph 7 (b), a Party may request the Conference of
the Parties to consider instructing the Committee to invite additional information from the
proposing Party and other Parties during a period not to exceed one year. After that period and on
the basis of any information received, the Committee shall reconsider the proposal pursuant to
paragraph 6 with a priority to be decided by the Conference of the Parties. If, following this
procedure, the Committee again sets the proposal aside, the Party may challenge the decision of
the Committee and the Conference of the Parties shall consider the matter at its next session. The
Conference of the Parties may decide, based on the risk profile prepared in accordance with
Annex E and taking into account the evaluation of the Committee and any additional information

provided by any Party or observer, that the proposal should proceed. If the Conference of the
Parties decides that the proposal shall proceed, the Committee shall then prepare the risk
management evaluation.
9. The Committee shall, based on the risk profile referred to in paragraph 6 and the risk management
evaluation referred to in paragraph 7 (a) or paragraph 8, recommend whether the chemical should
be considered by the Conference of the Parties for listing in Annexes A, B and/or C. The
Conference of the Parties, taking due account of the recommendations of the Committee,
including any scientific uncertainty, shall decide, in a precautionary manner, whether to list the
chemical, and specify its related control measures, in Annexes A, B and/or C.
Article 9. Information exchange
1. Each Party shall facilitate or undertake the exchange of information relevant to:
a) The reduction or elimination of the production, use and release of persistent organic pollutants;
and
b) Alternatives to persistent organic pollutants, including information relating to their risks as well
as to their economic and social costs.

2. The Parties shall exchange the information referred to in paragraph 1 directly or through the
Secretariat.
3. Each Party shall designate a national focal point for the exchange of such information.
4. The Secretariat shall serve as a clearing-house mechanism for information on persistent organic
pollutants, including information provided by Parties, intergovernmental organizations and
non-governmental organizations.
5. For the purposes of this Convention, information on health and safety of humans and the
environment shall not be regarded as confidential. Parties that exchange other information
pursuant to this Convention shall protect any confidential information as mutually agreed.
Article 10. Public information, awareness and education
1. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, promote and facilitate:
a) Awareness among its policy and decision makers with regard to persistent organic pollutants;
b) Provision to the public of all available information on persistent organic pollutants, taking into
account paragraph 5 of Article 9;
c) Development and implementation, especially for women, children and the least educated, of
educational and public awareness programmes on persistent organic pollutants, as well as on
their health and environmental effects and on their alternatives;

d) Public participation in addressing persistent organic pollutants and their health and
environmental effects and in developing adequate responses, including opportunities for
providing input at the national level regarding implementation of this Convention;
e) Training of workers, scientists, educators and technical and managerial personnel;
f) Development and exchange of educational and public awareness materials at the national and
international levels; and
g) Development and implementation of education and training programmes at the national and
international levels.

2. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, ensure that the public has access to the public information
referred to in paragraph 1 and that the information is kept up-to-date.
3. Each Party shall, within its capabilities, encourage industry and professional users to promote and
facilitate the provision of the information referred to in paragraph 1 at the national level and, as
appropriate, subregional, regional and global levels.
4. In providing information on persistent organic pollutants and their alternatives, Parties may use
safety data sheets, reports, mass media and other means of communication, and may establish
information centres at national and regional levels.
5. Each Party shall give sympathetic consideration to developing mechanisms, such as pollutant
release and transfer registers, for the collection and dissemination of information on estimates of
the annual quantities of the chemicals listed in Annex A, B or C that are released or disposed of.
Article 11. Research, development and monitoring
1. The Parties shall, within their capabilities, at the national and international levels, encourage
and/or undertake appropriate research, development, monitoring and cooperation pertaining to
persistent organic pollutants and, where relevant, to their alternatives and to candidate persistent
organic pollutants, including on their:
a) Sources and releases into the environment;
b) Presence, levels and trends in humans and the environment;
c) Environmental transport, fate and transformation;
d) Effects on human health and the environment;
e) Socio-economic and cultural impacts;
f) Release reduction and/or elimination; and
g) Harmonized methodologies for making inventories of generating sources and analytical
techniques for the measurement of releases.

2. In undertaking action under paragraph 1, the Parties shall, within their capabilities:

a) Support and further develop, as appropriate, international programmes, networks and
organizations aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing research, data collection
and monitoring, taking into account the need to minimize duplication of effort;
b) Support national and international efforts to strengthen national scientific and technical
research capabilities, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in
transition, and to promote access to, and the exchange of, data and analyses;
c) Take into account the concerns and needs, particularly in the field of financial and technical
resources, of developing countries and countries with economies in transition and cooperate in
improving their capability to participate in the efforts referred to in subparagraphs a) and b);
d) Undertake research work geared towards alleviating the effects of persistent organic pollutants
on reproductive health;
e) Make the results of their research, development and monitoring activities referred to in this
paragraph accessible to the public on a timely and regular basis; and
f) Encourage and/or undertake cooperation with regard to storage and maintenance of
information generated from research, development and monitoring.

Article 12. Technical assistance
1. The Parties recognize that rendering of timely and appropriate technical assistance in response to
requests from developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition is essential to
the successful implementation of this Convention.
2. The Parties shall cooperate to provide timely and appropriate technical assistance to developing
country Parties and Parties with economies in transition, to assist them, taking into account their
particular needs, to develop and strengthen their capacity to implement their obligations under this
Convention.
3. In this regard, technical assistance to be provided by developed country Parties, and other Parties
in accordance with their capabilities, shall include, as appropriate and as mutually agreed,
technical assistance for capacity-building relating to implementation of the obligations under this
Convention. Further guidance in this regard shall be provided by the Conference of the Parties.
4. The Parties shall establish, as appropriate, arrangements for the purpose of providing technical
assistance and promoting the transfer of technology to developing country Parties and Parties with
economies in transition relating to the implementation of this Convention. These arrangements
shall include regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology to
assist developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to fulfil their obligations
under this Convention. Further guidance in this regard shall be provided by the Conference of the
Parties.
5. The Parties shall, in the context of this Article, take full account of the specific needs and special
situation of least developed countries and small island developing states in their actions with

regard to technical assistance.
Article 13. Financial resources and mechanisms
1. Each Party undertakes to provide, within its capabilities, financial support and incentives in respect
of those national activities that are intended to achieve the objective of this Convention in
accordance with its national plans, priorities and programmes.
2. The developed country Parties shall provide new and additional financial resources to enable
developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to meet the agreed full
incremental costs of implementing measures which fulfill their obligations under this Convention as
agreed between a recipient Party and an entity participating in the mechanism described in
paragraph 6. Other Parties may also on a voluntary basis and in accordance with their capabilities
provide such financial resources. Contributions from other sources should also be encouraged.
The implementation of these commitments shall take into account the need for adequacy,
predictability, the timely flow of funds and the importance of burden sharing among the
contributing Parties.
3. Developed country Parties, and other Parties in accordance with their capabilities and in
accordance with their national plans, priorities and programmes, may also provide and developing
country Parties and Parties with economies in transition avail themselves of financial resources to
assist in their implementation of this Convention through other bilateral, regional and multilateral
sources or channels.
4. The extent to which the developing country Parties will effectively implement their commitments
under this Convention will depend on the effective implementation by developed country Parties of
their commitments under this Convention relating to financial resources, technical assistance and
technology transfer. The fact that sustainable economic and social development and eradication
of poverty are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties will be taken fully
into account, giving due consideration to the need for the protection of human health and the
environment.
5. The Parties shall take full account of the specific needs and special situation of the least
developed countries and the small island developing states in their actions with regard to funding.
6. A mechanism for the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to developing
country Parties and Parties with economies in transition on a grant or concessional basis to assist
in their implementation of the Convention is hereby defined. The mechanism shall function under
the authority, as appropriate, and guidance of, and be accountable to the Conference of the
Parties for the purposes of this Convention. Its operation shall be entrusted to one or more
entities, including existing international entities, as may be decided upon by the Conference of the
Parties. The mechanism may also include other entities providing multilateral, regional and

bilateral financial and technical assistance. Contributions to the mechanism shall be additional to
other financial transfers to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition as
reflected in, and in accordance with, paragraph 2.
7. Pursuant to the objectives of this Convention and paragraph 6, the Conference of the Parties shall
at its first meeting adopt appropriate guidance to be provided to the mechanism and shall agree
with the entity or entities participating in the financial mechanism upon arrangements to give effect
thereto. The guidance shall address,inter alia:
a) The determination of the policy, strategy and programme priorities, as well as clear and
detailed criteria and guidelines regarding eligibility for access to and utilization of financial
resources including monitoring and evaluation on a regular basis of such utilization;
b) The provision by the entity or entities of regular reports to the Conference of the Parties on
adequacy and sustainability of funding for activities relevant to the implementation of this
Convention;
c) The promotion of multiple-source funding approaches, mechanisms and arrangements;
d) The modalities for the determination in a predictable and identifiable manner of the amount of
funding necessary and available for the implementation of this Convention, keeping in mind
that the phasing out of persistent organic pollutants might require sustained funding, and the
conditions under which that amount shall be periodically reviewed; and
e) The modalities for the provision to interested Parties of assistance with needs assessment,
information on available sources of funds and on funding patterns in order to facilitate
coordination among them.

8. The Conference of the Parties shall review, not later than its second meeting and thereafter on a
regular basis, the effectiveness of the mechanism established under this Article, its ability to
address the changing needs of the developing country Parties and Parties with economies in
transition, the criteria and guidance referred to in paragraph 7, the level of funding as well as the
effectiveness of the performance of the institutional entities entrusted to operate the financial
mechanism. It shall, based on such review, take appropriate action, if necessary, to improve the
effectiveness of the mechanism, including by means of recommendations and guidance on
measures to ensure adequate and sustainable funding to meet the needs of the Parties.
Article 14. Interim financial arrangements
The institutional structure of the Global Environment Facility, operated in accordance with the
Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, shall, on an interim
basis, be the principal entity entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism referred to in
Article 13, for the period between the date of entry into force of this Convention and the first meeting
of the Conference of the Parties, or until such time as the Conference of the Parties decides which
institutional structure will be designated in accordance with Article 13. The institutional structure of the
Global Environment Facility should fulfill this function through operational measures related

specifically to persistent organic pollutants taking into account that new arrangements for this area
may be needed.
Article 15. Reporting
1. Each Party shall report to the Conference of the Parties on the measures it has taken to
implement the provisions of this Convention and on the effectiveness of such measures in meeting
the objectives of the Convention.
2. Each Party shall provide to the Secretariat:
a) Statistical data on its total quantities of production, import and export of each of the chemicals
listed in Annex A and Annex B or a reasonable estimate of such data; and
b) To the extent practicable, a list of the States from which it has imported each such substance
and the States to which it has exported each such substance.

3. Such reporting shall be at periodic intervals and in a format to be decided by the Conference of
the Parties at its first meeting.
Article 16. Effectiveness evaluation
1. Commencing four years after the date of entry into force of this Convention, and periodically
thereafter at intervals to be decided by the Conference of the Parties, the Conference shall
evaluate the effectiveness of this Convention.
2. In order to facilitate such evaluation, the Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting, initiate
the establishment of arrangements to provide itself with comparable monitoring data on the
presence of the chemicals listed in Annexes A, B and C as well as their regional and global
environmental transport. These arrangements:
a) Should be implemented by the Parties on a regional basis when appropriate, in accordance
with their technical and financial capabilities, using existing monitoring programmes and
mechanisms to the extent possible and promoting harmonization of approaches;
b) May be supplemented where necessary, taking into account the differences between regions
and their capabilities to implement monitoring activities; and
c) Shall include reports to the Conference of the Parties on the results of the monitoring activities
on a regional and global basis at intervals to be specified by the Conference of the Parties.

3. The evaluation described in paragraph 1 shall be conducted on the basis of available scientific,
environmental, technical and economic information, including:
a) Reports and other monitoring information provided pursuant to paragraph 2;
b) National reports submitted pursuant to Article 15; and

c) Non-compliance information provided pursuant to the procedures established under Article 17.

Article 17. Non-compliance
The Conference of the Parties shall, as soon as practicable, develop and approve procedures and
institutional mechanisms for determining non-compliance with the provisions of this Convention and
for the treatment of Parties found to be in non-compliance.
Article 18. Settlement of disputes
1. Parties shall settle any dispute between them concerning the interpretation or application of this
Convention through negotiation or other peaceful means of their own choice.
2. When ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Convention, or at any time thereafter, a
Party that is not a regional economic integration organization may declare in a written instrument
submitted to the depositary that, with respect to any dispute concerning the interpretation or
application of the Convention, it recognizes one or both of the following means of dispute
settlement as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting the same obligation:
a) Arbitration in accordance with procedures to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties in an
annex as soon as practicable;
b) Submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice.

3. A Party that is a regional economic integration organization may make a declaration with like
effect in relation to arbitration in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 2 a).
4. A declaration made pursuant to paragraph 2 or paragraph 3 shall remain in force until it expires in
accordance with its terms or until three months after written notice of its revocation has been
deposited with the depositary.
5. The expiry of a declaration, a notice of revocation or a new declaration shall not in any way affect
proceedings pending before an arbitral tribunal or the International Court of Justice unless the
parties to the dispute otherwise agree.
6. If the parties to a dispute have not accepted the same or any procedure pursuant to paragraph 2,
and if they have not been able to settle their dispute within twelve months following notification by
one party to another that a dispute exists between them, the dispute shall be submitted to a
conciliation commission at the request of any party to the dispute. The conciliation commission
shall render a report with recommendations. Additional procedures relating to the conciliation
commission shall be included in an annex to be adopted by the Conference of the Parties no later
than at its second meeting.
Article 19. Conference of the Parties

1. A Conference of the Parties is hereby established.
2. The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties shall be convened by the Executive Director of
the United Nations Environment Programme no later than one year after the entry into force of this
Convention. Thereafter, ordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at regular
intervals to be decided by the Conference.
3. Extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties shall be held at such other times as may
be deemed necessary by the Conference, or at the written request of any Party provided that it is
supported by at least one third of the Parties.
4. The Conference of the Parties shall by consensus agree upon and adopt at its first meeting rules
of procedure and financial rules for itself and any subsidiary bodies, as well as financial provisions
governing the functioning of the Secretariat.
5. The Conference of the Parties shall keep under continuous review and evaluation the
implementation of this Convention. It shall perform the functions assigned to it by the Convention
and, to this end, shall:
a) Establish, further to the requirements of paragraph 6, such subsidiary bodies as it considers
necessary for the implementation of the Convention;
b) Cooperate,

where

appropriate,

with

competent

international

organizations

and

intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies; and
c) Regularly review all information made available to the Parties pursuant to Article 15, including
consideration of the effectiveness of paragraph 2 (b) (iii) of Article 3;
d) Consider and undertake any additional action that may be required for the achievement of the
objectives of the Convention.

6. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting, establish a subsidiary body to be called
the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee for the purposes of performing the functions
assigned to that Committee by this Convention. In this regard:
a) The members of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee shall be appointed by
the

Conference

of

the

Parties.

Membership

of

the

Committee

shall

consist

of

government-designated experts in chemical assessment or management. The members of the
Committee shall be appointed on the basis of equitable geographical distribution;
b) The Conference of the Parties shall decide on the terms of reference, organization and
operation of the Committee; and
c) The Committee shall make every effort to adopt its recommendations by consensus. If all
efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no consensus reached, such recommendation
shall as a last resort be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the members present and
voting.

7. The Conference of the Parties shall, at its third meeting, evaluate the continued need for the
procedure contained in paragraph 2 b) of Article 3, including consideration of its effectiveness.
8. The United Nations, its specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well
as any State not Party to this Convention, may be represented at meetings of the Conference of
the Parties as observers. Any body or agency, whether national or international, governmental or
non-governmental, qualified in matters covered by the Convention, and which has informed the
Secretariat of its wish to be represented at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties as an
observer may be admitted unless at least one third of the Parties present object. The admission
and participation of observers shall be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the
Conference of the Parties.
Article 20. Secretariat
1. A Secretariat is hereby established.
2. The functions of the Secretariat shall be:
a) To make arrangements for meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies
and to provide them with services as required;
b) To facilitate assistance to the Parties, particularly developing country Parties and Parties with
economies in transition, on request, in the implementation of this Convention;
c) To ensure the necessary coordination with the secretariats of other relevant international
bodies;
d) To prepare and make available to the Parties periodic reports based on information received
pursuant to Article 15 and other available information;
e) To enter, under the overall guidance of the Conference of the Parties, into such administrative
and contractual arrangements as may be required for the effective discharge of its functions;
and
f) To perform the other secretariat functions specified in this Convention and such other
functions as may be determined by the Conference of the Parties.

3. The secretariat functions for this Convention shall be performed by the Executive Director of the
United Nations Environment Programme, unless the Conference of the Parties decides, by a
three-fourths majority of the Parties present and voting, to entrust the secretariat functions to one
or more other international organizations.
Article 21. Amendments to the Convention
1. Amendments to this Convention may be proposed by any Party.
2. Amendments to this Convention shall be adopted at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

The text of any proposed amendment shall be communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat at
least six months before the meeting at which it is proposed for adoption. The Secretariat shall also
communicate proposed amendments to the signatories to this Convention and, for information, to
the depositary.
3. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement on any proposed amendment to this
Convention by consensus. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement
reached, the amendment shall as a last resort be adopted by a three-fourths majority vote of the
Parties present and voting.
4. The amendment shall be communicated by the depositary to all Parties for ratification, acceptance
or approval.
5. Ratification, acceptance or approval of an amendment shall be notified to the depositary in writing.
An amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 shall enter into force for the Parties
having accepted it on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of instruments of ratification,
acceptance or approval by at least three-fourths of the Parties. Thereafter, the amendment shall
enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after the date on which that Party deposits
its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval of the amendment.
Article 22. Adoption and amendment of annexes
1. Annexes to this Convention shall form an integral part thereof and, unless expressly provided
otherwise, a reference to this Convention constitutes at the same time a reference to any annexes
thereto.
2. Any additional annexes shall be restricted to procedural, scientific, technical or administrative
matters.
3. The following procedure shall apply to the proposal, adoption and entry into force of additional
annexes to this Convention:
a) Additional annexes shall be proposed and adopted according to the procedure laid down in
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 21;
b) Any Party that is unable to accept an additional annex shall so notify the depositary, in writing,
within one year from the date of communication by the depositary of the adoption of the
additional annex. The depositary shall without delay notify all Parties of any such notification
received. A Party may at any time withdraw a previous notification of non-acceptance in
respect of any additional annex, and the annex shall thereupon enter into force for that Party
subject to subparagraph c); and
c) On the expiry of one year from the date of the communication by the depositary of the
adoption of an additional annex, the annex shall enter into force for all Parties that have not
submitted a notification in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph b).

4. The proposal, adoption and entry into force of amendments to Annex A, B or C shall be subject to
the same procedures as for the proposal, adoption and entry into force of additional annexes to
this Convention, except that an amendment to Annex A, B or C shall not enter into force with
respect to any Party that has made a declaration with respect to amendment to those Annexes in
accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 25, in which case any such amendment shall enter into
force for such a Party on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit with the depositary of its
instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect to such amendment.
5. The following procedure shall apply to the proposal, adoption and entry into force of an
amendment to Annex D, E or F:
a) Amendments shall be proposed according to the procedure in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article
21;
b) The Parties shall take decisions on an amendment to Annex D, E or F by consensus; and
c) A decision to amend Annex D, E or F shall forthwith be communicated to the Parties by the
depositary. The amendment shall enter into force for all Parties on a date to be specified in the
decision.

6. If an additional annex or an amendment to an annex is related to an amendment to this
Convention, the additional annex or amendment shall not enter into force until such time as the
amendment to the Convention enters into force.
Article 23. Right to vote
1. Each Party to this Convention shall have one vote, except as provided for in paragraph 2.
2. A regional economic integration organization, on matters within its competence, shall exercise its
right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of its member States that are Parties to
this Convention. Such an organization shall not exercise its right to vote if any of its member
States exercises its right to vote, and vice versa.
Article 24. Signature
This Convention shall be open for signature at Stockholm by all States and regional economic
integration organizations on 23 May 2001, and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from
24 May 2001 to 22 May 2002.
Article 25. Ratification, acceptance, approval or accession
1. This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and by regional
economic integration organizations. It shall be open for accession by States and by regional
economic integration organizations from the day after the date on which the Convention is closed

for signature. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited
with the depositary.
2. Any regional economic integration organization that becomes a Party to this Convention without
any of its member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations under the Convention.
In the case of such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a Party to this
Convention, the organization and its member States shall decide on their respective
responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under the Convention. In such cases, the
organization and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under the Convention
concurrently.
3. In its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, a regional economic integration
organization shall declare the extent of its competence in respect of the matters governed by this
Convention. Any such organization shall also inform the depositary, who shall in turn inform the
Parties, of any relevant modification in the extent of its competence.
4. In its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, any Party may declare that,
with respect to it, any amendment to Annex A, B or C shall enter into force only upon the deposit
of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession with respect thereto.
Article 26. Entry into force
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the fiftieth
instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
2. For each State or regional economic integration organization that ratifies, accepts or approves this
Convention or accedes thereto after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after
the date of deposit by such State or regional economic integration organization of its instrument of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
3. For the purpose of paragraphs 1 and 2, any instrument deposited by a regional economic
integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of
that organization.
Article 27. Reservations
No reservations may be made to this Convention.
Article 28. Withdrawal
1. At any time after three years from the date on which this Convention has entered into force for a
Party, that Party may withdraw from the Convention by giving written notification to the depositary.

2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect upon the expiry of one year from the date of receipt by the
depositary of the notification of withdrawal, or on such later date as may be specified in the
notification of withdrawal.
Article 29. Depositary
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary of this Convention.
Article 30. Authentic texts
The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized to that effect, have signed this
Convention.
DONE at Stockholm on this twenty-second day of May, two thousand and one.
Annex A. Elimination
Part I
Chemical

Activity

Specific exemption

Aldrin* CAS No: 309-00-2

Production

Use

Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane*

Production

None

Use

None

Production

None

Use

None

Chlordane* CAS No: 57-74-9

Production

CAS No: 319-84-6

Beta hexachlorocyclohexane*
CAS No: 319-85-7

Use

Chlordecone*

Production

None

Use

None

CAS No: 143-50-0

Dieldrin* CAS No: 60-57-1

Endrin* CAS No: 72-20-8

Heptachlor* CAS No: 76-44-8

Production

None

Use

In agricultural operations

Production

None

Use

None

Production

None

Use

Termiticide
Termiticide in structures of houses
Termiticide (subterranean)
Wood treatment
In use in underground cable boxes

Hexabromobiphenyl *

Production

None

Use

None

Production

As allowed for the parties listed in the

CAS No: 36355-01-8

Hexabromocyclododecane

Register in accordance with the provisions
of Part VII of this Annex

Use

Expanded

polystyrene

and

extruded

polystyrene in buildings in accordance with
the provisions of Part VII of this Annex

Hexabromodiphenyl

ether*

and Production

None

heptabromodiphenyl ether*
Use

Articles in accordance with provisions of
part IV of this Annex

Hexachlorobenzene CAS No: 118-74-1

Production

As allowed for the Parties listed in the
Register

Use

Intermediate Solvent in pesticide
Closed system site limited intermediate

Lindane*

Production

None

Use

Human health pharmaceutical for control of

CAS No: 58-89-9

head lice and scabies as second line

treatment

Mirex* CAS No: 2385-85-5

Production

As allowed for the Parties listed in the
Register

Pentachlorobenzene* CAS No: 608-93-5

Toxaphene* CAS No: 8001-35-2

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)*

Use

Termiticide

Production

None

Use

None

Production

None

Use

None

Production

None

Use

Articles in use in accordance with the
provisions of Part II of this Annex

Technical endosulfan* (CAS No: 115-29-7) Production

As allowed for the parties listed in the

and its related isomers* (CAS No: 959-98-8

Register

and CAS No: 33213-65-9)

Use

Crop-pest

complexes

as

listed

in

accordance with the provisions of part VI of
this Annex

Tetrabromodiphenyl

ether*

and Production

None

pentabromodiphenyl ether*

Use

Articles in accordance with the provisions
of Part IV of this Annex

Hexachlorobutadiene (CAS No: 87-68-3)

Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters

Production

None

Use

None

Production

As allowed for the parties listed in the
Register in accordance with the provisions
of part VIII of this Annex

Use

Pentachlorophenol for utility poles and
cross-arms

in

accordance

with

the

provisions of part VIII of this Annex

Polychlorinated
dichlorinated

naphthalenes,

naphthalenes,

including Production

trichlorinated

naphthalenes,

tetrachlorinated

naphthalenes,

pentachlorinated

naphthalenes,

hexachlorinated

naphthalenes,

heptachlorinated

naphthalenes, octachlorinated naphthalene

Intermediates

in

polyfluorinated

naphthalenes,

production

of

including

octafluoronaphthalene

Use

Production

of

naphthalenes,

polyfluorinated
including

octafluoronaphthalene

Notes:
(i) Except as otherwise specified in this Convention, quantities of a chemical occurring as
unintentional trace contaminants in products and articles shall not be considered to be listed in
this Annex;
(ii) This note shall not be considered as a production and use specific exemption for purposes of
paragraph 2 of Article 3. Quantities of a chemical occurring as constituents of articles
manufactured or already in use before or on the date of entry into force of the relevant
obligation with respect to that chemical, shall not be considered as listed in this Annex,
provided that a Party has notified the Secretariat that a particular type of article remains in use
within that Party. The Secretariat shall make such notifications publicly available;
(iii) This note, which does not apply to a chemical that has an asterisk following its name in the
Chemical column in Part I of this Annex, shall not be considered as a production and use
specific exemption for purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 3. Given that no significant quantities
of the chemical are expected to reach humans and the environment during the production and
use of a closed-system site-limited intermediate, a Party, upon notification to the Secretariat,
may allow the production and use of quantities of a chemical listed in this Annex as a
closed-system site-limited intermediate that is chemically transformed in the manufacture of
other chemicals that, taking into consideration the criteria in paragraph 1 of Annex D, do not
exhibit the characteristics of persistent organic pollutants. This notification shall include
information on total production and use of such chemical or a reasonable estimate of such
information and information regarding the nature of the closed-system site-limited process
including the amount of any non-transformed and unintentional trace contamination of the
persistent organic pollutant-starting material in the final product. This procedure applies except
as otherwise specified in this Annex. The Secretariat shall make such notifications available to
the Conference of the Parties and to the public. Such production or use shall not be
considered a production or use specific exemption. Such production and use shall cease after

a ten-year period, unless the Party concerned submits a new notification to the Secretariat, in
which case the period will be extended for an additional ten years unless the Conference of
the Parties, after a review of the production and use decides otherwise. The notification
procedure can be repeated;
(iv) All the specific exemptions in this Annex may be exercised by Parties that have registered
exemptions in respect of them in accordance with Article 4 with the exception of the use of
polychlorinated biphenyls in articles in use in accordance with the provisions of Part II, and the
use of tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether in accordance with the
provisions of Part IV

1 )

of this Annex, and the use of hexabromodiphenyl ether and

heptabromodiphenyl ether in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of this Annex, which
may be exercised by all Parties;
(v) Technical endosulfan (CAS No: 115-29-7), its related isomers (CAS No: 959-98-8 and CAS
No: 33213-65-9) and endosulfan sulfate (CAS No: 1031-07-8) were assessed and identified as
persistent organic pollutants;
(vi) Pentachlorophenol (CAS No: 87-86-5), sodium pentachlorophenate
(CAS No: 131-52-2 and 27735-64-4 (as monohydrate)) and pentachlorophenyl laurate (CAS
No:

3772-94-9),

when

considered

together

with

their

transformation

product

pentachloroanisole (CAS No: 1825-21-4), were identified as persistent organic pollutants.

Part II. Polychlorinated biphenyls
Each Party shall:
a) With regard to the elimination of the use of polychlorinated biphenyls in equipment (e.g.
transformers, capacitors or other receptacles containing liquid stocks) by 2025, subject to
review by the Conference of the Parties, take action in accordance with the following priorities:
(i) Make determined efforts to identify, label and remove from use equipment containing
greater than 10 per cent polychlorinated biphenyls and volumes greater than 5 litres;
(ii) Make determined efforts to identify, label and remove from use equipment containing
greater than 0.05 per cent polychlorinated biphenyls and volumes greater than 5 litres;
(iii) Endeavour to identify and remove from use equipment containing greater than 0.005
percent polychlorinated biphenyls and volumes greater than 0.05 litres;
b) Consistent with the priorities in subparagraph (a), promote the following measures to reduce
exposures and risk to control the use of polychlorinated biphenyls:
(i) Use only in intact and non-leaking equipment and only in areas where the risk from
environmental release can be minimised and quickly remedied;
(ii) Not use in equipment in areas associated with the production or processing of food or feed;
(iii) When used in populated areas, including schools and hospitals, all reasonable measures
to protect from electrical failure which could result in a fire, and regular inspection of
1)
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equipment for leaks;
c) Notwithstanding paragraph 2 of Article 3, ensure that equipment containing polychlorinated
biphenyls, as described in subparagraph (a), shall not be exported or imported except for the
purpose of environmentally sound waste management;
d) Except for maintenance and servicing operations, not allow recovery for the purpose of reuse
in other equipment of liquids with polychlorinated biphenyls content above 0.005 per cent;
e) Make determined efforts designed to lead to environmentally sound waste management of
liquids containing polychlorinated biphenyls and equipment contaminated with polychlorinated
biphenyls having a polychlorinated biphenyls content above 0.005 per cent, in accordance with
paragraph 1 of Article 6, as soon as possible but no later than 2028, subject to review by the
Conference of the Parties;
f) In lieu of note (ii) in Part I of this Annex, endeavour to identify other articles containing more
than 0.005 per cent polychlorinated biphenyls (e.g. cable-sheaths, cured caulk and painted
objects) and manage them in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 6;
g) Provide a report every five years on progress in eliminating polychlorinated biphenyls and
submit it to the Conference of the Parties pursuant to Article 15;
h) The reports described in subparagraph (g) shall, as appropriate, be considered by the
Conference of the Parties in its reviews relating to polychlorinated biphenyls. The Conference
of the Parties shall review progress towards elimination of polychlorinated biphenyls at five
year intervals or other period, as appropriate, taking into account such reports.

Part III. Definitions
For the purpose of this Annex:
“Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether” mean 2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-hexabromodiphenyl
ether” (BDE-153, CAS No: 68631-49-2), 2,2’,4,4’,5,6’-hexabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-154, CAS No:
207122-15-4), 2,2’,3,3’,4,5’,6 heptabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-175, CAS No: 446255-22-7),
2,2’,3,4,4’,5’,6-heptabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-183, CAS No: 207122-16-5) and other hexa- and
heptabromodiphenyl ethers present in commercial octabromodiphenyl ether.
“Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether” means 2,2’,4,4’-tetrabromodiphenyl ether
(BDE-47, CAS No: 40088-47-9) and 2,2’,4,4’,5-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-99, CAS No:
32534-81-9)

and

other

tetra-

and

pentabromodiphenyl

ethers

present

in

commercial

No:

25637-99-4),

pentabromodiphenyl ether.
c)

“Hexabromocyclododecane”

means

hexabromocyclododecane

(CAS

1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane (CAS No: 3194-55-6) and its main diastereoisomers: alphahexabromocyclododecane (CAS No: 134237-50-6); beta-hexabromocyclododecane (CAS No:
134237-51-7); and gamma-hexabromocyclododecane (CAS No: 134237-52-8).
Part IV. Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether
1. A Party may allow recycling of articles that contain or may contain hexabromodiphenyl ether

and heptabromodiphenyl ether, and the use and final disposal of articles manufactured from
recycled

materials

that

contain

or

may

contain

hexabromodiphenyl

ether

and

heptabromodiphenyl ether, provided that:
a) The recycling and final disposal is carried out in an environmentally sound manner and
does not lead to recovery of hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether for
the purpose of their reuse;
b) The Party takes steps to prevent exports of such articles that contain levels/concentrations
of hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether exceeding those permitted for
the sale, use, import or manufacture of those articles within territory of the Party; and
c) The Party has notified the Secretariat of its intention to make use of this exemption.
2. At its sixth ordinary meeting and at every second ordinary meeting thereafter the Conference
of the Parties shall evaluate the progress that Parties have made towards achieving their
ultimate objective of elimination of hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether
contained in articles and review the continued need for this specific exemption. This specific
exemption shall in any case expire at the latest in 2030.
2 )

Part IV. Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether
1. A Party may allow recycling of articles that contain or may contain tetrabromodiphenyl ether
and pentabromodiphenyl ether, and the use and final disposal of articles manufactured from
recycled

materials

that

contain

or

may

contain

tetrabromodiphenyl

ether

and

pentabromodiphenyl ether, provided that:
a) The recycling and final disposal is carried out in an environmentally sound manner and
does not lead to recovery of tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether for
the purpose of their reuse;
b) The Party does not allow this exemption to lead to the export of articles containing
levels/concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether that
exceed those permitted to be sold within the territory of the Party; and
c) The Party has notified the Secretariat of its intention to make use of this exemption.
2. At its sixth ordinary meeting and at every second ordinary meeting thereafter the Conference
of the Parties shall evaluate the progress Parties made towards achieving their ultimate
objective of elimination of tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether contained
in articles and review the continued need for this specific exemption. This specific exemption
shall in any case expire at the latest in 2030.

Part VI. Technical endosulfan and its related isomers (endosulfan)
The production and use of Pest

2)
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endosulfan

shall

be

eliminated except for parties
that

have

notified

the

Secretariat of their intention to
produce

and/or

use

it

in

accordance with Article 4 of
the

Convention.

Specific

exemptions may be available
for the use of endosulfan for
the

following

crop-pest

complexes:Crop

Apple

Aphids

Arhar, gram

Aphids, caterpillars, pea semilooper, pod borer

Bean, cowpea

Aphids, leaf miner, whiteflies

Chilli, onion, potato

Aphids, jassids

Coffee

Berry borer, stem borers

Cotton

Aphids, cotton bollworm, jassids, leaf rollers, pink bollworm, thrips, whiteflies

Eggplant, okra

Aphids, diamondback moth, jassids, shoot and fruit borer

Groundnut

Aphids

Jute

Bihar hairy caterpillar, yellow mite

Maize

Aphids, pink borer, stem borers

Mango

Fruit flies, hoppers

Mustard

Aphids, gall midges

Rice

Gall midges, rice hispa, stem borers, white jassid

Tea

Aphids, caterpillars, flushworm, mealybugs, scale insects, smaller green leafhopper, tea
geometrid, tea mosquito bug, thrips

Tobacco

Aphids, oriental tobacco budworm

Tomato

Aphids, diamondback moth, jassids, leaf miner, shoot and fruit borer, whiteflies

Wheat

Aphids, pink borer, termites

Part VII. Hexabromocyclododecane
Each Party that has registered for the exemption pursuant to Article 4 for the production and use of
hexabromocyclododecane for expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene in buildings shall take
necessary measures to ensure that expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene containing
hexabromocyclododecane can be easily identified by labelling or other means throughout its life cycle.
Part VIII. Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters
Each Party that has registered for the exemption pursuant to Article 4 for the production and use of
pentachlorophenol for utility poles and cross-arms shall take the necessary measures to ensure that
utility poles and cross-arms containing pentachlorophenol can be easily identified by labelling or other
means throughout their life cycles. Articles treated with pentachlorophenol should not be reused for
purposes other than those exempted.
Annex B. Restriction
Part I
Chemical

DDT

Activity

(1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis Production

(4-chlorophenyl)ethane) CAS No: 50-29-3

Acceptable purpose or specific exemption

Acceptable purpose:
Disease vector control use in accordance
with Part II of this Annex
Specific exemption:
Intermediate

in

production

of

dicofol

Intermediate

Use

Acceptable purpose:
Disease vector control in accordance with
Part II of this Annex
Specific exemption:
Production of dicofol Intermediate

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (CAS No: Production
a

Acceptable purpose:

1763-23-1), its salts and perfluorooctane

In accordance with part III of this Annex,

sulfonyl fluoride (CAS No: 307-35-7)

production of other chemicals to be used

a

solely for the uses below. Production for

For example: potassium perfluorooctane

sulfonate (CAS no. 2795-39-3);

uses listed below.

lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS no.

Specific exemption:

29457-72-5);

As allowed for Parties listed in the

ammonium

perfluorosulfonate (CAS

no.

Register.

29081-56-9);
diethanolammonium

perfluorooctane

sulfonate (CAS no. 70225-14-8);
tetraethylammonium

perfluorooctane

sulfonate (CAS no. 56773-42-3);
didecyldimethylammonium

perfluorooctane

sulfonate (CAS no. 251099-16-8)

Use

Acceptable purpose:
In accordance with part III of this Annex for
the following acceptable purposes, or as
an intermediate in the production of
chemicals with the following acceptable
purposes:
• Photo-imaging
• Photo-resist and anti-reflective coatings
for semi-conductors
•

Etching

agent

for

compound

semi-conductors and ceramic filters
• Aviation hydraulic fluids
• Metal plating (hard metal plating) only in
closed-loop systems
•

Certain

ethylene

medical

devices

tetrafluoroethylene

(such

as

copolymer

(ETFE) layers and radio-opaque ETFE
production,

in-vitro

diagnostic

medical

devices, and CCD colour filters)
• Fire-fighting foam
• Insect baits for control of leaf-cutting ants
fromAtta spp.andAcromyrmex spp.
Specific exemption:
For the following specific uses, or as an
intermediate in the production of chemicals
with the following specific uses:
• Photo masks in the semiconductor and
liquid crystal display (LCD) industries
• Metal plating (hard metal plating)
• Metal plating (decorative plating)
• Electric and electronic parts for some
colour printers and colour copy machines
• Insecticides for control of red imported
fire ants and termites
• Chemically driven oil production
• Carpets
• Leather and apparel
• Textiles and upholstery
• Paper and packaging
• Coatings and coating additives

• Rubber and plastics

Notes:
(i) Except as otherwise specified in this Convention, quantities of a chemical occurring as
unintentional trace contaminants in products and articles shall not be considered to be listed in
this Annex;
(ii) This note shall not be considered as a production and use acceptable purpose or specific
exemption for purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 3. Quantities of a chemical occurring as
constituents of articles manufactured or already in use before or on the date of entry into force
of the relevant obligation with respect to that chemical, shall not be considered as listed in this
Annex, provided that a Party has notified the Secretariat that a particular type of article
remains in use within that Party. The Secretariat shall make such notifications publicly
available;
(iii) This note shall not be considered as a production and use specific exemption for purposes of
paragraph 2 of Article 3. Given that no significant quantities of the chemical are expected to
reach humans and the environment during the production and use of a closed-system
site-limited intermediate, a Party, upon notification to the Secretariat, may allow the production
and use of quantities of a chemical listed in this Annex as a closed-system site-limited
intermediate that is chemically transformed in the manufacture of other chemicals that, taking
into consideration the criteria in paragraph 1 of Annex D, do not exhibit the characteristics of
persistent organic pollutants. This notification shall include information on total production and
use of such chemical or a reasonable estimate of such information and information regarding
the nature of the closed-system site-limited process including the amount of any
non-transformed

and

unintentional

trace

contamination

of

the

persistent

organic

pollutant-starting material in the final product. This procedure applies except as otherwise
specified in this Annex. The Secretariat shall make such notifications available to the
Conference of the Parties and to the public. Such production or use shall not be considered a
production or use specific exemption. Such production and use shall cease after a ten-year
period, unless the Party concerned submits a new notification to the Secretariat, in which case
the period will be extended for an additional ten years unless the Conference of the Parties,
after a review of the production and use decides otherwise. The notification procedure can be
repeated;
(iv) All the specific exemptions in this Annex may be exercised by Parties that have registered in
respect of them in accordance with Article 4.

Part II. DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane)

1
The production and use of DDT shall be eliminated except for Parties that have notified the
Secretariat of their intention to produce and/or use it. A DDT Register is hereby established and shall
be available to the public. The Secretariat shall maintain the DDT Register.
2
Each Party that produces and/or uses DDT shall restrict such production and/or use for disease
vector control in accordance with the World Health Organization recommendations and guidelines on
the use of DDT and when locally safe, effective and affordable alternatives are not available to the
Party in question.
3
In the event that a Party not listed in the DDT Register determines that it requires DDT for disease
vector control, it shall notify the Secretariat as soon as possible in order to have its name added
forthwith to the DDT Register. It shall at the same time notify the World Health Organization.
4
Every three years, each Party that uses DDT shall provide to the Secretariat and the World Health
Organization information on the amount used, the conditions of such use and its relevance to that
Party's disease management strategy, in a format to be decided by the Conference of the Parties in
consultation with the World Health Organization.
5
With the goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating the use of DDT, the Conference of the Parties
shall encourage:
a) Each Party using DDT to develop and implement an action plan as part of the implementation
plan specified in Article 7. That action plan shall include:
(i) Development of regulatory and other mechanisms to ensure that DDT use is restricted to
disease vector control;
(ii) Implementation of suitable alternative products, methods and strategies, including
resistance management strategies to ensure the continuing effectiveness of these
alternatives;
(iii) Measures to strengthen health care and to reduce the incidence of the disease.
b) The Parties, within their capabilities, to promote research and development of safe alternative
chemical and non-chemical products, methods and strategies for Parties using DDT, relevant
to the conditions of those countries and with the goal of decreasing the human and economic
burden of disease. Factors to be promoted when considering alternatives or combinations of

alternatives shall include the human health risks and environmental implications of such
alternatives. Viable alternatives to DDT shall pose less risk to human health and the
environment, be suitable for disease control based on conditions in the Parties in question and
be supported with monitoring data.

6
Commencing at its first meeting, and at least every three years thereafter, the Conference of the
Parties shall, in consultation with the World Health Organization, evaluate the continued need for DDT
for disease vector control on the basis of available scientific, technical, environmental and economic
information, including:
a) The production and use of DDT and the conditions set out in paragraph 2;
b) The availability, suitability and implementation of the alternatives to DDT; and
c) Progress in strengthening the capacity of countries to transfer safely to reliance on such
alternatives.

7
A Party may, at any time, withdraw its name from the DDT Registry upon written notification to the
Secretariat. The withdrawal shall take effect on the date specified in the notification.
Part III. Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
1. The production and use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane
sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) shall be eliminated by all Parties except as provided in part I of this
Annex for Parties that have notified the Secretariat of their intention to produce and/or use
them for acceptable purposes. A Register of Acceptable Purposes is hereby established and
shall be available to the public. The Secretariat shall maintain the Register of Acceptable
Purposes. In the event that a Party not listed in the Register determines that it requires the use
of PFOS, its salts or PFOSF for the acceptable purposes listed in part I of this Annex it shall
notify the Secretariat as soon as possible in order to have its name added forthwith to the
Register.
2. Parties that produce and/or use these chemicals shall take into account, as appropriate,
guidance such as that given in the relevant parts of the general guidance on best available
techniques and best environmental practices given in part V of Annex C of the Convention.
3. Every four years, each Party that uses and/or produces these chemicals shall report on
progress made to eliminate PFOS, its salts and PFOSF and submit information on such
progress to the Conference of the Parties pursuant to and in the process of reporting under
Article 15 of the Convention.
4. With the goal of reducing and ultimately eliminating the production and/or use of these
chemicals, the Conference of the Parties shall encourage:

a) Each Party using these chemicals to take action to phase out uses when suitable
alternatives substances or methods are available;
b) Each Party using and/or producing these chemicals to develop and implement an action
plan as part of the implementation plan specified in Article 7 of the Convention;
c) The Parties, within their capabilities, to promote research on and development of safe
alternative chemical and non-chemical products and processes, methods and strategies for
Parties using these chemicals, relevant to the conditions of those Parties. Factors to be
promoted when considering alternatives or combinations of alternatives shall include the
human health risks and environmental implications of such alternatives.
5. The Conference of the Parties shall evaluate the continued need for these chemicals for the
various acceptable purposes and specific exemptions on the basis of available scientific,
technical, environmental and economic information, including:
a) Information provided in the reports described in paragraph 3;
b) Information on the production and use of these chemicals;
c) Information on the availability, suitability and implementation of alternatives to these
chemicals;
d) Information on progress in building the capacity of countries to transfer safely to reliance
on such alternatives.
6. The evaluation referred to in the preceding paragraph shall take place no later than in 2015
and every four years thereafter, in conjunction with a regular meeting of the Conference of the
Parties.
7. Due to the complexity of the use and the many sectors of society involved in the use of these
chemicals, there might be other uses of these chemicals of which countries are not presently
aware. Parties which become aware of other uses are encouraged to inform the Secretariat as
soon as possible.
8. A Party may, at any time, withdraw its name from the Register of acceptable purposes upon
written notification to the Secretariat. The withdrawal shall take effect on the date specified in
the notification.
9. The provisions of note (iii) of part I of Annex B shall not apply to these chemicals.

Annex C. Unintentional production
Part I. Persistent organic pollutants subject to the requirements of Article 5
This Annex applies to the following persistent organic pollutants when formed and released
unintentionally from anthropogenic sources:
Chemical

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF)

Polychlorinated naphthalenes, including dichlorinated naphthalenes, trichlorinated naphthalenes, tetrachlorinated naphthalenes,
pentachlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorinated naphthalenes, heptachlorinated naphthalenes, octachlorinated naphthalene

Pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) (CAS No: 608-93-5)

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) (CAS No: 118-74-1)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)

Part II. Source categories
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polychlorinated naphthalenes, including
dichlorinated

naphthalenes,

trichlorinated

naphthalenes,

tetrachlorinated

naphthalenes,

pentachlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorinated naphthalenes, heptachlorinated naphthalenes,
octachlorinated naphthalene, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls
are unintentionally formed and released from thermal processes involving organic matter and chlorine
as a result of incomplete combustion or chemical reactions. The following industrial source categories
have the potential for comparatively high formation and release of these chemicals to the
environment:
a) Waste incinerators, including co-incinerators of municipal, hazardous or medical waste or of
sewage sludge;
b) Cement kilns firing hazardous waste;
c) Production of pulp using elemental chlorine or chemicals generating elemental chlorine for
bleaching;
d) The following thermal processes in the metallurgical industry:
i)

Secondary copper production;

ii) Sinter plants in the iron and steel industry;
iii) Secondary aluminium production;
iv) Secondary zinc production.

Part III. Source categories
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polychlorinated naphthalenes, including
dichlorinated

naphthalenes,

trichlorinated

naphthalenes,

tetrachlorinated

naphthalenes,

pentachlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorinated naphthalenes, heptachlorinated naphthalenes,
octachlorinated naphthalene, pentachlorobenzene, hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls
may also be unintentionally formed and released from the following source categories, including:

a) Open burning of waste, including burning of landfill sites;
b) Thermal processes in the metallurgical industry not mentioned in Part II;
c) Residential combustion sources;
d) Fossil fuel-fired utility and industrial boilers;
e) Firing installations for wood and other biomass fuels;
f) Specific chemical production processes releasing unintentionally formed persistent organic
pollutants, especially production of chlorophenols and chloranil;
g) Crematoria;
h) Motor vehicles, particularly those burning leaded gasoline;
i)

Destruction of animal carcasses;

j)

Textile and leather dyeing (with chloranil) and finishing (with alkaline extraction);

k) Shredder plants for the treatment of end of life vehicles;
l)

Smouldering of copper cables;

m) Waste oil refineries.

Part IV. Definitions
1
For the purposes of this Annex:
a) “Polychlorinated biphenyls” means aromatic compounds formed in such a manner that the
hydrogen atoms on the biphenyl molecule (two benzene rings bonded together by a single
carbon-carbon bond) may be replaced by up to ten chlorine atoms; and
b) “Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins” and “polychlorinated dibenzofurans” are tricyclic, aromatic
compounds formed by two benzene rings connected by two oxygen atoms in polychlorinated
dibenzo-p-dioxins and by one oxygen atom and one carbon-carbon bond in polychlorinated
dibenzofurans and the hydrogen atoms of which may be replaced by up to eight chlorine
atoms.

2
In this Annex, the toxicity of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans is expressed using
the concept of toxic equivalency which measures the relative dioxin-like toxic activity of different
congeners of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and coplanar polychlorinated
biphenyls in comparison to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. The toxic equivalent factor values to
be used for the purposes of this Convention shall be consistent with accepted international standards,
commencing with the World Health Organization 1998 mammalian toxic equivalent factor values for
polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls.
Concentrations are expressed in toxic equivalents.
Part V. General guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices

This Part provides general guidance to Parties on preventing or reducing releases of the chemicals
listed in Part I.
A. General prevention measures relating to both best available techniques and best environmental
practices
Priority should be given to the consideration of approaches to prevent the formation and release of
the chemicals listed in Part I. Useful measures could include:
a) The use of low-waste technology;
b) The use of less hazardous substances;
c) The promotion of the recovery and recycling of waste and of substances generated and used
in a process;
d) Replacement of feed materials which are persistent organic pollutants or where there is a
direct link between the materials and releases of persistent organic pollutants from the source;
e) Good housekeeping and preventive maintenance programmes;
f) Improvements in waste management with the aim of the cessation of open and other
uncontrolled burning of wastes, including the burning of landfill sites. When considering
proposals to construct new waste disposal facilities, consideration should be given to
alternatives such as activities to minimize the generation of municipal and medical waste,
including resource recovery, reuse, recycling, waste separation and promoting products that
generate less waste. Under this approach, public health concerns should be carefully
considered;
g) Minimization of these chemicals as contaminants in products;
h) Avoiding elemental chlorine or chemicals generating elemental chlorine for bleaching.

B. Best available techniques
The concept of best available techniques is not aimed at the prescription of any specific technique or
technology, but at taking into account the technical characteristics of the installation concerned, its
geographical location and the local environmental conditions. Appropriate control techniques to
reduce releases of the chemicals listed in Part I are in general the same. In determining best available
techniques, special consideration should be given, generally or in specific cases, to the following
factors, bearing in mind the likely costs and benefits of a measure and consideration of precaution
and prevention:
a) General considerations:
(i) The nature, effects and mass of the releases concerned: techniques may vary depending
on source size;
(ii) The commissioning dates for new or existing installations;
(iii) The time needed to introduce the best available technique;
(iv) The consumption and nature of raw materials used in the process and its energy efficiency;

(v) The need to prevent or reduce to a minimum the overall impact of the releases to the
environment and the risks to it;
(vi) The need to prevent accidents and to minimize their consequences for the environment;
(vii)

The need to ensure occupational health and safety at workplaces;

(viii)

Comparable processes, facilities or methods of operation which have been tried with

success on an industrial scale;
(ix) Technological advances and changes in scientific knowledge and understanding.
b) General release reduction measures: When considering proposals to construct new facilities or
significantly modify existing facilities using processes that release chemicals listed in this
Annex, priority consideration should be given to alternative processes, techniques or practices
that have similar usefulness but which avoid the formation and release of such chemicals. In
cases where such facilities will be constructed or significantly modified, in addition to the
prevention measures outlined in section A of Part V the following reduction measures could
also be considered in determining best available techniques:
(i) Use of improved methods for flue-gas cleaning such as thermal or catalytic oxidation, dust
precipitation, or adsorption;
(ii) Treatment of residuals, wastewater, wastes and sewage sludge by, for example, thermal
treatment or rendering them inert or chemical processes that detoxify them;
(iii) Process changes that lead to the reduction or elimination of releases, such as moving to
closed systems;
(iv) Modification of process designs to improve combustion and prevent formation of the
chemicals listed in this Annex, through the control of parameters such as incineration
temperature or residence time.

C. Best environmental practices
The Conference of the Parties may develop guidance with regard to best environmental practices.
Annex D. Information requirements and screening criteria
1
A Party submitting a proposal to list a chemical in Annexes A, B and/or C shall identify the chemical in
the manner described in subparagraph (a) and provide the information on the chemical, and its
transformation products where relevant, relating to the screening criteria set out in subparagraphs b)
to e):
a) Chemical identity:
(i) Names, including trade name or names, commercial name or names and synonyms,
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry number, International Union of Pure and
Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) name; and
(ii) Structure, including specification of isomers, where applicable, and the structure of the

chemical class;
b) Persistence:
(i) Evidence that the half-life of the chemical in water is greater than two months, or that its
half-life in soil is greater than six months, or that its half-life in sediment is greater than six
months; or
(ii) Evidence that the chemical is otherwise sufficiently persistent to justify its consideration
within the scope of this Convention;
c) Bio-accumulation:
(i) Evidence that the bio-concentration factor or bio-accumulation factor in aquatic species for
the chemical is greater than 5,000 or, in the absence of such data, that the log Kow is
greater than 5;
(ii) Evidence that a chemical presents other reasons for concern, such as high
bio-accumulation in other species, high toxicity or ecotoxicity; or
(iii) Monitoring data in biota indicating that the bio-accumulation potential of the chemical is
sufficient to justify its consideration within the scope of this Convention;
d) Potential for long-range environmental transport:
(i) Measured levels of the chemical in locations distant from the sources of its release that are
of potential concern;
(ii) Monitoring data showing that long-range environmental transport of the chemical, with the
potential for transfer to a receiving environment, may have occurred via air, water or
migratory species; or
(iii) Environmental fate properties and/or model results that demonstrate that the chemical has
a potential for long-range environmental transport through air, water or migratory species,
with the potential for transfer to a receiving environment in locations distant from the
sources of its release. For a chemical that migrates significantly through the air, its half-life
in air should be greater than two days; and
e) Adverse effects:
(i) Evidence of adverse effects to human health or to the environment that justifies
consideration of the chemical within the scope of this Convention; or
(ii) Toxicity or ecotoxicity data that indicate the potential for damage to human health or to the
environment.

2
The proposing Party shall provide a statement of the reasons for concern including, where possible, a
comparison of toxicity or ecotoxicity data with detected or predicted levels of a chemical resulting or
anticipated from its long-range environmental transport, and a short statement indicating the need for
global control.
3

The proposing Party shall, to the extent possible and taking into account its capabilities, provide
additional information to support the review of the proposal referred to in paragraph 6 of Article 8. In
developing such a proposal, a Party may draw on technical expertise from any source.
Annex E. Information requirements for the risk profile
The purpose of the review is to evaluate whether the chemical is likely, as a result of its long-range
environmental transport, to lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects,
such that global action is warranted. For this purpose, a risk profile shall be developed that further
elaborates on, and evaluates, the information referred to in Annex D and includes, as far as possible,
the following types of information:
a) Sources, including as appropriate:
(i) Production data, including quantity and location;
(ii) Uses; and
(iii) Releases, such as discharges, losses and emissions;
b) Hazard assessment for the endpoint or endpoints of concern, including a consideration of
toxicological interactions involving multiple chemicals;
c) Environmental fate, including data and information on the chemical and physical properties of
a chemical as well as its persistence and how they are linked to its environmental transport,
transfer within and between environmental compartments, degradation and transformation to
other chemicals. A determination of the bio-concentration factor or bio-accumulation factor,
based on measured values, shall be available, except when monitoring data are judged to
meet this need;
d) Monitoring data;
e) Exposure in local areas and, in particular, as a result of long-range environmental transport,
and including information regarding bio-availability;
f) National and international risk evaluations, assessments or profiles and labelling information
and hazard classifications, as available; and
g) Status of the chemical under international conventions.

Annex F. Information on socio-economic considerations
An evaluation should be undertaken regarding possible control measures for chemicals under
consideration for inclusion in this Convention, encompassing the full range of options, including
management and elimination. For this purpose, relevant information should be provided relating to
socio-economic considerations associated with possible control measures to enable a decision to be
taken by the Conference of the Parties. Such information should reflect due regard for the differing
capabilities and conditions among the Parties and should include consideration of the following
indicative list of items:
a) Efficacy and efficiency of possible control measures in meeting risk reduction goals:

(i) Technical feasibility; and
(ii) Costs, including environmental and health costs;
b) Alternatives (products and processes):
(i) Technical feasibility;
(ii) Costs, including environmental and health costs;
(iii) Efficacy;
(iv) Risk;
(v) Availability; and
(vi) Accessibility;
c) Positive and/or negative impacts on society of implementing possible control measures:
(i) Health, including public, environmental and occupational health;
(ii) Agriculture, including aquaculture and forestry;
(iii) Biota (biodiversity);
(iv) Economic aspects;
(v) Movement towards sustainable development; and
(vi) Social costs;
d) Waste and disposal implications (in particular, obsolete stocks of pesticides and clean-up of
contaminated sites):
(i) Technical feasibility; and
(ii) Cost;
e) Access to information and public education;
f) Status of control and monitoring capacity; and
g) Any national or regional control actions taken, including information on alternatives, and other
relevant risk management information.

Annex G. to the Stockholm Convention
(Decision SC-1/2 of the Conference of the Parties)
I. Arbitration procedure
The arbitration procedure for purposes of paragraph 2 (a) of Article 18 of the Convention shall be as
follows:
Article 1
1. A Party may initiate recourse to arbitration in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention by
written notification addressed to the other party to the dispute. The notification shall be
accompanied by a statement of the claim, together with any supporting documents, and state the
subject-matter of arbitration and include, in particular, the Articles of the Convention the
interpretation or application of which are at issue.
2. The claimant party shall notify the Secretariat that the parties are referring a dispute to arbitration

pursuant to Article 18. The notification shall be accompanied by the written notification of the
claimant party, the statement of claim and the supporting documents referred to in paragraph 1
above. The Secretariat shall forward the information thus received to all Parties.
Article 2
1. If a dispute is referred to arbitration in accordance with Article 1 above, an arbitral tribunal shall be
established. It shall consist of three members.
2. Each of the parties to the dispute shall appoint an arbitrator and the two arbitrators so appointed
shall designate by common agreement the third arbitrator, who shall be the President of the
tribunal. The President of the tribunal shall not be a national of one of the parties to the dispute,
nor have his or her usual place of residence in the territory of one of these parties, nor be
employed by any of them, nor have dealt with the case in any other capacity.
3. In disputes between more than two parties, parties in the same interest shall appoint one arbitrator
jointly by agreement.
4. Any vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the initial appointment.
5. If the parties do not agree on the subject-matter of the dispute before the President of the arbitral
tribunal is designated, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the subject-matter.
Article 3
1. If one of the parties to the dispute does not appoint an arbitrator within two months of the date on
which the respondent party receives the notification of the arbitration, the other party may inform
the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall make the designation within a further
two-month period.
2. If the President of the arbitral tribunal has not been designated within two months of the date of
the appointment of the second arbitrator, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, at the
request of a party, designate the President within a further two-month period.
Article 4
The arbitral tribunal shall render its decisions in accordance with the provisions of the Convention and
international law.
Article 5
Unless the parties to the dispute otherwise agree, the arbitral tribunal shall determine its own rules of
procedure.
Article 6

The arbitral tribunal may, at the request of one of the parties, indicate essential interim measures of
protection.
Article 7
The parties to the dispute shall facilitate the work of the arbitral tribunal and, in particular, using all
means at their disposal, shall:
a) Provide it with all relevant documents, information and facilities; and
b) Enable it, when necessary, to call witnesses or experts and receive their evidence.

Article 8
The parties and the arbitrators are under an obligation to protect the confidentiality of any information
they receive in confidence during the proceedings of the arbitral tribunal.
Article 9
Unless the arbitral tribunal determines otherwise because of the particular circumstances of the case,
the costs of the tribunal shall be borne by the parties to the dispute in equal shares. The tribunal shall
keep a record of all its costs, and shall furnish a final statement thereof to the parties.
Article 10
A party that has an interest of a legal nature in the subject matter of the dispute which may be
affected by the decision in the case may intervene in the proceedings with the consent of the tribunal.
Article 11
The tribunal may hear and determine counterclaims arising directly out of the subject matter of the
dispute.
Article 12
Decisions both on procedure and substance of the arbitral tribunal shall be taken by a majority vote of
its members.
Article 13
1. If one of the parties to the dispute does not appear before the arbitral tribunal or fails to defend its
case, the other party may request the tribunal to continue the proceedings and to make its award.
Absence of a party or a failure of a party to defend its case shall not constitute a bar to the
proceedings.
2. Before rendering its final decision, the arbitral tribunal must satisfy itself that the claim is well

founded in fact and law.
Article 14
The tribunal shall render its final decision within five months of the date on which it is fully constituted
unless it finds it necessary to extend the time limit for a period which should not exceed five more
months.
Article 15
The final decision of the arbitral tribunal shall be confined to the subject matter of the dispute and
shall state the reasons on which it is based. It shall contain the names of the members who have
participated and the date of the final decision. Any member of the tribunal may attach a separate or
dissenting opinion to the final decision.
Article 16
The award shall be binding on the parties to the dispute. The interpretation of the Convention given by
the award shall also be binding upon a Party intervening under Article 10 above insofar as it relates to
matters in respect of which that Party intervened. The award shall be without appeal unless the
parties to the dispute have agreed in advance to an appellate procedure.
Article 17
Any controversy which may arise between those bound by the final decision in accordance with
Article 16 above, as regards the interpretation or manner of implementation of that decision, may be
submitted by any of them for decision to the arbitral tribunal which rendered it.
II. Conciliation procedure
The conciliation procedure for purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 18 of the Convention shall be as
follows:
Article 1
1. A request by a party to a dispute to establish a conciliation commission in consequence of
paragraph 6 of Article 18 shall be addressed in writing to the Secretariat. The Secretariat shall
forthwith inform all Parties to the Convention accordingly.
2. The conciliation commission shall, unless the parties otherwise agree, be composed of three
members, one appointed by each party concerned and a President chosen jointly by those
members.
Article 2

In disputes between more than two parties, parties in the same interest shall appoint their members of
the commission jointly by agreement
Article 3
If any appointments by the parties are not made within two months of the date of receipt by the
Secretariat of the written request referred to in Article 1, the Secretary-General of the United Nations
shall, upon request by a party, make those appointments within a further two-month period.
Article 4
If the President of the conciliation commission has not been chosen within two months of the second
member of the commission being appointed, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, upon
request by a party, designate the President within a further two-month period.
Article 5
1. The conciliation commission shall, unless the parties to the dispute otherwise agree, determine its
own rules of procedure.
2. The parties and members of the commission are under an obligation to protect the confidentiality
of any information they receive in confidence during the proceedings of the commission.
Article 6
The conciliation commission shall take its decisions by a majority vote of its members.
Article 7
The conciliation commission shall render a report with recommendations for resolution of the dispute
within twelve months of being established, which the parties shall consider in good faith.
Article 8
Any disagreement as to whether the conciliation commission has competence to consider a matter
referred to it shall be decided by the commission.
Article 9
The costs of the commission shall be borne by the parties to the dispute in shares agreed by them.
The commission shall keep the record of all its costs and shall furnish a final statement thereof to the
parties.