제17806호                               관              보                2012. 7. 18.(수요일)
                 "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 either (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.
        3. Decides to insert a new part IV in Annex A as follows:
                                                 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
                 hexabromodiphenyl either for the purpose of their reuse;
                           (b) The Party has 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 intentin 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 heptxbromodiphenyl 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.
        4. Decides to amend part I of Annex A of the Convention by inserting in note (iv),
after the words "polychlorinated biphenyls in articles in use in accordance with the provisions of
Part II", a comma and the words "and the use of hexabromodiphenyl ether and
heptxabromodiphenyl either in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of this Annex".
SC-4/15: Listing of lindane
        The Conference of the Parties,
        Having considered the risk profile and risk management evaluation for lindane
transmitted by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,29)
        Taking note of the recommendation by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review
Committee to list lindane in Annex A of the Convention,30)
  29)   UNEP/POPS/POPRC.2/17/Add.4 and UNEP/POPS/POPRC.3/20/Add.4.
  30)   UNEP/POPS/COP.4/17.
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