• List of working group members
• Workplan

Endosulfan risk profile

• Chair: Mr. Ricardo Barra, Drafter: Mr. Sylvain Bintein
• Activities
  • Submission of Annex E information: 9 January 2009
  • First draft: 3 March 2009
  • Second draft: 7 April 2009
  • Send to Parties for comments: 10 April 2009
  • Deadline for Parties to submit comments: 26 May 2009
  • Third draft: 9 June
  • Final draft: 7 July 2009

Alternatives and substitution

• Chair: Mr. Thomas Yormah
• Activities
  1. Revision of the PentaBDE draft (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.4/INF/13)
     • Presentation on the guidance document given at POPRC4
     • Comments received from intersessional working group members
       • Australia (E-mail: 13 Feb 2009), (Comments: 13 Feb 2009)
       • Japan (15 Jan 2009)
       • Morocco (21 Jan 2009)
       • Norway (16 Feb 2009)
       • IPEN (15 Jan 2009), (5 Feb 2009)
       • BSEF (15 Jan 2009), (13 Feb 2009)
     • Revised "Guidance on flame retardant alternatives to pentabromodiphenyl ether"
       (Rev: 27 Feb 2009)
  2. General guidance on substitution and alternatives
     • Draft general guidance on considerations related to alternatives and substitutes for POPs – Parties and observers are invited to provide their comments by 26 June 2009 to ssc@pops.int. More information
  3. Guidance on alternatives to PFOS
     • Draft annotated outline for a guidance document on alternatives to perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS) – Parties and observers are invited to provide their comments by 26 June 2009 to ssc@pops.int.  More information

Toxic interactions

• Co-chair: Mr. Ivan Holoubek, Mr. Henk Bouwman
• Activities
  1. Preparation of proposal for activities - ongoing

Support for effective participation

• Chair: Mr. Mario Yarto
• Activities
  1. Revision of the Handbook
     • Comments received
       
       • Norway (21 Jan 2009)
       • Slovakia (28 Nov 2008)
       • Sweden (21 Oct 2008)
       • United States (11 Dec 2008), (E-mai: 21 Jan 2009) (Comments-1: 21 Jan 2009), (Comments-2: 21 Jan 2009)
       • CropLife International (14 Oct 2008)
       • IPEN (2 Sept 2008), (Jan 2009)
       • WCC (31 July 2008)
       • Compilation of further comments received prior to POPRC-4 (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.4/INF/21)
     • Revised Handbook (Rev:18 Feb 2009)
  2. Additional guidance on Annex E and F -  under development
  3. Development of a “pocket guide” to the “handbook on effective participation in the work of the POPRC” – Parties and observers are invited to provide their comments by 29 July 2009 to ssc@pops.int.  More information
  4. Regional workshops
     • Middle East region: 9-12 March 2009, Amman, Jordan
     • Central and Eastern Europe region: 25-27 March 2009, Brno, Czech Republic