Decisions

The Conference of the Parties,
[...]1. Encourages Parties to take the draft guidelines and provisional guidance into consideration, where practicable and feasible, in the development of action plans and other activities related to unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants;
2. Takes note of the need for further work to enhance or strengthen the draft document to address those priority areas which have been identified in the terms of reference for the expert group, so that guidelines and guidance may be adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its third session;
3. Decides hereby to establish an Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices, with the terms of reference set forth in the annex to the present decision;
4. Invites the Parties and others to submit comments on the draft guidelines and provisional guidance to the Secretariat by 31 August 2005 for consideration by the Expert Group at its first meeting.

Annex to decision SC-1/19
Terms of reference for the Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices

1. Takes note of the comments submitted by Parties and others on the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices;

The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the comments provided by parties and others on the guidelines on best available techniques and the provisional guidance on best environmental practices;
2. Reminds parties, in accordance with Article 5 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, to take into consideration the guidelines and guidance when applying best available techniques and best environmental practices and to assist decision-making in the implementation of action plans and other actions related to their obligations under Article 5, and invites them to share their experiences, such as in the form of case studies, via the Convention clearing-house mechanism;
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Annex to decision SC-5/12
Procedure for the review and updating of the guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices

The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the nominations to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster and of the report of the first meeting of the expert group on best available techniques and best environmental practices;

The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the nominations to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster, the report of the second expert meeting on best available techniques and best environmental practices and the conclusions and recommendations of the experts on best available techniques and best environmental practices;

2. Adopts the workplan set out in the annex to the present decision;

The Conference of the Parties

Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-8/18 on effectiveness evaluation as they relate to Article 5 on measures to reduce or eliminate releases from unintentional production,

1. Takes note of the nominations to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster16 and the reports of the expert meetings on the Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices;