Request to submit information on the implementation of Article 3 paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Stockholm Convention (regulatory and assessment schemes)

Information request

Invitation to submit information on the implementation of Article 3 paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Annex I (Reference: excerpts from the text of the Stockholm Convention) included in document

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Questionnaire for Parties

Annex II - Questionnaire for Parties to the Stockholm Convention

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Questionnaire for Observers

Annex III - Questionnaire for observers to the Stockholm Convention

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In its Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, the Stockholm Convention focuses on regulatory and assessment schemes related to measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use.

In Article 3, paragraph 3, it states that "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".

Further, in Article 3, paragraph 4, it states that "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".

In order to promote this requirement of the Convention, the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention (POPRC)requested the Secretariat to seek information from Parties and observers on the functioning of those schemes. To collect such information, the Secretariat has developed specific questionnaires for Parties and observers (available above).

The Committee will discuss the result of this survey at its sixth meeting to be held on 11-15 October 2010 and will report on the outcome to the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting (25-29 April 2011).

How to submit information?

Parties and observers are invited to complete their respective questionnaires and submit them to the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, preferably by email to ssc@pops.int and kohno@pops.int, by 30 July 2010.

Should email submission not be possible, submissions can be sent by fax to +41 22 917 8098, or as hard copy or CD-ROM to:

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention
Att: POPRC
United Nations Environment Programme
11-13 chemin des Anemones
CH-1219, Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland

For further information, please contact Ms. Fatoumata Ouane (email: fouane@pops.int; telephone +41 22 917 8161) or Ms. Kei Ohno (e-mail: kohno@pops.int; telephone +41 22 917 8201).