Registers of Acceptable Purposes for chemicals listed in Annex B

The Register of Acceptable Purposes for the persistent organic pollutants was amended at the fourth and ninth meetings of the Conference of the Parties.

The acceptable purposes in relation to Perflurooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) were added to Annex B by decision SC-4/17 which entered into force for most Parties on 26 August 2010. The amendments adopted by decision SC-9/4 will enter into force for most Parties on 3 December 2020. The acceptable purposes that will then be available are listed in decision SC 9/4 and will be reflected on the Register as of 3 December 2020.

However, these amendments will not enter into force with respect to those Parties that: i) have submitted a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3(b) of Article 22 of the Convention or ii) have made declarations regarding the amendments to the Annexes in accordance with paragraph 4 of article 25 of the Convention and not agreed to be bound by the amendments. Further information on which Parties are bound by the amendments is available here

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List of registers for chemicals listed in Annex B


Chemical

Activity
Acceptable purpose
DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis 4-chlorophenyl)ethane) CAS No: 50-29-3 Production Disease vector control use in accordance with Part II of Annex B

Use

 Disease vector control in accordance with Part II of Annex B
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (CAS No: 1763-23-1), its saltsa and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
(CAS No: 307-35-7)

a For example:
potassium perfluorooctane sulfonate
(CAS no. 2795-39-3);
lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate
(CAS no. 29457-72-5);
ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate
(CAS no. 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).		 Production In accordance with Part III of Annex B, production of other chemicals to be used solely for the uses below. Production for uses listed below.

 

 Use

As adopted by decision SC-4/17:

In accordance with Part III of Annex B 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 medical devices (such as ethylene tetrafluoroethylene 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 from Atta spp. and Acromyrmex spp.

As adopted by decision SC-9/4 (entry into force on 3 December 2020):

In accordance with Part III of Annex B for the following acceptable purposes, or as an intermediate in the production of chemicals with the following acceptable purpose:

  • Insect baits with sulfluramid (CAS No. 4151-50-2) as an active ingredient for control of leaf-cutting ants from Atta spp. and Acromyrmex spp. for agricultural use only