Guidance

Under decision SC-11/3, the Conference of the Parties welcomed the updated guidance for the development of inventories of polychlorinated biphenyls and analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/12), the draft strategy for Parties to meet the 2025 and 2028 goals of the Stockholm Convention (UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/13) and requested the Small Intersessional Working Group on PCB to continue supporting the Secretariat in the revision and updating of these guidelines as well as any other relevant guidance under the Stockholm Convention.

The following guidance documents provide information on all aspects related to the environmentally sound management of PCBs, including identification and inventorying of PCB, , regulatory frameworks, handling, transport, storage and disposal, development of national strategies and phaseout plans as well as advice on potential funding mechanisms for PCB elimination.

1. PCB identification and Inventory
2. PCB disposal
3. Open applications
4. National strategies and phase out plans

Document	English
Items: 4
Guidance for development of PCB inventories and analysis of PCB (UNEP/POPS/COP.11/INF/12)
Guidelines for the identification of PCBs and materials containing PCBs (UNEP, 1999)
PCB inventory guidance (PCB Elimination Network, 2016)
PCB inventory and analysis form (2023)

Title	English
Inventory of World-wide PCB Destruction Capacity (UNEP, 2004)
Survey of Currently Available Non- Incineration PCB Destruction Technologies (UNEP, 2000)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol A (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol B (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol C (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)
Destruction and decontamination technologies for PCBs and other POPs wastes under the Basel Convention - A training manual for hazardous waste project managers, Vol C, Annexes (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2002)

Document	English
Consolidated Guidance on PCB in Open Applications (March 2019)
Open systems uses of PCBs; IPEN 2009
Factsheet on Open Applications: Machinery and Installations
Photo Booklet on Open Applications
Factsheet on Open Applications: Residential and Public Buildings

Document	English
Preparation of a National Environmentally Sound Management Plan for PCBs and PCB-Contaminated Equipment - Training Manual (Secretariat of the Basel Convention, 2003)
Draft strategy for Parties to meet the 2025 and 2028 goals of the Stockholm Convention

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention - UNEP
Office address: 11-13, Chemin des Anémones - 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Postal address: Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 8271
Email: brs@un.org

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention
Office address: 11-13, Chemin des Anémones - 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Postal address: Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 8271
Email: brs@un.org

Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention - FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 5703 3765 - Fax: +39 06 5703 3224
Email: pic@fao.org

Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Office address: 11-13, Chemin des Anémones - 1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland
Postal address: Avenue de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0)22 917 8271
Email: brs@un.org

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