| POPRC-1/1 | Provisional confidentiality arrangements |   |
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Requests the Secretariat to develop draft confidentiality arrangements for consideration by the Committee at its next meeting;
Decides to apply the following provisional arrangements to confidential information until final arrangements are established by the Committee:
Any Party or any observer, when submitting information to the Committee, through the Secretariat, may identify and clearly label specific items of information submitted as confidential and requiring application of the provisional procedures for treatment of confidential information;
When receiving information labelled as confidential, the Secretariat or the Committee shall consider with the Party or the observer referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above the need for such labelling and mutually agree on the applicability of the provisional confidentiality arrangements to the information item in question;
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| POPRC-1/2 | Invited experts | |
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1. Establishes the following criteria to be taken into consideration when selecting experts pursuant to paragraphs 10–12 of its terms of reference:
The need for areas of expertise or specific substance knowledge to support its work; and
The need to achieve an appropriate balance between developed and developing countries;
2. Decides to forward the criteria listed in paragraph 1 above to the Conference of the Parties for consideration and possible adoption at its second meeting;
3. Agrees to the process for inviting experts listed in the annex to the present decision.
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| POPRC-1/3 | Pentabromodiphenyl ether | |
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1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for PentaBDE, as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;
2. Decides furthermore, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention and paragraph 29 of decision SC-1/7 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, to establish an ad hoc working group to review the proposal further and to prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E to the Convention;
3. Invites, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, Parties and observers to submit to the Secretariat the information specified in Annex E before 27 January 2006.
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| POPRC-1/4 | Chlordecone | |
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1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for chlordecone, as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;
2. Decides furthermore, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention and paragraph 29 of decision SC-1/7 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, to establish an ad hoc working group to review the proposal further and to prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E to the Convention;
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| POPRC-1/5 | Hexabromobiphenyl | |
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| 1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for hexabromobiphenyl, as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;
2. Decides furthermore, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention and paragraph 29 of decision SC-1/7 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, to establish an ad hoc working group to review the proposal further and to prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E to the Convention; |
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| POPRC-1/6 | Lindane Evaluations and Assessments | |
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| 1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for lindane, as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;
2. Decides furthermore, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention and paragraph 29 of decision SC-1/7 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, to establish an ad hoc working group to review the proposal further and to prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E to the Convention;
3. Invites, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, Parties and observers to submit to the Secretariat the information specified in Annex E before 27 January 2006. |
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| POPRC-1/7 | Perfluorooctane sulfonate | |
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| 1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for perfluorooctane sulfonate, as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;
2. Decides also, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 of the Convention and paragraph 29 of decision SC-1/7 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, to establish an ad hoc working group to review the proposal further and to prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E to the Convention;
3. Decides further that issues related to the inclusion of potential perfluorooctane sulfonate precursors should be dealt with in developing the draft risk profile;
4. Invites, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, Parties and observers to submit to the Secretariat the information specified in Annex E before 27 January 2006. |
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