Nineteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC.19)

Rome, Italy, from 9 to 13 October 2023

Venue: FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy

Overview

The nineteenth meeting of the POPs Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention will take place from 9 to 13 October 2023 in Rome, Italy, back-to-back with the nineteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention.

The pre-meetings are scheduled to take place online on 19 September 2023 from 13:00 (UTC+2).

The Committee will consider, among others:

  • Draft risk profile for chlorpyrifos
  • Draft risk management evaluation for chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14-17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight
  • Draft risk management evaluation for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related compounds
  • Draft document on long-range environmental transport
  • Indicative list of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
  • Indicative list of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds.

Please see factsheets of the chemicals under review for further information.

Working languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Meeting Documents

  • Working documents
  • Information documents

Webinars

Online briefings on the nineteenth meetings of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention

The online briefings will provide an overview of the issues that will be considered by the nineteenth meetings of the CRC and POPRC, to be held respectively from 3 to 6 October 2023 and from 9 to 13 October 2022, in Rome, Italy.

Online briefings on the nineteenth meetings of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention

Online briefings on the nineteenth meetings of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention and the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of the Stockholm Convention