Considerations on COM(2021)174 - EU position at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants as regards the proposal for amendment of Annex A - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2021)174 - EU position at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic ... |
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| document | COM(2021)174  |
| date | April 7, 2022 |
| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) implements the Convention within the Union. |
| (3) | Pursuant to Article 8 of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention may list chemicals in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention and specify control measures related to such chemicals. |
| (4) | At its tenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention is expected to adopt a decision to list further chemicals in Annex A to the Convention. |
| (5) | In order to protect human health and the environment from further releases of perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, it is necessary to reduce or eliminate the production and use of those chemicals at global level and to support their listing in the relevant annexes to the Convention. |
| (6) | It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties as regards amendments to Annex A to the Convention, as those amendments will be binding on the Union, |