Annexes to COM(2014)306 - Review and update of the first EC Implementation Plan in accordance with Article 8 (4) of Regulation No 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2014)306 - Review and update of the first EC Implementation Plan in accordance with Article 8 (4) of Regulation No 850/2004 on ... |
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| document | COM(2014)306  |
| date | June 3, 2014 |
Summary of the Accompanying Staff Working Document
The Preface of the Staff Working Document (SWD) provides an overview of the international legislative framework in which the POPs Regulation operates, including a summary of the UNECE Protocol on POPs and the Stockholm Convention.
Part 1 of the SWD presents a status quo of the EU's execution of its obligations as a Party to the above-mentioned international frameworks. It describes the relevant EU legislation put in place (including the POPs Regulation, REACH[7], and the CLP Regulation[8]) as well as the financial instruments that support implementation. In an effort to provide as detailed a picture as possible, Part 1 proceeds to give an overall assessment of POPs, regarding their production, their use, their placing on the market as well as with regard to existing stockpiles and the contamination of the waste stream.
In Part 2 of the SWD, there is an in-depth analysis of each individual obligation of the Stockholm Convention affecting the EU's treatment of POPs. Subsequent to this analysis, the Commission identifies 26 technical measures to improve implementation of the EU's obligations under Stockholm.
[1] OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p. 5
[2] The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 22nd May, 2001
[3] UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants
[4] SEC (2007) 341
[5] Ibid. 3
[6] SWD(2014) 172
[7] Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
[8] Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 concerning the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures.