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Council Decision (EU) 2017/758 of 25 April 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, as regards the proposals for amendments to Annexes A, B and C

Council Decision (EU) 2017/758 of 25 April 2017 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, as regards the proposals for amendments to Annexes A, B and C

Decision (EU) 2017/758 · Decision · 2 articles

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1.   The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention shall be, in line with the relevant recommendations of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, to support the: — listing of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) present in commercial decabromodiphenyl ether (c-decaBDE) in Annex A to the Convention with ‘specific exemptions’ for the production and use of decaBDE in spare parts for the automotive industry. The Union shall support that listing with additional specific exemptions for aircraft and for spare parts for aircraft in line with Regulation (EU) 2017/227, as well as for spare parts for agricultural and forestry vehicles and certain machinery, if other Parties or directly involved stakeholders can demonstrate their need; — listing of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) in Annex A to the Convention; — listing of hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) in Annex C to the Convention; — deletion of the following ‘acceptable purposes’ from the entry on perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives in Annex B to the Convention: photo imaging, aviation hydraulic fluids, certain medical devices (such as ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE) layers and radio-opaque ETFE production, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, and CCD colour filters), fire-fighting foam, insect baits for control of leaf-cutting ants from Atta spp. and Acromyrmex spp. 2.   Refinement of this position, in light of developments at the eighth meeting of the COP, may be agreed through coordination on the spot.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

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