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UNEP/CHW/OEWG.11/INF/14

Distr.: General9 July 2018

English only

Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Conventionon the Control of Transboundary Movements ofHazardous Wastes and Their DisposalEleventh meetingGeneva, 36 September 2018Item 3 (b) (i) a. of the provisional agenda

Matters related to the work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2018–2019: scientific and technical matters: technical guidelines:technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants

Compilation of comments received from Parties and others on (i) provisional low persistent organic pollutant values included in the technical guidelines and (ii) low persistent organic pollutant content values applied at the national level

Note by the SecretariatAs referred to in the note by the Secretariat on technical guidelines

(UNEP/CHW/OEWG.11/4), the annex to the present note sets out the compilation of comments received from Parties and others on low persistent organic pollutant content values. Comments submitted pursuant to paragraph 10 of decision BC-13/4 by the European Union and its Member States, the Russian Federation, the European Electronics Recyclers’ Association (EERA), the European HBCD Industry Group and EU MEPS, the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), the International Bromine Council (BSEF) and the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) are compiled in the annex to the present note. The present note, including its annex, has not been formally edited.

UNEP/CHW/OEWG.11/1/Rev.1.

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Annex

Compilation of comments on low persistent organic pollutant content values

Country/Organization General Comments

European Union and its Member States

Submitted one document, which is entitled: Comments by the EU and its Member States on Low Persistent

Organic Pollutant content valuesThe document is reproduced hereunder.

Russian Federation Submitted a letter, in Russian, which is presented hereunder in its original format, followed by an unofficial translation into English.

European Electronics Recyclers’ Association (EERA)

Submitted one document, which is entitled:- European E-Waste Recyclers’ position - Low POP content limit for

Deca-BDE and HBCDDThe document is reproduced hereunder.

European HBCD Industry Group and EU MEPS

Submitted one document, which is entitled:- European HBCD Industry Group and EU MEPS position on the

appropriate low POP content limit for HBCD in Polystyrene Foam waste

The document is reproduced hereunder.

European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC)

Submitted one document, which is entitled:- EuRIC comments - Low POP content limit value for decaBDE in

plastic wasteThe document is reproduced hereunder.

International Bromine Council (BSEF)

Submitted one document, which is entitled:- BSEF position on the appropriate low POP content limit for Deca-

BDEThe document is reproduced hereunder.

International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)

Submitted one document, which is entitled:- IPEN’s Submission on Low POPs Content Levels for the SIWG

discussionThe document is reproduced hereunder.

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COMMENTS BY THE EU AND ITS MEMBER STATES ON LOW PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT CONTENT VALUES

The European Union and its Member States would like to respond to the request contained in paragraph 10 of decision BC-13/4. The concentration limits in the table below are contained in Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants1 and are applied within the EU (cf. paragraph 10(b) of decision BC-13/4). With regard to PCP and its salts and esters, a value of 100 mg/kg has been agreed within the EU, but is not yet contained in the POP Regulation. Whether it is applied in the Member States or not depends on the competent authorities of the Member States.

With regard to paragraph 10(a) of decision BC-13/4, we would like to indicate that a study commissioned by the European Commission is ongoing, including on decaBDE, and is foreseen to be finalized by the end of 2018.

POP Concentration LimitAldrin 50 mg/kg Alpha-HCH, beta-HCH and lindane 50 mg/kg as a sumChlordane 50 mg/kg Chlordecone 50 mg/kg DDT 50 mg/kg Dieldrin 50 mg/kg Endrin 50 mg/kg HBB 50 mg/kg HBCD 1000 mg/kg HCB 50 mg/kg HCBD 100 mg/kg Heptachlor 50 mg/kg Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether and tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether

1000 mg/kg as a sum

Mirex 50 mg/kg PCBs 50 mg/kgPCDDs and PCDFs 15 g TEQ/kgPCNs 10 mg/kgPeCB 50 mg/kgPFOS, its salts and PFOSF 50 mg/kg SCCPs 10000 mg/kgTechnical endosulfan and its related isomers 50 mg/kgToxaphene 50 mg/kg

1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02004R0850-20160930&from=EN

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Unofficial translation of the Russian Federation letter

Letter from Mr Nuritdin Inamov, Director of the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, to Mr Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary of the

Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, dated from 23.04.2018, reference number 10-43/11077

Dear Mr Payet,

The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of

Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (24 April- 5 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland)

adopted technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or

contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (decision BC-13/4).

The technical guidelines, in line with the requirements of provision 1 (d) (ii) of the article 6 of the

Stockholm Convention, sets, on the interim basis, the level of low content of POPs in wastes, which in accordance

with the provision 10 of the decision BC-13/4, needs to be considered by the Conference of the Parties for its possible

adoption.

In order to undertake a full and complete assessment of the proposed level of the low POPs content by

the relevant authorities of the Russian Federation which are responsible for meeting obligations under the Basel and

Stockholm Conventions, we kindly ask the Secretariat to provide the following information:

- Scientific methods and methodologies, which can be used to determine the low content of POPs and their

correspondence to the international standards;

- Other aspects which are significant from the Secretariat’s point of view to support the validation of level of

low content of POPs.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology confirms the assurances of my highest consideration.

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