Council Decision (EU) 2023/1006 of 25 April 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants as regards the proposals for amendment of Annex A to that Convention

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, taking due account of the relevant recommendations of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (the ‘POPRC’), shall be the following: (a) to support the listing of dechlorane plus in Annex A, with the specific exemptions recommended by the POPRC; (b) to support the listing of methoxychlor in Annex A, without any specific exemptions; (c) to support the listing of UV-328 in Annex A, with the specific exemptions recommended by the POPRC.

Refinements of the position referred to in Article 1, in light of the developments at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties may be agreed upon by representatives of the Union, in consultation with the Member States, during on-the-spot coordination meetings without further decision of the Council.

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