Background and mandate of the new Task Force on POPs

http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap

Richard BallamanChairman of the Working Group on Strategies and Review (WGSR)

Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape

Air Pollution Control Division, CH-3003 Berne

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Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Slovenia

Hungary

Slovakia

Poland

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Finland

Armenia

Sweden

Georgia

Norway

Belarus

Czech Rep. Ukraine

Denmark

Moldova

Germany

Yugoslavia

Austria

Bulgaria

Liechtenstein

Turkey

Italy

Monaco

Cyprus

Switzerland

Malta

Netherlands

Greece

Belgium

F.Y.R.ofMacedonia

Luxembourg

Albania

France

Bosnia andHerzegovina

Spain

Croatia

Portugal

IrelandUnited Kingdom

Romania

Russian Federation

Iceland

Kara SeaBarents Sea

North Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea Caspian Sea

Aral Sea

Canada

of America

Kyrgyzstan

Artic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Slovenia

Hungary

Slovakia

Poland

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Finland

Armenia

Sweden

Georgia

Norway

Belarus

Czech Rep. Ukraine

Denmark

Moldova

Germany

Yugoslavia

Austria

Bulgaria

Liechtenstein

Turkey

Italy

Monaco

Cyprus

Switzerland

Malta

Netherlands

Greece

Belgium

F.Y.R.ofMacedonia

Luxembourg

Albania

France

Bosnia andHerzegovina

Spain

Croatia

Portugal

IrelandUnited Kingdom

Romania

Russian Federation

Iceland

Kara SeaBarents Sea

North Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Black Sea Caspian Sea

Aral Sea

Canada

of America

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

Geographical coverage of the Convention LRTAP (49 Parties)

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T a sk F o rce

IC PIn te gra ted M o n ito ring

T a sk F o rce

IC PM a pp ing

T a sk F o rce

IC PM a te ria ls

T a sk F o rce

IC PV e ge ta tionT a sk F o rce

IC PW a te rs

T a sk F o rce

T a sk F o rceH e a lth

W G on E ffects

T a sk F o rceE m iss io n In ve n to ries

a n d P ro jec tio ns

T a sk F o rceM e a su re m e nta n d M o de lling

C h e m ica lC o ord ina ting

C e n tre

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M e te o ro lo g ica lS yn the s iz ingC e n tre -E a st

T a sk F o rceIn teg ra ted

A sse ssm e nt M od e lling

C e n treIn teg ra ted

A sse ssm e nt M od e lling

EM EPSteering Body

E xp ert g ro upo n am m o n ia

T a sk F o rceo n P O P s

N e tw ork o f E xp e rtso n B en e fits a nd

E co no m ic In stru m e n ts

E xp ert g ro upo n tech no -eco no m ic

issu e s (E G T E I)

E xp ert g ro upo n H ea vy M e ta ls

W G onStrateg ies and Review

Executive BodyIm plem entation

Com m ittee

Organes intergouvernementaux, groupes d’experts and scientific centres

Intergovernmental Bodies,scientific centresexperts groups

Functions of the TF will be to:

Plan and conduct the technical work necessary for the use reassessments, re-evaluations and reviews for submission to the WGSR in 2004;

Requirements as specified in annexes I and II:

Review the availability and feasibility of alternatives to DDT;

Re-evaluate the remaining use of heptachlor;

Reassess the production and use of PCTs and “Ugilec”;

Reassess DDT use as a chemical intermediate to produce Dicofol;

Reassess the restricted uses of lindane.

Take account of the available results of the work done by

the former Expert group (EB.AIR/WG.5/2002/2).

Functions of the TF will be to:

Plan and conduct the technical work necessary for the use reassessments, re-evaluations and reviews for submission to the WGSR in 2004;

Plan and conduct the technical work necessary for the review of sufficiency and effectiveness of the obligations as set out in Art. 10 para. 3.

Review the sufficiency and effectiveness of the obligations (Art. 10, para. 3)

… take into account the best available scientific information on the effects of the deposition of POPs, assessments of technological develop-ments, changing economic conditions and the fulfilment of the obligations on emission levels.

The first such review shall be completed no later than 3 years after the Protocol enters into force (i.e 23.10.2006).

Functions of the TF will be to:

Plan and conduct the technical work necessary for the use reassessments, re-evaluations and reviews for submission to the WGSR in 2004;

Plan and conduct the technical work necessary for the review of sufficiency and effectiveness of the obligations (Art. 10 para. 3);

Prepare technical reviews on dossiers of new substances proposed by Parties for inclusion into annexes I, II or III in accordance with the relevant provisions of the protocol and EB decision 1998/2.

The technical reports will reflect the full range of views expressed during the meetings.

Work-plan for submission to WGSR

Use reassessments, re-evaluations and reviews 2004

Annotated chapter headings for the techn. components of the review for approval by the WGSR 2004

Generic guidelines and/or procedures for the technical review of dossiers of new substances that may be proposed by Parties 2004

Elements of the sufficiency and effectiveness review, drawing upon information from experts, Parties and the subsidiary bodies under the EB 2005

Progress report of the chairmen on TF work

The TF will approve those parts of its report that constitutes the key elements of its deliberations relating to the tasks assigned to it by EB.

Will be distributed by the secretariat to the focal points nominated by the Parties and to the observers and experts who were present at the meeting.

The WGSR will then:

Report and make recommendations to the EB at it XXII session in December 2004.

Review para. 2 of the EB decision 1998/2 and provide guidance respecting how “deemed acceptable” is to be understood and applied by the EB.