Note by the Secretariat The annex to the present note contains a table listing comments and responses relating to the technical paper on the identification and assessment of alternatives to the use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid in open applications set out in document UNEP/POPS/POPRC.8/INF/17. They are presented in the languages in which they were submitted, without translation or formal editing. The original documents in which the comments and responses were submitted to the Secretariat are reproduced on the Stockholm Convention website: http://chm.pops.int/tabid/2746/Default.aspx.