The Conference of the Parties,
[...]1. Encourages Parties to take the draft guidelines and provisional guidance into consideration, where practicable and feasible, in the development of action plans and other activities related to unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants;
2. Takes note of the need for further work to enhance or strengthen the draft document to address those priority areas which have been identified in the terms of reference for the expert group, so that guidelines and guidance may be adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its third session;
3. Decides hereby to establish an Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices, with the terms of reference set forth in the annex to the present decision;
4. Invites the Parties and others to submit comments on the draft guidelines and provisional guidance to the Secretariat by 31 August 2005 for consideration by the Expert Group at its first meeting.

Annex to decision SC-1/19
Terms of reference for the Expert Group on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practices