The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having examined the proposal by the European Union to list pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (CAS No.: 335-67-1, PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA related compounds in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention and having applied the screening criteria specified in Annex D to the Convention,
1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (CAS No: 335-67-1, PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;