The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having completed an evaluation of the proposal by Norway to list perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, defined as any substance that contains the chemical moiety C6F13SO2- as one of its structural elements and that potentially degrades to PFHxS, in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Stockholm Convention and having decided at its thirteenth meeting, in its decision POPRC 13/3, that the proposal meets the criteria set out in Annex D to the Convention,