Note by the Secretariat To facilitate consideration by the Conference of the Parties of the inclusion of pentabromodiphenyl ether (CAS No. 32534-81-9) and pentabromodiphenyl ether commercial mixtures in Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention, the annexes to the present note set out the rationale and recommendation pertaining to the substances prepared by the Chemical Review Committee at its seventh and eighth meetings, respectively.