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1.Takes note of the nominations to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster,1 the report of the second expert meeting on best available techniques and best environmental practices2 and the conclusions and recommendations of the experts on best available techniques and best environmental practices;3
3.Takes note of the revised draft guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices for the use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and related chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention4 and the revised draft guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices for the recycling and waste disposal of articles containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers listed under the Stockholm Convention;5
4.Requests the Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, in consultation with the experts on best available techniques and best environmental practices, and considering the work on the evaluation of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 of part III of Annex B to the Stockholm Convention,6 to revise the draft guidance referred to in paragraph 3 above in order to update the references to the work under the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, in particular the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants as adopted at the twelfth meeting of the Basel Convention, and to reflect the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention;
5.Recognizes that listing of new substances in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention will trigger the need to further update existing guidance and/or develop new guidance to support parties in implementing new obligations, requiring specific expertise;
(b)In consultation with the Toolkit experts, to develop joint terms of reference for synergistically considering aspects relevant to releases from unintentional production and best available techniques and best environmental practices for the chemicals listed in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention;
7.Requests the Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, to continue implementing the process for the ongoing review and updating of the guidelines and guidance as referred to in paragraph 6 above, as well as awareness-raising and technical assistance activities to promote the guidelines and guidance, and to report on progress to the Conference of the Parties at its eighth meeting;
8.Invites parties, States not party to the Convention, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and industry to participate actively in the review and updating of the guidelines and guidance and to submit relevant information to the Secretariat for consideration by the experts on best available techniques and best environmental practices;
9.Invites parties and others to nominate experts with specific expertise in best available techniques and best environmental practices, in particular those relevant to the chemicals that were listed in the annexes to the Stockholm Convention in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015, to the joint Toolkit and best available techniques and best environmental practices expert roster;
10.Encourages parties and others to use the guidelines and guidance when applying best available techniques and best environmental practices in the implementation of action plans and other actions related to the obligations under the Convention and to share their experiences in using the guidelines and guidance, such as in the form of case studies, by means of the Stockholm Convention clearing-house mechanism.