Regulation (EU) 2022/2400

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to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects caused by of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and to eliminate or minimise emissions of POPs from waste. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (POPs Regulation) implements the Union's commitments under the Stockholm Convention on POPs, approved by Council Decision 2006/507/EC, and the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, approved by Council Decision 2004/259/EC. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Martin HOJSÍK (Renew Europe, SK) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European As a reminder, the European Commission has proposed to review the Annexes IV and V of the Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (POPs Regulation) to ensure their alignment with the international obligations, particularly the Stockholm Convention whose main goal is to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants. As POPs belong to the most dangerous chemicals in the world and are linked to irreversible impacts on public health and environment, the Stockholm Convention requires Parties to prohibit and/or take the legal and administrative measures necessary to eliminate both the production and use of chemicals listed in Annex A, and the import and export of those chemicals. Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds have been proposed by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) for listing under Annex A of the Convention without specific exemptions after completing the risk profile and risk management evaluation for those substances. A decision to include PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds is envisaged to take place in Stockholm Convention COP-10 , which was initially scheduled in July 2021, and is now scheduled to take place in June 2022. With respect to the objectives of the Convention, it is therefore appropriate to amend Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 by including perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds in the Annexes and indicating their corresponding concentration limits. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows: The report stressed that in order to prevent mixing of contaminated waste with other waste or materials and to ensure better traceability and effective treatment of waste containing persistent organic pollutants, there is a need to avoid inconsistency between the provisions regarding waste which contains persistent organic pollutants originally set out in Regulation (EC) No 850/2004,…

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