Paragraphs in "Convention On Persistent Organic Pollutants" coded as SCIR
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| Label | Provision |
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| Pre.12 | Taking into account the circumstances and particular requirements of developing countries, in particular the least developed among them, and countries with economies in transition, especially the need to strengthen their national capabilities for the management of chemicals, including through the transfer of technology, the provision of financial and technical assistance and the promotion of cooperation among the Parties, |
| Art.3.5 | 5. Except as otherwise provided in this Convention, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to quantities of a chemical to be used for laboratory-scale research or as a reference standard. |
| Art.5.1x.d | (d) Promote and, in accordance with the implementation schedule of its action plan, require the use of best available techniques for new sources within source categories which a Party has identified as warranting such action in its action plan, with a particular initial focus on source categories identified in Part II of Annex C. In any case, the requirement to use best available techniques for new sources in the categories listed in Part II of that Annex shall be phased in as soon as practicable but no later than four years after the entry into force of the Convention for that Party. For the identified categories, Parties shall promote the use of best environmental practices. When applying best available techniques and best environmental practices, Parties should take into consideration the general guidance on prevention and release reduction measures in that Annex and guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices to be adopted by decision of the Conference of the Parties; |
| Art.5.1x.e | (e) Promote, in accordance with its action plan, the use of best available techniques and best environmental practices: |
| Art.5.1x.e.iiix | When applying best available techniques and best environmental practices, Parties should take into consideration the general guidance on prevention and release reduction measures in Annex C and guidelines on best available techniques and best environmental practices to be adopted by decision of the Conference of the Parties; |
| Art.8.7.a | (a) That the chemical is likely as a result of its long-range environmental transport to lead to significant adverse human health and/ or environmental effects such that global action is warranted, the proposal shall proceed. Lack of full scientific certainty shall not prevent the proposal from proceeding. The Committee shall, through the Secretariat, invite information from all Parties and observers relating to the considerations specified in Annex F. It shall then prepare a risk management evaluation that includes an analysis of possible control measures for the chemical in accordance with that Annex; or |
| Art.8.9 | 9. The Committee shall, based on the risk profile referred to in paragraph 6 and the risk management evaluation referred to in paragraph 7 (a) or paragraph 8, recommend whether the chemical should be considered by the Conference of the Parties for listing in Annexes A, B and/ or C. The Conference of the Parties, taking due account of the recommendations of the Committee, including any scientific uncertainty, shall decide, in a precautionary manner, whether to list the chemical, and specify its related control measures, in Annexes A, B and/ or C. |
| Art.9.1.b | (b) Alternatives to persistent organic pollutants, including information relating to their risks as well as to their economic and social costs. |
| Art.10.1.e | (e) Training of workers, scientists, educators and technical and managerial personnel; |
| Art.10.5 | 5. Each Party shall give sympathetic consideration to developing mechanisms, such as pollutant release and transfer registers, for the collection and dissemination of information on estimates of the annual quantities of the chemicals listed in Annex A, B or C that are released or disposed of. |
| Art.11.1 | 1. The Parties shall, within their capabilities, at the national and international levels, encourage and/ or undertake appropriate research, development, monitoring and cooperation pertaining to persistent organic pollutants and, where relevant, to their alternatives and to candidate persistent organic pollutants, including on their: |
| Art.11.1.a | (a) Sources and releases into the environment; |
| Art.11.1.b | (b) Presence, levels and trends in humans and the environment; |
| Art.11.1.c | (c) Environmental transport, fate and transformation; |
| Art.11.1.d | (d) Effects on human health and the environment; |
| Art.11.1.e | (e) Socio-economic and cultural impacts; |
| Art.11.1.f | (f) Release reduction and/ or elimination; and |
| Art.11.1.g | (g) Harmonized methodologies for making inventories of generating sources and analytical techniques for the measurement of releases. |
| Art.11.2 | 2. In undertaking action under paragraph 1, the Parties shall, within their capabilities: |
| Art.11.2.a | (a) Support and further develop, as appropriate, international programmes, networks and organizations aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing research, data collection and monitoring, taking into account the need to minimize duplication of effort; |
| Art.11.2.b | (b) Support national and international efforts to strengthen national scientific and technical research capabilities, particularly in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and to promote access to, and the exchange of, data and analyses; |
| Art.11.2.d | (d) Undertake research work geared towards alleviating the effects of persistent organic pollutants on reproductive health; |
| Art.11.2.e | (e) Make the results of their research, development and monitoring activities referred to in this paragraph accessible to the public on a timely and regular basis; and |
| Art.11.2.f | (f) Encourage and/ or undertake cooperation with regard to storage and maintenance of information generated from research, development and monitoring. |
| Art.12.1 | 1. The Parties recognize that rendering of timely and appropriate technical assistance in response to requests from developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition is essential to the successful implementation of this Convention. |
| Art.12.2 | 2. The Parties shall cooperate to provide timely and appropriate technical assistance to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition, to assist them, taking into account their particular needs, to develop and strengthen their capacity to implement their obligations under this Convention. |
| Art.12.3 | 3. In this regard, technical assistance to be provided by developed country Parties, and other Parties in accordance with their capabilities, shall include, as appropriate and as mutually agreed, technical assistance for capacity-building relating to implementation of the obligations under this Convention. Further guidance in this regard shall be provided by the Conference of the Parties. |
| Art.12.4 | 4. The Parties shall establish, as appropriate, arrangements for the purpose of providing technical assistance and promoting the transfer of technology to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition relating to the implementation of this Convention. These arrangements shall include regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology to assist developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to fulfil their obligations under this Convention. Further guidance in this regard shall be provided by the Conference of the Parties. |
| Art.12.5 | 5. The Parties shall, in the context of this Article, take full account of the specific needs and special situation of least developed countries and small island developing states in their actions with regard to technical assistance. |
| Art.13.4 | 4. The extent to which the developing country Parties will effectively implement their commitments under this Convention will depend on the effective implementation by developed country Parties of their commitments under this Convention relating to financial resources, technical assistance and technology transfer. The fact that sustainable economic and social development and eradication of poverty are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties will be taken fully into account, giving due consideration to the need for the protection of human health and the environment. |
| Art.15.2.a | (a) Statistical data on its total quantities of production, import and export of each of the chemicals listed in Annex A and Annex B or a reasonable estimate of such data; and |
| Art.16.2 | 2. In order to facilitate such evaluation, the Conference of the Parties shall, at its first meeting, initiate the establishment of arrangements to provide itself with comparable monitoring data on the presence of the chemicals listed in Annexes A, B and C as well as their regional and global environmental transport. These arrangements: |
| Art.16.2.a | (a) Should be implemented by the Parties on a regional basis when appropriate, in accordance with their technical and financial capabilities, using existing monitoring programmes and mechanisms to the extent possible and promoting harmonization of approaches; |
| Art.16.2.b | (b) May be supplemented where necessary, taking into account the differences between regions and their capabilities to implement monitoring activities; and |
| Art.16.2.c | (c) Shall include reports to the Conference of the Parties on the results of the monitoring activities on a regional and global basis at intervals to be specified by the Conference of the Parties. |
| Art.16.3 | 3. The evaluation described in paragraph 1 shall be conducted on the basis of available scientific, environmental, technical and economic information, including: |
| Art.22.2 | 2. Any additional annexes shall be restricted to procedural, scientific, technical or administrative matters. |