On December 30, 2022, the 13th National People\’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee of China announced the ratification of Amendments* to Annexes A and C of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). As a party to this international treaty, China deposited the instrument of ratification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on March 8, 2023.

*Five POPs have been added to the annexes of the Stockholm Convention. These five POPs include: 

• Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD)
• Pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its salts and esters
• Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs)
• Decabromobiphenyl ether (DecaBDE)
• Short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs)

According to Article 22 (4) in the Stockholm Convention, the abovementioned Amendments shall enter into force for China on the ninetieth day after the date of the deposit with the depositary of the instrument of ratification, i.e., to be effective on June 6, 2023. In this regard, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) made a draft declaration on March 15, 2023. It clarifies the specific control policies for each target POP, based on the international requirements in the Amendments and domestic requirements in China’s first national list of priority new pollutants (2023 List). Comments for the control measures or their effective date are welcome before March 27, 2023.

** Four (HCBD, decaBDE, PCP and its salts and esters, SCCPs) of the target five POPs are listed in the 2023 List with their own control policies which have been in force from March 1, 2023.

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