Announcement on environmental risk management and control requirements of five kinds of persistent organic pollutants such as polychlorinated naphthalenes
On December 30, 2022, the 38th meeting of the 13th the NPC Standing Committee reviewed and approved the Amendment to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to include polychlorinated naphthalenes and the Amendment to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to include short-chain chlorinated paraffins and other three persistent organic pollutants (hereinafter referred to as the Amendment). The Amendment came into force for China on June 6, 2023.
The Amendment eliminated or restricted five kinds of persistent organic pollutants, namely hexachlorobutadiene, polychlorinated naphthalenes, pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, decabromodiphenyl ether and short-chain chlorinated paraffins. In combination with the relevant management regulations of China, the specific matters of limiting and controlling the above five kinds of persistent organic pollutants are announced as follows:
1. It is forbidden to produce, use, import and export hexachlorobutadiene, polychlorinated naphthalenes, pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters.
2. It is forbidden to produce, use, import and export decabromodiphenyl ether (except for the following purposes).
(1) Textile products with flame retardant characteristics (excluding clothing and toys);
(2) Additives for plastic casings and parts used for household heating appliances, irons, fans and immersion heaters, which contain or directly contact with electrical parts, or need to comply with flame retardant standards, and the density is less than 10% by weight of the parts;
(3) Polyurethane foam used for building insulation;
The exemption period of the above three types of uses will end on December 31, 2023.
Three, prohibit the production, use, import and export of short-chain chlorinated paraffin (except for the following purposes).
(1) Additives used in the production of conveyor belts in natural and synthetic rubber industries;
(two) spare parts for rubber conveyor belts used in mining and forestry;
(3) leather industry, especially fatliquoring leather;
(4) Lubricating oil additives, especially used in automobiles, generators and engines of wind energy facilities, as well as oil and gas exploration and drilling and oil refineries that produce diesel oil;
(5) Outdoor decorative lamps;
(6) Waterproof and flame-retardant paints;
(7) Adhesives;
(8) Metal processing;
(nine) the second plasticizer of flexible PVC (but not used in the processing of toys and children’s products);
The exemption period of the above nine types of uses will end on December 31, 2023.
4. Enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators that discharge hexachlorobutadiene and polychlorinated naphthalenes shall take effective measures to effectively reduce emissions or eliminate emission sources. Encourage the development and application of alternative technologies to prevent the generation and emission of hexachlorobutadiene and polychloronaphthalene.
5. Unless otherwise specified, chemicals used for laboratory-scale research or as reference standards, and chemicals appearing as unintentional trace pollutants in products and articles, do not apply to the above requirements on prohibiting or restricting production, use and import and export.
Six, all levels of ecological environment, industry and information technology, housing and urban construction, agriculture and rural areas, commerce, emergency management, market supervision and management, disease prevention and control departments and customs, should be in accordance with the provisions of relevant state laws and regulations, strengthen the supervision and management of the production, use, import and export of the above five kinds of persistent organic pollutants. Once violations of the announcement are found, they will be severely punished according to law.
Seven, this announcement shall come into force as of June 6, 2023.
It is hereby announced.
Annex: List of Persistent Organic Pollutants Restricted by the Amendment
Ministry of Ecology and Environment
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Ministry of Commerce
Ministry of Emergency Management
General Administration of Customs
State Administration for Market Regulation
National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention
June 6, 2023
Issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on June 6, 2023
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List of Persistent Organic Pollutants Restricted by the Amendment
Note: SCCPs refer to chain length C.10To c13And the chlorine content exceeds 48% by weight, and its concentration in the mixture is greater than or equal to 1% by weight.
interpretResponsible comrades of the Solid Waste and Chemicals Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment answered reporters’ questions on the Announcement on Environmental Risk Control Requirements for Five Kinds of Persistent Organic Pollutants, such as Polychlorinated Naphthalenes.