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Best Available Techniques (BAT)<br />
• "Best available techniques" means the most<br />
effective and advanced stage in the development<br />
of activities and their methods of operati<strong>on</strong> which<br />
indicate the practical suitability of particular<br />
techniques for providing in principle the basis for<br />
release limitati<strong>on</strong>s designed to prevent and,<br />
where that is not practicable, generally to reduce<br />
releases of chemicals listed in Part I of Annex C<br />
and their impact <strong>on</strong> the envir<strong>on</strong>ment as a whole…<br />
Expert Group <strong>on</strong> BAT/BEP<br />
• Mandate and terms of reference established<br />
at INC6 (2003):<br />
• Manageable size<br />
• Members to represent their regi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
• Operate by c<strong>on</strong>sensus<br />
• 3 meetings authorized<br />
• Experts selected by countries, countries<br />
selected by regi<strong>on</strong>al groups:<br />
• 18 from developing countries (5 Africa, 5 Asia, 5<br />
GRULAC) and ec<strong>on</strong>omies in transiti<strong>on</strong> (3)<br />
• 18 from developed countries (WEOG)<br />
• 4 from e-NGOs<br />
• 4 from i-NGOs<br />
• 2 from IGOs<br />
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Best <str<strong>on</strong>g>Envir<strong>on</strong>ment</str<strong>on</strong>g>al Practices<br />
(BEP)<br />
• "Best envir<strong>on</strong>mental practices" means<br />
the applicati<strong>on</strong> of the most appropriate<br />
combinati<strong>on</strong> of envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />
measures and strategies.<br />
Expert Group <strong>on</strong> BAT/BEP<br />
• Meetings:<br />
• 10-1414 March, 2003 (RTP, USA)<br />
• 8-12 December, 2003 (Villarrica, Chile)<br />
• 11-1616 October, 2004 (Tokyo, Japan)<br />
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Article 5: Unintenti<strong>on</strong>ally Produced POPs<br />
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Expert Group <strong>on</strong> BAT/BEP<br />
• When applying best available techniques and<br />
best envir<strong>on</strong>mental practices for the above,<br />
Parties should take into c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>:<br />
• the general guidance <strong>on</strong> preventi<strong>on</strong> and release reducti<strong>on</strong><br />
measures in Annex C and<br />
• guidelines <strong>on</strong> best available techniques and best<br />
envir<strong>on</strong>mental practices to be adopted by decisi<strong>on</strong> of the<br />
C<strong>on</strong>ference of the Parties (see subparagraphs (d) and (e)<br />
of Article 5).<br />
Additi<strong>on</strong>al material available to the<br />
Group included:<br />
• Proceedings of regi<strong>on</strong>al workshop <strong>on</strong> BAT/BEP held<br />
in Bangkok, Thailand (13-15 15 March, 2002)<br />
• Proceedings of regi<strong>on</strong>al workshop <strong>on</strong> BAT/BEP held<br />
in Buenos Aires, Argentina (23-25 25 October, 2002)<br />
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