Omhändertagande av PCB i byggnader - Naturvårdsverket

PARCOM DECISION 92/3
ON THE PHASING OUT OF PCBs AND
HAZARDOUS PCB SUBSTITUTES 1
Regeringsuppdrag om omhändertagande av PCB i byggnader
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CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF MARINE
POLLUTION FROM LAND-BASED SOURCES AGREE:
To prevent PCBs and hazardous PCB substitutes from entering the marine environment and to this end they
shall:
1. take measures to phase out and to destroy in an environmentally safe manner all identifiable PCBs as
soon as possible with the aim of complete destruction, including the interim options of safe deep
underground disposal in dry rock formation of capacitors and empty transformers, ensuring that the time
between taking out of service and destruction is as short as practicable:
a. by 1995, or by the end of 1999 at the latest, for Iceland and the Contracting Parties which are
riparian to the North Sea;
b. by 2005, or by the end of 2010 at the latest, for the remaining Contracting Parties.
2. take measures to phase out and to destroy in an environmentally safe manner hazardous PCB substitutes
in use with the aim of complete destruction, including the interim options of safe deep underground
disposal in dry rock formation of capacitors and empty transformers, ensuring that the time between
taking out of service and destruction is as short as practicable:
a within seven years, at the latest, after their identification for Iceland and the Contracting Parties
which are riparian to the North Sea 2 2;
b. between identification date and the year 2010 or between identification date and seven years
later, whichever date is later for the remaining Contracting Parties.
3. take measures in order to prevent or strictly control the use of hazardous PCB substitutes in capacitors
and transformers.
This decision supersedes PARCOM Decision 90/4 on the phasing out of PCBs.
1 In the context of this Decision hazardous PCB substitutes are defined as "persistent, bioaccumulative organic
compounds with hazard or structure characteristics comparable to those revealed by PCBs". In assessing the
hazardous character of the proposed PCB substitutes Contracting Parties shall take account of the Guidelines for
Environmental Risk Assessment Scheme annexed to this Decision.
2 With regard to France, this Decision applies to the area covered by the Convention.