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Paris, .Oth Septei.'iior, 1972:.
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To: National Delegations ." '
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In nocoixtafej with theCouncil Jle,solution. C(7i)7!KPinal)i
the daponesc deleeatlo.v hereby notifies a 8Ct of AdoinistrsftiVo
Control Measures recently takeVi regarding the production,'. . .
importation, and use of PCbs. ; -
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ACTION itCQUllffiD : 1. national DolSKatlpns are invited to ' '
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transmit the"attached Motif1 cation.to
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t .. ; It .fhesfe authorities trifeh ito corjmertt on . ,. h the dap^inese. ^otiflcatlon/ tliese coraiooiits
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1 ' - i 7p7?5 iAftt7iCjd!flai.11<3, Franco to arrive,
if`possible,''before <Otli November* -1972.
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I. J'Uu.'i ora not a.prison which tokos of foot immediately,
but becouo.o of tbdi.r low cjo^rcdabili ty, they have eaui-.cd -signi
ficant coivironwental pollution. li is thorpforo necessary to
prevent the fyrthor discharge of PCBo. `
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2. Tito llinistpy (if International Trade and Industry1 (IlITl) h>s requested the industries concerned t6 step' using PCBe In mi open system. The necessary measures have been taken by t.ho
industries concerned in response to these official requests.
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(o) Manufacturersj _
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ilalsorS'Of prosoure-sonsltivo ropyinf.'
i oedse collecting and rodov^rinij. PCBs
>V< . contained^ ili pressure-sonslti-va '
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(3) January 1972 iialiers Of paints and adhesives should ' . . coace usin^:'PCjtts for products to be
used in open systons.
(A) i larch ond- . 'hiaMrs of electrical equipment such April 1972 , ' i as irartsfor.',)gfs and capacitors, and j.
. * of heat .exchangers, choul/S-cense to ' uso PCBs by-l8t Septoiubeiv 1972 at
< tho latest .itt the cues of eqUipmpnt ' . ' from which PCBs cannot be -totally .
'recovered. , (In the case of%heCt, * ' . exchanger, the timo limit-wasNTst V
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(b) Importers: ' , ' . / \ .
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Importers of equipment Using I'CBs should coast- to
import ouch items except in cases whore perfect. ,
recovery of PCBs can bo ensured.
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(c) Users:
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Users of onuipr.iont which uses PCBn in a closed'
nystui.), suoh ns-,.tranoforuer, cepncitora and hect-
exebangers,' should'not install Such equipment except
wlien perfect racovery of PCBe can bo ensured.
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Jfccovered I'COa aye to be burned at high temperature.
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In addition, `provisional standards'for foodstuff^ whi'Sh
cortn.-Uvl'CSs are bein';, considered :i>fy the Itiniotry of .Health and
Vclfore as a Mattel- of urgency. The. IJinietry of Agriculture .
unci the 1/inictry'of-health and VelfhPe'are promoting * sbrVey .
of the pollution situati&i ahd a'study on. tno Methods for
analysing PC3s. :;t : .- j
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A. itone^fuohi Clwaaioai Co; ltd. hove boon producing PCDs
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and hiteubia.hi-Honsant Cliotaledl Co, Ltd., since
1lies two companies |>eve voluntarily ,stopped production
Vx c ause of t!ie si;ntficonoe-Of PCfJs in environhental 'pollution;
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Th<? '."iBnomi jieii ..dibeRae* H&j dirt etiyy affected the! human' body. '
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(knov.n oc KanciaL Oil) were poihoned and 10 of them .died.
The symptoms 'were serious .exanthema; fatigue, headache
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ThJa b&ppcncd bodausohtho fiJU Uhed as heat-transformer v'
modlurii in ;tho .de-odorlgation ^qptingj process, leaded from ?
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when those chemicals:'were fou.nd i_n___J . Tokyo i3ay and Seto
Ini and Son. " The '--,cs '6>f .^jfear that .certain damage. totbEi-.
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'tfciKc plioe v/M'ch arei v%*l 4(/va Islxi* da+'iiir ' `fl nti .i!itali a, >rA
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lx cowing increasingly pontemlnated.'by1. pCBs that .have already
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