Document V3GgqEKwj3d80qVwQEV1yLQK4

if*: >. ;, ------------- *"' V' 'f'''ffX'';.^:S' :' <*, ` .(TCO/ihlSAXJOK J.aoh'Wo^lic'' IiwHxRlj^SO'.' . ' CO-t.bittArftJH A? CWjJUHWW' . "''' "' "' ; ,,/ . 1 __ ; j Paris, .Oth Septei.'iior, 1972:. /im'.ii'onmont bireetorato. To: National Delegations ." ' -J ":i.......... ' v!/copy' ,to Members of the W/nCi>/M'!f'(Z,.nI;,"/.*..*. ' ''./:-.=' JinVl roniaent Coitai fctec/ ' ... ' v:'K< /' 11 ' : ' Hoth-'icatjoi; awd consultAvion Qi.' musw&s you cqirfuoi, ; ''T . mvsetim 'km? * .' y' ' "' fisoisl: ................. v^SK::iW 1. :* V*. ^...-..vV Kv: ^:'>V('.^y'.'.... ' " > ,W.;/ . . 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. ; - . .: - . - ACTION itCQUllffiD : 1. national DolSKatlpns are invited to ' ' .... * '~ ' transmit the"attached Motif1 cation.to , ' "... their national ; authorities' concerned, with ' ... . , i the atvOVe tBattCr. .,., !. yv/> . >t. ''t'.: ' ` t .. ; It .fhesfe authorities trifeh ito corjmertt on . ,. h the dap^inese. ^otiflcatlon/ tliese coraiooiits i 'if . should lp addressed, via National Deepen ' '`'t.lonS, to the 'Jnvironmant JHrootor. . ` V-':V 0.M.C?D,,.2, rue Ahdrd Pascal,' *.. 1 ' - i 7p7?5 iAftt7iCjd!flai.11<3, Franco to arrive, if`possible,''before <Otli November* -1972. . i ' '. ^ ' oj- _* ' 4 .'(a * '.... 4,- 1 .) is?'1 *: t * - i* ' -i. r - * > . - r--. Wf:1, :4 .f7;vm7V,#" ` . :v*; v 'i'.' ; ,/7'' '*7-: . .,,,,' HONS 044119 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. ` ' 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. - i join items covered by the requests' (o) Manufacturersj _ ', (1) March i&fth.- ' ;; . ' t 1 , .. ilalsorS'Of prosoure-sonsltivo ropyinf.' i oedse collecting and rodov^rinij. PCBs >V< . contained^ ili pressure-sonslti-va ' >'. papers. V. ' r ' ' 1 "v , (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 . t/- > : ';< ' July, 1972). 1 . ' (b) Importers: ' , ' . / \ . ` Importers of equipment Using I'CBs should coast- to import ouch items except in cases whore perfect. , recovery of PCBs can bo ensured. ' (c) Users: 7 - , 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. ' Jfccovered I'COa aye to be burned at high temperature. no(*s 0i,4ii0 y-.' * --. . : 7/i3C P/l-:4V/72.1 ' * / * 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 , > ;v . ' : .. ' A. itone^fuohi Clwaaioai Co; ltd. hove boon producing PCDs i f.-ice 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; W;.j ' Th<? '."iBnomi jieii ..dibeRae* H&j dirt etiyy affected the! human' body. ' , r wjUcS t'C&a ;.. .</ * >. ' ' vv* * v..'-. w* v-wevui vuiv iicna. ^avuu ,* *vy wi ui< v** (knov.n oc KanciaL Oil) were poihoned and 10 of them .died. The symptoms 'were serious .exanthema; fatigue, headache uul so on. . . ' . ' > - , ThJa b&ppcncd bodausohtho fiJU Uhed as heat-transformer v' modlurii in ;tho .de-odorlgation ^qptingj process, leaded from ? defective pipework .' end ml^od with 'f V' " ' '* < W1 ' the product. ' . 1:' o- . ;" .! 6, Pollution #vn r\ by peps vj.. kj:''j_ _ jt ' _r Jt&'v.# t- attracted, a_'tkltJlenat.ijo_n-- .irn-- Japan . * .y 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-. hu,null) b6$y- why 'tfciKc plioe v/M'ch arei v%*l 4(/va Islxi* da+'iiir ' `fl nti .i!itali a, >rA ' lx cowing increasingly pontemlnated.'by1. pCBs that .have already be en discharged. -f; : " r1:v, ; t - , . . , Y"( ' , . . t>to. tf't ... Iy1' * S/M? . j, MONS 0441^1 V'