# Council Decision (EU) 2016/769 of 21 April 2016 on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Division 7: The following footnotes shall be added at the end of Annex I:


‘(a)
“Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether” mean 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′- hexabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-153, CAS No: 68631-49-2), 2,2′,4,4′,5,6′- hexabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-154, CAS No: 207122-15-4), 2,2′,3,3′,4,5′,6 heptabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-175, CAS No: 446255-22-7), 2,2′,3,4,4′,5′,6- heptabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-183, CAS No: 207122-16-5) and other hexa- and heptabromodiphenyl ethers present in commercial octabromodiphenyl ether.
(b)
“Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether” means 2,2′,4,4′-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47, CAS No: 40088-47-9) and 2,2′,4,4′,5-pentabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-99, CAS No: 32534-81-9) and other tetra- and pentabromodiphenyl ethers present in commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether.
(c)
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) means substances defined by the molecular formula C8F17SO2X, where X = OH, metal salt, halide, amide or other derivatives including polymers.
(d)
“Polychlorinated biphenyls” means aromatic compounds formed in such a manner that the hydrogen atoms on the biphenyl molecule (two benzene rings bonded together by a single carbon-carbon bond) may be replaced by up to 10 chlorine atoms.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/769/attachment/1/division/F./division/7. (the official version)
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