Comments provided following the COP-16 meeting, with deadline by 30 April and extended until 31 August 2024, following the OEWG-14 meeting

In paragraph 8 and 9 of decision BC-14/5, the COP invited Parties and others to use and test, on a pilot basis, the revised technical guidelines and to submit, not later than two months before the twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, through the Secretariat, comments on the activities above and the results of using and testing the revised technical guidelines.

 

Submitter	Title	English	Spanish
Items: 1
Colombia	Comments on the use and test of the technical guidelines

In paragraph 4 of decision BC-14/5, the COP acknowledged the need to look further into subparagraphs 32 (a) and 32 (b) of the revised technical guidelines referred to in paragraph 3 of the same decision, in particular the concerns of Parties on the distinction between waste and non waste, to advance the work towards the finalization of the guidelines; These comments listed below were provided by and to the members and observers of the Expert Working Group on the e-waste technical guidelines during the intersessional period between COP-14 and COP-15.

 

Submitter	Title	English
Items: 4
Argentina	Comments received as per decision BC-14/5, paragraph 4
Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)	Comments received as per decision BC-14/5, paragraph 4
Switzerland	Comments received as per decision BC-14/5, paragraph 4
Trinidad and Tobago	Comments received as per decision BC-14/5, paragraph 4