Decisions

The Conference of the Parties

Having considered the invitation of the United Nations Environment Assembly, in its resolution 3/9, on eliminating exposure to lead paint and promoting environmentally sound management of waste lead-acid batteries, to consider revising the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of waste lead-acid batteries regarding the application of new technologies in different aspects of environmentally sound management systems,

The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes with appreciation the contributions made by the Governments of China and Uruguay1 and by the European Union,2 as co-leads, and by the small intersessional working group established pursuant to paragraph 6 of decision BC-15/11 to the tasks pertaining to the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of waste lead-acid batteries and other waste batteries;

The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes with appreciation the contributions made by the Governments of China and Uruguay and by the European Union, as co-leads, and by the small intersessional working group established pursuant to paragraph 6 of decision BC-15/11 to the tasks pertaining to the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of waste lead-acid batteries and on other waste batteries;