At the recent Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the delegates adopted an amendment to the Annexes to add nine additional chemicals to the list of Persistent Organic Pollutants. For the list of nine chemicals see here. Responsibilities under the Convention with respect to these newly added chemicals will be effective May 9, 2010 in those countries that have ratified the Convention (“Party States”), unless such Party State (a) made a declaration in its ratification of the Convention that amendments to Annexes A, B and C of the Convention would not be effective without a ratification of such amendments; or (b) submits a written notification that it is unable to accept the amendment. Chemicals listed in Annexes A, B and C to the Convention are subject to varying degrees of regulations by the Parties to the Convention.