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3. The Committee shall examine the proposal and apply the screening criteria specified in
Annex D in a flexible and transparent way, taking all information provided into account in an
integrative and balanced manner.
4. If the Committee decides that:
(a) It is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled, it shall, through the
Secretariat, make the proposal and the evaluation of the Committee available to all Parties and
observers and invite them to submit the information specified in Annex E; or
(b) It is not satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled, it shall, through
the Secretariat, inform all Parties and observers and make the proposal and the evaluation of
the Committee available to all Parties and the proposal shall be set aside.
5. Any Party may resubmit a proposal to the Committee that has been set aside by the
Committee pursuant to paragraph 4. The resubmission may include any concerns of the Party
as well as a justification for additional consideration by the Committee. If, following this
procedure, the Committee again sets the proposal aside, the Party may challenge the decision
of the Committee and the Conference of the Parties shall consider the matter at its next
session. The Conference of the Parties may decide, based on the screening criteria in Annex
D and taking into account the evaluation of the Committee and any additional information
provided by any Party or observer, that the proposal should proceed.
6. Where the Committee has decided that the screening criteria have been fulfilled, or the
Conference of the Parties has decided that the proposal should proceed, the Committee shall
further review the proposal, taking into account any relevant additional information received,
and shall prepare a draft risk profile in accordance with Annex E. It shall, through the
Secretariat, make that draft available to all Parties and observers, collect technical comments
from them and, taking those comments into account, complete the risk profile.
7. If, on the basis of the risk profile conducted in accordance with Annex E, the
Committee decides:
(a) That the chemical is likely as a result of its long-range environmental transport to
lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action
is warranted, the proposal shall proceed. Lack of full scientific certainty shall not prevent the
proposal from proceeding. The Committee shall, through the Secretariat, invite information
from all Parties and observers relating to the considerations specified in Annex F. It shall
then prepare a risk management evaluation that includes an analysis of possible control
measures for the chemical in accordance with that Annex; or
(b) That the proposal should not proceed, it shall, through the Secretariat, make the
risk profile available to all Parties and observers and set the proposal aside.
8. For any proposal set aside pursuant to paragraph 7 (b), a Party may request the
Conference of the Parties to consider instructing the Committee to invite additional
information from the proposing Party and other Parties during a period not to exceed one
year. After that period and on the basis of any information received, the Committee shall
reconsider the proposal pursuant to paragraph 6 with a priority to be decided by the
Conference of the Parties. If, following this procedure, the Committee again sets the proposal
aside, the Party may challenge the decision of the Committee and the Conference of the
Parties shall consider the matter at its next session. The Conference of the Parties may