Decisions

Since its first meeting, the COP has taken a series of decisions on how and when Parties should submit national reports. A list of these decisions is presented below:

 

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SC-1/22 Party reporting, timing and format240 K165.38 K
 
 
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Decides that in accordance with Article 15 of the Convention, each Party shall submit its first report by 31 December 2006 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting, in 2007;
Decides that each Party shall submit its subsequent report every four years thereafter, for consideration during the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held the following year;
Adopts the revised format for reporting pursuant to Article 15 set forth in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to make available to Parties the above-mentioned format for reporting, both in electronic and hard copies;
Encourages each Party, when submitting its report pursuant to Article 15, to provide the Secretariat with an electronic version of its report;
Requests the Secretariat to prepare a cost estimate for developing an electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
Requests the Secretariat to develop a draft format for reporting on PCBs under the Convention, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.
SC-2/18 Reporting319.5 K92.03 K
 
 
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1. Requests the Secretariat to develop an electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention and to make it available to Parties no later than 30 September 2006, in time to be used by Parties when preparing their first reports pursuant to Article 15;
2. Adopts the format for reporting on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contained in the annex to the present decision;
3. Requests the Secretariat to incorporate the format for reporting on PCBs in the format for reporting under Article 15 of the Convention contained in the annex to decision SC-1/22;
4. Also requests the Secretariat to make available to Parties both electronic and hard copies of the format for reporting on PCBs.
SC-3/18 Reporting64.5 K11.18 K
 
 
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2. Invites Parties to provide comments on their experience in using the electronic system for reporting to the Secretariat by 31 December 2007; 3. Encourages Parties that have not used the electronic system for reporting to do so; 4. Requests the Secretariat: (a) To prepare a report pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 of the Convention by 30 July 2008 in time to be used in the effectiveness evaluation under Article 16 of the Convention; (b) To develop a users manual for the electronic system for reporting and distribute it widely in order to facilitate the process for reporting pursuant to Article 15; (c) To provide training, upon request and subject to the availability of funds, to enable Parties to use the electronic system for reporting effectively; (d) To make non-substantive modifications to the reporting forms in order to make the electronic system for reporting more user friendly, including by enhancing its flexibility; (e) To develop, resources permitting, an enhanced version of the electronic system for reporting that takes into account such modifications.
SC-4/30Reporting77.5 K10.09 K
 
 
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1. Welcomes the report based on information received pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention prepared by the Secretariat;

2. Decides that, in accordance with Article 15, each Party shall submit its second report pursuant to Article 15 to the Secretariat by 31 October 2010 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its fifth meeting;

SC-5/16Reporting132 K11.6 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes the reports submitted by parties pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants using the enhanced version of the electronic system for reporting;
2. Takes note of the Secretariat’s report pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 based on the national reports submitted by parties under Article 15;

SC-6/21National reporting56 K11.35 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties

1. Adopts the revised reporting format set out in the note by the Secretariat;

2. Takes note of the progress made by the Secretariat in further improving the online electronic system for reporting based on the revised reporting format and the comments received from parties on their experiences in using the system and in view of the use of the national reports as one element in undertaking an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Convention pursuant to Article 16;
SC-7/23Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention14.53 K13.54 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the information provided in the report prepared by the Secretariat pursuant to paragraph 2 (d) of Article 20 based on the reports submitted by parties under Article 15 and of the summary of the report set out in the note by the Secretariat on reporting pursuant to Article 15;

2. Takes note with concern of the low level of reporting and requests the Secretariat to further refine the draft strategy to enhance reporting under the Stockholm Convention;

SC-8/17Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention15.19 K16.89 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties

Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-8/18 on effectiveness evaluation as they relate to Article 15 on reporting,

1. Takes note of the progress made by the Secretariat in further improving the electronic reporting system;
SC-9/16Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention24.15 K88.49 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties

1. Notes:

(a) The progress made by the Secretariat in further improving the electronic reporting system;
SC-10/17Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention21.95 K132.59 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties,

1. Takes note of the progress made by the Secretariat in further improving the electronic reporting system and of the proposed revisions to the national reporting template, including for the collection of information on polychlorinated biphenyls;

SC-11/16Reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention24.35 K16.74 K
 
 
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The Conference of the Parties,

Noting the priority areas for action recognized in decision SC-11/17, on effectiveness evaluation, as they relate to reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Stockholm Convention,

1. Takes note of the progress made by the Secretariat in further improving the electronic reporting system and of the proposed revisions to the national reporting template, including for the collection of information on polychlorinated biphenyls;

Work following COP-12

In decision SC-12/19, the COP emphasized the need for Parties to intensify their efforts to ensure the timely submission of national reports. COP-12 decided that each Party shall submit its sixth national report to the Secretariat by 31 August 2026, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting.

As per paragraph 7 of decision SC-12/19, the Secretariat is requested to:

  • continue to maintain the electronic reporting system, to support Parties in using it and to update, subject to the availability of resources, the existing system to enhance its compatibility with current standards of information technology;
  • further revising, updating and improving the electronic reporting system as requested in previous decisions , and in particular the section on polychlorinated biphenyls, and to continue to improve the reporting dashboards in order to be able to extract the information from national reports;
  • update the electronic reporting system to include the chemicals listed in Annex A to the Convention pursuant to decisions SC-11/16 and SC-12/19, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting

According to paragraph 8, if resources are available, the Secretariat is also requested to:

  • provide feedback to Parties regarding the submission of their national reports, with a view to improving the quality and completeness of the reported data and information
  • continue to undertake capacity-building and training activities to support Parties, in particular developing-country Parties and Parties with economies in transition, in submitting their national, in cooperation with the Stockholm Convention regional centres or other partners.