Gap Analysis on Article 15 Reporting Requirements and Data and Information Generated under Article 7 (NIP) Development under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

The main objectives of the analysis are to identify and compile: the data and information, both qualitative and quantitative, requested to be included within the Article 15 reporting; the data and information, both qualitative and quantitative, requested to be included within other reports to be prepared under the Stockholm Convention (POP- Pesticides and DDT, POP-PBDEs; PFOS/PFOSF, uPOPs); the data and information, both qualitative and quantitative, generated during the NIP development and/or update; the overlapping and gaps between the data and information requested to be included within the Article 15 reporting and the data and information generated during the NIP development and/or update; the overlapping and gaps between the data and information requested to be included within other reporting obligations under the Stockholm Convention (DDT, PCBs, PBDEs; PFOS, uPOPs) and the data and information generated during the NIP development and/or update; an overview of the mechanism for reporting and time schedule of all reporting obligations under Stockholm Convention; Conclusions and recommendations to correlate the processes of reporting under Article 15 and other reporting obligations under the Stockholm Convention with the process of developing and updating the NIP.