National Reporting Tools: Basel and Stockholm Conventions

All Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions have obligations related to the transmission of information to the Secretariat, such as national reporting or other specific notifications. Each Party to the Basel Convention (Article 13) and the Stockholm Convention (Article 15) is required to report to the Secretariat on the measures it has taken to implement the provisions of the convention and on the effectiveness of such measures. Parties to the Rotterdam Convention must communicate notifications of final regulatory actions (Article 5) and import responses (Article 10) to the Secretariat, while export notifications must be sent from the exporting Party to the importing Party (Article 12).