Integrated articles 7 and 15 Electronic Toolkit Populated with POPs Information and Data Revised/Collected

Republic of Moldova ratified Stockholm Convention on February 19, 2004. The national strategy on the reduction and elimination of POPs and National Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention (NIP) have been approved by the Government decision nr.1155 on October 20, 2004, in a highly participatory manner, supported by GEF funds. Pursuant to paragraph 4 of H.G. 1155 of 20.10.2004, the Ministry of Environment is responsible for implementation and control, being assigned the function of coordinator for the implementation of the Strategy and Plan, systematization of information and annual presentation of information synthesized to the Government. The institutions responsible, within the limits of their competence, for carrying out the planned actions are: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Defense, Civil Protection and Exceptional Situations Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Ministry of Education National Statistics Office, Customs Service of the Ministry of Finance and local public authorities