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National Implementation Plan – Stockholm Conventionen on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Contents

Preface

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Denmark's plan for implementation of the Stockholm Convention
  • 1.1.1 Background and purpose
  • 1.1.2 Elaboration and adoption of the implementation plan
  • 1.1.3 Structure of the implementation plan
• 1.2 The Stockholm Convention
• 1.3 The POP substances

2 Country baseline

• 2.1 Country profile
  • 2.1.1 Geography and population
  • 2.1.2 Political profile
  • 2.1.3 Economy and business
  • 2.1.4 The overall environmental situation in Denmark
• 2.2 Environmental-policy, legislative and institutional framework
  • 2.2.1 Environmental policy, strategy for sustainable development and legislative framework
  • 2.2.2 Roles and responsibilities of public institutions
  • 2.2.3 International commitments in relation to the POP area
  • 2.2.4 Legislation on POPs
  • 2.2.5 Central approach and procedures
• 2.3 The POP situation in Denmark
  • 2.3.1 Annex A and B substances (excl. PCBs)
  • 2.3.2 Annex B substances - DDT
  • 2.3.3 Intentional use of PCB
  • 2.3.4 Unintentional production of dioxin, HCB and PCB
  • 2.3.5 Stockkpiles, waste and contaminated sites
  • 2.3.6 Future intentional production of POPs and need for exemption
  • 2.3.7 Programmes for monitoring releases, health risks and emissions inventories
  • 2.3.8 Information to the public and exchange of information with other parties to the Convention
  • 2.3.9 Activities by non-public stakeholder organisations
  • 2.3.10 Technical infrastructure for POP assessments, measurements, analyses, research and development
  • 2.3.11 Particularly exposed population groups
  • 2.3.12 Systems for assessment and inclusion of new substances under the Convention

3 Strategy and action plan elements

• 3.1 Political letter of intent:
• 3.2 Implementation strategy:
• 3.3 Activities, strategies and action plans
  • 3.3.1 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use of POPs covered by annex A and annex B
  • 3.3.2 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use of annex B substances (DDT)
  • 3.3.3 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from intentional production and use of PCB (annex A substances)
  • 3.3.4 Specific exemptions regarding production and use of POPs covered by annexes A and B
  • 3.3.5 Action plan for reduction of releases from unintentional production of dioxin, PCB and HCB
  • 3.3.6 Measures to reduce or eliminate releases from stockpiles, waste and contaminated sites
  • 3.3.7 Listing of new chemical substances in annexes A, B and C
  • 3.3.8 Exchange of information and public information
  • 3.3.9 Research, development and monitoring
  • 3.3.10 Financial and technical assistance to other countries
  • 3.3.11 Effectiveness evaluation
• 3.4 Institutional and regulatory strengthening and prioritised areas
• 3.5 Costs
• 3.6 Timetable

4 Abbreviations and measurement units

Annex 1 Action Plan FOR reduction of emissions from unintentional production of dioxin, PCB and HCB including Emissions Inventory

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Convention commitments
• 3 Evaluation of current releases
  • 3.1 Evaluation of current releases of dioxin
    • 3.1.1 Annex C, Part II source categories
    • 3.1.2 Annex C, Part III source categories
    • 3.1.3 Other source types not mentioned in Annex 3 of the Convention
  • 3.2 Release of unintentionally formed HCB and PCB
  • 3.3 Maintenance of release inventories
• 4 Evaluation of the effectiveness of existing legislation and policies
  • 4.1 Evaluation of existing legislation and policies in relation to individual source categories
    • 4.1.1 Annex C, part II
    • 4.1.2 Annex C, part III
• 5 Strategies to meet the commitments in the Convention
• 6 Measures to promote knowledge, teaching, education and information
  • 6.1 Promotion of knowledge on sources of production and degradation of dioxin and dioxin-like PCB
  • 6.2 Education and information
• 7 Update of the Action plan
• 8 Time Schedule

Annex 2 Members of the monitoring group

Annex 3 Example of information materialL

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