National Action Plan pursuant to Article 5 of the Stockholm Convention on POPS and Article 6 of the EU-POP Regulation

This report is the first review of the National Action Plan (NAP) pursuant to Article 5 of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). For the review emission data from relevant source categories in different environmental media have been updated and compared to the data in the NAP 2008. An assessment of the efficacy of national legal regulations was made as well as an analysis if Best Available Techniques (BAT) in combination with Best Environmental Practices (BEP) have been applied. The report also contains recommendations and measures in order to reduce emissions of POPs in the future. In general, the findings of the NAP 2008 remain valid for the next years: Measures to reduce emissions from residential combustion sources should be continued. Monitoring programmes should be continued.