National Implementation Plan Update for Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a party to the Stockholm Convention since 2006 (approved by Law 8538 of August 23, 2006, and ratified through Executive Decree No. 33438). Costa Rica's first National Implementation Plan was completed and presented in 2009 and and completed the update in 2015. It included how the country will implement the obligations under the Convention and make efforts to put the plan into operation (Article 7). There is a need to review and update the NIP in the country given that new substances have been added to the convention and additional information has been gathered on the originally listed POPs. This is in line with decisions made by the Coference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention.