Seventeenth meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee (ICC-17)

1. Opening of the meeting.

2. Organizational matters:

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision BC-17/14, the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting adopted the work programme for the biennium 2026-2027 of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance, annexed to that decision, whereby it mandated the Committee, among other things, to improve timely and complete national reporting under paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Convention, as follows:

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on national reporting (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/3), the annexes to the present note set out draft classifications of Parties’ compliance performance with their national reporting obligation for 2022 and 2023.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on national reporting (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/3) the annex to the present note sets out a report on the extent to which Parties with national reporting needs are including actions to address them in their Cooperation Frameworks.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on national reporting (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/3), the annex to the present note sets out a report on activities of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres and other international bodies and organizations aimed at assisting Parties in transmitting national reports under the Basel Convention, and review of progress made by Parties that have received assistance from these entities in the transmission of national reports.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision BC-17/14, the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting adopted the work programme for the biennium 20262027 of the Committee administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance, annexed to that decision, whereby it mandated the Committee, among other things, to undertake activities with the objective of preventing and punishing illegal traffic.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on illegal traffic (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/4) the annex to the present note sets out a report scoping the extent of illegal traffic on the basis of the information provided in table 9 of the national reports transmitted by Parties for the years 2022 and 2023.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on illegal traffic (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/4), the annex to the present note sets out a draft template prepared by the Secretariat for coordinating mechanisms between competent authorities and enforcement entities to prevent and punish illegal traffic, and establish effective communication channels, along with draft recommendations to improve implementation of and compliance with Article 9 of the Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on illegal traffic (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/4), the annex to the present note sets out a draft report prepared by the Secretariat that reviews the texts of national legislation and other measures adopted by Parties to implement and enforce the Convention, their responses to question 1 (c) of the national reports for 2023, the outcome of Parties’ self-review of their legislation and, using the checklist for the legislator, classifies Parties’ compliance performance in relation to the obligations set out in Article 9 of the Convention, and sets out conclusions and recommendations for the consideration of the Committee.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on illegal traffic (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/4), the annex to the present note sets out a report on activities of Basel Convention regional centres and other entities aimed at assisting Parties to prevent and punish illegal traffic.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision BC-17/14, the Conference of the Parties at its seventeenth meeting adopted the work programme for the biennium 20262027 of the Committee administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance, annexed to that decision, whereby it mandated the Committee, among other things, to undertake activities with the objective of improving implementation of and compliance with paragraph 4 of Article 4 and paragraph 5 of Article 9 of the Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on national legislation (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/5), the annex to the present note sets out a report on Parties’ self-review of their legislation implementing the Basel Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on national legislation (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/5), the annex to the present note sets out a report on activities of the Basel Convention regional centres and other entities aimed at assisting Parties develop legislation implementing the Basel Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on national legislation (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/5), the annex to the present note sets out a report on the Parties that have not yet provided information to the Secretariat as to whether they have national legislation implementing the Convention or have indicated that they do not have such legislation.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By its decision BC-17/14, the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth meeting adopted the work programme for the biennium 20262027 of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance, annexed to that decision, whereby it mandated the Committee, among other things, to undertake activities with the objective of Generally improve the implementation of and compliance with the Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on generally improving the implementation and compliance with obligations under the Convention (document UNEP/CHW/CC.17/6), the annex to the present note sets out a draft updated version of the Guide to the Control System. The updates made are shown in tracked changes, and explanatory comments to the attention of the Committee have been inserted.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on generally improving the implementation and compliance with obligations under the Convention (document UNEP/CHW/CC.17/6), the annex to the present note sets out a draft updated version of the Manual for the Implementation of the Basel Convention. The updates made are shown in tracked changes, and explanatory comments to the attention of the Committee have been inserted.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on generally improving the implementation and compliance with obligations under the Convention (document UNEP/CHW/CC.17/6), the annex to the present note sets out draft recommendations for updates to other guidance developed by the Committee.

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on generally improving the implementation of and compliance with the Convention (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/6), the annex to the present note sets out options available to Parties to access financial support for the implementation of the Convention.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. By decision BC-17/14, the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted the work programme of the Committee Administering the Mechanism for Promoting Implementation and Compliance with the Basel Convention (the Committee) for the biennium 2026–2027, whereby it requested the Committee to undertake a number of activities aimed at improving implementation of and compliance with Article 6 of the Convention, including by:

Note by the Secretariat

As is mentioned in the note by the Secretariat on prior informed consent procedure (UNEP/CHW/CC.17/7), the annex to the present note sets out possible revisions to question 3 of the reporting format.

Note by the Secretariat

I. Introduction

1. In accordance with paragraph 26 of the terms of reference of the mechanism for promoting implementation and compliance with the obligations under the Basel Convention, the Committee administering the mechanism (hereinafter “the Committee”) shall report to each ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties on its suggestions for any future work that may be required on general issues of compliance and implementation, for the consideration and approval of the Conference of the Parties. It is standing practice by the Committee to also include in its proposed work programme activities pertaining to specific submissions.