1. National reporting
Improve timely and complete national reporting under paragraph 3 of article 13 of the Convention
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(a) Classify and, as appropriate, publish parties’ individual compliance performance with regard to their annual national reporting obligations for 2011, 2012 and 2013 as available, including a separate analysis of performance with regard to parts I and II of the reports, based on the assumptions and elements set out in the report of the Committee to the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting,[1] based on the criteria and categories adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting,[2] and using the targets mentioned in paragraph 9 of Decision BC-11/8;
(b) Finalize, taking into account comments received by parties and Basel Convention regional centres by 31 July 2013, and including through consultations with the Open-ended Working Group, the development of guidance on the development of inventories for the consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting;
(c) Analyse whether additional guidance or tools should be developed for the purpose of developing and maintaining inventories for consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting;
(d) Continue its dialogue with other multilateral environmental agreement compliance bodies.
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2. National legislation
Improve implementation of and compliance with paragraph 4 of article 4 and paragraph 5 of article 9 of the Convention
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(a) Continue the development of strategies to promote full legislative implementation of the Basel Convention among its parties;
(b) Consider an expansion of the checklist for the legislator.[3]
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3. Illegal traffic
Prevent and combat illegal traffic
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Finalize, including through consultations with the Open-ended Working Group, the development of guidance on the take-back provision for consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting.
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4. Insurance, bond, guarantee
Improve the implementation of and compliance with paragraph 11 of article 6 of the Convention
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Compile information on how parties are implementing paragraph 11 of article 6 of the Convention, including through national legislation, and consider the development of guidance on how to implement this provision for consideration and possible adoption by the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
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5. Control system
Improve the implementation of and compliance with article 6 of the Convention
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(a) Finalize, including through consultations with the Open-ended Working Group, the updating of the guide to the control system for consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting;
(b) Develop an interactive tool that could take the form of a searchable database in order to make available to all parties the information needed to complete the forms for the notification and movement documents and other relevant associated information.
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Improve the implementation of and compliance with the Convention
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Review and update, including through consultations with the Open-ended Working Group, the manual for the implementation of the Basel Convention in a way to ensure consistency between the manual and the guide to the control system and, as far as possible, to avoid duplication between the two documents, for consideration and possible adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its twelfth meeting.
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