The first part of the report describes Swedish legislation on chemicals in general and POPs in particular and the measures that Sweden has taken to protect the Swedish population and the Swedish environment from POPs, so as to comply with the obligations of the Convention. These measures were generally taken long before the negotiations for the Convention were even started. The report shows that Sweden has fulfilled the obligations of the Convention with regard to the substances in Annexes A and B. The second part presents what Sweden intends to do in the future to fulfil its obligations under