Republic of Croatia signed the Convention in May 2001. National Implementation Plan Proposal for implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Republic of Croatia was elaborated within the framework of the project “Enabling activities to facilitate early action in the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention) in the Republic of Croatia” (UNIDO Project No: GEF/CRO/02/007). National Implementation Plan Proposal was accepted and approved by Expert Project Implementation Committee. In accordance with the