The national implementation plan (NIP) for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants („Stockholm Convention, SC“) in the Czech Republic was prepared within the framework of the project „Enabling activities to facilitate early action in the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Czech Republic“, UNIDO Project No.: GF/CEH/01/003. The project submitter was the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) by proxy of the COUNCIL OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY (GEF) in the function of