Reporting Trends in the UNECEIndustrial Accidents Convention

Item 4: Possible remedies for non-compliancewith reporting obligations

Presentation by Claudia KamkeUNECE Industrial Accidents Convention4th meeting of WGD, 28–29 April 2014

Reporting over time20

00/0

1

2002

/03

2004

/05

2006

/07

2008

/09

2010

/11

2012

/13

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

23

3033

3639 39 40

7 6

2 1 2 2

6

Total number of ECE member States that are Party to the ConventionECE member States that submitted a report before the WGI meetingECE member States that did not submitted a report before the WGI meeting

Reports not submitted before the WGI meeting (in percent)

2000/01 2002/03 2004/05 2006/07 2008/09 2010/11 2012/130

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

30.4

20.0

6.1

2.8

5.1 5.1

15.0

Reporting over time: analysis

• Repeated non-reporting:• Albania (00/01, 02/03, 12/13?)• Bosnia and Herzegovina (08/09, 10/11, 12/13?)• Greece (01/02, 02/03, 12/13?)• Russian Federation (02/03, 06/07, 08/09, 10/11)• Spain (00/01, 12/13?)

• Repeated late submission (after WGI meeting):• Denmark (00/01, 12/13?)• Greece (10/11, 12/13?)• Spain (04/05, 12/13?)

Timely submission of reports in the cycle 2012/13 (in percent)

45%

40%

15%

Submitted before the deadline - by ECE member States that are Party to the Convention

Not submitted before the deadline but before the WGI meeting - by ECE mem-ber States that are Party to the Conven-tion

Not submitted before the WGI meeting - by ECE member States that are Party to the Convention

Decisions taken by WGI at its meeting on 14-15 April 2014

• Include a new section on reporting trends in the 7th report on the implementation of the Convention (report for COP-8)

• Mention countries that submitted their reports on time to encourage timely submission in the future

• Reports that were not submitted before the WGI meeting cannot be considered for the preparation of the 7th report

• Secretariat and WGI Chair to send official letters to Parties and Non-Parties to:• Inform them that they did not comply with the reporting

requirement of the Convention• Explore reasons for non-submission• Encourage them to submit their report before COP-8