Decides that in accordance with Article 15 of the Convention, each Party shall submit its first report by 31 December 2006 for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its third meeting, in 2007;
Decides that each Party shall submit its subsequent report every four years thereafter, for consideration during the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held the following year;
Adopts the revised format for reporting pursuant to Article 15 set forth in the annex to the present decision;
Requests the Secretariat to make available to Parties the above-mentioned format for reporting, both in electronic and hard copies;
Encourages each Party, when submitting its report pursuant to Article 15, to provide the Secretariat with an electronic version of its report;
Requests the Secretariat to prepare a cost estimate for developing an electronic system for reporting pursuant to Article 15 of the Convention for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting;
Requests the Secretariat to develop a draft format for reporting on PCBs under the Convention, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its second meeting.