Article 10U.K.Monitoring
1.The [F1appropriate authority, with the support of the competent authority,] shall establish or maintain, as appropriate, in close cooperation, appropriate programmes and mechanisms, consistent with the state of the art, for the regular provision of comparable monitoring data on the presence of substances as listed in Part A of Annex III in the environment. When establishing or maintaining such programmes and mechanisms, due account shall be taken of developments under the Protocol and the Convention.
2.The [F2appropriate authority] shall regularly assess the possible need for the mandatory monitoring of a substance listed in Part B of Annex III. In the light of such an assessment and any data made available to it by [F3the competent authority, the appropriate authority may by regulations] amend Annex III in order to move, where appropriate, a substance from Part B of Annex III to Part A thereof.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 10(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 16(2)
F2Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 16(3)(a)
F3Words in Art. 10(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 16(3)(b)