Poland
Poland ratified the Convention on 27 December 2012, the Convention entered into force for Poland on 1 June 2013.
Obligations under the Convention
Poland does not retain mines for permited purposes under Article 3.
In its 2013 transparency report Poland reported a stockpile of 16,957 anti-personnel mines to be destroyed. Given that the Convention entered into force for Poland on 1 June 2013, Poland's deadline for destroying or ensuring the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines is 1 June 2017.
On 28 November 2016, Poland reported that it had completed the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines as of April 2016.
In total, Poland reported having destroyed 1,055,971 stockpiled anti-personnel mines.
In its 2013 transparency reports, Poland reported that there were no mined areas under its jurisdiction or control.
Annually and no later than 30 April, each State Party is to update information covering the previous calendar year. The latest Article 7 reports for this State Party can be found on this page.
Each State Party is to take all appropriate legal, administrative and other measures, including the imposition of penal sanctions, to prevent and suppress any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Convention undertaken by persons or on territory under its jurisdiction or control.
Poland has reported having established national implementation measures or that it considers existing legislation to be sufficient.
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