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PROTOCOL
TO THE 1979 CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE
TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION TO ABATE ACIDIFICATION,
EUTROPHICATION AND GROUND-LEVEL OZONE
Gothenburg (Sweden), 30 November 1999
Status as at: 16-09-2010
Entry into force: 17 May 2005, in accordance with article 17 which reads as follows: "1. The present Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date on which the sixteenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession has been deposited with the Depositary. 2. For each State and organization that meets the requirements of article 14, paragraph 1, which ratifies, accepts or approves the present Protocol or accedes thereto after the deposit of the sixteenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit by such Party of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession."
Registration: 17 May 2005, No. 21623
Status: Signatories: 31. Parties: 25
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol., p.;
Document of the Economic and Social Council EB.AIR/1999/1.
Note: Open for signature at Gothenburg (Sweden) on 30 November 1999 and 1 December 1999, then at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 30 May 2000, by States members of the Economic Commission for Europe as well as States having consultative status with the Economic Commission for Europe pursuant to paragraph 8 of Economic and Social Council resolution 36 (IV) <1> of 28 March 1947, and by regional economic integration organizations, constituted by sovereign States members of the Economic Commission for Europe, which have competence in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and application of international agreements in matters covered by the Protocol, provided that the States and organizations concerned are Parties to the Convention and are listed in annex II.
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¦ Participant ¦ Signature ¦ Ratification, ¦
¦ ¦ ¦Acceptance (A), ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ Approval (AA), ¦
¦ ¦ ¦ Accession (a) ¦
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¦Armenia ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦ ¦
¦Austria ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦ ¦
¦Belgium ¦ 4 Feb 2000 ¦13 Sep 2007 ¦
¦Bulgaria ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦ 5 Jul 2005 ¦
¦Canada ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦ ¦
¦Croatia ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦ 7 Oct 2008 ¦
¦Cyprus ¦ ¦11 Apr 2007 a ¦
¦Czech Republic ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦12 Aug 2004 ¦
¦Denmark <2> ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦11 Jun 2002 AA ¦
¦European Union ¦ ¦23 Jun 2003 a ¦
¦Finland ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦23 Dec 2003 A ¦
¦France ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦10 Apr 2007 AA ¦
¦Germany ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦21 Oct 2004 ¦
¦Greece ¦ 1 Mar 2000 ¦ ¦
¦Hungary ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦13 Nov 2006 AA ¦
¦Ireland ¦ 1 Dec 1999 ¦ ¦
¦Italy
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