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| Entry into force: | 29 December 2003, 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 referred to in 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: | 29 December 2003, No. 21623. |
| Status: | Signatories: 36 ,Parties: 29. |
| Text: | Document of the Economic and Social Council EB.AIR/1998/1. |
Note: Open for signature at Aarhus (Denmark) from 24 to 25 June 1998, then at United Nations Headquarters until 21 December 1998, by States members of the Economic Commission for Europe as well as States having consultative status with the Commission pursuant to paragraph 8 of Economic and Social Council resoluton 36 (IV)1 of 28 March 1947, and by regional economic integration organizations, constituted by sovereign States members of the Commission, 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.
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| Participant | Signature | Ratification, Accession (a), Acceptance (A), Approval (AA) |
| Armenia | 18 Dec 1998 | |
| Austria | 24 Jun 1998 | 17 Dec 2003 |
| Belgium | 24 Jun 1998 | 8 Jun 2005 |
| Bulgaria | 24 Jun 1998 | 28 Oct 2003 |
| Canada | 24 Jun 1998 | 18 Dec 1998 |
| Croatia | 24 Jun 1998 | 6 Sep 2007 |
| Cyprus | 24 Jun 1998 | 2 Sep 2004 |
| Czech Republic | 24 Jun 1998 | 6 Aug 2002 |
| Denmark | 24 Jun 1998 | 12 Jul 2001 AA |
| Estonia | 24 Mar 2006 a | |
| European Community | 24 Jun 1998 | 3 May 2001 AA |
| Finland | 24 Jun 1998 | 20 Jun 2000 A |
| France | 24 Jun 1998 | 26 Jul 2002 AA |
| Germany | 24 Jun 1998 | 30 Sep 2003 |
| Greece | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Hungary | 18 Dec 1998 | 19 Apr 2005 |
| Iceland | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Ireland | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Italy | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Latvia | 24 Jun 1998 | 9 Jun 2005 |
| Liechtenstein | 24 Jun 1998 | 23 Dec 2003 A |
| Lithuania | 24 Jun 1998 | 28 Oct 2004 |
| Luxembourg | 24 Jun 1998 | 1 May 2000 |
| Moldova | 24 Jun 1998 | 1 Oct 2002 |
| Monaco | 13 Nov 2003 a | |
| Netherlands2 | 24 Jun 1998 | 23 Jun 2000 A |
| Norway | 24 Jun 1998 | 16 Dec 1999 |
| Poland | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Portugal | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Romania | 24 Jun 1998 | 5 Sep 2003 |
| Slovakia | 24 Jun 1998 | 30 Dec 2002 A |
| Slovenia | 24 Jun 1998 | 9 Feb 2004 |
| Spain | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| Sweden | 24 Jun 1998 | 19 Jan 2000 |
| Switzerland | 24 Jun 1998 | 14 Nov 2000 |
| Ukraine | 24 Jun 1998 | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 24 Jun 1998 | 6 Jul 2005 |
| United States of America | 24 Jun 1998 | 10 Jan 2001 A |
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Declaration:
"The Republic of Austria declares in accordance with Article 3 paragraph 1 and Annex 1 of the Protocol the year 1985 as a reference year for the obligations of this Paragraph.
The Repbulic of Austria declares in accordance with Article 11 of the Protocol that it accepts both the means of dispute settlement mentioned in Paragraph 2 as compulsroy in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement."
26 October 1999
Declaration :
"Canada intends to act in accordance with paragraph 7 of Article 3 of this Protocol."
"Pursuant to article 3, paragraph 1 and Annex I of the Protocol, the Republic of Estonia set the reference years as follows:
Mercury (Hg) - year 1990
Cadmium (Cd) - year 1990
Lead (Pb) - year 1990."
Declaration:
"The Government of Finland confirms that the reference year set in accordance with the annex I is the year 1990".
Declaration:
"The Principality of Liechtenstein declares in accordance with Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Protocol that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement."
Declaration:
Article 3, paragraph 1, of [the Protocol], provides that each Party shall reduce its total annual emissions into the atmosphere of each of the heavy metals listed in annex I from the level of the emission in the reference year set in accordance with that annex. Annex I sets as the reference year 1990, or an alternative year from 1985 to 1995 inclusive specified by a Party upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
[The Governnment of Luxembourg hereby declares] that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg intends to choose 1990 as the reference year.
Declaration:
Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 1, and Annex I of the Protocol on Heavy Metals, the Principality of Monaco declares the year 1992 as its reference year.
Declarations:
"1. With reference to Article 3 no 2 Litra (a) and Annex III, Norway hereby declares that the reference year should be 1990.
2. With reference to Article 11 no 2, Norway hereby declares that, in respect of any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Protocol, it recognizes only the following means of dispute settlement as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any Party accepting the same obligation:
a) Submission of the dispute to the International Court of Justice."
Declaration:
Romania declares that the reference year set in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, and Annex 1 of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals is the year 1989.
Declaration:
"Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 1, and Annex I of the Protocol on Heavy Metals, the Slovak Republic hereby declares the year 1990 as its reference year."
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1. Official documents of the Economic and Social Council (E/402), p. 10.
3. On 30 June 1999, the Government of Canada informed the Secretary-General, that its instrument of ratification should have included the declaration. The Secretary-General proposed to receive the declaration in question for deposit in the absence of any objection on the part of one of the Contracting States, either to the deposit itself or to the procedure envisaged, within a period of 90 days from the date of its circulation (28 July 1999). No objection having been received, the declaration was accepted for deposit upon the expiration of the above-stipulated 90-day period, that is on 26 October 1999.