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| 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: 24. |
| Text: | 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) |
| 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 | |
| Cyprus | 11 Apr 2007 a | |
| Czech Republic | 1 Dec 1999 | 12 Aug 2004 |
| Denmark2 | 1 Dec 1999 | 11 Jun 2002 AA |
| European Community | 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 | 1 Dec 1999 | |
| Latvia | 1 Dec 1999 | 25 May 2004 A |
| Liechtenstein | 1 Dec 1999 | |
| Lithuania | 2 Apr 2004 a | |
| Luxembourg | 1 Dec 1999 | 7 Aug 2001 |
| Moldova | 23 May 2000 | |
| Netherlands3 | 1 Dec 1999 | 5 Feb 2004 A |
| Norway | 1 Dec 1999 | 30 Jan 2002 |
| Poland | 30 May 2000 | |
| Portugal | 1 Dec 1999 | 16 Feb 2005 AA |
| Romania | 1 Dec 1999 | 5 Sep 2003 |
| Slovakia | 1 Dec 1999 | 28 Apr 2005 |
| Slovenia | 1 Dec 1999 | 4 May 2004 |
| Spain | 1 Dec 1999 | 28 Jan 2005 |
| Sweden | 1 Dec 1999 | 28 Mar 2002 |
| Switzerland | 1 Dec 1999 | 14 Sep 2005 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 Dec 1999 | 8 Dec 2005 |
| United States of America | 1 Dec 1999 | 22 Nov 2004 A |
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Declaration:
The Republic of Bulgaria declares that, for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex VII and paragraphs 6 and 9 of Annex IX of the Protocol, it wishes to be treated as a country with an economy in transition.
Declaration:
In accordance with Annex VII paragraph 3 of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone, Romania wishes to be treated as a country with an economy in transition for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Annex VII of the Protocol.
Reservation:
"... the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, having considered the Protocol aforesaid, hereby confirms and ratifies the same and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out all the stipulations therein contained subject to the reservation that the United Kingdom reserves the right not to apply article 3, paragraph 2, of the Protocol, in so far as it applies to new lean-burn spark ignition 4-stroke engines greater than 1 MWth capacity, believing that it is not likely to be technically feasible to achieve the limit value, specified in table 4 of annex V to the Protocol, of 250 mg/Nm3, for such engines.
Declaration:
"The United States will act in accordance with article 3, paragraph 9."
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1. Official Documents of the Economic and Social Council, (E/437), p. 36.
2. With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.