CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT1iAmendments to the Text and to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VIII to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic PollutantsGeneva, 18 December 2009in accordance with article 14(3) of the Protocol which reads as follows: "Amendments to the present Protocol and to annexes I to IV, VI and VIII shall be adopted by consensus of the Parties present at a session of the Executive Body, and shall enter into force for the Parties which have accepted them on the ninetieth day after the date on which two thirds of the Parties have deposited with the Depositary their instruments of acceptance thereof. Amendments shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after the date on which that Party has deposited its instrument of acceptance thereof..C.N.555.2010.TREATIES-3 of 14 September 2010 (Amendments to the text and to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VII to the Protocol)
ParticipantAcceptance(A)Canada23 Nov 2011 ACyprus 5 Mar 2013 ALuxembourg17 Aug 2011 ANetherlands<superscript>1</superscript>15 Mar 2012 ANorway26 Mar 2012 ARomania25 May 2012 A
Declarations and Reservations (Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)NorwayDeclaration“With reference to article 3 no 5 litra (a) and annex III, Norway hereby declares that the reference year for PCB should be 2005.”1For the European part of the Netherlands