Depositary
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CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
1. k Amendment of the text and annexes II to IX to the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone and the addition of new annexes X and XI
Geneva, 4 May 2012
Entry into force
:
7 October 2019, in accordance with article 13(3) of the Protocol which reads as follows: "Amendments to the present Protocol, including amendments to annexes II to IX, 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".
Registration :
7 October 2019, No. 21623
Status :
Parties : 31
Text : Certified true copy
C.N.155.2013.TREATIES-XXVII-1-h of 28 February 2013 (Adoption of Amendments to Annexes II to IX to the Protocol and addition of annexes X and XI)
Note :

Participant
 Acceptance(A)
Austria
 13 Jun 2024 A
Belgium
 25 Jun 2024 A
Bulgaria
  7 Jun 2018 A
Canada
 28 Nov 2017 A
Croatia
 28 Jan 2019 A
Cyprus
 13 Mar 2019 A
Czech Republic
 22 Nov 2017 A
Denmark 1
 8 Oct 2019 A
Estonia
  7 Oct 2019 A
European Union
 30 Aug 2017 A
Finland
  7 Dec 2017 A
France
  6 Dec 2021 A
Germany
 22 Sep 2017 A
Greece
  9 Feb 2023 A
Hungary
 28 Jul 2023 A
Ireland
  5 Jul 2024 A
Latvia
  5 Mar 2019 A
Lithuania
 15 Oct 2019 A
Luxembourg
  9 Jul 2019 A
Malta
  3 May 2021 A
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2
18 Oct 2017 A
Norway
 26 Nov 2019 A
Portugal
 26 Jul 2018 A
Romania
 15 May 2018 A
Slovakia
 25 May 2017 A
Slovenia
 22 Oct 2021 A
Spain
 18 Dec 2017 A
Sweden
 16 Nov 2015 A
Switzerland
 24 Jul 2019 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  9 May 2019 A
United States of America
 18 Jan 2017 A
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations and reservations were made upon acceptance.)
Norway

Declaration:

       “In accordance with Article 15 paragraph 4 of the Amendment, the Government of the Kingdom of Norway declares that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in article 13bis, paragraph 7, as regards the amendment of annexes IV-XI.”
Switzerland

Declaration:

       Pursuant to article 15 (4) of the Protocol amended by decision 2012/2, Switzerland declares that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in article 13bis, paragraph 7, relating to the automatic entry into force, as regards the amendments of annexes IV – XI.
United States of America

Declaration:

       “The United States does not accept the procedure set out in paragraph 7 of article 13bis with respect to amendments to annexes IV to XI. Accordingly, consistent with paragraph 6 of article 13bis, for amendments to these annexes the procedure set out in paragraph 3 of article 13bis will apply for the United States.”
End Note
1With territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland. See C.N.505.2019.TREATIES-XXVII.1.k of 10 October 2019.
2For the European Part of the Netherlands.
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