Bulgaria
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.
Croatia
Estonia
Declaration: “… the Republic of Estonia declares that in respect of any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Protocol within the meaning of Article 11, paragraph 2 of the Protocol, it recognizes the means of dispute settlement as compulsory, in relation to any Party accepting the same obligation.”
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
17 February 2010
Declaration: “The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 11 of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, that it accepts both means of dispute settlement referred to in that paragraph as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting one or both means of dispute settlement.”
Romania
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.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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.
United States of America
Declaration: "The United States will act in accordance with article 3, paragraph 9."
On 7 May 2021, Norway, having made a declaration that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in article 13 bis (7) regarding amendments to annexes IV - XI, deposited with the Secretary-General its instrument of acceptance of the amendment to Annex VII to the Protocol as amended, circulated in depositary notification CN.270.2020.TREATIES-XXVII.1.h of 15 July 2020.
Official Documents of the Economic and Social Council , (E/437), p. 11.
With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
For the Kingdom in Europe.