Depositary
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CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
1. i Amendments to the Text and to Annexes I, II, III, IV, VI and VIII to the 1998 Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geneva, 18 December 2009
Entry into force
:
20 January 2022, in 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”.
Registration :
20 January 2022, No. 21623
Status :
Parties : 27
Text : Certified true copy
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)
Note :

Participant
 Acceptance(A)
Austria
  6 Apr 2021 A
Belgium
 12 Jun 2024 A
Canada
 23 Nov 2011 A
Croatia
  6 Apr 2018 A
Cyprus
  5 Mar 2013 A
Czech Republic
 22 Nov 2017 A
Denmark
 29 Apr 2016 A
Estonia
 15 Nov 2017 A
European Union
 24 Jun 2016 A
Finland
 20 Dec 2016 A
France
 13 Sep 2021 A
Germany
 22 Sep 2017 A
Hungary
 28 Jul 2023 A
Ireland
  9 Mar 2021 A
Latvia
 28 Nov 2022 A
Lithuania
 22 Jun 2017 A
Luxembourg
 17 Aug 2011 A
Malta
 16 Jun 2025 A
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1
15 Mar 2012 A
Norway
 26 Mar 2012 A
Romania
 25 May 2012 A
Slovakia
 25 May 2017 A
Slovenia
 22 Oct 2021 A
Spain
 19 Mar 2018 A
Sweden
 16 Nov 2015 A
Switzerland
 30 Nov 2018 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 12 Oct 2018 A
Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made
upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)
Canada

Declaration:

       “[The Government of Canada] declares that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in article 14, paragraph 5 ter as regards the amendment of annexes I to IV, VI and VIII of that Protocol.”
Estonia

Declaration

       “… in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 5, subparagraph a of the Protocol, Estonia declares that the reference year for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) shall be 1996…”
Norway

Declaration

       “With reference to article 3 no 5 litra (a) and annex III, Norway hereby declares that the reference year for PCB should be 2005.”
Switzerland

Declaration:

       Switzerland, in line with article 16 paragraph 3 of the revised protocol, declares its intention to treat further amendments to the protocol according to the ordinary procedure for acceptance, as previously handled.
End Note
1For the European part of the Netherlands
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