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STATUS AS AT : 24-06-2025 09:15:33 EDT
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
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Declarations and Reservations
(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made
upon ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.)
Canada

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

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

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

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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