Depositary
STATUS AS AT : 17-05-2025 11:15:26 EDT
CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
1. l Amendments to the Text of and Annexes Other than III and VII to the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals
Geneva, 13 December 2012
Entry into force
:
8 February 2022, in accordance with article 13(3) of the Protocol which reads as follows: "Amendments to the present Protocol and to annexes I, II, IV, V and VI 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 :
8 February 2022, No. 21623
Status :
Parties : 27
Text :
C.N.709.2013.TREATIES-XXVII.1.l of 11 October 2013 (Amendments to the Text of and Annexes Other than III and VII to the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals).
Note :

Participant
 Acceptance(A)
Austria
 20 May 2021 A
Belgium
 12 Jun 2024 A
Croatia
  6 Apr 2018 A
Cyprus
  9 Jul 2018 A
Czech Republic
 22 Nov 2017 A
Denmark
 29 Apr 2016 A
Estonia
 21 May 2018 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
 13 Jun 2023 A
Lithuania
 22 Jun 2017 A
Luxembourg
 14 May 2015 A
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1
 4 Jun 2015 A
Norway
 10 Nov 2021 A
Portugal
 13 Sep 2021 A
Romania
 15 May 2018 A
Slovakia
 25 Sep 2017 A
Slovenia
 22 Oct 2021 A
Spain
 19 Mar 2018 A
Sweden
 16 Nov 2015 A
Switzerland
 24 Oct 2017 A
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
 12 Oct 2018 A
United States of America
 19 Mar 2015 A
Switzerland

Declaration:

       In accordance with article 15 (3) of the Protocol as amended, Switzerland declares that it does not wish to be bound by the procedure laid out in article 13 (5 ter) on the amendment to annexes II, IV, V and VI.
United States of America

Declaration:

       “The United States hereby declares, pursuant to Article 15, paragraph 3, of the Protocol as amended, that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in Article 13, paragraph 5ter, as regards the amendment of annexes II, IV, V, and VI.”
End Note
1For the European part of the Netherlands
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