CHAPTER XXVII

ENVIRONMENT16Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial AccidentsKiev, 21 May 2003Not yet in forcesee article 29 which reads as follows: "1. The Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the sixteenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. 2. Article 2, paragraph 2(e)(iii), shall take effect when thresholds, limits of liability and minimum limits of financial securities for pipelines are set in annexes I and II in accordance with article 24, paragraphs 8 and 9. 3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, any instrument deposited by an organization referred to in article 27 shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States members of such an organization. 4. For each State or organization referred to in article 27 which ratifies, accepts or approves the Protocol or accedes thereto after the deposit of the sixteenth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, the Protocol shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit by such State or organization of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.".StatusSignatories24Parties11TextDoc. <a href="/doc/source/docs/ECE_MP.WAT_11-ECE_CP.TEIA_9-E.pdf" target="_blank">Doc. ECE/MP.WAT/11-ECE/CP.TEIA/9</a>.The above Protocol was adopted on 21 May 2003 by the Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Convention of 17 March 1992 on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and the Convention of 17 March 1992 on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents held in Kiev from 21 to 23 May 2003. The Protocol was opened for signature from 21 to 23 May 2003 in Kiev, and will remain open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 31 December 2003 by States members of the Economic Commission for Europe as well as States having consultative status with the Economic Commission for Europe, pursuant to paragraph 8 of Economic and Social Council resolution <a href="/doc/source/docs/E_RES_36_IV-E.pdf" target="_blank">36 (IV)</a> of 28 March 1947, and by regional economic integration organizations constituted by sovereign States members of the Economic Commission for Europe to which their member States have transferred competence in respect of matters governed by the Protocol, including the competence to enter into treaties in respect of these matters.

ParticipantSignatureRatification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)Armenia21 May 2003 Austria30 Dec 2003 Belgium21 May 2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina21 May 2003 Bulgaria21 May 2003 Cyprus21 May 2003 Denmark21 May 2003 Estonia21 May 2003 Finland21 May 2003 Georgia21 May 2003 Greece21 May 2003 Hungary21 May 2003 25 Jun 2004 Latvia21 May 2003 Lithuania21 May 2003 Luxembourg21 May 2003 Monaco21 May 2003 Norway21 May 2003 Poland13 Jun 2003 Portugal21 May 2003 Republic of Moldova21 May 2003 Romania21 May 2003 Sweden21 May 2003 Ukraine21 May 2003 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland21 May 2003 BelgiumDeclaration made upon signature:This signature engages also the Waloon region, the Flemish region, and the Brussels-Capital region.DenmarkUpon signature:“Both the Faroe Islands and Greeland are self-governing under Home Rule Acts, which implies <i>inter alia </i> that environmental affairs in general and the areas covered by the Protocol are governed by the right of self-determination.Signing by Denmark of the Protocol, therefore does not necessarily mean that Danish ratification will in due course include the Faroe Islands and Greenland.”1For the purpose of entry into force of the [Convention/Protocol] , any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession deposited by a regional economic integration organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by member States of that Organization.