CHAPTER XXVII

ENVIRONMENT5bAmendments to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International LakesMadrid, 28 November 2003Entry into force6 February 2013, in accordance with article 21(4) of the Convention.Registration6 February 2013, No. 33207StatusParties51TextUnited Nations, <i>Treaty Series </i>, vol. 2897, p. 92. Doc.<a href="/doc/source/docs/ECE_MP.WAT_14-E.pdf" target="_blank">ECE/MP.WAT/14</a>;C.N.639.2012.TREATIES-XXVII.5.b of 14 November 2012 (Entry into force).On 28 November 2003, the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes adopted amendments to articles 25 and 26 of the Convention by decision III/1, following a proposal by the Government of Switzerland dated 20 August 2003 (see MP.WAT/2003/4).

ParticipantApproval(AA), Acceptance(A), Accession(a), RatificationAlbania29 May 2014 aAustria19 Nov 2012 AAzerbaijan 7 Jan 2014 ABelarus13 Feb 2013 ABelgium27 Aug 2015 ABosnia and Herzegovina27 Jan 2010 ABulgaria 5 Nov 2012 ACameroon 1 Nov 2022 AChad22 Feb 2018 aCroatia31 Jul 2008 ACzech Republic29 Jan 2008 ADenmark<superscript>1</superscript> 5 Jan 2012 AAEstonia11 Jun 2009 AEuropean Union20 Dec 2013 AFinland11 Dec 2007 AFrance27 Jul 2009 AAGambia17 Jul 2023 AGermany15 Nov 2012 AGhana22 Jun 2020 AGreece 5 Jun 2013 AGuinea-Bissau14 Jun 2021 AHungary20 Jun 2005 AIraq24 Mar 2023 aItaly29 Dec 2011 Kazakhstan17 Jun 2015 ALatvia 9 Mar 2009 ALiechtenstein 4 Jun 2012 ALithuania28 Mar 2012 ALuxembourg10 May 2006 Montenegro23 Jun 2014 aNamibia 8 Jun 2023 ANetherlands (Kingdom of the)<superscript>2</superscript>12 Jan 2006 ANigeria22 Mar 2023 aNorth Macedonia28 Jul 2015 aNorway25 Jun 2012 AAPanama 6 Jul 2023 APoland31 Jan 2005 Portugal 8 Nov 2012 AARepublic of Moldova 6 Feb 2007 ARomania13 Jun 2006 ARussian Federation 6 Feb 2013 ASenegal31 Aug 2018 ASerbia27 Aug 2010 aSlovakia14 Mar 2013 ASlovenia 5 Sep 2013 ASpain24 Sep 2009 ASweden20 May 2004 ASwitzerland12 May 2011 ATogo28 Sep 2021 AUkraine 1 Dec 2015 AUzbekistan28 Nov 2011 A1With reservation of application to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.2For the Kingdom in Europe.