Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants | | note | | abbreviated as Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants | | opened for signature | | 24 June 1998 | | entered into force | | 23 October 2003 | | objective | | to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of persistent organic pollutants in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects | | parties | | (27) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK | | countries that have signed, but not yet ratified | | (10) Armenia, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Philippines Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, US | | official site or link | | http://www.unece.org/ | Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants |
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