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Treaty

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

Date modified Regarding
12-01-2026 Party

Party

Italy modified

  • Ratification: 24-12-2025 (R)
  • Entry into force: 24-03-2026

20-06-2024 Party

Party

Austria modified

  • Ratification: 13-06-2024 (R)
  • Entry into force: 11-09-2024

18-04-2023 Party

Party

Ireland modified

  • Ratification: 17-04-2023 (R)
  • Entry into force: 16-07-2023

13-02-2023 New treaty

General information

  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Party

Armenia

  • Signature: 01-12-1999

Austria

  • Signature: 01-12-1999

Belgium

  • Signature: 04-02-2000
  • Ratification: 13-09-2007 (R)
  • Entry into force: 12-12-2007

Canada

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 28-11-2017 (R)
  • Entry into force: 26-02-2018

Cyprus

  • Ratification: 11-04-2007 (A)
  • Entry into force: 10-07-2007

Czech Republic

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 12-08-2004 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

EU (European Union)

  • Ratification: 23-06-2003 (A)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Finland

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 23-12-2003 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

France

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 10-04-2007 (R)
  • Entry into force: 09-07-2007

Germany

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 21-10-2004 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Greece

  • Signature: 01-03-2000
  • Ratification: 09-02-2023 (R)
  • Entry into force: 10-05-2023

Hungary

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 13-11-2006 (R)
  • Entry into force: 11-02-2007

Ireland

  • Signature: 01-12-1999

Italy

  • Signature: 01-12-1999

Latvia

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 25-05-2004 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Liechtenstein

  • Signature: 01-12-1999

Lithuania

  • Ratification: 02-04-2004 (A)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Luxembourg

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 07-08-2001 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Malta

  • Ratification: 09-03-2021 (A)
  • Entry into force: 07-06-2021

Moldova

  • Signature: 23-05-2000

North Macedonia

  • Ratification: 05-06-2014 (A)
  • Entry into force: 03-09-2014

Norway

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 30-01-2002 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Poland

  • Signature: 30-05-2000

Portugal

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 16-02-2005 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Slovakia

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 28-04-2005 (R)
  • Entry into force: 27-07-2005

Slovenia

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 04-05-2004 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Spain

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 28-01-2005 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Sweden

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 28-03-2002 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005

Switzerland

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 14-09-2005 (R)
  • Entry into force: 13-12-2005

Bulgaria

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 05-07-2005 (R)
  • Entry into force: 03-10-2005
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    05-07-2005
    The Republic of Bulgaria declares that, for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex VII and paragraphs 6 and 9 of Annex IX of the Protocol, it wishes to be treated as a country with an economy in transition.


Croatia

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 07-10-2008 (R)
  • Entry into force: 05-01-2009
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    07-10-2008
    The Republic of Croatia declares that, for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex VII and paragraphs 6 and 9 of Annex IX of the Protocol, it wishes to be treated as a country with an economy in transition.


Denmark

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 11-06-2002 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    11-06-2002
    With a territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.


Estonia

  • Ratification: 07-10-2019 (A)
  • Entry into force: 05-01-2020
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    07-10-2019
    … the Republic of Estonia declares that in respect of any dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the Protocol within the meaning of Article 11, paragraph 2 of the Protocol, it recognizes the means of dispute settlement as compulsory, in relation to any Party accepting the same obligation.


Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 05-02-2004 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    17-02-2010
    The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 11 of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone, that it accepts both means of dispute settlement referred to in that paragraph as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting one or both means of dispute settlement.


Romania

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 05-09-2003 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    05-09-2003
    In accordance with Annex VII paragraph 3 of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone, Romania wishes to be treated as a country with an economy in transition for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Annex VII of the Protocol.


United Kingdom

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 08-12-2005 (R)
  • Entry into force: 08-03-2006
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    08-12-2005
    ... the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, having considered the Protocol aforesaid, hereby confirms and ratifies the same and undertakes faithfully to perform and carry out all the stipulations therein contained subject to the reservation that the United Kingdom reserves the right not to apply article 3, paragraph 2, of the Protocol, in so far as it applies to new lean-burn spark ignition 4-stroke engines greater than 1 MWth capacity, believing that it is not likely to be technically feasible to achieve the limit value, specified in table 4 of annex V to the Protocol, of 250 mg/Nm3, for such engines.


United States of America

  • Signature: 01-12-1999
  • Ratification: 22-11-2004 (R)
  • Entry into force: 17-05-2005
  • Reservations / Declarations: Yes
  • Objections: No
  • reservation
    22-11-2004
    The United States will act in accordance with article 3, paragraph 9.