Amendment to the Protocol and Annexes II to IX and addition of the new Annexes X and XI to the 1999 Protocol to abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Denmark	Yes	No
Norway	Yes	No
Switzerland	Yes	No
United States of America	Yes	No

Denmark

08-10-2019

Territorial exclusion in respect of the Faroe islands and Greenland

Norway

26-11-2019

In accordance with Article 15 paragraph 4 of the Amendment, the Government of the Kingdom of Norway declares that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in article 13bis, paragraph 7, as regards the amendment of annexes IV-XI.

Switzerland

24-07-2019

Pursuant to article 15 (4) of the Protocol amended by decision 2012/2, Switzerland declares that it does not intend to be bound by the procedures set out in article 13bis, paragraph 7, relating to the automatic entry into force, as regards the amendments of annexes IV – XI.

United States of America

18-01-2017

The United States does not accept the procedure set out in paragraph 7 of article 13bis with respect to amendments to annexes IV to XI. Accordingly, consistent with paragraph 6 of article 13bis, for amendments to these annexes the procedure set out in paragraph 3 of article 13bis will apply for the United States.