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Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol



The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30% is an agreement to provide for a 30% reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes by 1993.

opened for signature - July 8 1985

entered into force - September 2 1987

parties - (22) Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine


The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions is an agreement to provide for a further reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes.

opened for signature - June 14 1994

entered into force - August 5 1998

parties - (23) Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (5) Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2003 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.


See also

  • environmental agreements
  • Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
 
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