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Compliance Committee under the Protocol on Water and Health

Background

Article 15 of the Protocol on Water and Health on review of compliance, requires the Meeting of the Parties to establish arrangements for reviewing compliance with the Protocol. The objective of the compliance procedure is to facilitate, promote and aim to secure compliance with the obligations under the Protocol, with a view to preventing disputes. Following this obligation, at their first meeting in January 2007, the Parties adopted the decision 1/2 on review of compliance (E F R) and elected the first Compliance Committee.

The Committee shall:

• Consider any submission, referral or communication relating to specific issues of compliance made in accordance with the decision 1/2;

• Prepare, at the request of the Meeting of the Parties, a report on compliance with or implementation of specific provisions of the Protocol; and

• Monitor, assess and facilitate the implementation of and compliance with the reporting requirements under article 7, paragraph 5, of the Protocol.

The Committee may examine compliance issues and make recommendations or take measures if and as appropriate.

Committee members

The following persons serve on the Committee in a personal capacity:

Ms. Magdalena Bar (Poland)

Mr. Pierre Chantrel (France)

Ms. Ilona Drulite (Lithuania)

Mr. Zarko Dadic (Croatia)

Ms. Phani Daskalopoulou-Livada (Greece)

Ms. Diana Iskreva-Idigo (Bulgaria)

Mr. Truls Krogh (Norway)

Mr. Attila Tanzi (Italy)

Mr. Serhiy Vykhryst (Ukraine)

Meetings

Documents
First meeting, 12 March 2008
Agenda		eng	fre	rus
Report		eng	fre	rus
Press release
Second meeting, 24-25 September 2008
Agenda ECE/MP.WH/C.1/2008/3 EU/08/5086337/03		eng	fre	rus
Report