Status of ratification of
The 1998 Aarhus Protocol on Heavy Metals
as of 01 March 2011

Party	Signature	Ratification*
Albania
Armenia	18.12.1998
Austria	24.06.1998	17.12.2003 (R)
Belarus
Belgium	24.06.1998 (1)	08.06.2005 (R)
Bulgaria	24.06.1998	28.10.2003 (R)
Canada	24.06.1998	18.12.1998 (R)(2)
Croatia	24.06.1998	06.09.2007 (R)
Cyprus	24.06.1998	02.09.2004 (R)
Czech Republic	24.06.1998	06.08.2002 (R)
Denmark	24.06.1998	12.07.2001 (Ap)
Estonia		24.03.2006 (Ac)
Finland	24.06.1998	20.06.2000 (At)(2)
France	24.06.1998	26.07.2002 (Ap)
Germany	24.06.1998	30.09.2003 (R)
Greece	24.06.1998
Holy See
Hungary	18.12.1998	19.04.2005 (R)
Iceland	24.06.1998
Ireland	24.06.1998
Italy	24.06.1998
Latvia	24.06.1998	28.10.2004 (R)
Liechtenstein	24.06.1998	23.12.2003 (At)
Lithuania	24.06.1998	28.10.2004 (R)
Luxembourg	24.06.1998	01.05.2000 (R)(2)
Malta
Monaco		13.11.2003 (Ac)
Montenegro
Netherlands	24.06.1998	23.06.2000 (At)
Norway	24.06.1998	16.12.1999 (R)(2)
Poland	24.06.1998
Portugal	24.06.1998
Republic of Moldova	24.06.1998	01.10.2002 (R)
Romania	24.06.1998	05.09.2003 (R)
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia	24.06.1998	30.12.2002 (At)(2)
Slovenia	24.06.1998	09.02.2004 (R)
Spain	25.06.1998
Sweden	24.06.1998	19.01.2000 (R)
Switzerland	24.06.1998	14.11.2000 (R)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia		01.11.2010(Ac)
Turkey
Ukraine	24.06.1998
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	24.06.1998	06.07.2005 (R)
United States of America	24.06.1998	10.01.2001 (At)
European Union	24.06.1998	03.05.2001 (Ap)
Total:	36	30