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Geneva and Kiev, 21 May 2003

22 countries sign new Protocol on Civil Liability

On 21 May 2003, on the occasion of the fifth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" in Kiev, Ukraine, 22 countries signed the new Protocol on Civil Liability and Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the UNECE Conventions on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents and on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Waters and International Lakes.

These countries are:

Armenia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.

For further information, please contact:

Mr Rainer ENDERLEIN
UNECE Environment and Human Settlements Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 23 73 or +41 (0) 22 917 24 63
Fax: +41 (0) 22 907 01 07
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

Mr Sergiusz LUDWICZAK
UNECE Environment and Human Settlements Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 31 74
Fax: +41 (0) 22 907 01 07
E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: http://www.unece.org/env/civil-liability/welcome.html

Ref; ECE/ENV/04/P15