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Geneva and Kiev, 21 May 2003
34 countries
sign new Protocol on
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
On 21 May 2003, on the occasion of the
fifth Ministerial Conference "Environment
for Europe" in Kiev, Ukraine, 34 countries
and the European Community signed the
new Protocol on Pollutant Release and
Transfer Registers to the UNECE Convention
on Access to Information, Public Participation
in Decision-making and Access to Justice
in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention).
These countries are:
Armenia, Austria, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova,
Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
For further information,
please contact:
Mr Jeremy WATES
UNECE Environment and Human Settlements
Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 42 26 or
+41 (0) 79 217 30 28 (mobile)
Fax: +41 (0) 22 907 01 07
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Web site: http://www.unece.org/env/pp/
Ref: ECE/ENV/03/P16