Agreement
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Date and Place Opened for Signature
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International Organisation
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Proposed Action
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Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo)
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25 February 1991Espoo, Finland
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UN/ECE
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It is intended to ratify in 2000. Secondary legislation will be required
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European Charter of Local Self Government
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15 October 1985Strasbourg
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Council of Europe
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It is intended to ratify. Dail approval to ratification will be sought as part of the renewal programme for Local Government.
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Agreement concerning the adoption of Uniform conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of Such Inspections
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13 November 1997Vienna
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UN/ECE
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Ratification and necessary legislation (if any) under consideration.
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Protocol (Kyoto) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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16 March 1998New York
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United Nations
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Arrangements for ratification will be made in conjunction with ratification by the EU and its Member States. Need for legislation is under consideration
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Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution
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25 June 1998Aarhus
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UN/ECE
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Ratification and necessary legislation (if any) under consideration.
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Protocol on Heavy Metals to the Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution
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25 June 1998Aarhus
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UN/ECE
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Ratification and necessary legislation (if any) under consideration.
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Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
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25 June 1998Aarhus
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UN/ECE
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Ratification and necessary legislation (if any) under consideration.
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Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone
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30 November 1999Gothenburg
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UN/ECE
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Ratification and necessary legislation (if any) under consideration
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Agreement
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Date and Place Opened for Signature
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International Organisation
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Proposed Action
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Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
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15 May 2000
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UNEP
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Ratification is proposed and will occur in an EU context. Any necessary amendments to EU legislation are likely to give rise to amendments to national legislation.
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Montreal Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer
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Signature was not required
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UNEP
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Ratification and necessary legislation (if any) under consideration.
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Amendment to the Basel Convention on control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal
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Signature was not required
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UNEP
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European Commission has approved and ratified the amendment on behalf of the Community. Ratification by 62 parties is required for entry into force. Under consideration.
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