Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its protocols.

CONTENTS Pane Foreword by the UNECE Executive Secretary .................................................................................... vii List of abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. ix Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Section I Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, done at Geneva on 13 November 1979 ................................................................................................................................ 5 Section I1 Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP), done at Geneva on 28 September 1984 (Latest revised edition*) .................................................................... 15 Section I11 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30 per cent, done at Helsinki, Finland, on 8 July 1985 ........................................................................ 23 Section IV Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes, done at Sofia, Bulgaria, on 3 1 October 1988 (as amended in 1996**) ....................................................................................................................... 29 Section V Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes, done at Geneva on 18 November 199 1 (as amended in 1996***) ..................................................................................................................... 57 Section VI Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions, done at Oslo, Norway, on 14 June 1994 ............................................................................................................................... 101 Section VII Protocol on Heavy Metals, done at Aarhus, Denmark, on 24 June 1998 .......................................... 129 Section VIII Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, done at Aarhus, Denmark, on 24 June 1998 .................. 163 Section IX Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone done at Gothenburg, Sweden, on 30 November 1999 ......................................................................................................... 213 ... 111 Page Section X Ministerial declarations and statements: ............................................................................................ 275 Ministerial statement on the occasion of the signing of the Protocol on Volatile Organic Compounds (1 9 November 199 1) ............................................................ 277 Oslo ministerial declaration (14 June 1994) ......................................................................... 278 Ministerial declaration on long-range transboundary air pollution (24 June 1998) ....................................................................................................... 280 Gothenburg ministerial declaration (1 December 1999) ...................................................... 282 Section XI Recent decisions of the Executive Body ............................................................................................ 285 Decision 1997/1 on rules and conditions for joint implementation under the Oslo Protocol ........................................................................................................................ 288 Decision 1 997/2 concerning the Implementation Committee. its structure and functions and procedures for review of compliance (as amended) ....................................... 290 Decision 1997/3 on compliance monitoring for the VOC Protocol ...................................... 294 Decision 1998/1 on the criteria and procedures for adding heavy metals and products to the Protocol on Heavy Metals ............................................................................ 295 Decision 1998/2 on the information to be submitted and the procedure for adding substances to annexes I. I1 or I11 to the Protocol on POPS .................................................... 298 Decision 1998/3 on the procedure for amending decisions pertaining to the Implementation Committee .................................................................................................. 299 Decision 1998/4 on the guidelines and procedures for data release ..................................... 300 Decision 1998/5 on the review foreseen under article 8 of the 1994 Oslo Protocol ............. 302 Decision 1998/6 concerning the application of the compliance procedures to the Oslo Protocol ........................................................................................................................ 303 Decision 1999/2 concerning the structure and organization of work ................................... 304 Decision 2002/1 on the financing of core activities .............................................................. 310 Decision 2003/10 on establishing a task force on persistent organic pollutants ................... 313 Decision 2003/11 on the facilitation of participation of countries with economies in transition ......................................................................................................... 315 . . iV Pane Section XI1 Status of the Convention and the protocols ....................................................................................... 3 17 Section XI11 Structure of the Convention ............................................................................................................... 337