Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party	Reservations / Declarations	Objections
Austria	Yes	No
Belgium	Yes	No
Bulgaria	Yes	No
Denmark	Yes	No
EU (European Union)	Yes	No
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the	Yes	No

Austria

27-08-1998

The Republic of Austria declares, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 9 of the Protocol that it accepts both of the means of dispute settlement mentioned in this paragraph as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting an obligation concerning one or both of these means of dispute settlement.

Belgium

14-06-1994

With a declaration to the effect that this signature also commits the Flemish region, the Wallone region and the region of the capital Brussels.

Bulgaria

05-07-2005

....(u)nder Article 2, paragraph 5, subparagraph (c): The Republic of Bulgaria declares that it extends te time period for the sulphur content of diesel to 6 years and of gas oil to 9 years after the date of entry into force of the Protocol.

Denmark

25-08-1997

With reservation for the application to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

EU (European Union)

24-04-1998

The European Community states that the ceiling for emissions and the weighted average percentage for the European Community ought not to exceed the sum of the obligations of the Member States of the European Union which have ratified the Protocol, while stressing that all its Member States must reduce their S02 emissions in accordance with the emission ceilings set in Annex II to the Protocol and in line with the relevant Community legislation.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

30-05-1995

The Kingdom of the Netherlands declares, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 9 of the [said Protocol], that it accepts both means of dispute settlement referred to in that paragraph as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting one or both of these means of dispute settlement.