Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol
- Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol
The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes is an agreement to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.
"opened for signature" - November 18 1991
"entered into force" - September 29 1997
"parties" - (21) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
"countries that have signed, but not yet ratified" - (6) Canada, European Union, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, United States
References
ee also
* environmental agreements
* Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
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