The Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (2007)

References &

Annexes

No.	Name	Bulgaria	Georgia	Romania	Russian Federation	Turkey	Ukraine
CONVENTIONS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
1	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea	+	a	d	+	-	d
2	Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the Convention	a	p	a	a	-	+
3	Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the Convention relating to the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks	d	-	-	d	-	+
4	Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution, (Bucharest, 1992)	+	+	+	+	+	+
5	UN Convention on Combat Desertification (1994)	acc	+	acc	acc	+	acc
CONVENTIONS RELATED TO PROTECTION AGAINST POLLUTION
6	International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (London, 1973) MARPOL	+ annex I-VI	+ annex I-V	+ annex I&V	+ annex I-V	+ annex I&V	+ annex I-V
7	Convention for Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (London, 1972)	-	-	-	+	-	+
8	London Convention Protocol (1996)	-	+	-	-	-	-
9	UN Convention on Long-range Trans-boundary Air Pollution (Geneva, 1979)	+	acc	+	+	+	+
10	1984 Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)	+ap	-	a	+acc	+	+acc
11	1985 Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes	+ap	-	-	+acc	-	+acc
12	1988 Protocol concerning the Control of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes	+	-	-	+acc	-	+acc
13	1991 Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes	+	-	-	-	-	+-
14	1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions	+	-	-	+-	-	+-
15	1998 Aarhus Protocol on Heavy Metals	+	-	+	-	-	+-
16	1998 Aarhus Protocol on persistent organic pollutants	+	-	+	-	-	+-
17	1999 Gothenburg Protocol on Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and ground-level Ozone Formation	+	-	+	-	-	-
18	Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, 1985)	a	a	a	+acc	a	+acc
19	Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal, 1987)	a	a	a	+acc	a	+acc
20	London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (London, 1990)	+	a	a	+acc	+	+
21	Copenhagen Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Copenhagen, 1992)	+	a	acc	a	+	+
22	Montreal Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal, 1997)	+	a	+	a	+	-
23	Beijing Ammendment	+	-	acc	a	+	-
24	Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel, 1989)	a	a	a	+	+	a
25	United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki, 1992)	+	-	+	+	-	+
26	Protocol on Water and Health (London 1999)	+-	+-	+	+	-	+
27	Protocol on Civil Liability (Kiev, 2003)	+-	+-	+-	-	-	+-
28	Convention on the Trans-boundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Geneva,2001)	+	_	a	+a	-	-
29	Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemical and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam, 1998)	a	_	a	-	+-	a
30	Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Stockholm) 2001	+	+-	+	+-	+-	+-
CONVENTIONS RELATED TO NATURE PROTECTION
31	Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar,1971)	+	+	+	+	+	+
32	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Washington, D.C., 1973)	a	a	a	c	a	a
33	European Convention on Wildlife and Environment protection (Berne 1979)	a with reservation	-	a	-	+ with reservation & objection	+ with reservation
34	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn, 1979)	+	+	+	-	-	+
35	Agreement on the Conservation of African-Asian Migratory Water birds (The Hague, 1995)	+	+	+	-	-	+
36	Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Mediterranean and Black Sea (Bonn, 1996)	+	+	+	-	-	+
37	Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 1992)	+	a	+	+	+	+
38	Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	+	a	+	-	+	a
39	Convention on plant protection (Roma , 1951)	ad	_	ad	ad	ad	-
CONVENTIONS RELARED TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
40	Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 1991)	+	_	+	+-	-	+
41	Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Kiev, 2003)	+-	+-	+-	-	-	+-
CONVENTIONS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
42	UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992)	+	a	+	+	+	+
43	Kyoto Protocol to Amend the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, 1997)	+	a	+	+	-	+
CONVENTIONS RELATED TO PUBLIC INFORMATION & PARTICIPATION
44	Convention on Access to Public Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 1998)	+	+	+	-	-	+
45	Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (Kiev,2003)	+-	+-	+-	-	-	+-

Note: “+” – signed and ratified, “+-” – signed, but not ratified, “+a” – signed and under accession, “a”-accession, “ac”- acceptance, “+acc”-signed and accepted, ”+ap”- signed and approved, “ad”- adherence, “p” – consent to be bound 1, “d” – declaration, ”c”- continuation , “-”- is not signed States bound by the Agreement by having ratified, acceded or succeeded to the Convention under article 4, paragraph 1, of the Agreement.