ary fluxes
parties--(26) Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic,
Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, US
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified--(2) Belgium, Poland

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic
Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes

note--abbreviated as Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
opened for signature--18 November 1991
entered into force--29 September 1997
objective--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
parties--(17) Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified--(7) Belgium, Canada,
EU, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, US

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions

note--abbreviated as Air Pollution-Sulphur 94
opened for signature--14 June 1994
entered into force--5 August 1998
objective--to provide for a further reduction in sulfur emissions or
transboundary fluxes
parties--(21) Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified--(7) Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants

note--abbreviated as Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
opened for signature--24 June 1998, but not yet in force
objective--to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of
persistent organic pollutants in order to reduce their transboundary
fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse
effects

partie--(1) Canada
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified--(35) Armenia, Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, EU,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland