Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
The Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents is a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) convention signed in Helsinki, Finland, on 17 March 1992, that entered into force on 19 April 2000. The convention is designed to protect people and the environment against industrial accidents, by aiming to prevent accidents from occurring, or reducing their frequency and severity and mitigating their effects if required.
The convention helps its parties (states or certain regional organisations that have agreed to be bound by the convention) to prevent industrial accidents that can have transboundary effects and to prepare for, and respond to, accidents if they occur.
The Conference of the Parties was constituted as the convention's governing body at its first meeting in Brussels on 22–24 November 2000.
The "Protocol on Civil Liability for Damage and Compensation for Damage Caused by Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters", was adopted on 21 May 2003. This protocol is a joint instrument to the this convention and the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
At its third meeting, in 2004, the Conference adopted an assistance programme to support the countries from Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia and South Eastern Europe in implementing the convention.
On 4 October 2022, Ukraine became a party to the convention.[1]
As of November 2023, the convention had 42 parties, including the European Union, Russia, and most other countries in Europe, as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The treaty had been signed but not ratified by Canada and the United States.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accident (as amended 2015)
- Signatures and ratifications Archived 24 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Signatures and ratifications Archived 24 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine (Protocol)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe treaties
- Environmental treaties
- Treaties concluded in 1992
- Treaties entered into force in 2000
- Treaties of Albania
- Treaties of Austria
- Treaties of Azerbaijan
- Treaties of Armenia
- Treaties of Belarus
- Treaties of Belgium
- Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Treaties of Bulgaria
- Treaties of Croatia
- Treaties of Cyprus
- Treaties of the Czech Republic
- Treaties of Denmark
- Treaties of Estonia
- Treaties entered into by the European Union
- Treaties of Finland
- Treaties of France
- Treaties of Germany
- Treaties of Greece
- Treaties of Hungary
- Treaties of Italy
- Treaties of Kazakhstan
- Treaties of Latvia
- Treaties of Lithuania
- Treaties of Luxembourg
- Treaties of Monaco
- Treaties of Montenegro
- Treaties of the Netherlands
- Treaties of Norway
- Treaties of Poland
- Treaties of Portugal
- Treaties of Moldova
- Treaties of Romania
- Treaties of Russia
- Treaties of Serbia
- Treaties of Slovenia
- Treaties of Slovakia
- Treaties of Spain
- Treaties of Sweden
- Treaties of Switzerland
- Treaties of North Macedonia
- Treaties of the United Kingdom
- Industrial accidents and incidents
- 1992 in Finland
- Transboundary environmental issues