Projects

Summary: MoU Mozambique PROSAUDE III Signed: 24/08/2017 pdf file1207_MoU in English.pdf (1.45 MB)

Summary: Protocol to amend the Convention on wetlands of international importance especially as waterfowl habitat. Signed: 03/12/1982 Sanctioned and promulgated: 14/07/1998 International ratification: 28/10/1998 Entry into force: 28/10/1998 pdf file309_Text of the protocol in English.pdf (17 KB) pdf file309_Signed Protocol in English.pdf (165 KB) pdf file309_Decreet.pdf (85 KB)  

Summary: International agreement on jute and jute products Signed: 20/12/1990 Sanctioned and promulgated: 08/07/1996 terminated: 11/04/2000   pdf file288_Agreement in English.pdf (291 KB)       pdf file288_Decreet.pdf (129 KB)

Summary: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol. The 'Doha Amendment' establishes a second commitment period (2013–20), adds nitrogen trifluoride to the list of greenhouse gases covered, and facilitates the unilateral strengthening of commitments by individual parties. Signed:08/12/2012 Sanctioned and promulgated:14/03/2014 International ratification: 14/11/2017 pdf file1081_Amendment in English.pdf (117 KB) pdf file1081_Decreet.pdf (33 KB) pdf file1081_Ratificatieakte.pdf (194 KB)  

Summary: amendment of Kigali. Signed: 15/10/2016 Sanctioned and promulgated: 09/03/2018 pdf file1194_Amendment in English.pdf (1.74 MB) pdf file1194_Decreet.pdf (47 KB)              

Summary: The Protocol signed in Madrid designates Antarctica as a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science. Signed: 04/10/1991 Sanctioned and promulgated: 22/12/1995 International ratification: 25/04/1996 Entry into force: 14/01/1999 pdf file44_Protocol in English.pdf (57 KB) pdf file44_Decreet.pdf (52 KB)

Summary: The Convention (UNFCCC) objective is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Signed: 04/06/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/04/1995 International ratification: 16/01/1996 Entry into force: 15/04/1996 pdf file45_Agreement in English.pdf (51 KB)         pdf file45_Decreet.pdf (47 KB)

Summary: The OSPAR Convention is the current legislative instrument regulating international cooperation on environmental protection in the North-East Atlantic. Signed: 03/11/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/04/1995 International ratification: 06/09/1996 Entry into force: 06/10/1996 pdf file47_Agreement in English.pdf (360 KB) pdf file47_Decreet.pdf (35 KB)

Summary: The Convention aims to protect and ensure the quantity, quality and sustainable use of transboundary water resources by facilitating cooperation. Signed: 17/03/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 08/07/1996 International ratification: 08/11/2000 Entry into force: 06/02/2001 pdf file56_Agreement in English.pdf (43 KB) pdf file56_Decreet.pdf (289 KB) pdf file56_Bericht van ratificatie.pdf (26 KB)  

Summary: It targets the reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), a major air pollutant responsible for the formation of ground-level ozone. Signed: 18/11/1991 Sanctioned and promulgated: 15/07/1997 International ratification: 08/11/2000 Entry into force: 06/02/2001 pdf file66_Protocol in English.pdf (365 KB) pdf file66_Decreet.pdf (20 KB) pdf file66_Bericht van ratificatie.pdf (63 KB)

Summary: The Convention is an instrument by which Parties to investment treaties concluded before 1 April 2014 express their consent to apply the Rules on Transparency. The Rules on Transparency, effective as of 1 April 2014, are a set of procedural rules for making publicly available information on investor-State arbitrations arising under investment treaties.The Convention supplements existing investment treaties with respect to transparency-related obligations. Signed: 15/09/2015 pdf file1128_Ondertekende akte in het Engels.pdf (289 KB)  

Summary: It establishes an international inspection system for places of detention modelled on the system that has existed in Europe since 1987. Signed: 24/10/2005 Sanctioned and promulgated: 13/07/2012 Publication decree in Official Journal: 11/09/2012 pdf file652_Agreement in English.pdf (350 KB) pdf file652_Decreet.pdf (29 KB)  

Summary: The Minamata Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. Signed: 10/10/2013 Sanctioned and promulgated: 30/06/2017 pdf file1076_Agreement in English.pdf (272 KB) pdf file1076_Decreet.pdf (93 KB)

Summary: Convention of Rio de Janeiro on biological diversity Signed: 05/06/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 19/03/1966 International ratification: 22/11/1996 Entry into force: 20/02/1997 pdf file46_Agreement in English.pdf (1.78 MB) pdf file46_Decreet.pdf (43 KB)  

Summary: The Convention lays down a comprehensive regime of law and order in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources. It enshrines the notion that all problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be addressed as a whole. Signed: 05/12/1984 Sanctioned and promulgated: 14/07/1998 International ratification: 13/11/1998 Entry into force: 13/12/1998 pdf file82_Agreement in English.pdf (957 KB) pdf file82_Decreet.pdf (73 KB)

Summary: The Kyoto Protocol commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets Signed: 29/04/1998 Sanctioned and promulgated: 22/02/2002 International ratification: 31/05/2002 Entry into force: 16/02/2005 pdf file145_Agreement in English.pdf (76 KB) pdf file145_Decreet.pdf (91 KB)  

Summary: It consists of 10 articles dealing mainly with procedural aspects such as signature, entry into force and provisional application. Its article 2 deals with the relationship between the Agreement and Part XI of the Convention and it provides that the two shall be interpreted and applied together as a single instrument. Signed: 29/07/1994 Sanctioned and promulgated: 14/07/1998 International ratification: 13/11/1998 Entry into force; 13/12/1998 pdf file160_Agreement relating to the implementation of part XI and annex in English.pdf (399 KB) pdf file160_Decreet.pdf (67 KB)  

Summary: Protocol of Oslo on further reduction of sulphur emissions to the Convention of Geneva on long-range transboundary air pollution Signed: 14/06/1994 Sanctioned and promulgated: 17/07/2000 International ratification: 08/11/2000 Provisional application: 16/11/1994 Entry into force: 06/02/2001 pdf file213_Agreement and annexes in English.pdf (146 KB) pdf file213_Decreet.pdf (61 KB) pdf file213_Bericht van ratificatie.pdf (63 KB)

Summary: The Convention helps Parties to prevent industrial accidents that can have transboundary effects and to prepare for, and respond to, accidents if they occur. Signed: 18/03/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 01/03/2002 International ratification: 06/04/2006 Entry into force: 05/07/2006 pdf file289_Agreement in English.pdf (255 KB) pdf file289_Decreet.pdf (103 KB)  

Summary: The convention has the objective to promote and achieve the protection, scientific study, and rational use of Antarctic seals, and to maintain a satisfactory balance within the ecological system of Antarctica. Signed: 09/06/1972 International ratification: 09/02/1978 Entry into force: 11/03/1978 pdf file319_Agreement in English.pdf (388 KB)