Considerations on COM(2013)239 - Acceptance of the Amendment to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2013)239 - Acceptance of the Amendment to Articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses ... |
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| document | COM(2013)239  |
| date | December 13, 2013 |
| (2) | The main purpose of the Convention is to establish a framework for bilateral and multilateral cooperation to prevent and control the pollution of transboundary watercourses and to ensure the rational use of water resources in the Member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). |
| (3) | At their 2003 Meeting, the Parties to the Convention expressed a wish to allow States situated outside of the UNECE region to become Parties to the Convention in order to promote river basin cooperation throughout the world. |
| (4) | Other UNECE environmental conventions, for instance, the Convention on the Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, are open to States situated outside of the UNECE region. |
| (5) | The European Community participated in the 2003 Meeting of the Parties which adopted the Amendment allowing accession of any State that is a Member of the United Nations to accede to the Convention upon approval by the Meeting of the Parties. |
| (6) | The Amendment will enter into force upon acceptance of all States and organisations that were Parties to the Convention on 28 November 2003. |
| (7) | The Amendment should be accepted on behalf of the Union, |