POLLUTION

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Multilateral agreement

• Amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954
• Signed at London on 21 October 1969
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Published text:
• Treaty Series/Command No. 021/1978 Cmnd 7094

Multilateral agreement

• International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties
• Signed at Brussels on 29 November 1969 and 31 December 1970
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Published text:
• Treaty Series Command No. 077/1975 Cmnd 6056

Multilateral agreement

• International Convention on the establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage
• Signed at Brussels on 18 December 1971
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Published text:
• Treaty Series/Command No. 095/1978 Cmnd 7383

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
• Signed at London on 1 June 1978 and 31 May 1979
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 027/1978 Cmnd 7347

Multilateral agreement

• Agreement for Co-operation in dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil.
• Signed at Bonn on 9 june 1969
• Definitive date of entry into force on 9 August 1969
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Federal Republic of Germany
• Treaty Series/Command No. 078 (1969) Cmnd 4205

Multilateral agreement

• International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage
• Signed at Brussels on 29 November 1969
• closed on 31 December 1970
• Definitive date of entry into force on 19 June 1975
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMCO
• Published text: Misc. No. 8 (1970) Cmnd 4403
• Treaty Series/Command No. 106 (1975) Cmnd 6183

Multilateral agreement

• Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft
• Signed at Oslo on 15 February 1972
• closed on 15 August 1972
• Definitive date of entry into force on 7 April 1974
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Norwegian Government
• Published text: 021/1972 Cmnd 4984
• Treaty Series/Command No. 119/1975 Cmnd 6228

Multilateral agreement

• Final Act of the Inter-governmental Conference on the Convention on the Dumping of Wastes at Sea
• Adopted at London on 13 November 1972
• Signed at
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Kingdom [Multidepositary]
• Published text: Misc. No. 054/1972 Cmnd 5169

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
• Adopted at London on 13 November 1972
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• Signed at London on 29 December 1972
• closed on 31 December 1973
• Definitive date of entry into force on 30 August 1975
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Kingdom [Multidepositary]
• Published text: Miscellaneous No. 054/1972 Cmnd 5169
• Treaty Series/Command No. 043/1976 Cmnd 6486

Multilateral agreement

• Resolution to amend Articles XI, XIV and XV of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter of 29 December 1972 (adopted by the Third Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties at London on 12 December 1978)
• Adopted at London on 12 October 1978
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries : International Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO)
• Published text: Misc. No. 011/1979 Cmnd 7570

Multilateral agreement

• Amendments to Annexes I and II to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter (concerning Incineration at Sea)
• Approved at London on 12 October 1978
• Definitive date of entry into force on 11 March 1979
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositories: IMCO
• Treaty Series/Command No. 071/1979 Cmnd 7656

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long-Term Financing of the Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)
• Adopted at Geneva on 28 September 1984
• Open for signing on
• Definitive date of entry into force on 28 January 1985
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations (UN)
• Published text: Miscellaneous No. 008/1985 Cmnd 9537
• Treaty Series/Command No. 075/1988 Cmnd 521

Multilateral agreement

• Amendments to Annexes I and II to the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft, done at Oslo on 15 February 1972
• Adopted at Mariehamn on 13 June 1985
• Definitive date of entry into force on 11 May 1990
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Government of Norway
• Treaty Series/Command No. 081/1990 Cmnd 1315

Multilateral agreement

• Decision concerning amendments to the Agreement for Co-operation in dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and other Harmful Substances, 1983
• Adopted at BONN on 22 September 1989
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Government of the Federal German Republic

Multilateral agreement

• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer done at Montreal 16 September 1987
• Adopted at LONDON on 29 June 1990
• Definitive date of entry into force on 10 August 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: UNITED NATIONS
• Terminated? No
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 012/1991 Cmnd. 1567

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes
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• Adopted at GENEVA on 18 November 1991
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: UNITED NATIONS
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 010/1992 Cmnd 1970

Multilateral agreement

• Final Act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution 1973 including International Convention for The Prevention of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 and Resolutions of the Conference.
• Signed at London on 8 October 1973 closed on 2 November 1973
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMCO
• Published text: Misc. Series 026 (1974) Cmnd. 5748

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973
• Signed at London on 2 November 1973 closed on 31 December 1974
• Definitive date of entry into force on 30 March 1983
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMCO
• Published text: Misc Series 012/1975 Cmnd. 6038
• Treaty Series/Command No. 027/1983 Cmnd. 8924

Multilateral agreement

• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 with Final Act of the Conference (MARPOL)
• Adopted at London on 2 November 1973
• Signed at London on 14 January 1974 closed on 31 December 1974
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMO
• Published text: Misc 026/1974 Cmnd. 5748

Bilateral agreement with Soviet Union

• Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Co-operation in the Field of Environmental Protection
• Signed at London on 21 May 1974
• Definitive date of entry into force on 21 May 1974
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Treaty Series/Command No. 058/1974 Cmnd. 5778

Multilateral agreement

• Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources
• Signed at Paris on 4 June 1974 closed on 30 June 1975
• Definitive date of entry into force on 6 May 1978
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: French Government
• Published text: Misc Series 001/1975 Cmnd. 5803
• Treaty Series/Command No. 064/1978 Cmnd. 7251

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, with Final Act of the Conference.
• Signed at London on 19 November 1976
• Definitive date of entry into force on 8 April 1981
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMCO
• Published text: Misc. Series No. 026/1977 Cmnd. 7028
• Treaty Series/Command No. 026/1981 Cmnd. 8238

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol to the International Convention on the Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971
• Adopted at London on 19 November 1976
• Signed at London on 1 February 1977
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMO
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• Published text: Misc. No. 027/1977 Cmnd 7029

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage resulting from Exploration for and Exploitation of Seabed
• Mineral Resources (with Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage from Offshore Operations 20–31 October 1975 and 13–17 December 1976)
• Signed at London on 1 May 1977, closed on 30 April 1978
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Kingdom
• Published text:
• Misc. Series No. 008/1977 Cmnd 6791

Multilateral agreement

• Optional Annex V to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
• Signed at London on 1 June 1978, closed on 31 May 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 31 December 1988
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMO
• Published text:
• Misc. Series No. 027/1978 Cmnd 7347

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPROT: XIX 1069)
• Signed at London on 1 June 1978, closed on 31 May 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 2 October 1983
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMCO
• Published text: Misc. Series No. 027/1978 Cmnd 7347

Multilateral agreement

• Optional Annex III to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto.
• Signed at London on 1 June 1978, closed on 31 May 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 July 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMO
• Published text: Misc. Series No. 027/1978 Cmnd 7347

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context.
• Adopted at Espoo (Finland) on 25 February 1991
• Signed at Espoo/New York on 25 February 1991, closed on 2 September 1991
• UK Signatory? Yes

Multilateral agreement

• Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Signed at Geneva on 13 November 1979 closed on 16 November 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 16 March on 1983
• UK signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 010/1980 Cmnd 7885
• Treaty Series/Command No. 057/1983 Cmnd 9034

Multilateral agreement

• Amendments to Annexes I and II to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter concerning Lists of Substances
• Approved at London on 24 September 1980
• Signed at Approved at London on 24 September 1980
• Definitive date of entry into force on 11 March 1981
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: IMCO
• Treaty Series/Command No. 20 (1982) Cmnd 8555

Multilateral agreement

• Agreement for Co-operation in dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances
• Signed at Bonn on 13 September 1983
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Government of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 026/1983 Cmnd 9104

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol Amending the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft
• Signed at Oslo on 2 March 1983
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 September 1989
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Norwegian Government
• Published text: Miscellaneous No. 12/1983 Cmnd 8942
• Treaty Series/Command No. 059/1989 Cm 889

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol of 1984 to amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971
• Adopted at London on 25 May 1984
• Signed at London on 1 December 1984
• closed on 30 November 1985
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
• Published text: Miscellaneous No. 007/1986, Cmnd 9926

Multilateral agreement

• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
• Adopted at Vienna on 22 March 1985
• Signed at Vienna and New York on 22 March 1985 closed on 21 March 1986
• Definitive date of entry into force on 22 September 1988
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations (UN)
• Published text: Miscellaneous No. 013/1985 Cmnd 9652
• Treaty Series/Command No. 001/1990 Cm 910

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol of 1984 to amend the International Conventaion on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969
• Adopted at London on 25 May 1985
• Signed at London on 1 December 1985
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
• Published text: Miscellaneous No. 008/1986, Cmnd 9927

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol Amending the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources
• Signed at Paris on 26 March 1986
• closed on 30 June 1986
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: French Government
• Published text: Misc No. 003/1987 Cm 87

Multilateral agreement

• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• Adopted at Montreal on 16 September 1987
• Signed at Montreal on 16 September 1987
• Definitive date of entry into force on 1 January 1989
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 001/1988 Cm 283 Treaty Series/Command No. 019/1990 Cm 977

Multilateral agreement

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Adopted at Basel on 22 March 1989
• Signed at Berne/New York on 23 March 1989
• closed on 22 March 1990
• Definitive date of entry into force on 5 May 1992
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 004/1990 Cm 984

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol [further] amending the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft, done at Oslo on 15 February 1972
• Signed at Oslo on 5 December 1989
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: Government of Norway
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 010/1990 Cm 1039

Multilateral agreement

• Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes
• Signed at Sofia/New York on 31 October 1988
• closed on 5 March 1989
• Definitive date of entry into force on 14 February 1991
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: United Nations
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series 016/1989 Cm 885Treaty Series/Command No. 001/1992 Cm 1787

Multilateral agreement

• Optional Annex V to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
• Signed at London on 1 June 1978
• closed 31 May 1979
• Definitive date of entry into force on 31 December 1988
• UK Signatory? Yes
• Depositaries: International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
• Published text: Miscellaneous Series No. 027/1978 Cmnd 7347