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The 'Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants' is an agreement 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.
It opened for signature on 1998-06-24 and entered into force on 2003-10-23.
Twenty seven countries plus the European Union have ratified the treaty and a further nine have signed but not yet ratified.

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★ Status of Ratification

See also

★ Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

★ environmental agreements

★ International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)