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Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution p. 1 Page 1 of 1 MS&6- 6I7 UNEC E Unitec! Nations Ecnomie Commission for Europe HOME PROGRAMMES MEETINGS INFORMATION RESOURCES SEARCH ABOUT UNECE CONTACT UNECE I Convention News History of the Convention Protocols Organizational Chart Executive Body EMEP Steering Body Working Group on Effects Working Group on Strategies and Review CAPACT Publications Calendar of meetings Contacts Practical Information for participants Convention Home ^ Print this page Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutai (POPs) The 1998 Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) The Executive Body adopted the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants on 24 June 1998 in Aarhus (Denmark). It focuses on of 16 substances that have been singled out according to agreec criteria. The substances comprise eleven pesticides, two industi chemicals and three by-products/contaminants. The ultimate objective is to eliminate any discharges, emissions and losses of POPs. The Protocol bans the production and use of some produc outright (aldrin, chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, endrin, hexabromobiphenyl, mirex and toxaphene). Others are schedul elimination at a later stage (DDT, heptachlor, hexaclorobenzene PCBs). Finally, the Protocol severely restricts the use of DDT, H( (including lindane) and PCBs. The Protocol includes provisions fc dealing with the wastes of products that will be banned. It also obliges Parties to reduce their emissions of dioxins, furans, PAH: HCB below their levels In 1990 (or an alternative year between : and 1995). For the incineration of municipal, hazardous and mei waste, it lays down specific limit values. Convention text: En9lish French Russian Status of ratifie Last updated: 07/07/2005 06:49:27 2004 United Nations Econom ic Com mission for Europe. All rights reserved United Nations Econom ic Com m ission for Europe Environment and Hum an Settlements Division Palais d es Nations CH-1211 G E N E V A Switzerland Telephone: (+41-22) 917-2370/2354 Telefax: (+41-22) 917-0107 Email: air.env@ unece.oro http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/pops_hl.htm P 000085750 000260 11/21/2005 P 000085751 Intergovernm ental bodies, expert groups and scientific centres icr.,Bw HMfclftt* re in te g ra te d Monitoring TaSk Force ICP Materials TaskForce Task Force ICP Waters Task Force on Task Force Emission Inventoriesand Ions Task Force on nisphertTransi of ir Pollution a ro P-3 SCIENTIFIC CENTRES FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMMES (ICPs), COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF THE LONG-RANGE TRANSMISSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN EUROPE (EMEP), AND THE TASK FORCE ON INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELLING Main Programme Coordinating Centre for ICP on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products Leuschnerstrasse 91 D-21027 Hamburg 80 Germany Tel. No.: (49 40) 7396 2119 / 7396 2120 Fax No.: (49 40) 7396 2480 E-mail: lorenz@aixh0101.holz.uni-hamburQ.de Programme Centre for ICP on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems Finnish Environment Institute P.O. Box 140 FIN-00251 Helsinki Finland Tel. No.: (358 9) 4030 0308 Fax No.: (358 9) 4030 0390 E-mail: martin.forsius@vmDaristo.fi Coordination Center for Effects for ICP on Mapping of Critical Levels and Loads (providing also technical support to other bodies under the Convention) RIVM/CCE P.O. Box 1 NL-3720 BA Bilthoven Netherlands Tel. No.: (31 30) 274 3529 Fax No.: (31 30) 274 4435 E-mail: iean-paul.hettelingh@rivm.nl Mgin Research Centre for ICP on Effects of Air Pollution on Materials, including Historic and Cultural Monuments Swedish Corrosion Institute Roslagsvagen 101 S-104 05 Stockholm Sweden Tel. No.: (46 8) 674 1725 Fax. No.: (46 8) 674 1780 E-mail: vladimir.kucera@corr-institute.se P 000085752 000262 P-4 Programme Centre for ICP on Eff ects of Air Pollutants on Natural Vegetation and Crops ' ~ ' ------------ Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Bangor Research Unit Deiniol Road Bangor LL57 2UP United Kingdom i Tel. No.: (44 1248) 370 045 ' Fax No.: (44 1248) 355 365 E-mail: q.mills@ceh.ac.uk Programme Centre for ICP on Assessment and Monitoring of Acidification of Rvpi-c and Lakes '~ Norwegian Institute for Water Research Brekkeveien 19 P.O. Box 173 Kjelsas N-0411 Oslo Norway Tel. No.: (47 22) 185 100 Fax No.: (47 22) 185 200 E-mail: merete.iohannessen@niva.no Meteorological Synthesizing Centre - East Architector Vlasov Str., 51 Moscow, 117393 Russia Tel. +7 (095) 128 90 98 Fax +7 (095) 125 24 09 e-mail: msce@msceast.om Meteorological Synthesizing Centre-West Norwegian Meteorological Institute P.O. Box 43 Blindem N-0313 Oslo 3 Norway Tel. 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