Conventions

Protocols, conventions, international agreements, and other information related to the environment

• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, February 1991)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 44/99)
  http://www.unece.org/env/eia
• Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 120/2013)
  http://www.unece.org/env/eia/sea_protocol.html
• Multilateral Agreement among the Countries of South-Eastern Europe for the Implementation of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 157/10)
  http://www.unece.org/env/eia/subregions/se_europe.html
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 40/99)
  http://www.unece.org/environmental-policy/treaties/public-participation/aarhus-convention.html
• Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 135/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/pp/prtr.html

Protocols, conventions, memorandums, and other information related to the environment in the field of nature

• Convention on Biological Diversity
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 54/97)
  www.cbd.int 
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 40/2005)
  http://bch.cbd.int/protocol
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)
  Decree on Ratification (“Official Gazette of SFRY” No. 9/77)
  http://www.ramsar.org 
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 38/99)
  http://www.cms.int
• Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of the Middle-European Population of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
  The Republic of Macedonia signed the Memorandum on 07.10.2000 in Amman, Jordan
  http://www.cms.int/en/document/memorandum-understanding-conservation-and-management-middle-european-population-great-2 
• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 49/97)
  http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/nature/bern/default_en.asp 
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
  (“Official Gazette of SFRY” No. 56/74). Ratified through an act of succession in 1977
  http://whc.unesco.org/en/conventiontext 
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Washington)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 82/99)
  www.cites.org 
• European Landscape Convention (Florence, 2000)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 44/2003)
  http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/Landscape/default_en.asp
• Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe (London, 1991)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 38/99)
  http://www.eurobats.org 
• Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 13/2002)
  http://www.eurobats.org 
• Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (Hague)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 32/99)
  http://www.unep-aewa.org 

Protocols, conventions, memorandums, and other information related to the environment in the field of atmosphere

• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna, March 1985)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of SFRY” No. 1/1990). Ratified by the Republic of Macedonia on 10 March 1994.
  http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/vienna_convention.php
• Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
  (“Official Gazette of SFRY” No. 16/90). Ratified on 10 March 1994.
  http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/montreal_protocol.php
• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer – London
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 25/98)
  http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/Treaties/treaties_decisions-hb.php?dec_id_anx_auto=780
• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer – Copenhagen
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 25/98)
  http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/Treaties/treaties_decisions-hb.php?dec_id_anx_auto=781
• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 51/99)
  http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/Treaties/treaties_decisions-hb.php?dec_id_anx_auto=782
• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer – Beijing 1999
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 13/2002)
  http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/Treaties/treaties_decisions-hb.php?dec_id_anx_auto=783
• Convention on Long‑range Transboundary Air Pollution (Geneva, November 1979)
  (“Official Gazette of SFRY” No. 11/86). Ratified by Macedonia via succession; signed on 17 November 1991.
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap 
• Protocol on Long‑term Financing of the EMEP Programme (Geneva, September 1984)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 24/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/emep_h1.html
• Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30% (Helsinki, July 1985)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 24/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/sulf_h1.html
• Protocol on the Control of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes (Sofia, October 1988)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 24/2010)
  https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-1-c&chapter=27&lang=en
• Protocol on the Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes (Geneva, November 1991)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 24/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/vola_h1.html
• Protocol Concerning Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions (Oslo, June 1994)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 24/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/fsulf_h1.html  
• Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Aarhus, June 1998)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 135/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/pops_h1.html
• Protocol on Heavy Metals (Aarhus, June 1998)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 135/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/hm_h1.html
• Protocol on the Reduction of Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground‑level Ozone (Gothenburg, November 1999)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 135/2010)
  http://www.unece.org/env/lrtap/multi_h1.html

Protocols, conventions, memoranda, and other information related to the environment concerning climate change

• Law on the Ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
  Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia No. 34/2020

• Law on the Ratification of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia No. 152/2019 dated 25.07.2019

• Law on the Ratification of the Paris Agreement
  Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia No. 161/2017

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, May)
  Law on Ratification (Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia No. 61/97)
  http://unfccc.int/2860.php

• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  Law on Ratification (Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia No. 49/2004)
  http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php

Protocols, conventions, memoranda, and other information related to the environment concerning chemicals

• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of RM” No. 17/2004)
  https://chm.pops.int

• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam, 1998)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of RM” No. 83/2010)
  www.pic.int 

• Minamata Convention on Mercury
  The Convention was signed on 25.07.2014
  www.mercuryconvention.org

Protocols, conventions, memoranda, and other information related to the environment in the field of Waste

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of RM” No. 49/97)
  www.basel.int

• Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and the Amendment of Annex I, Annex VIII and Annex IX (Kuching, Malaysia, 23-27.02.1998)
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of RM” No. 49/2004)
  www.basel.int

Protocols, conventions, memorandums, and other information related to the environment in the field of soil

• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
  Ratification Law ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia" No. 13/2002)
  www.unccd.int

Protocols, Conventions, Memorandums, and Other Information Related to the Environment Regarding Industrial Accidents

• Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
  Law on Ratification (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia” No. 19/2010)
  www.unece.org/env/teia