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Convention on the Protection of the Alps
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- Date of last review:
- 22/02/2017
- Initial creation date:
- 10/11/2006
- Summary code:
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- 20.24.01.00 Conventions protecting specific areas
- 28.13.03.00 Agreements – Environment
- 20.24.01.00 Conventions protecting specific areas
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- Summarised document(s):
- Author:
- Publications Office of the European Union
- Responsible entity(ies):
- Publications Office of the European Union
Convention on the Protection of the Alps
SUMMARY OF:
Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention)
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DECISION AND THE CONVENTION?
- The decision concerns the conclusion of the Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) which was then approved on behalf of the European Community.
- The aim of the Alpine Convention is the long-term protection of the natural ecosystem of the Alps and sustainable development in the area, as well as the protection of residents’ economic interests. The guiding principles of the Convention are prevention, polluter-pays and trans-border cooperation.
KEY POINTS
- The parties to the convention are Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, Switzerland and the European Union (EU).
- In order to fulfil the convention’s objectives effectively, the parties to the convention act in the areas of regional planning, the conservation of nature and the countryside, mountain farming, mountain forests, soil conservation, tourism and recreation, energy, transport, prevention of air pollution, water management, population and culture, and waste management.
- The convention provides for the drawing up and adoption of implementing protocols for each of these areas as well as for resolving disputes between the parties.
- The parties are obliged to cooperate in the fields of research and regional monitoring as well as on legal, scientific, economic and technical matters.
- A Conference of the Contracting Parties (‘the Alpine Conference’) holds regular meetings (in principle every 2 years) to look at issues of common interest for the contracting parties and to make decisions and recommendations.
FROM WHEN DO THE DECISION AND THE CONVENTION APPLY?
- The decision has applied since .
- The convention entered into force for the European Community on .
MAIN DOCUMENTS
Council Decision 96/191/EC of concerning the conclusion of the Convention on the Protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) (OJ L 61, , p. 31)
Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) (OJ L 61, , pp. 32–36)
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