United Nations Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Ratification) Law, 1999 (Law No. 24(III)/99).

The objective of this Law is to ratify the United Nations Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context aiming to promote environmentally sound and sustainable economic development, through the application of environmental impact assessment, especially as a preventive measure against trans-boundary environmental degradation. The text of the Law follows the Convention’s structure consisting of 20 articles and 7 Appendixes.
This ratification was approved by the Cabinet Council Decision No. 49.483 on 15 April 1999. The text of the Convention in the original English version is set out in Part I of the Law and in Greek translation in Part II.