Agreement between the Russian Federation and Poland on cooperation in the sphere of environmental protection.

The Parties shall promote cooperation in the sphere of environmental protection and rational management of natural resources for the purpose of ensuring mutual ecological safety and prevention, reduction and liquidation of transboundary pollution (art. 1). The Parties shall use assessment of the potential environmental impact of the projected activity, especially within borderland areas that could cause the risk of transboundary pollution (art. 2). The Parties shall have the faculty: 1) to coordinate and unify data collection on the state of environment; 2) to elaborate the joint quality criteria of the state of environment and carry out joint research; 3) to establish protected areas with lower levels of pollution and for the purpose of the joint conduct of environmental impact assessment (art. 3). The Parties shall cooperate in the following fields: 1) protection against atmospheric pollution; 2) rational use of water and protection against water pollution; 3) land reclamation; 4) flora and fauna protection and the establishment of national parks and protected areas; 5) monitoring; 6) waste management; 7) climate change (art. 6). The cooperation between the Parties shall have the following forms: 1) exchange of scientific and technical information, patents, licences and data; 2) exchange of scientists, experts and delegations for the familiarization, scientific and educational purposes; 3) organization of conferences and symposia; 4) joint research; 5) setting up joint-ventures (art. 7).