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Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of Belarus on joint management and protection of transboundary waterbodies.

Country
Type of law
Agreement
Source


Abstract
The Contracting Parties shall cooperate in the following fields: (a) hydrological, hydrometeorological and hydrogeological research and data exchange; (b) water quality control and water quality classification; (c) protection of surface water and groundwater against pollution; (d) protection against flooding; (e) prevention and mitigation of transboundary effects of water pollution; (f) conservation of fish stocks (art. 2). The Contracting Parties pledge to: (a) use transboundary waterbodies, waterworks and waterways with the consideration of water management needs of the other Party; (b) coordinate water management arrangements; (c) exchange information on water management; (d) coordinate water drain and flood control arrangements; (e) coordinate fishing quotas and fishery conservation arrangements (art. 3).
Date of text
Entry into force notes
The Agreement entered into force on 28 February 2002.
Notes
The present Agreement shall be valid for ten years and it will be automatically extended for one or more ten-year periods, unless six months before its expiry one of the Parties informs the other, in writing, of its decision to terminate it.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Угода між Кабінетом Міністрів України та Урядом Республіки Білорусь про спільне використання та охорону транскордонних вод