What ICPR Bern Convention 1999 - International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine, Rhine 2040 Programme and Sustainable Development requires
The Convention on the Protection of the Rhine, signed at Bern on 12 April 1999 and entered into force on 1 January 2003, is the foundational treaty governing transboundary cooperation on the Rhine River basin among the five riparian states: France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, together with the European Union as a Contracting Party. The 1999 Convention replaces the 1976 Bern Convention on the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution and the 1963 Bern Convention establishing the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR/IKSR). The Convention contains 19 articles and adopts an integrated approach including ecology, water quality, flood protection, sediment management, and groundwater. The ICPR is the principal coordination body, with its Secretariat in Koblenz, Germany; the Commission adopts decisions by consensus. The current strategic framework is the Rhine 2040 Programme adopted by the 16th Rhine Ministerial Conference in February 2020, replacing the Rhine 2020 Programme. Key priorities include: continuation of climate adaptation; further reduction of micropollutants (pharmaceuticals, biocides, plant protection products) by at least 30% by 2040; restoration of fish migration with reopening of Rhine to Salmon Stretch up to Basel; restoration of natural floodplain functions; and improved coordination with the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC and Floods Directive 2007/60/EC. The 1999 Convention coexists with EU obligations through the Rhine International River Basin District established under WFD international river basin district provisions.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR/IKSR) - Secretariat at Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 15, 56068 Koblenz, Germany; 5 Contracting Parties plus European Union · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.iksr.org/en/icpr/legal-basis/convention
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- Convention on the Protection of the Rhine, signed Bern 12 April 1999, entered into force 1 January 2003 - 19 articles establishing International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR); replaces 1976 Bern Convention on Chemical Pollution
- 1963 Bern Convention concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution - established ICPR; predecessor to 1999 Convention
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