| Summary | Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution, which came along with the Convention on the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution by Chlorides (altogether Bonn agreements) |
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| Project | SESMAD |
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| Subtype | Formal Governance System |
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| Sector | Fresh Water Pollution |
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| Begin Date | 1976 |
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| Explanation | It was adopted by ICPR members in 1976 but actually only minimally implemented |
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| End Date | 1986 |
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| Explanation | The Convention was not revoked but has been superseded by subsequent agreements, starting by the Rhine Action Plan in 1986 |
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| Governance Scale | International Regime |
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| Governance System Description | In 1976 a series of deals were reached resulting in the Convention on the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution by Chlorides (Chlorides Convention) and the Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution (Chemical Convention). The lengthy procedure to decide which chemicals to regulate slowed down the implementation process of the Chemical Convention. Ratification of the Chlorides Convention took even longer. The convention set the path for the creation of a list of black and grey toxic substances that would need to be controlled by riparian nations. It also set minimal sanctioning and litigation formal procedures. |
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| Explanation | |
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| Governance Trigger | slow continuous change |
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| Explanation | A previous agreement, the Berne agreements and the creation of the ICPR had been triggered by a natural disaster (chemical spill) in the 1960s. |
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| Type Of Formal Governance | Treaty |
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| Centralization | Somewhat centralized (3) |
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| Explanation | The ICPR Secretariat concentrates all administrative and operational decision making power; the ICPR Secretariat is however accountable and regularly steered by ICPR members |
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