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List of Multilateral Environmental Agreements ratified or signed by the Republic of Lithuania

No.	Convention or Protocol	Ratification R – ratified/accessed S – signed	Responsible Officials
1.	Framework Convention on Climate Change	R Resolution No. I-812 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1995 02 23	Tomas Aukštinaitis Senior Adviser of Climate Change Management Group [email protected]
1.1.	Kyoto Protocol	R Law No. IX-1203 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2002 11 19	Tomas Aukštinaitis Senior Adviser of Climate Change Management Group [email protected]
1.2.	Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol	R Law No. XII-1979 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2015 10 20	Tomas Aukštinaitis Senior Adviser of Climate Change Management Group [email protected]
1.3.	Paris Agreement	R Law No. XIII-184 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2016 12 22	Tomas Aukštinaitis Senior Adviser of Climate Change Management Group [email protected]
2.	Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (Vienna Convention)	R Resolution No. 1279 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 1994 12 19	Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
2.1	Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol)	R Resolution No. 1279 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 1994 12 19	Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
2.2	The London and Copenhagen Amendments of the Montreal Protocol	R Law No. VIII-572 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1997 12 09	Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
2.3	Montreal and Beijing Amendments to the Montreal Protocol	R Law No. IX-1961 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 01 15	Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
2.4	Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol	R Law No. XIII-1196 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2018 05 24	Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.	Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution	R Order No. 737p of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 1993 10 27	Elena Auglienė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected] Danguolė Sužiedėlytė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.1	Protocol on Long-Term Financing of the Cooperative Program for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollution in Europe (EMEP)	R Law No. IX-1740 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2003 09 18	Elena Auglienė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected] Danguolė Sužiedėlytė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.2	Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone	R Law No. IX-2008 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 02 05	Danguolė Sužiedėlytė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.3	Protocol on Heavy Metals	R Law No. IX-2435 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 09 14	Elena Auglienė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.4	Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions	R Law No. X-193 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2005 05 12	Paulius Žvirblis Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.5	Protocol concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes	R Law No. X-533 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2006 03 30	Paulius Žvirblis Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.6	Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants	R Law No. X-600 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2006 05 09	Elena Auglienė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.7	Protocol on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30 per cent	R Law No. X-1003 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2006 12 21	Paulius Žvirblis Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
3.8	Protocol Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes	R Law No. X-1076 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2007 04 05	Danguolė Sužiedėlytė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
4.	Convention on Biological Diversity	R Resolution No. I-985 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1995 07 03	Lina Čaplikaitė–Denisovienė Senior Adviser of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected] Kristina Klovaitė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
4.1	Cartagen Protocol on Biosafety	R Law No. IX-1741 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2003 09 18	Odeta Pivorienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected] Neringa Šarkauskienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
5.	Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)	R Order No. 437p of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 1993 06 10	Sigutė Ališauskienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
6.	Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitat (Bern convention)	R Law No. I-1376 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1996 06 01	Kristina Klovaitė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
7.	Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention)	R Law No. VIII-1002 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1998 12 22	Jurgita Gaižiūnienė Senior Adviser of Waste Policy Group [email protected]
7.1	Amendment to the Convention (Decision III/1 of the Conference of the Parties)	R Law No. IX-1739 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2003 09 18	Jurgita Gaižiūnienė Senior Adviser of Waste Policy Group [email protected]
8.	Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)	R Law No. VIII-139 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1997 02 25	Agnė Kniežaitė-Gofmanė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
8.1	Amendments to Annex IV "Prevention of Pollution from Ships" to the Helsinki Convention (HELCOM Recommendation No 22E/5)	R Law No. IX-2368 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 07 15	Agnė Kniežaitė-Gofmanė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
8.2	Agreement between the Governments of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Finland, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland, the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Sweden on the Privileges and Immunities of the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission	R Law No. IX-2367 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 07 15	Agnė Kniežaitė-Gofmanė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
8.3	Amendments to Annex IV "Prevention of Pollution from Ships" to the Helsinki Convention (HELCOM Recommendations No 21/2 and 24/8)	R Law No. X-274 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2005 06 23	Agnė Kniežaitė-Gofmanė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
8.4	Amendments to Annex III „Criteria and Measures Concerning the Prevention of Pollution from Land-Based Sources” of the 1992 Helsinki Convention (HELCOM Recommendations No 21/1)	R Law No. X-1077 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2007 04 05	Agnė Kniežaitė-Gofmanė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
9.	Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes	R Law No. VIII-1547 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2000 02 17	Agnė Kniežaitė-Gofmanė Senior Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
10.	Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)	R Law No. VIII-1351 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 1999 10 07	Beata Vilimaitė Šilobritienė Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
10.1	Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) 1st and 2nd amendment	R Law No. XI-1113 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2010 11 12	Beata Vilimaitė Šilobritienė Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
10.2	Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment	R Law No. XI-1113 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2010 11 12	Beata Vilimaitė Šilobritienė Adviser of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
11.	Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)	R Law No. IX-449 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2001 07 10	Reda Skirkevičiūtė Head of Law Application Division [email protected]
11.1	Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR)	R Law No. XI-62 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2008 12 16	Violeta Juozefaitė Deputy Head of Waste Licensing Division, Environmental Protection Agency [email protected]
11.2	Amendment to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (GMO)	R Law No. X-1199 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2007 06 21	Neringa Šarkauskienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
12.	Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES)	R Law No. IX-337 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2001 05 22	Kristina Klovaitė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected] Laura Janulaitienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
12.1	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Amendment to Article XXI	R Law No. IX-2158 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 04 22	Kristina Klovaitė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected] Laura Janulaitienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
13.	Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)	R Law No. IX-338 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2001 05 22	Laura Janulaitienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
13.1	Agreement on the Conservation of Bats in Europe	R Law No. IX-518 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2001 09 25	Kristina Klovaitė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
13.2	Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds	R Law No. IX-2301 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2004 06 29	Kristina Klovaitė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
13.3	Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)	R Law No. X-167 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2005 04 21	Laura Janulaitienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
14.	European Landscape Convention	R Law No. IX-1115 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2002 10 03	Eduardas Vaitkevičius Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
15.	Convention on Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs)	R Law No. X-842 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2006 10 10	Aurelija Bajoraitienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected] Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
16.	UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/on desertification, particularly in Africa	R Law No. IX-1684 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2003 07 03	Dovilė Karlonienė Chief Specialist of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
17.	Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade	R Law No. IX-1898 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2003 12 16	Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
18.	International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling	R Law No. X-1748 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2008 10 14	Lina Čaplikaitė–Denisovienė Senior Adviser of Nature Protection and Forest Policy Group [email protected]
19.	The Minamata Convention on Mercury	R Law No. XIII-662 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2017 10 10	Aurelija Bajoraitienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected] Ingrida Varžgalienė Chief Specialist of Pollution Prevention Policy Group [email protected]
20.	Convention of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	R Order No. 424p of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania 1992 04 30	Saulius Balys Director of the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service [email protected]
21.	Convention of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)	R Law No. XII-482 of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania 2013 07 02	Saulius Balys Director of the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service [email protected]

Intergovernmental and institutional agreements

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Intergovernmental and institutional agreements in the field of environment

INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
No.	Agreement	Signing date
1.	Agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Sweden on cooperation in the field of environment	1992 03 30
2.	Cooperation agreement between The Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Flemish Government	1996 03 07
3.	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in the field of environment	1999 06 29
4.	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Republic of Latvia on cooperation in the field of environment	1999 10 01
5.	Agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the European Community on Lithuania's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network	2000 11 24
6.	Multilateral intergovernmental agreement between Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden on the exchange of radiation monitoring data	2001 06 07
7.	Agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation ("NEFCO") on the legal status of "NEFCO" in Lithuania	2003 04 08
8.	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the implementation of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context	2004 05 27
9.	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of standardization, metrology and compliance assessment	2004 06 01
10.	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Republic of Poland on cooperation in the field of the use and protection of transboundary waters	2005 06 07
11.	Agreement on the implementation of the Commission Decision 3/03/2006 on the use of the European Union Solidarity Fund for emergency measures	2006 03 10
12.	Cooperation agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	2006 05 17
13.	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lihuania, the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the Government of the Republic of Latvia on cooperation in the field of environment	2010 05 28
14.	Cooperation agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)	2011 12 23
INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
No.	Agreement	Signing date
1.	Agreement between the Environmental Protection Department of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Kingdom of Denmark on cooperation in the field of environment	1991 09 04
2.	Protocol of understanding between Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on fishery relations	1991 12 06
3.	Agreement between the Environmental Protection Department of the Republic of Lihuania and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry of the Republic of Poland on cooperation in the field of environment	1992 01 24
4.	Protocol on cooperation in the field of environment between the Environmental Protection Department of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Finland	1992 02 07
5.	Memorandum of understanding between the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region V and the Lithuanian Environmental Protection Department	1992 11 18
6.	Agreement on cooperation in the field of environment between the Environmental Protection Department of the Republic of Lithuania and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany	1993 04 16
7.	Memorandum of cooperation in the field of environment between the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Lithuania and the Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and Family of the Republic of Austria	1994 10 18
8.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of environment	1995 04 14
9.	Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Estonia, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Lithuania, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation on Cooperation establishing a Green Equity Scheme for Environmental Investments in the Baltic Countries	1995 10 25
10.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic on co-operation in the field of environmental protection	1996 06 26
11.	Agreement between the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development of the Republic of Lithuania and the Housing and Urban Development Office of the Republic of Poland	1997 09 11
12.	Protocol on cooperation in the fields of territorial planning and housing and building between the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Finland	1997 11 04
13.	Agreement between the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development of the Republic of Lithuania and The Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Estonia and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia on co-operation in the field of building, sustainable housing and spatial planning	1997 11 21
14.	Letter of intent concerning the co-operation between the Ministry of Construction and Urban Development of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands	1998 02 19
15.	Agreement between the Ministry of Interior of Denmark and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Lithuania on co-operation and Technical Assistance in the field of Nuclear Safety, Radiation Protection and Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response	1998 03 12
16.	Co-operation Agreement between the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment and the Danish Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs	1999 05 12
17.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of forestry	2000 03 30
18.	Memorandum of understanding between the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment of the Netherlands	2000 05 29
19.	Technical Protocol between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, the Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Estonia and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia on practical aspects of co-operation (BEF 3)	2000 08 31
20.	Cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Belarus	2000 10 05
21.	Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Finland (climate change)	2001 03 19
22.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of environment	2001 04 04
23.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia on environmental protection management in a transboundary context	2001 05 24
24.	Technical Protocol between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of the Republic of Latvia on Exchange of Information on Emergency Ecological Situations	2001 05 24
25.	Technical Protocol between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Latvia on Co-operation in Managing the International River Basin Districts	2003 10 24
26.	Technical Protocol between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Latvia and the Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Estonia	2003 05 08
27.	Agreement between the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development of the Republic of France on cooperation in the field of environment and sustainable development	2005 10 18
28.	Technical Protocol between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of monitoring and the exchange of data on the status of transboundary surface water bodies	2008 04 10
29.	Letter of intent between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Nature Protection of Thuringia on cooperation in the field of forestry and nature protection	2010 09 15
30.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environment Protection of Georgia on cooperation in the field of environmental protection	2012 09 07
31.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety of Germany on joint implementation of innovative environmental projects in the Republic of Lithuania	2016 06 22
32.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova on cooperation in the field of environment	2016 09 15
33.	Agreement between the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine on cooperation in the field of environmental protection	2016 12 12