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Signatories

Country	Status	Year
Albania	ratified	30-May-1990
Algeria	pending	23-Mar-1986
Cyprus	ratified	28-Jun-1988
Egypt	pending	23-Mar-1986
France	ratified	02-Sep-1986
Greece	ratified	26-Jan-1987
Israel	ratified	28-Oct-1987
Italy	ratified	23-Mar-1986
Lebanon	ratified	27-Dec-1994
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	ratified	06-Jun-1989
Malta	ratified	11-Jan-1988
Monaco	ratified	29-May-1989
Morocco	ratified	22-Jun-1990
Slovenia	pending	15-Mar-1994
Spain	ratified	22-Dec-1987
Syrian Arab Republic	ratified	11-Sep-1992
Tunisia	pending	23-Mar-1986
Turkey	ratified	06-Nov-1986

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	Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas

Objective

     To protect and improve the state of the natural resources and natural sites of the Mediterranean Sea.

Summary of provisions

     Parties shall:

     (a)  Establish, maintain and restore protected areas (arts. 3and 4), including buffer areas in which activities are less severely restricted (art. 5);
     (b)  Take the measures required to protect specified areas, such as the prohibition of the dumping or discharge of wastes (art. 7 (b)), the regulation of any act likely to harm or disturb the fauna or flora (art. 7 (f)) or the regulation of trade in and import and export of animals which originate in protected areas and are
subject to measures of protection (art. 7 (j));
     (c)  Give appropriate publicity to the establishment and significance of the protected areas (arts. 8 and 11);      (d)  Establish and develop scientific and technical research on protected areas and their ecosystems and archeological heritage (art. 10);
     (e)  Cooperate in establishing and managing protected areas (arts. 6, 12, 13 and 15);
     (f)  Convene ordinary and extraordinary meetings to review the implementation of the Protocol and the efficacy of the measures adopted (art. 17).

Membership

     Open to any Contracting Party to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, any State invited to the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas and any regional economic grouping of which at least one member is a coastal State of the Mediterranean Sea area and which exercises competence in fields
covered by this Protocol.  Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval to be deposited with the Government of Spain.

     Date of adoption          3. 4.1982
     Place of adoption         Geneva, Switzerland
     Date of entry into force  23.3.1986
     Languages                 Arabic, English, French, Spanish
     Depositary                Spain

Short Name:
Full Name:	Protocol concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas
Purpose:	environment
Established:	03-Apr-1982
Entered into force:	23-Mar-1986
Type:	protocol, multi-lateral
Place where established:	Geneva, Switzerland
Schedule to expire:
Goals and Objectives:	The objective of the Protocol is to protect and improve the state of the natural resources and natural sites of the Mediterranean Sea.
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