Espoo Convention: Ukraine Receives Non-Compliance Decision Over Bystroe Canal

The parties to the UNECE convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (the Espoo convention) on Tuesday said Ukraine failed to observe the provisions concerning the Bystroe Canal and sent a non-compliance decision to the authorities in Kiev.

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Ukraine also received a warning not to carry on works at Bystroe Canal, which would have significant adverse transboundary effects on the environment.

However, the parties to the Espoo Convention, which took place in Bucharest between May 19 and May 21, admitted the declaration of the Ukrainian delegation, under which the Ukrainian authorities pledged to reconsider their final decision on Bystroe Canal.

The officials of the Espoo Convention urged Ukraine to abolish its final decision and not to carry on with the second phase of the construction works.

Unless the Ukrainian authorities stop the works at Bystroe Canal, the warning issued by the parties to the Espoo Convention will come into effect in October this year.

The participants in the Convention invited Ukraine to carry on negotiations with neighboring countries, to cooperate in drawing bilateral agreements and to send reports to the Convention on its cooperation progress with neighboring states, “and with Romania in particular.”

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