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Meetings of the Parties to the Espoo Convention and to the Protocol on SEA, Intermediary sessions

05 - 07 February 2019

Geneva Switzerland

The intermediary session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) was held in conjunction with the intermediary session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment. The sessions took place in Geneva, Palais des Nations, from 5 to 7 February 2019.

An informal presentation of the main conclusions is available under informal documents.

Unedited advance copies of the adopted decisions are available under adopted decisions.

Official documents

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS	ENG	FRE	RUS
POST-SESSION DOCUMENTS:
Report of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention and of the Protocol on their intermediary sessions (ECE/MP.EIA/27−ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/11)	pdf	pdf	pdf
Decisions by the Meetings of the Parties to the Convention (ECE/MP.EIA/27/Add.1−ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/11/Add.1)	pdf	pdf	pdf
PRE-SESSION DOCUMENTS:
Provisional agenda (ECE/MP.EIA/26–ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/10)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1 on the general issues of compliance with the Convention (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/1)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1a on compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention in respect of its national legislation (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/2)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1b on compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention in respect of a nuclear power plant in Metsamor (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/3)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1c on compliance by Azerbaijan with its obligations under the Convention in respect of its national legislation (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/4)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1d on compliance by Belarus with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/5)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1e on compliance by Serbia with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Kostolac lignite power plant (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/6)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1f on compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Danube-Black Sea Deep Water Navigation Canal in the Ukrainian sector of the Danube Delta (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/7)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1g on compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention in respect of extension of the lifetime of the Rivne nuclear power plant (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/8)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/1h on compliance by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/9)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Progress report on the development of guidance on the application of the Convention to the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/10)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/2 on the application of the Convention to the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/11)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Updated guidelines on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context for Central Asian countries (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/12)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Draft decision IS/3 on the updated guidelines on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context for Central Asian Countries (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/13)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word
Findings and recommendations by the Implementation Committee on compliance by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/14)	pdf word	pdf word	pdf word

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
Informal notes on the Bureau meeting (of 22-23 October 2018)	ENG
Report of the Working Group on EIA and SEA on its 7^th meeting (28-30 May 2018) (ECE/MP.EIA/WG.2/2018/2)	ENG	FRE	RUS
Report of the Implementation Committee's 43rd meeting (4 - 7 December 2018) (ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2018/6) Advance copy	ENG
Report of the Implementation Committee’s 42^nd meeting (11-14 September 2018) (ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2018/3)	ENG
Opinions of the Implementation Committee, 2001-2018	ENG
Informal notes on the Bureau meeting (of 7-8 February 2018)	ENG
Report of the Meetings of the Parties (MOP7&MOP/MOP3) (ECE/MP.EIA/23-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7)	ENG	FRE	RUS
Joint MOP decisions and declaration (ECE/MP.EIA/23.Add.1-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7.Add.1)	ENG	FRE	RUS
Decisions by the MOP to the Convention (ECE/MP.EIA/23.Add.2-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7.Add.2)	ENG	FRE	RUS
Decisions by the MOP to the Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/23-ECE/MP.EIA/SEA/7.Add.3)	ENG	FRE	RUS

Adopted decisions

ADOPTED DECISIONS	ENG
Decisions taken by the intermediary session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
General issues of compliance with the Convention Decision IS/1	PDF
Compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention in respect of its national legislation Decision IS/1a	PDF
Compliance by Armenia with its obligations under the Convention in respect of a nuclear power plant in Metsamor Decision IS/1b	PDF
Compliance by Azerbaijan with its obligations under the Convention in respect of its national legislation Decision IS/1c	PDF
Compliance by Belarus with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets Decision IS/1d	PDF
Compliance by Serbia with its obligations under the Convention in respect of a third block of the Kostolac lignite power plant Decision IS/1e	PDF
Compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Danube-Black Sea Deep Water Navigation Canal in the Ukrainian sector of the Danube Delta Decision IS/1f	PDF
Compliance by Ukraine with its obligations under the Convention in respect of extension of the lifetime of the Rivne nuclear power plant Decision IS/1g	PDF
Compliance by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with its obligations under the Convention in respect of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant Decision IS/1h	PDF
The applicability of the Convention to the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants Decision IS/2	PDF
The Revised Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries Decision IS/3	PDF

Informal documents

	INFORMAL DOCUMENTS	ENG	RUS
	Informal presentation of the main outcomes, by secretariat	PDF
2.	Organizational matters:
	(b) Adoption of the agenda; Informal notes on the agenda (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/INF.1)	WORD PDF	WORD PDF
	(d) Status of the Convention and its amendments and the Protocol Status of ratification of the Convention and its amendments and the Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/INF.2)	WORD PDF	WORD PDF
3.	Outstanding issues:
	(c) Tentative calendar of meetings for 2019 and 2020 Provisional schedule of meetings (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/INF.3) Revised on 25 January 2019	WORD PDF	WORD PDF
4.	Review of the workplan:
	Workplan implementation status (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/INF.4)	PDF WORD	PDF WORD
	Summary report on technical assistance and capacity-building activities (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/INF.5)	WORD PDF	WORD PDF
	(a) Subregional cooperation and capacity-building;
	(b) Exchange of good practices;
	(c) Promoting ratification and application of the Protocol. Final publication on lessons learned from the EaPGREEN funded assistance	PDF
	IAIA informal pamphlets: “Fastips”
5.	Review of compliance, implementation and the activities of the Implementation Committee.
	Note on the possible elaboration of a strategy and an action plan for the future application of the Convention and the Protocol (ECE/MP.EIA/2019/INF.6)	PDF WORD	PDF WORD

Presentations, statements

Organizational matters (item 2 (d))
Statement of Azerbaijan on ratification of the first and second amendment of the convention, and the Protocol on SEA	PDF
Statement of Belarus on ratification of the second amendment and the Protocol on SEA	PDF
Outstanding issues: draft decision IS/1 on the review of compliance with the Convention (item 3 (a)(i))
Position statement by Belarus regarding draft decision IS/1 d on compliance by Belarus (letter of 18 January 2019)	PDF
See also: the Implementation Committee’s comments on the statements by Belarus regarding draft decision IS/1 d (report on its forty-third session, paragraphs 75 to 84, ECE/MP.EIA/IC/2018/6)	PDF
Practical steps aimed at compliance of the Bystroe Project with the Espoo Convention provisions	Word
Presentation by Belarus on site evaluation regarding the nuclear power station in Ostrovets	PDF
Presentation by Belarus on SEED Review Mission regarding the power station in Ostrovets	PDF
Presentation by Lithuania on site evaluation regarding the power station in Ostrovets	PDF
Statement of Belarus before voting on draft decision IS/1d	PDF
Review of the workplan: Promoting ratification and application of the Protocol and the Convention (item 4 (c))
Statement by Kazakhstan on the completion of a pilot project on strategic environmental assessment in energy sector	PDF
Review of compliance, review of implementation and work done by the Implementation Committee (item 5)
Statement by Kazakhstan on received legislative assistance for developing new national legislation on EIA and SEA	PDF
Presentation by Tajikistan on received legislative assistance for developing new national legislation on EIA and SEA	PDF
Presentation by Uzbekistan on received legislative assistance for developing new national legislation on EIA and SEA	PDF
Statement by the Russian Federation on progress in the adoption of its legislation on EIA and SEA	PDF
Statement by Azerbaijan on progress in the adoption of its legislation on EIA and SEA	PDF
HIGH-LEVEL STATEMENTS
Opening statement by Ms. Monika Linn, Principal Advisor to the Executive Secretary, on behalf of Ms. Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe	PDF
Statements by Ministers and high-level representatives (item 7)
Lithuania	PDF
Belarus	PDF
Romania	PDF
Norway	PDF
Luxembourg	PDF
Austria	PDF
Albania	PDF
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe	PDF
"Society and Environment" (on behalf of the European ECO Forum)	PDF

Preparatory, practical

Sample credentials (for all delegations) - Pouvoirs - Мандат	ENG FRE RUS
Map of the Palais des Nations
List of participants	ENG

Side event

Side event by the NGO ClientEarth on “Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment of coal and lignite-related activities”

Wednesday, 6 February 2019 (tentatively 1.30-2.30 p.m.)

SAVE THE DATE - 6 February 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland “Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment of coal and lignite-related activities”	PDF
The factsheet on the transboundary environmental impacts of coal activities	PDF
Transboundary Air Pollution Rob Maas, Senior scientific advisor at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands	PDF
Transboundary Impact Assessment of coal and lignite related activities – legal obligations Jerzy Jendrośka, Legal expert, Managing Partner of Jendrośka Jerzmanski Bar & Partners, Poland	PDF