{{Use American English|date = February 2019}} {{Short description|Treaty on atmospheric pollution}} The '''Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes''' (known as the '''Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol''' or the '''VOC Protocol''') is a protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution which aims to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects. The protocol was concluded at Geneva, Switzerland. {| class="wikitable" |''Opened for signature'' || November 18, 1991 |- |''Entered into force'' || September 29, 1997 |- |''Parties'' || (24) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |- |''Countries that have signed, but not yet ratified'' || (6) Canada, European Union, Greece, Portugal, Ukraine, United States |} ==See also== * Environmental agreements * Vapor Intrusion
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==Bibliography== *{{CIA World Factbook|year=2003}}
==External links== *[https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=IND&mtdsg_no=XXVII-1-d&chapter=27&clang=_en Ratification status]
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