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ID (ISN) del documento58008
Número CIS 92-701
Año 1991
Número de serie E/ECE/1250
Título Convention on Environment Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context [United Nations]
Título original Convention sur l'évaluation de l'impact sur l'environnement dans un contexte transfrontière [Nations Unies] [en francés]
Información bibliográfica United Nations Publications Sales, 1211 Genève 10, Switzerland, 1991. 22p.
Resumen This Convention was adopted at Espoo (Finland) on 25 Feb. 1991. It calls upon the countries of the world to prevent, reduce and control significant adverse transboundary environmental impact from proposed activities. It lays down principles for the notification of affected parties, for the preparation of environmental impact assessment documentation, for consultations on the basis of such documentation, for final decisions concerning proposed activities, for post-project analysis and for the setting up of research programmes. In the appendix: list of activities and industries within the scope of the Convention (petrochemical complexes, electricity-generating stations, nuclear installations, metal smelting plants, plants handling asbestos, chemical plants, construction of large-scale transportation facilities and oil/gas pipelines, waste-disposal facilities, large dams and reservoirs, groundwater abstraction activities, pulp and paper manufacturing facilities, mines and mineral-producing facilities, offshore hydrocarbon producing facilities, major hydrocarbon storage facilities, deforestation of large areas); details of the various actions proposed by the Convention.
Descriptores (primarios) polución ambiental; ONU
Descriptores (secundarios) procedimientos de uso de la radioactividad; silvicultura y explotación forestal; industria química; amianto; eliminación de desechos; industrias de extracción; producción de energía eléctrica; extracción de petróleo en el mar; industria petroquímica; acuerdos internacionales; fabricas metalúrgicas; obras publicas
Tipo de documento A - Leyes, reglamentos, directivas
País / Estado o ProvinciaONU
Tema(s) Leyes
Broad subject area(s) Aspectos generales
Navegación por categoria(s) Environmental pollution