Article
1
Definitions
For the purposes of the present Protocol,
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“Convention” means the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, adopted in Geneva on 13 November 1979;
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“EMEP” means the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe;
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“Executive Body” means the Executive Body for the Convention constituted under article 10, paragraph 1, of the Convention;
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“Commission” means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;
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“Parties” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Parties to the present Protocol;
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“Geographical scope of EMEP” means the area defined in article 1, paragraph 4, of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP), adopted in Geneva on 28 September 1984;
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“Heavy metals” means those metals or, in some cases, metalloids which are stable and have a density greater than 4.5 g/cm3 and their compounds;
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“Emission” means a release from a point or diffuse source into the atmosphere;
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“Stationary source” means any fixed building, structure, facility, installation, or equipment that emits or may emit a heavy metal listed in annex I directly or indirectly into the atmosphere;
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“New stationary source” means any stationary source of which the construction or substantial modification is commenced after the expiry of two years from the date of entry into force for a Party of the present Protocol. A Party may decide not to treat as a new stationary source any stationary source for which approval has already been given by the appropriate competent national authority at the time of entry into force of the Protocol for that Party and provided that the construction or substantial modification is commenced within five years of that date. It shall be a matter for the competent national authorities to decide whether a modification is substantial or not, taking into account such factors as the environmental benefits of the modification;
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“Major stationary source category” means any stationary source category that is listed in annex II and that contributes at least one per cent to a Party's total emissions from stationary sources of a heavy metal listed in annex I for the reference year specified in accordance with annex I.
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The terms “this Protocol”, “the Protocol” and “the present Protocol” mean the 1998 Protocol on Heavy Metals, as amended from time to time.