Base Agreement List

Notes: 1) Unknown dates designated as '0000-00-00'
2) Text for some agreements is available in multiple languages, which can be accessed by clicking on the IEA# link.
3) Inclusion code: 1st letter: B-Bilateral / M-Multilateral / O-Other; 2nd letter: E-Env'l / N-Non-Env'l / u=uncoded; 3rd letter: A-Agreement / N-Non-Agreement [Non-BEA/non-MEAs are included as an artefact of collecting "likely" IEAs that were found not to fit the IEADB's definitions (ie, inclusion/exclusion rules)]

IEA# (click for add'l info) Inclusion Signature Year Signature Date Date IEA entered into force Agreement Name Treaty Text Members Agreement Type (level 2) Lineage Sequence in lineage Data Articles, etc. Secretariat
3345 MEA 2001 2001-10-05 2008-09-17 International Convention On The Control Of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems On Ships Treaty Text** Members Agreement MARPOL 300.000 Data Lit International Maritime Organization (IMO)
4298 MEA 2004 2004-02-13 2017-09-08 International Convention For The Control And Management Of Ships' Ballast Water And Sediments Treaty Text** Members Agreement MARPOL 400.000 Data Lit International Maritime Organization (IMO)
4476 MEA 2003 2003-11-27 2004-04-09 Amendments To The Agreement Concerning The Protection Of The Waters Of The Mediterranean Shores Treaty Text** Members Amendment Mediterranean Shores Protection 100.010 Data Lit Ramoge Secretariat
3347 MEA 2002 2002-01-25 2004-03-17 Protocol Concerning Cooperation In Preventing Pollution From Ships And, In Cases Of Emergency, Combating Pollution Of The Mediterranean Sea Treaty Text** Members Protocol MedPlan 108.000 Data Lit UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan
3336 MEA 2001 2001-06-22 2004-06-23 Agreement On An Environmental Framework Of Mercosur Treaty Text** Members Agreement Mercosur Environment 200.000 Data Lit Mercosur Secretariat
4583 MEA 2004 2004-07-07 2010-04-29 Additional Protocol on Cooperation and Assistance in Environmental Emergencies to the Agreement On An Environmental Framework Of Mercosur Treaty Text** Members Protocol Mercosur Environment 201.000 Data Lit Mercosur Secretariat
3355 MEA 2002 2002-12-03 2006-12-01 International Agreement On The River Maas/Meuse Treaty Text** Members Agreement Meuse 400.000 Data Lit Commission Internationale pour la Protection de la Meuse
5057 MEA 2004 2004-05-21 2004-05-21 Amendments to the Palau Arrangement For The Management Of The Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery (Amendments to Article 3.2(b)(i) and (ii), 3.2(d), 3.3, 5, 6, 9.5, 7, 8, 9, Annex 1 and Annex 2 Treaty Text** Members Amendment Micronesia Fisheries 200.020 Data Lit Parties to the Nauru Agreement
4950 MEA 2002 2002-10-01 2002-10-02 Amendment To The Treaty On The International Recognition Of The Deposit Of Microorganisms For The Purposes Of Patent Procedure Treaty Text** Members Amendment Microorganism Patents 100.030 Data Lit World Intellectual Property Organization
4405 MEA 2004 2004-10-17 2004-10-17 Cooperative agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico supplementary to the North American plant protection agreement Treaty Text** Members Agreement North America Plant Protection 400.000 Data Lit North America Plant Protection Organization
5018 MEA 2001 2001-09-21 2010-04-01 Amendments Of The Agreement For Cooperation In Dealing With Pollution Of The North Sea By Oil And Other Harmful Substances (to enable the Accession of Ireland) Treaty Text** Members Amendment North Sea Oil 200.030 Data Lit Bonn Agreement Secretariat
4488 MEA 2004 2004-11-12 2013-10-29 Amendments To The Convention On Future Multilateral Cooperation In Northeast Atlantic Fisheries (Dispute Settlement) Treaty Text** Members Amendment Northeast Atlantic Fisheries 400.010 Data Lit Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission
3350 MEA 2002 2002-02-18 2599-01-01 Convention For Cooperation In The Protection And Sustainable Development Of The Marine And Coastal Environment Of The Northeast Pacific Treaty Text** Members Agreement Northeast Pacific Marine Environment Sustainable Development 100.000 Data Lit Central American Commission for Maritime Transportation
3328 MEA 2000 2000-10-18 2003-11-01 Amendments Of The Limitation Amounts In The 1992 Protocol To Amend The International Convention On Civil Liability For Oil Pollution Damage Treaty Text** Members Amendment Oil Pollution Civil Liability 103.010 Data Lit IOPC Funds Secretariat
3329 MEA 2000 2000-10-18 2003-11-01 Amendments Of The Limits Of Compensation In The 1992 Protocol To Amend The International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage Treaty Text** Members Amendment Oil Pollution Fund 103.010 Data Lit IOPC Funds Secretariat
4568 MEA 2000 2000-09-27 2001-06-27 Protocol To Amend The 1971 International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage Treaty Text** Members Protocol Oil Pollution Fund 104.000 Data Lit IOPC Funds Secretariat
4514 MEA 2003 2003-05-16 2005-03-03 Protocol To Amend The 1992 International Convention On The Establishment Of An International Fund For Compensation For Oil Pollution Damage Treaty Text** Members Protocol Oil Pollution Fund 105.000 Data Lit IOPC Funds Secretariat
4414 MEA 2002 2002-10-11 2004-06-22 Amendments to the Annex (Revision of the List of Substances to be Annexed) to the Protocol Relating To Intervention On The High Seas In Cases Of Pollution By Substances Other Than Oil Treaty Text** Members Amendment Oil Pollution Intervention 101.030 Data Lit International Maritime Organization (IMO)
3316 MEA 2000 2000-03-15 2007-06-14 Protocol On Preparedness, Response And Cooperation To Pollution Incidents By Hazardous And Noxious Substances Treaty Text** Members Protocol Oil Pollution Preparedness 101.000 Data Lit International Maritime Organization (IMO)
4988 MEA 2000 2000-11-03 2000-12-31 Agreement on the Establishment of the Orange-Senqu River Commission Treaty Text** Members Agreement Orange-Senqu River Commission 100.000 Data Lit Orange-Senqu River Commission
3357 MEA 2002 2002-03-24 2003-06-15 Second Extension To The Treaty On Fisheries Between The Governments Of Certain Pacific Island States And The Government Of The United States of America Treaty Text** Members Amendment Pacific Island Fisheries 200.060 Data Lit South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
3557 MEA 2002 2002-03-24 2999-01-01 Amendments to the Treaty On Fisheries Between The Governments Of Certain Pacific Island States And The Government Of The United States of America (Preamble, Articles 1, 7, and 9) Treaty Text** Members Amendment Pacific Island Fisheries 200.070 Data Lit South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
4262 MEA 2002 2002-03-24 2003-06-15 Amendments to the Annexes to the Treaty On Fisheries Between The Governments Of Certain Pacific Island States And The Government Of The United States of America (Annexes 1 and 2) Treaty Text** Members Amendment Pacific Island Fisheries 200.080 Data Lit South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency
3320 MEA 2000 2000-08-14 2599-01-01 Framework Agreement For The Conservation Of The Living Marine Resources Of The High Seas Of The Southeast Pacific Treaty Text** Members Agreement Permanent Commission South Pacific 1200.000 Data Lit Permanent Commission of the South Pacific
4487 MEA 2003 2003-11-27 2599-01-01 Protocol Amending The Framework Agreement For The Conservation Of The Living Marine Resources Of The High Seas Of The South Pacific Treaty Text** Members Protocol Permanent Commission South Pacific 1201.000 Data Lit Permanent Commission of the South Pacific
3341 MEA 2001 2001-05-22 2004-05-17 Convention On Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty Text** Members Agreement Persistent Organic Pollutants 100.000 Data Lit UNEP Chemicals
3346 MEA 2001 2001-11-03 2004-06-29 International Treaty On Plant Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture Treaty Text** Members Agreement Plant Genetic Resources 300.000 Data Lit Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
4437 MEA 2004 2004-09-24 2005-02-01 Amendments to Annex III of the Convention On The Prior Informed Consent Procedure For Certain Hazardous Chemicals And Pesticides In International Trade Treaty Text** Members Amendment Prior Informed Consent Chemicals and Pesticides 100.010 Data Lit Prior Informed Consent Interim Secretariat
4436 MEA 2004 2004-09-24 2006-01-11 Addition of Annex VI to the Convention On The Prior Informed Consent Procedure For Certain Hazardous Chemicals And Pesticides In International Trade Treaty Text** Members Amendment Prior Informed Consent Chemicals and Pesticides 101.000 Data Lit Prior Informed Consent Interim Secretariat
4267 MEA 2003 2003-11-28 2013-02-06 Amendments to Articles 25 and 26 of The Convention On The Protection And Use Of Transboundary Watercourses And International Lakes Treaty Text** Members Amendment Protection Transboundary Watercourses 100.010 Data Lit UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
4265 MEA 2003 2003-05-21 2009-10-08 Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Treaty Text** Members Protocol Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters 103.000 Data Lit UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
3323 MEA 2001 2001-06-22 2005-04-01 Convention On The Contract For The Carriage Of Goods By Inland Waterway Treaty Text** Members Agreement Rhine Pollution 1300.000 Data Lit Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine
4622 MEA 2003 2003-05-21 2004-04-14 Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation Treaty Text** Members Agreement Russian Nuclear Environmental Programme 100.000 Data Lit No secretariat established
4623 MEA 2003 2003-05-21 2004-04-14 Protocol on Claims, Legal Proceedings and Indemnification to the Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation Treaty Text** Members Protocol Russian Nuclear Environmental Programme 101.000 Data Lit No known secretariat
3335 MEA 2000 2000-12-07 2007-12-26 Cooperative Agreement Establishing The Tri-National de la Sangha Park Treaty Text** Members Agreement Sangha River Trinational 100.000 Data Lit Sangha River Trinational
4857 MEA 2002 2002-07-28 2002-07-28 Protocol to Combat Poaching Under the Cooperative Agreement Establishing The Tri-National de la Sangha Park Treaty Text** Members Protocol Sangha River Trinational 101.000 Data Lit Sangha River Trinational
3356 MEA 2002 2002-12-03 2004-12-29 Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin Treaty Text** Members Agreement Sava River Basin 100.000 Data Lit International Sava River Basin Commission
4937 MEA 2004 2004-04-02 2005-11-10 Agreement on the Amendments to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin and the Protocol on the Navigation Regime to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin Treaty Text** Members Amendment Sava River Basin 100.010 Data Lit International Sava River Basin Commission
4311 MEA 2002 2002-12-03 2004-12-29 Protocol On The Navigation Regime To The Framework Agreement On The Sava River Basin Treaty Text** Members Protocol Sava River Basin 101.000 Data Lit International Sava River Basin Commission
4462 MEA 2002 2002-05-28 2003-05-28 Charter of Waters of the Senegal River Treaty Text** Members Agreement Senegal River Basin 1000.000 Data Lit Organization pour La Mise En Valeur Du Fleuve Senegal
3353 MEA 2002 2002-08-29 2599-01-01 Tripartite Interim Agreement Between The Republic Of Mozambique And The Republic Of South Africa And The Kingdom Of Swaziland For Cooperation On The Protection And Sustainable Utilization Of The Water Resources Of The Incomati And Maputo Watercourses Treaty Text** Members Agreement South Africa-Swaziland-Mozambique Rivers 300.000 Data Lit Inco-Maputo Tripartite Permanent Technical Committee
3338 MEA 2001 2001-04-20 2003-04-13 Convention On The Conservation And Management Of Fishery Resources In The South East Atlantic Ocean Treaty Text** Members Agreement South East Atlantic Fishery 100.000 Data Lit South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation
3327 MEA 2000 2999-01-01 2999-01-01 Amendments To The Convention On Conservation Of Nature In The South Pacific (never adopted) Treaty Text** Members Amendment South Pacific Nature 100.010 Data Lit South Pacific Regional Environment Program
4511 MEA 2001 2001-08-14 2001-08-14 Agreement Amending the Treaty Of The Southern African Development Community Treaty Text** Members Amendment Southern African Development Community 100.010 Data Lit Southern African Development Community
3319 MEA 2000 2000-08-07 2003-09-22 Revised Protocol On Shared Watercourses To The Treaty Of The Southern African Development Community Treaty Text** Members Protocol Southern African Development Community 104.000 Data Lit Southern African Development Community
3344 MEA 2001 2001-08-14 2003-08-08 Protocol On Fisheries To The Treaty Of The Southern African Development Community Treaty Text** Members Protocol Southern African Development Community 105.000 Data Lit Southern African Development Community
4355 MEA 2002 2002-10-03 2009-07-17 Protocol On Forestry To The Treaty Of The Southern African Development Community Treaty Text** Members Protocol Southern African Development Community 106.000 Data Lit Southern African Development Community
4455 MEA 2003 2003-06-12 2005-08-23 Convention on the Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika Treaty Text** Members Agreement Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika 100.000 Data Lit Lake Tanganyika Authority
4648 MEA 2004 2004-02-12 2022-01-01 Protocol To Amend The Convention On Third Party Liability In The Field Of Nuclear Energy Treaty Text** Members Protocol Third Party Liability Nuclear Energy 104.000 Data Lit Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
4649 MEA 2004 2004-02-12 2022-01-01 Protocol To Amend The Convention Supplementary To The Convention On Third Party Liability In The Field Of Nuclear Energy Treaty Text** Members Protocol Third Party Liability Nuclear Energy 203.000 Data Lit Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
4439 MEA 2003 2003-05-21 2005-02-27 World Health Organization Framework Convention On Tobacco Control Treaty Text** Members Agreement Tobacco Control 100.000 Data Lit WHO Framework Convention On Tobacco Control
4279 MEA 2003 2003-05-21 2599-01-01 Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents Treaty Text** Members Protocol Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents/Protection Transboundary Watercourses 101.000 Data Lit UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
4995 MEA 2004 2004-07-30 2004-07-30 Statutes of the Technical Committee of the Volta Basin Treaty Text** Members Agreement Volta Basin Authority 100.000 Data Lit Volta Basin Authority
4711 MEA 2004 2004-05-20 2006-07-01 Amendments To The International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers - STCW Code Treaty Text** Members Amendment Watchkeeping 100.070 Data Lit International Maritime Organization (IMO)
4712 MEA 2004 2004-12-09 2006-07-01 Amendments To The International Convention On Standards Of Training, Certification And Watchkeeping For Seafarers - STCW Code (Survival Craft Competence) Treaty Text** Members Amendment Watchkeeping 100.080 Data Lit International Maritime Organization (IMO)
4450 MEA 2004 2004-07-13 2011-06-26 Agreement on the Establishment of the Zambezi Watercourse Commission Treaty Text** Members Agreement Zambezi Watercourse Commission 300.000 Data Lit Zambezi Watercourse Commission

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