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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
Superseded by Convention Creating the Niger Basin Authority; TFDD Basin: Niger
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Agreement Concerning The Niger River Commission And The Navigation And Transport On The River Niger
Alternative Treaty Name: 
Agreement Concerning the Niger River Commission and the Navigation and Transport on the River Niger, Niamey
Possible Sources (additional): 
FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY - 61, #4; RS-XI:5648; SMTFE-1; http://mgd.nacse.org/cgi-bin/qml2.0/watertreaty/intl_treaties.qml?qml_screen=full&TN=132; Burhenne, Rummel-Bulska, Hohmann
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1964-11-25
Signature Year: 
1964
Place IEA was signed: 
Niamey
Date IEA entered into force: 
1966-04-12
Terminated?
Term Date: 
1982-12-03
Term Type: 
Partially terminated by TermdBy_ID, Article 1 and 21
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Text: Art.12: ... They undertake further to abstain from carrying out on the portion of the River, its tributaries and sub-tributaries subject to their jurisdiction any works likely to pollute the waters, or any modification likely to affect biological characteristics of its fauna and flora, without adequate notice to, and prior consultation with, the Commission.
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Text: Art.12: ... They undertake further to abstain from carrying out on the portion of the River, its tributaries and sub-tributaries subject to their jurisdiction any works likely to pollute the waters, or any modification likely to affect biological characteristics of its fauna and flora, without adequate notice to, and prior consultation with, the Commission.
Words used to code as Environmental: 
water/ waters/commission/fauna/flora/pollut/river
Lineage
Lineage: 
Niger Basin
Sequence in lineage: 
200.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
FreshwaterResources/Pollution/Species/Fauna/Flora/Organization
Category: 
ENV
Coded Text: 
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