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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
This Agreement repeals and replaces, from its entry into force, the Agreement Charleville-Mezieres. TFDD Basin: Meuse
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
International Agreement On The River Maas/Meuse
Possible Sources (additional): 
http://www.cipm-icbm.be/files/accord/fr1.pdf; ECOLEX 3306
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
2002-12-03
Signature Year: 
2002
Place IEA was signed: 
Ghent
Date IEA entered into force: 
2006-12-01
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: 
Preamble: EAGER to ensure cooperation in the fields of ... [and] the prevention and control of accidental water pollution; CONSCIOUS THAT the protection of the Meuse is also essential in order to preserve and ameliorate the ecosystem of the North Sea; CONSCIOUS THAT the Meuse serves various functions and essential ecological, economic and social uses; CONCERNED to assure the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the water and the water ecosystems of the international hydrographic district of the Maas, by taking account of the value of its water, banks, riverine zones and coastal water; ANIMATED by the common will to collaborate to foster sustainable development and the will to put in place ... suitable measures for integrated management of the international hydrographic district of the Maas in order to carry out sustainable and integrated management of its water taking into account in particular its multifunctionality,
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Preamble: EAGER to ensure cooperation in the fields of ... [and] the prevention and control of accidental water pollution; CONSCIOUS THAT the protection of the Meuse is also essential in order to preserve and ameliorate the ecosystem of the North Sea; CONSCIOUS THAT the Meuse serves various functions and essential ecological, economic and social uses; CONCERNED to assure the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the water and the water ecosystems of the international hydrographic district of the Maas, by taking account of the value of its water, banks, riverine zones and coastal water; ANIMATED by the common will to collaborate to foster sustainable development and the will to put in place ... suitable measures for integrated management of the international hydrographic district of the Maas in order to carry out sustainable and integrated management of its water taking into account in particular its multifunctionality,
Words used to code as Environmental: 
water/accident/ecosystem/hydrographic/pollut/river/sustainable and integrated management/sustainable development
Lineage
Lineage: 
Meuse
Sequence in lineage: 
400.000
Secretariat and auspices
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
FreshwaterResources/Nature/Ocean/Pollution/Accident
Category: 
ENV