3903

Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
Adopted by the Consultative Assembly and the Committeee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 1967 and proclaimed in 1968
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
European Water Charter
Possible Sources (additional): 
Yearbook of the International Law Commission 1974, vol. II, 342-343; Sand
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1968-05-06
Signature Year: 
1968
Place IEA was signed: 
Strasbourg
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: Taking into account Resolution No. 10 (XXI) (1965) of the Economic Commision for Europe of the United Nations containing the ECE Declaration of policy on Water Pollution Control in Europe, and the International Standards for Drinking Water of the World Health Organisation, and in particular the European Standards; ... Conscious that water holds a place of prime importance in that natural heritage; Considering that the demand for water is increasing, largely because of the rapid development of industrialisation in the main urban centres of Europe, and that steps must be taken for the qualitative and quantitative conservation of water resources;
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Preamble: Taking into account Resolution No. 10 (XXI) (1965) of the Economic Commision for Europe of the United Nations containing the ECE Declaration of policy on Water Pollution Control in Europe, and the International Standards for Drinking Water of the World Health Organisation, and in particular the European Standards; ... Conscious that water holds a place of prime importance in that natural heritage; Considering that the demand for water is increasing, largely because of the rapid development of industrialisation in the main urban centres of Europe, and that steps must be taken for the qualitative and quantitative conservation of water resources;
Words used to code as Environmental: 
water/centre/conservation/europe/natural heritage/organisation/pollut
Lineage
Lineage: 
Not Yet Assigned
Sequence in lineage: 
100.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
Org Auspices: 
Council of Europe
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEN - Multilateral Environmental Non-binding Instruments (non-agreements)
Subject: 
Nature/Pollution/FreshwaterResources/Organization/Region
Category: 
ENV