Energy Charter Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects

Party

Norway modified

• Renunciation: 12-11-2024
• Termination: 10-01-2025

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe) modified

• Termination: 28-06-2025

Party

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the modified

• Renunciation: 27-06-2024
• Termination: 28-06-2025

Party

Germany modified

• Renunciation: 19-12-2022
• Termination: 20-12-2023

Poland modified

• Renunciation: 28-12-2022
• Termination: 29-12-2023

Slovenia modified

• Renunciation: 13-10-2023
• Termination: 14-10-2024

Party

Portugal modified

• Renunciation: 01-02-2024
• Termination: 02-02-2025

Party

Luxembourg modified

• Renunciation: 16-06-2023
• Termination: 17-06-2024

General information

• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Party

Afghanistan

• Ratification: 22-03-2013 (A)
• Entry into force: 20-06-2013

Albania

• Signature: 02-06-1995
• Ratification: 12-02-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Armenia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 19-01-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Austria

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Azerbaijan

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 23-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Belarus

• Signature: 17-12-1994

Belgium

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 08-05-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-06-1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Signature: 14-06-1995
• Ratification: 17-05-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-06-2001

Bulgaria

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 15-11-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Croatia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 15-09-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-10-1998

Cyprus

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 15-04-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-05-1998

Czech Republic

• Signature: 08-06-1995
• Ratification: 28-05-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Denmark

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Estonia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 04-05-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-06-1998

EU (European Union)

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Finland

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

France

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 28-09-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-10-1999
• Renunciation: 07-12-2022
• Termination: 08-12-2023

Georgia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 09-12-2004 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-01-2005

Germany

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Greece

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 04-09-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Hungary

• Signature: 27-02-1995
• Ratification: 08-04-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 08-05-1998

Iceland

• Signature: 17-12-1994

Ireland

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 15-04-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 15-05-1999

Italy

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998
• Renunciation: 31-12-2014
• Termination: 01-01-2016

Japan

• Signature: 16-06-1995
• Ratification: 25-10-2002 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-11-2002

Jordan

• Ratification: 12-09-2018 (A)
• Entry into force: 11-12-2018

Kazakhstan

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 06-08-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Kyrgyzstan

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 07-07-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Latvia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 05-01-1999 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-02-1999

Liechtenstein

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 12-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Lithuania

• Signature: 05-04-1995
• Ratification: 14-09-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-10-1998

Luxembourg

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 27-11-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Malta

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 10-07-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 09-08-2001

Moldova

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 22-06-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Mongolia

• Ratification: 19-11-1999 (A)
• Entry into force: 19-12-1999

Montenegro

• Ratification: 10-11-2015 (A)
• Entry into force: 10-12-2015

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

North Macedonia

• Ratification: 01-09-1998 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-10-1998

Norway

• Signature: 16-06-1995

Poland

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 24-04-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 24-05-2001

Portugal

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Romania

• Signature: 08-06-1995
• Ratification: 12-08-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Slovakia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-10-1995 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Slovenia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 10-09-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Spain

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Sweden

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Switzerland

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 19-09-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Tajikistan

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 25-06-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Türkiye

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 05-04-2001 (R)
• Entry into force: 05-05-2001

Turkmenistan

• Signature: 14-06-1995
• Ratification: 17-07-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Ukraine

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 29-10-1998 (R)
• Entry into force: 28-11-1998

United Kingdom

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Ratification: 16-12-1997 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998
• Jersey
  Entry into force: 16-04-1998Man, Isle of
  Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Uzbekistan

• Signature: 05-04-1995
• Ratification: 12-03-1996 (R)
• Entry into force: 16-04-1998

Australia

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  15-10-2021
  […] Australia notified the Government of the Portuguese Republic, in the latter’s capacity as depositary of the Energy Charter Treaty, that it did not intend to become a Contracting Party to the Energy Charter Treaty and the Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects, adopted in Lisbon on 17 December 1994. Australia further declared that it did not consider itself bound, provisionally or in any other manner, to any provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty within 60 days of the day that this notification was received by the depositary. Under article 45 (2) (c) and article 45 (3) (a) of the Energy Charter Treaty, the termination of the treaty’s provisional application for Australia will take effect on 13 December 2021. […]

Russian Federation

• Signature: 17-12-1994
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  24-08-2009
  Depositary communication. Portugal would like to inform the Presidency and its partners that the Portuguese Government has received, on August 24th, as the Treaty Depository of the Energy Charter Treaty, a notification from the Russian Federation that it does not intend to become a Contracting Party to that Treaty. The Russian Federation also declares in the same notification that it has no intention of becoming a Party to the Protocol of the Energy Charter related to the Energetic Efficiency and its Environmental Related Aspects.