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'Compliance' means the fulfilment by the contracting parties of their obligations under a multilateral environmental agreement and any amendments to the multilateral environmental agreement (Source: Guidelines on Compliance with and Enforcement of MEAs, 2002)
The systems adopted under MEAs to promote compliance (e.g. UNFCCC compliance refers to a country/company/ individual fulfilment of his emissions and reporting commitments). The components of compliance mechanisms can be analysed into four categories: a) performance information; b) multilateral institutional procedures; c) non-compliance response measures; and d) dispute settlement procedures. (Source: Compliance mechanisms under selected MEAs, 2008 and Glossary of Int. Climate Policy Terms, Koch et al./HIIE, 2001)
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Compliance
Basel Convention | 1 article or paragraph85 decisions | |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | 8 decisions | |
Convention on Migratory Species | 1 decision | |
Stockholm Convention | 1 article or paragraph9 decisions1 document | |
Montreal Protocol | 1 article or paragraph299 decisions | |
Cartagena Protocol | 2 articles and paragraphs7 decisions | |
Nagoya Protocol | 7 articles and paragraphs5 decisions | |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | 1 article or paragraph11 decisions | |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
World Heritage Convention | 4 decisions | |
Kyoto Protocol | 6 articles and paragraphs8 decisions | |
The Convention on Wetlands | 1 decision | |
Rotterdam Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs8 decisions | |
Barcelona Convention | 1 article or paragraph7 decisions | |
Offshore Protocol | 1 article or paragraph | |
Aarhus Convention | 2 articles and paragraphs | |
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution | 2 documents | |
Abidjan Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Jeddah Convention | 1 article or paragraph | |
Minamata Convention on Mercury | 2 decisions |