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Spain has joined the growing list of countries having ratified the Protocol on PRTRs to the Aarhus Convention. Spain deposited its instrument of ratification with the UN Secretary-General in New York on 24 Septebmer 2009, the 20th Member State of the United Nations to do so.
Earlier this year, Spain released its first annual national PRTR reports in compliance with the European Union PRTR Regulation. The European Community had ratified the Protocol and adopted the EU PRTR Regulation in February 2006.
The Protocol will take effect on 8 October 2009, having crossed the threshold of the minimum number of Parties to trigger entry into force on 10 July 2009.
