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Belgium and Lithuania have ratified the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers, becoming the 13th and 14th Parties to the instrument, respectively. Lithuania's action was effected on 5 March 2009; Belgium's action was effected on 12 March 2009.
The Protocol will only enter into force after receiving its 16th ratification, approval, acceptance or accession by member States of the United Nations. So far, a total of fourteen member States or regional economic integration organizations of the UNECE have ratified the Protocol, thirteen of which count toward entry into force of the instrument. Three more member State ratifications are needed to bring about the treaty's entry into force.
