The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in the field of environmental protection

of June 29, 1999

The government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania which further are referred to as with the Parties

being guided by the cooperative principles established by the Agreement on bases of the interstate relations between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Republic of Lithuania of July 29, 1991

The agreement between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation in economic and welfare development of the Kaliningrad region of RSFSR of July 29, 1991,

attaching great value to the problem resolution of environmental protection and wishing to promote by implementation of cooperation to achievement of practical results in this area,

realizing responsibility for ecological safety of the citizens,

being guided by the legislation of the states and the universally recognized norms of international law,

based on provisions of international conventions and agreements in the field of environmental protection which participants the Parties are,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The parties will develop cooperation in the field of environmental protection on the basis of equality and mutual advantage, being guided by the purposes and the principles of sustainable development.

The cooperation will be directed to environmental improvement and increase in ecological safety in both states, in the basin of the Baltic Sea and on cross-border (boundary) water objects.

Article 2

The cooperation will be performed in the following directions:

normative and legal and methodological ensuring nature protection activities;

use of economic methods in the field of state regulation of environmental management;

industrial ecology and resource-saving technologies;

environmental monitoring and assessment of impact of economic and other activity on the environment and health of the population;

state environmental control;

methodological approaches to the organization and evaluating impact on the environment;

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