The Early Notification Convention establishes a notification system for nuclear accidents that have the potential for an international transboundary release of radioactive material that could be of radiological safety significance for another state.
Adopted: 26 September 1986
Opened for signature: 26 September 1986 (Vienna) and 6 October 1986 (New York)
Entered into force: 27 October 1986
Parties: 132 (including EURATOM, FAO, WHO and WMO) (see table below)
More information on the Early Notification Convention, including the text, is available here.
The text of the Early Notification Convention is also reproduced in the Supplement to Nuclear Law Bulletin No. 38.
The current status of the Early Notification Convention is available here.
The following articles related to the Early Notification Convention were published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin:
Parties to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident |
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Albania | Ecuador | Lithuania | Romania* |
Algeria | Egypt | Luxembourg | Russia* |
Angola | El Salvador | Madagascar | Rwanda |
Argentina* | Eritrea | Malawi | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Armenia* | Estonia | Malaysia | Saudi Arabia |
Australia | Finland* | Mali | Senegal |
Austria | France* | Mauritania | Serbia |
Bahrain | Gabon | Mauritius | Singapore |
Bangladesh | Georgia | Mexico* | Slovak Republic* |
Belarus* | Germany* | Moldova | Slovenia* |
Belgium* | Ghana | Monaco | South Africa* |
Benin | Greece | Mongolia | Spain* |
Bolivia | Guatemala | Montenegro | Sri Lanka |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Hungary* | Morocco | Sweden* |
Botswana | Iceland | Mozambique | Switzerland* |
Brazil* | India* | Myanmar | Syrian Arab Republic |
Bulgaria* | Indonesia | Namibia | Tajikistan |
Burkina Faso | Iran* | Netherlands* | Tanzania |
Cambodia | Iraq | New Zealand | Thailand |
Cameroon | Ireland | Nicaragua | Tunisia |
Canada* | Israel | Niger | Türkiye |
Chile | Italy | Nigeria | Ukraine* |
China* | Japan* | North Macedonia | United Arab Emirates* |
Colombia | Jordan | Norway | United Kingdom* |
Congo | Kazakhstan | Oman | United States* |
Costa Rica | Korea* | Pakistan* | Uruguay |
Côte d'Ivoire | Kuwait | Panama | Venezuela |
Croatia | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Paraguay | Viet Nam |
Cuba | Latvia | Peru | Zimbabwe |
Cyprus | Lebanon | Philippines | EURATOM |
Czech Republic* | Lesotho | Poland | Food and Agriculture Organization |
Denmark | Libya | Portugal | World Health Organization |
Dominican Republic | Liechtenstein | Qatar | World Meteorological Organization |
* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.