Seven countries of South-Eastern Europe adopted and signed an agreement in Bucharest, Hungary, to further the implementation of the Espoo Convention.

Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed the agreement during the fourth meeting of the parties to the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (also referred to as the Espoo Convention), which took place from 19-21 May 2008. Also during the meeting, Ukraine committed to reconsider its decision to fully implement the so-called Bystroe Canal Project (the Danube-Black Sea Deep-water Navigation Canal in the Ukrainian sector of the Danube Delta). In January 2008, the government of Ukraine had been found by the Convention’s Implementation Committee to be in non-compliance with its obligations to notify and consult other parties on all major projects that might have an adverse transboundary environmental impact.
Links to further information
UNECE press releases:
Environmental agreement among seven countries of South-Eastern Europe signed 20 May
Work on the controversial Bystroe Canal Project to be reconsidered
Espoo Meeting website