Translation of "Conférence de Lucerne sur l'environnement en Europe " (French → English) :

Others cover specific topics, are written for specific events (eg. the Environment for Europe conferences) or cover a technical issue.

In this context, the EU and its Member States take account of the commitments deriving from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) * and the follow-up conferences, as well as the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE) *

The Dobris Castle Conference established the "Environment for Europe" process to meet these needs and its mandate was reaffirmed at further conferences held in Lucerne (1993), Sofia (1995) and Aarhus (1998).

(7) The United Nations/Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context of 25 February 1991, which applies to both Member States and other States, encourages the parties to the Convention to apply its principles to plans and programmes as well; at the second meeting of the Parties to the Convention in Sofia on 26 and 27 February 2001, it was decided to prepare a legally binding protocol on strategic environmental assessment which would supplement the existing provisions on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context, with a view to its possible adoption on the occasion of the 5th Mi ...[+++]nisterial Conference "Environment for Europe" at an extraordinary meeting of the Parties to the Convention, scheduled for May 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine.

(d) to promote active participation in regional conferences and treaties in Europe and the 'Environment for Europe process`;

1. Bearing in mind the European Energy Charter and the Declaration of the Lucerne Conference of 1993, the Parties shall develop and strengthen their cooperation on environment and human health.