Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Bulgaria on cooperation in the sphere of environmental protection

Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Республики Болгарии о сотрудничестве в области охраны окружающей среды

The cooperation shall be carried out in the following fields: (a) state management of natural resources; (b) industrial ecology and resource saving; (c) environmental monitoring; (d) collection, sterilization, storage, disposal of industrial, agricultural, domestic and other waste; (e) control over transboundary movement of toxic waste; (f) environmental standardization and certification; (g) protection of surface water and groundwater; (h) prevention of the pollution of the Black Sea; (i) protection, reproduction and extension of forests; (j) sustainable use of biological diversity; (k) conservation of biological diversity of the Black Sea; (l) rehabilitation of polluted areas; (m) early warning system regarding transboundary pollution of the territory of one of the Parties; (n) environmental education (art. 2). Cooperation shall be carried out in the following forms: (a) joint programmes, projects and arrangements; (b) bilateral conferences, symposia, seminars and consultations; (c) joint working groups; (d) exchange of experts; (e) implementation of the concluded contracts (art. 3).