Summary

9618 -- Denunciation by Spain of the Energy Charter Treaty and the Energy Charter Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects, signed in Lisbon on December 17, 1994.

Through a Verbal Notice on April 16, 2024, submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic, Spain has denounced the Energy Charter Treaty, signed in Lisbon on December 17, 1994.

In accordance with the provisions in article 20.2 of the Energy Charter Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects, signed in Libson on December 17, 1994, Spain's complaint of the Energy Charter Treaty will also include the denunciation of this Protocol,

The Treaty and the Protocol entered into effect for Spain on April 16,1998 (OSB number 65, of March 17, 1998, with corrections of errors in OSB number 140, of June 12, 1998).

The complaint, both of the Treaty and the Protocol, will take effect for Spain on April 17, 2025, one year after the date on which the verbal notice from Spain was received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic, recipient thereof. All of this in accordance with the provisions in article 47.2 of the Treaty and article 20.3 of the Protocol.

Madrid, May 9, 2024. -- The General Technical Secretary, Rosa Velazquez Alvarez.