Key Benefits:
The National Assembly and the Senate adopted,
The President of the Republic enacts the following legislation:
The approval of amendments to articles 25 and 26 of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (as a whole an annex), adopted in Geneva on 28 November 2003, and the text of which is annexed to this Act (2).
This law will be enforced as a law of the State.
Done in Paris, June 18, 2009.
Nicolas Sarkozy
By the President of the Republic:
The Prime Minister,
François Fillon
Minister for Foreign Affairs
and European,
Bernard Kouchner
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(1) Preparatory work Law No. 2009-710.
National Assembly:
Bill No. 1293;
Report of Mr. Michel Delebarre, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 1477;
Discussion and adoption (simplified review procedure) on 9 April 2009 (TA No. 257).
Senate:
Bill, adopted by the National Assembly, No. 352 (2008-2009);
Report of Mr. André Vantomme, on behalf of the Foreign Affairs Committee, No. 419 (2008-2009);
Text of Commission No. 420 (2008-2009)
Discussion and adoption (simplified review procedure) June 9, 2009 (TA No. 94).
(2) Subsequently, the text will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.