bystroe canal

Ukraine has formally notified the Romanian authorities on its plans to extend the Danube-Black Sea deep-water navigation canal (the “Bystroe Canal Project”), Romania’s Environment Ministry said Friday.

The Ukrainian authorities annulled their decision to carry on with the second stage of works at the Danube-Black Sea deep-water navigation canal (the “Bystroe Canal Project”), Romanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday.

The parties to the UNECE convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (the Espoo convention) on Tuesday said Ukraine failed to observe the provisions concerning the Bystroe Canal and sent a non-compliance decision to the authorities in Kiev.