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Annual sulphur 

 deposition from the 

 Narva power plants 

 in Estonia, before 

 and after the 

 desulphurization 

 project 



The East Europe Project 

 is part of Finland's active, 

 international 

 environmental policy. 



Finland has played an active part in negonahng bilateral 

 and multilateral agreements on environmental protection 

 and in promoting environmental projects. Since the early 

 1970s, Finland has taken part in activities aimed at the pro- 

 tection of the Baltic Sea. The first multilateral convention 

 for the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic 

 Sea was signed in 1974; its implementation is administered 

 by the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM). 



Environmental protection in the Baltic Sea region is 

 once agam a central part of the programme for Eastern and 

 Central Eurof)e bemg drawn up by the Finnish Government, 

 which establishes guidehnes for future forms of co-operanon. 

 The East Europe Project is part of this programme. 



The East Europe Project is also part of the environmen- 

 tal protection programme covering the whole Baltic Sea re- 

 gion, elaboration of which was decided on at the conference 

 of prime ministers of the Baltic states , held in Ronneby, 

 Sweden, in the autumn of 1990. Beside the smdies concern- 

 ing St. Petersburg, Karelia and Estonia, similar smdies will 

 be made on other countries in the Baltic region. The joint 

 environmental protection programme for all the states on 

 the Baltic will be based on these studies. 



Even in its preliminary phases, the East Europe Project 

 has aroused great international interest. The role played by 

 international financial instinitions as fiinders of such 

 projects is also growing. 



Eltacta of ttw pregramiTM on DOD load 



1000 t/a ■" 



Effects of ttw programfne on nitrogan load 



1000 Va 



Effects of ttw programme on pfiosphofus load 



1000 l/a ■" 



Estimated decre a se In the load on ttte Gulf of Finland resulting 

 from Implementation of the programme 



