Ta konvencija je na voljo za podpis v Aarhusu (Danska) 25. junija 1998, nato pa na sedežu Združenih narodov v New Yorku do 21. decembra 1998 za države članice Gospodarske komisije ZN za Evropo kot tudi za države, ki imajo v Gospodarski komisiji ZN za Evropo svetovalni status v skladu z osmim in enajstim odstavkom resolucije št. 36 (IV) Ekonomsko-socialnega sveta z dne 28. marca metricconverterProductID1947, in1947, in za organizacije za regionalno gospodarsko povezovanje, ki so jih ustanovile suverene države članice Gospodarske komisije ZN za Evropo, na katere so njihove države članice prenesle pristojnost za zadeve, ki jih ureja ta konvencija, vključno s pristojnostjo za sklepanje mednarodnih pogodb v zvezi s temi zadevami.
This Convention shall be open for signature at Aarhus (Denmark) on 25 June 1998, and thereafter at United Nations Headquarters in New York until 21 December 1998, by States members of the Economic Commission for Europe as well as States having consultative status with the Economic Commission for Europe pursuant to paragraphs 8 and 11 of Economic and Social Council resolution 36 (IV) of 28 March 1947, and by regional economic integration organizations constituted by sovereign States members of the Economic Commission for Europe to which their member States have transferred competence over matters governed by this Convention, including the competence to enter into treaties in respect of these matters.