HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission


HELCOM Recommendation 22E/5

AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX IV "PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS"
TO THE HELSINKI CONVENTION

     
     
Adopted 10 September 2001
having regard to Article 20 (1), c)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

CONSCIOUS of the sensitivity of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area and of the importance it represents to the people living around it, for economic, social, recreational and cultural reasons,

AWARE of the need to protect this shared resource for the benefit of present and future generations through the implementation of an integrated approach as envisaged in the concept of sustainability,

RECOGNIZING that if harmful substances are introduced to this vulnerable sea they will remain there for a long time,

EXPRESSING CONCERN as to the growing density of maritime traffic in Baltic Sea Area and the accidents which have taken place,