HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission


HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 1/5

     
RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THE APPLICATION BY THE BALTIC SEA STATES
OF GUIDELINES FOR TYPE TESTING AND APPROVAL OF SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS

     
     
Adopted 5 May 1980
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Paragraph C of Regulation 7 of Annex IV to the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974, (Helsinki Convention), concerning the discharge of sewage,

RECALLING ALSO that the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMCO has adopted, at its sixth session, Resolution MEPC.2(VI) - Recommendation on International Effluent Standards and Guidelines for Performance Tests for Sewage Treatment Plants,

RECALLING FURTHER that the Interim Commission has adopted, at its fourth meeting, a Recommendation concerning the Application by the Baltic Sea States of the Resolution MEPC.2(VI) - Recommendation on International Effluent Standards and Guidelines for Performance Tests for Sewage Treatment Plants,