HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 12/5

PROMOTION OF THE USE OF SAFER TANKERS WHILE CARRYING OIL

     
     
Adopted 20 February 1991
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

NOTING Article 7 and Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention,

NOTING ALSO that the Baltic Sea Area has been designated as a Special Area under Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 - as an area requiring special protection,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the IMO Assembly resolution A.388(X) from 14 November 1977 concerning Tonnage Measurements of Ballast Spaces in Segregated Ballast Oil Tankers,

TAKING ALSO INTO ACCOUNT Paragraph 16 of the Baltic Sea Declaration adopted by the Baltic Sea Conference held in Ronneby, Sweden, 2-3 September 1990,