HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission


HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 12/8*

AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE WITH REMOTE SENSING EQUIPMENT
IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA

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     * supersedes HELCOM Recommendation 7/11
 
     

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

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Regulation 3 of Annex VI of the Helsinki Convention according to which the Contracting Parties shall develop and apply, individually or in co-operation, surveillance activities covering the Baltic Sea Area, in order to spot and monitor oil and other harmful substances released into the sea,

BEING CONVINCED that airborne surveillance with remote sensing capabilities provides a greatly enhanced capability for improving the response to major oil releases of the shipping casualty type,

ALSO BEING CONVINCED that airborne surveillance with remote sensing capabilities provides a potential improvement in the ability to collect evidence for prosecution purposes in cases of illegal operational discharges from ships,