HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/18*

REPORTING ON INCIDENTS INVOLVING HARMFUL SUBSTANCES AND
EMERGENCY DUMPING

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* This Recommendation supersedes HELCOM Recommendation 7/12

concerning the application of the IMO guidelines for reporting incidents involving harmful substances.

     
Adopted 24 March 1998
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Regulation 5 of Annex VI concerning reporting on incidents involving harmful substances and Article 9, Paragraph 4 concerning emergency dumping of the 1974 Helsinki Convention,

RECALLING ALSO Regulation 5 of Annex VII concerning reporting procedure and Article 15 on notification and consultation on pollution incidents as well as Regulation 1, Paragraph 2. a) of Annex VII concerning pollution incidents which affect or are likely to affect interests of other Contracting Parties and Article 11, Paragraph 4 concerning emergency dumping of the 1992 Helsinki Convention,