HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 23/2*

CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE TO ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND RUSSIA IN
THE FIELD OF COMBATTING MARINE POLLUTION INCIDENTS

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     * Superseding HELCOM Recommendation 14/10

     
Adopted 6 March 2002
having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Article 14 and Annex VII of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992 (Helsinki Convention),

RECALLING ALSO HELCOM Recommendation 14/10 on cooperation and assistance to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the field of combatting marine pollution, adopted 14 February 1993,

BEING AWARE that the protection of the marine environment requires that an ability, to respond timely to marine pollution incidents and to conduct regular aerial surveillance, is established and maintained in all parts of the Baltic Sea and that a close cooperation between the Contracting Parties is accomplished,