HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 12/1

PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING PERMITS FOR MONITORING AND RESEARCH
ACTIVITIES IN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS AND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONES,
FISHING ZONES OR CONTINENTAL SHELVES

     
Adopted 21 February 1991
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING the provisions of Articles 4 and 16 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974, (Helsinki Convention), concerning the application of the Convention and scientific and technological cooperation,

RECALLING ALSO HELCOM Recommendation 9/7 concerning Guidelines for the Baltic Monitoring Programme,

RECALLING FURTHER Paragraph 13 in the Baltic Sea Declaration in which the Heads of Governments and Ministers of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention, inter alia, declare their firm determination to extend and strengthen the programme of monitoring in order to improve the assessment of the present and future state of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area,