HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/4

WATERBORNE POLLUTION LOAD COMPILATION 2000

     
     
Adopted 26 March 1998
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Article 5 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992 (referred thereafter as the Helsinki Convention), in which the Contracting Parties undertake to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area caused by harmful substances, and Paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Helsinki Convention, in which the Contracting Parties undertake i.a. to co-operate in the development and adoption of specific programmes concerning emissions and inputs to water of harmful substances,

RECALLING FURTHER Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992 (Helsinki Convention), in which the Contracting Parties undertake to provide i.a. pollution load data, as far as available,

RECALLING ALSO Paragraph 5 of Article 3 of the Helsinki Convention, in which the Contracting Parties undertake to ensure that measurements and calculation of emissions and inputs to water are carried out in a scientifically appropriate manner in order to assess the state of the marine environment and ascertain the implementation of the Convention,