HELSINKI COMMISSION

     
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 24/8

AMENDMENTS TO ANNEX IV "PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS"
TO THE HELSINKI CONVENTION, CONCERNING DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE

     
Adopted 25 June 2003
having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 c)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

CONSCIOUS of the sensitivity of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea area and of the importance it represents to the people living around it, for economic, social, recreational and cultural reasons,

AWARE of the need to protect this shared resource for the benefit of present and future generations through the implementation of an integrated approach as envisaged in the concept of sustainability,

RECOGNIZING the sensitivity of this marine area to the introduction of nutrients and therefore the need for regulations for the discharge of sewage from all ships,