HELSINKI COMMISSION

     
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 24/9
     
ENSURING ADEQUATE EMERGENCY CAPACITY

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

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING the “Declaration on the Safety of Navigation and Emergency Capacity in the Baltic Sea Area (HELCOM Copenhagen Declaration)”, adopted on 10 September 2001 in Copenhagen by the HELCOM Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting,

RECALLING ESPECIALLY Paragraph XI of the HELCOM Copenhagen Declaration containing the commitment of the Governments of the Contracting Parties to ensure adequate emergency capacity (fire-fighting, emergency lightering and emergency towing capacities),

BEING AWARE that in many incidents satisfactory emergency capacity and the readiness hereof have prevented serious oil spills,