HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission


HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 26/3*

MONITORING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES

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* This Recommendation supersedes HELCOM Recommendation 18/1    

 Adopted 2 March 2005

having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Article 5 and Article 6 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 prevent and eliminate pollution of the Baltic Sea Area caused by harmful substances from all sources and from land-based sources,

RECALLING ALSO Article 16 of the Helsinki Convention on reporting and exchange of information, Article 17 on information to the public and Article 24 on scientific and technological co-operation in which the Contracting Parties undertake directly, or when appropriate, through competent regional or other international organizations and other basis of the information and data acquired pursuant to Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 24, to cooperate in developing intercomparable observation methods, in performing baseline studies and in establishing complementary or joint programmes for monitoring,