HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission


HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 26/2*

COMPILATION OF WATERBORNE POLLUTION LOAD (PLC WATER)

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* This Recommendation supersedes HELCOM Recommendation 15/2 and 19/4

Adopted 2 March 2005
having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 b)
of the Helsinki Convention
      

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Paragraph 1 of Article 3 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 marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area from all sources as well as Article 5 prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area caused by harmful substances from all sources,

RECALLING 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,