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International
actors and agreements in the region
The North Sea (and its approaches) has been designated
as a Special Area for the
purpose of Annex I (oil) to MARPOL
73/78.
See
Global action and Global
actors.
Convention
of the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses
and International Lakes • UN ECE. ••>
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of
the marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA). ••>
UNEP:s
Regional Office for Europe. ••>
National
action
National organization of response within the framework
of the EU Community Information System: • Belgium
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Netherlands
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• United
Kingdom •
Denmark
France
-
Cedre, Centre of documentation, research and experimentation
on accidental water pollution). Oil
spills. Accidents.
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
- Direcção-Geral
da Autoridade, Marítima, Marinha.
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
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Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
Convention
on the Protection of the Marine Environment of North-East
Atlantic • OSPAR Commission. ••>
Bonn Agreement. ••>
Copenhagen
Agreement. ••>
North Sea Conferences and Declarations. ••>
Wadden Sea Joint Declaration and Action Plan •
Wadden Sea Secretariat. ••>
Rhine Convention • ICPR. ••>
Peripheral
Maritime Regions of Europe. ••>
Paris
MoU on Port State Control ••>
Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
OSPAR
Quality
Status Report 2000.
EEA:
Marine and Coastal Environment. Annual topic update
1999 (EEA Topic Center on Marine and Coastal Environment)
EEA:
State of the environment reporting system (SERIS): Atlantic.
See also country
reports for Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland,
Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
and the United Kingdom.
KIMO: Impacts
of Marine Debris and Oil
Wadden
Sea Quality
Status Report 1999.
Forum Skagen: Forum
Skagerrak Reports.
UNEP GPA: North
East Atlantic (brief description of environmental
state, priority issues, etc.).
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine
areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The
region includes the East
Greenland Shelf,
Iceland Shelf, Faroe
Plateau, Norwegian
Shelf, North
Sea,
Celtic Sea–Bay of Biscay, and the
Iberian Coastal system.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
European
Community Shipowners Association (ECSA). See
Annual Report on Safety and Environment.
CONCAWE. The oil
companies' European organisation for environment, health
and safety.
Europia. The European government affairs organisation
of the oil refining and marketing industry in the EU
and EEA.
European
Sea Ports Organisation. ••>
European
Union for Coastal Conservation. ••>
North
Sea Commission. ••>
Forum
Skagerrak. ••>
KIMO. ••>
Seas
at Risk. ••>
Coastwatch. ••>
WWF
Northeast Atlantic Programme.
Oilwatch. ••>
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF).
••>
International Directory of Oil Spill Cleanup Contractors
and Response Organisations. ••>
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation
Association (IPIECA). ••>
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