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Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic   ARTICLE 6 For the purposes of this Annex, it shall, inter alia, be the duty of the Commission to draw up and adopt criteria, guidelines and procedures relating to the dumping of wastes or other matter listed in paragraph 2 of…

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic   ARTICLE 6 For the purposes of this Annex, it shall, inter alia, be the duty of the Commission to draw up and adopt criteria, guidelines and procedures relating to the dumping of wastes or other matter listed in paragraph 2 of…

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic   ARTICLE 25 SIGNATURE The Convention shall be open for signature at Paris from 22nd September 1992 to 30th June 1993 by: (a) the Contracting Parties to the Oslo Convention or the Paris Convention; (b) any other coastal State bordering the maritime…

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic   ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of the Convention: (a) “Maritime area”means the internal waters and the territorial seas of the Contracting Parties, the sea beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea under the jurisdiction of the coastal state to the…

Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution   Article XVI Responsibility and liability 1. The Contracting Parties are responsible for the fulfillment of their international obligations concerning the protection and the preservation of the marine environment of the Black Sea. 2. Each Contracting Party shall adopt rules and regulations on the liability…

Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area   Article 15 Nature conservation and biodiversitv The Contracting Parties shall individually and jointly take all appropriate measures with respect to the Baltic Sea Area and its coastal ecosystems influenced by the Baltic Sea to conserve natural habitats and biological diversity and…

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Parties shall cooperate in the conduct of research into and development of effective techniques for the prevention, control and reduction of transboundary impact. To this effect, the Parties shall, on a bilateral and/or multilateral basis, taking into account research…

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Convention, 1. “Transboundary waters”means any surface or ground waters which mark, cross or are located on boundaries between two or more States; wherever transboundary waters flow directly into the sea, these transboundary waters end at a straight…

Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine   Article 19 AMENDMENT OF THE CONVENTION OR PROTOCOLS 1. Any Contracting Party to this Convention may propose amendments to the Convention or to any of the protocols. The texts of any such draft amendments shall be communicated to the Contracting Parties by the…

Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine   Article 12 CO-OPERATION IN COMBATING POLLUTION IN CASES OF EMERGENCY 1. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate in taking all necessary measures to deal with pollution emergencies in the Convention area, whatever the cause of such emergencies, and to reduce or eliminate damage resulting…

Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine   Article 1 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE This Convention shall cover the marine environment, coastal zones and related inland waters falling within the jurisdiction of the States of the West and Central African Region, from Mauritania to Namibia inclusive, which have become Contracting Parties to this…

Convention on the Protection of the Rhine Against Chemical Pollution   Article 7 1. The Contracting Parties will take all the legislative and regulatory measures guaranteeing that the storage of Annex I and II substances shall be done in such a way that there is no danger of pollution for the waters of the Rhine.…

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution   Article 18 RULES OF PROCEDURE AND FINANCIAL RULES 1. The Contracting Parties shall adopt rules of procedure for their meetings and conferences envisaged in Articles 14, 15 and 16 above. 2. The Contracting Parties shall adopt financial rules, prepared in consultation with the Organization,…