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EMSAs Activities on Oil Pollution Preparedness
and Response Alexandros LAGOUROS Project
Officer for Pollution Response
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Framework for Pollution Response

• Legal basis Regulation 724/2004 (O.J. 29th
  April, 2004)
• Administrative Board 21st/22nd October 2004
• EMSA to
• Provide technical and scientific assistance in
  the field of ship-sourced pollution and
• support on request with additional means in a
  cost efficient way the pollution response
  mechanisms of Member States

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Action Plan Overall Strategy

• Immediate Focus
• At-sea response to spills of Heavy Oil
• Future Phasing-in
• Chemical Spills (HNS)
• 3 Themes of Action Plan
• Operational Support
• Co-operation and Co-ordination
• Information

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Operational Support

• Upon request, assist Member States with
• On-site technical and scientific advice
• Top-up Member States response capacity
• Oil Recovery vessels

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High Priority Areas in European Union
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Framework for EMSA Spill Response Resources

• The Agency resources should be a reserve for
  disasters to assist Member States responding to
  an incident beyond national capabilities.
• The Agency resources must be under the command
  and control of the affected Member State.
• The resources should be provided in a cost
  efficient manner.
• The resources should be state of art.
• The recovery technique should be tailored to
  spills of heavy grades of oil.

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EMSAs State of the Art Oil spill Response
Arrangements
At-sea Oil Recovery Services Contract Value in Euros
The Baltic Sea Arrangement 4,050,000
The Atlantic and Channel Arrangement 8,500,000
The Mediterranean Arrangement 3,850,000
Operational Fund 2,280,000
Overall Total 18,680,000

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Strengthening the Network of European Stand-by
Oil Recovery VesselsOpen Call to Tender
OP/01/2006

• Total Budget for project
• 17.5 million
• Geographical Areas
• Atlantic and Mediterranean
• Contracts divided into lots
• Contract Duration
• 3 years January 2007-December 2009
• Contract can be renewed once

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Operational Support

• Response Techniques and Equipment Selection
• Classification of OPR equipment
• Operational Manual
• Future Phasing-in of HNS Activities
• Identification of Agencys role/contribution at
  EU level
• Improving Slick Surveillance
• Satellite Imagery to support MS activities
• Operational Focus (not RD)

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Co-operation and Co-ordination
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Co-operation and Co-ordination
Regional Agreements
Contact ? Meetings with Secretariats
Meetings ? REMPEC Focal Point Meeting OTSOPA (Bonn Agreement) HelCom Safety of Navigation and Response Conference Dispersants Workshop HelCom Response Group
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Co-operation and Co-ordination
Regional Agreements
Exercises ? UK NCP Norway NCP Mediterranean 2005 (Spain/France/Italy/Monaco) Arca, Netherlands Argonaut, France Medexpol Cyprus Balex Delta 2005
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Co-operation and Co-ordination
DG Environment
General Meetings ? Regional Agreements IMO OPRC-HNS Technical Group
Community Framework for Co-operation ?? MCMP meetings HELMEPA Workshop
Mutual Support of Initiatives ? ? HELMEPA Workshop results _at_ EMSA Reflections on the Response Chain workshop EGEMP (Satellite Mon. Assess. of Sea-based Oil Poll.)
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Information Website - www.emsa.eu.int
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Informationwebsite-www.emsa.eu.intDocumentsOil
Pollution Response

• NEW! 2006-Prior information notice for service
  contracts for anti-pollution ship services,
  published in the Official Journal the 20/1/2006
  click here NEW! Information Note Stand-by Oil
  Recovery Vessels for Europe 2005-Call for
  Expressions of Interest for service contracts for
  stand-by oil spill recovery vessel(s), published
  in the Official Journal the 5/3/2005 click
  here  EMSA Action Plan for Oil Pollution
  Preparedness and Response
• Updated! EMSA Inventory of Member States Oil
  Pollution Response Capacity     EMSA Inventory
  of Member States Policies on Dispersant Use
• Pollution Response Library - Documents 
  / Hyperlinks ?
• Large Tanker Spills since 1984 - Links
• Workshops / Meetings
• News Alert Links 
• Contact us 

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Information www.emsa.eu.int
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Informationwebsite-www.emsa.eu.intDocumentsOil
Pollution Response

• NEW! 2006-Prior information notice for service
  contracts for anti-pollution ship services,
  published in the Official Journal the 20/1/2006
  click here NEW! Information Note Stand-by Oil
  Recovery Vessels for Europe 2005-Call for
  Expressions of Interest for service contracts for
  stand-by oil spill recovery vessel(s), published
  in the Official Journal the 5/3/2005 click
  here  EMSA Action Plan for Oil Pollution
  Preparedness and Response
• Updated! EMSA Inventory of Member States Oil
  Pollution Response Capacity     EMSA Inventory
  of Member States Policies on Dispersant Use
• Pollution Response Library - Documents 
  / Hyperlinks 
• Large Tanker Spills since 1984 Links ?
• Workshops / Meetings
• News Alert Links 
• Contact us 

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Large Tanker Spills since 1984  
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Large Tanker Spills since 1984  
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Information

• Website
• www.emsa.eu.int
• Incidents Database
• EMSA Accident Investigation Database
• Dissemination of Best Practise
• Discharging of Oil Recovered At-sea
• EMSA Reflections on the Response Chain
  Workshop
• Inventory of Dispersant Policy in Member
  States
• Dispersant Operational Manual
• EMSA Workshop Dispersants

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