The OPRC Convention

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The OPRC Convention the Link to Regional
Agreements The Bonn Agreement Maritime Safety
Operations within the Community Initiative 19th
20th April 2004 Stavanger, Norway
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1. Introduction
2. Some History
3. OPRC / European Commission
The Bonn Agreement
Summary

• Toby Stone
• Head Of Counter Pollution Response
• Maritime Coastguard Agency
• Chairman of Bonn Agreement

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International Convention on Oil Pollution
Preparedness, Response and Co-operation 1990
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European Parliament Council Decision Number
2850 of 20th December 2000 Framework for
Co-operation in the Field of Countermeasures of
Marine Pollution other harmful substances at
sea
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Community Co-operation in the Field of Civil
protection

• Better protection for people, the environment
  property
• in the event of natural and technological
  disasters
• Earthquakes - 1980 Italy, 2739 dead
• Floods - 1973 Spain 350, dead
• Landslides - 1998 Italy 159, dead
• Storms - 1999 Nordic Countries
• Forest Fires - France, Italy, Spain, Portugal,
  Greece
• Technological Disasters - 1994 Estonia, 1988
  Piper Alpha
• Marine Pollution - 2002 Prestige,1999 Erika,2000
  Ievoli Sun
• Two main areas
• Civil Protection Marine Pollution

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• Agreement for cooperation in dealing with
• Pollution of the North Sea by
• Oil other substances
• A regional agreement linked to OPRC 1990
• First agreement in 1969
• Current agreement 1983

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• MAIN TASKS INCLUDE
• Offer mutual assistance and cooperation in
  combating pollution
• Execute surveillance as an aid to detecting and
  combating pollution and to prevent violations of
  anti-pollution regulations.

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• METHODOLOGY OF WORK
• Practical, operational, technical and scientific
• guidelines for response and surveillance
• Exchange of information
• Timely notification of threats
• Assistance upon request
• Collaborative surveillance

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• AREAS OF JURISDICTION
• - Territorial Seas
• Pollution Control Zones/EEZs
• Median Lines/CS Boundary/Fishing Limits
• a. National Zones of Responsibility
• b. Zones of Joint Responsibility
• English Channel (La Manche) Joint FR/UK and
  BE/FR/UK (soon to be BE/FR/NL/UK) zones
• Soon to be added Joint DK/DE and DE/NL zones in
  inshore EEZ areas

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• SURVEILLANCE
• National flights
• Joint flights - Regional
• Tour dHorizon TDh
• Co-ordinated extended Pollution Control
  Operations CEPCO
• Comparison exercises
• Standardisation of reporting formats
• POLREPS

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• ADMINISTRATION
• Regular meetings of Contracting Parties
• OSPAR Commission provides the Secretariat.
• Secretariat costs reimbursed by Contracting
  Parties according to UN scale.
• OTSOPA
• Network of North Sea Prosecutors
• OUTCOMES
• Annual reports of aerial surveillance
• Update of pollution, enforcement
• surveillance manuals

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• FUTURE WORK
• Aerial surveillance linked with satellite
  surveillance
• Link of BONN and HELCOM with EMSA
• More sharing of resources
• Cost recovery framework
• Places of Refuge
• Accession of new parties and or observers

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1. Introduction
2. Some History
3. OPRC / European Commission
The Bonn Agreement
Summary

• Toby Stone
• Head Of Counter Pollution Response
• Maritime Coastguard Agency