Barcelona Convention

Estimation of trans-boundary pollutant loads and emissions to the sea Albuferra Convention Ospar Convention Barcelona Convention... 

Barcelona Convention web site, http //www.unep.ch/seas/main/med/medconvii.html. 

The Council Decision 7715851EEC on the Mediterranean Sea concludes on behalf of the Community the Barcelona Convention for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution, and the Protocol for the prevention of pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by dumping from ships and aircraft. The dumping of wastes or matter listed in Annex I is prohibited this includes... 

Various international conventions (GA/RES/60/30 of the United Nations, Barcelona Convention, OSPAR Convention) supplement these legal provisions and pubhsh gitidelines for the management of litter at sea and also publish on the state of affairs (http //www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinehtter/ [TEN 09]. 

The following year in Barcelona, the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution, known as the Barcelona Convention, was adopted by 16 coastal states as well as the European Economic Community, together with two Protocols—one against dumping from ships or aircraft and the other for cooperation in cases of pollution emergencies. 

To date, within the framework of the Barcelona Convention, six Protocols have been adopted, four of which are in force. These cover the following areas of the protection of the marine environment ... 

TABLE 1.1 Status of Ratification of the Barcelona Convention and its related Protocols as of 17 February 2000... 

Barcelona Convention Acceptance of amendments Dumping Protocol Acceptance of amendments Emergency ProtocoL Land-based sources ProtocoF Acceptance of amendments Specially protected areas ProtocoP SPA and biodiversity Protocol Offshore ProtocoF Hazardous wastes Protocol ... 

The introduction of the concept of sustainable development with the approach of the Rio Conference in 1992 led the member states of the Barcelona Convention to draw up an Agenda 21 for the Mediterranean (Vallega, 1995). This concept adapted to the Mediterranean context forms an integral part of the objectives of the MAP. In Barcelona in June 1995, the Mediterranean Action Plan, which was adopted in 1975, was replaced by the Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Sustainable Development of the Coastal Areas of the Mediterranean (renamed MAP Phase II) by the Contracting Parties at a Conference of Plenipotentiaries, which also adopted priority fields of activities for the period 1996-2005 (UNEP, 1997a,b). 

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention) and... 

In September 1987, the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention held in Athens decided to extend the mandate of the Centre to other harmful substances and two years later, the same contracting parties approved new objectives and... 

In the EU s capacity as a contracting party to the Barcelona Convention, governments of non-Mediterranean EU member states can also provide assistance, with requests for assistance being coordinated between the European Commission and REMPEC. 

Mercury and its compounds are included in the "Black List of all the international conventions such as the Oslo, Paris, and Barcelona Conventions and the EEC Directive on the discharge of dangerous substances, the main aim of which is to prevent aquatic pollution. One of the common objectives of these control measures is to eliminate, to prohibit, or to strictly control the discharge of all black list substances into natural waters. 

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