OSPAR Commission

Oslo and Paris Commissions (1998) Final Statement of the 1998 Ministerial Meeting of the OSPAR Commission (Sintra Statement). OSPAR, Paris. 

Source From OSPAR (1998). OSPAR Agreement 1998-18. OSPAR Strategy to Combat Eutrophication. The OSPAR Commission comprises countries bordering the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. 

The OSPAR Commission invited industry to help achieve this objective through the incorporation of clean production and clean products and the development of less hazardous or preferably non-hazardous substances. 

The ambition of the OSPAR Commission, moreover, as manifested in the Objective of the Strategy aims at continuously reducing discharges, emissions and losses of hazardous substances (as defined In Annex 1) with the ultimate aim of achieving concentrations In the marine environment near background values for naturally occurring substances and close to zero for man-made synthetic substances. ... 

OSPAR (2004). Overview of contraction parties national actons levels for dredged material, London (UK) OSPAR Commission, ISBN 1-904426-46-8. 

OSPAR (2007). Dioxins, OSPAR Background document on dioxins. ISBN 978-1-905859, OSPAR Commission. 

Oslo-Paris (OSPAR) Commission (2004) Musk Xylene and Other Musks. Hazardous Substances Series, No. 200, OSPAR Secretariat, London http //www.ospar. org / documents / dbase/publications / p00200 BD%20on%20musk%20xylene. pdf (last accessed 27 September 2011). 

OSPAR (2003). Annual Report 2002-2003, Vol. 2. OSPAR Commission, London, 111 pp. 

OSPAR (2000) Briefing document on the work of DYNAMEC and the DYNAMEC mechanism for the selection and prioritisation of hazardous substances. OSPAR Commission PRAM 2000. Summary Record (PRAM 00/12/1, Annex 5). 

OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic. 2008. Available at http //www.ospar.org/. 

Point and Diffuse Sources OSPAR Background Document Concerning the Elaboration of Programmes and Measures Relating to Whole Effluent Assessment. OSPAR Commission, London, UK, 2000. 

The validation process enabled the Danish EPA to state that, the (QSAR) models used here are now so reliable that they are able to predict whether a given substance has one or more of the properties selected with an accuracy of approximately 70-85%. In addition to the use described above, the Danish EPA has developed a QSAR database that contains predicted data on more than 166,000 substances (OSPAR Commission, 2000). The Danish EPA used a suite of commercially available and proprietary QSARs for environmental and human health endpoints (see those listed in Table 19.5). The predictions were made off-line and were stored in a database (derived from the CHEM-X software). The database was searchable by Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number or chemical name. Only discrete organic chemicals can be stored in the database. 

OSPAR Commission, Briefing Document on the Work of DYNAMEC and the DYNAMEC Mechanism for the Selection and Prioritisation of Hazardous Substances, OSPAR Commission, London, 2000. 

PARCOM 93/4(1993) Phasing out of cationic detergents DTDMAC, DSDMAC and DHTDMAC in fabric softeners. OSPAR Commission for the Protection ofthe Marine Environment ofthe North-East Atlantic, http //www.ospar.org/documents/dbase/decrecs/recommendations/pr93-04e.doc (19 Aug 2004). 

OSPAR Commission. 1997. Agreed background reference concentrations for contaminants in seawater, biota and sediment. London Oslo and Paris Commission. Paper no. OSPAR 97/15/1, Annex 5. 

OSPAR (2004) OSPAR Demonstration Programme 2003 on Whole Effluent Assessment (WEA), OSPAR Commission SPDS 03/13/7-E, Annex 1. OSPAR Commission, London. 

OSPAR (2002a) Dynamic selection and prioritisation mechanism for hazardous substances (DYNAMEC), hazardous substances series, OSPAR Commission. London. 

OSPAR (2002b) JAMP guidelines for monitoring contaminants in sediments. OSPAR Commission, London, 2002-16. 

OSPAR (2003a) Draft strategy for a Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP), OSPAR Commission, London, MMC 2003/4/2-E. 

OSPAR (2003b) Implementing weighted smoothers in trend assessments, OSPAR Commission, London, MON 03/2/3-E. 

OSPAR (2004) OSPAR/ICES workshop on the evaluation and update of background reference concentrations (B/RCs) and ecotoxicological assessment criteria (EACs) and how these assessment tools should be used in assessing contaminants in water, sediment and biota, OSPAR Commission, London. 

OSPAR (2005d) Common procedure for the identification of the eutrophication status of the OSPAR maritime area, OSPAR Commission, London, 2005-3. 

OSPAR (2006a) Assessment and monitoring series no. 287, OSPAR Commission, London, p. 89. OSPAR (2006b) Revised OSPAR Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme (CEMP),... 

OSPAR (2007b) OSPAR list of chemicals for priority action (update 2007), OSPAR Commission, London, 2004-12. 

The OSPAR Convention for the Protection of Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic is the current legal instrument guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. Work under the Convention is managed by the OSPAR Commission, made up of representatives of the Governments of 15 Contracting Parties and the European Commission, representing the European Community [30]. 

In 1995, the OSPAR Commission adopted a decision on SCCPs (Decision 95/1)... 

OSPAR Commission, OSPAR list of chemicals for priority action, OSPAR convention for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic, Meeting of the OSPAR Commission, Summary Record OSPAR 2002, OSPAR 02/21/1-E, Annex 5, Amsterdam, 24-28 June... 

At the international level, regulations concerning dredged material and contaminated sediments are part of the Oslo and Paris (OSPAR), the Helsinki and the London Convention. The OSPAR Commission is of importance in setting guidelines for the disposal of dredged material in the marine environment, which are reflected in national criteria for disposal. It is expected that OSPAR will continue in this role. The feed-back system from contaminated sediments to the reduction of emission needs to be improved. 

OSP 09] OSPAR Marine Utter in the North-East Atlantic region assessment and priorities for response. Report of the OSPAR Commission (conventions in London and Paris, www.ospar.org), London, 2009. 

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