DECISION OF THE MEETING - Seventeenth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols; Regional strategy addressing ship’s ballast water management and invasive species

Adopt the Mediterranean Strategy on Ships’ Ballast Water Management, including its Action Plan and Timetable, and the “General Guidance on the Voluntary Application of the D1 Ballast Water Exchange Standard by Vessels Operating between the Mediterranean Sea and the North-East Atlantic and/or the Bal...

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Main Author: UNEP/MAP
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
French
Spanish
Arabic
Published: UNEP/MAP 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11822/10163
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Summary:Adopt the Mediterranean Strategy on Ships’ Ballast Water Management, including its Action Plan and Timetable, and the “General Guidance on the Voluntary Application of the D1 Ballast Water Exchange Standard by Vessels Operating between the Mediterranean Sea and the North-East Atlantic and/or the Baltic Sea”; Agrees to the joint submission, with the other concerned Regional Seas Agreements, of the General Guidance Document to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).