Marine Pollution Agreements

• Arctic Council, Regional Programme of Action for the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities

• Draft Report - Conservation of marine habitats and species in Europe (1999) (PDF file)

• Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (1983)

• Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (GPA)
  • Overview
  • Washington Declaration on Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (1995)
  • United Nations, Report of the Economic and Social Council, Institutional arrangements for the implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (1996)
  • Global Programme of Action for the Protection of The Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities (1997) (PDF file)

• Atlantic Ocean
  • Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention) (1992)
  • Sintra Statement of Ministers (1998)

• Baltic Sea
  • Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (1992) (HELCOM)

• Black Sea
  • Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (1992)
  • Protocol on the Protection of the Black Sea Marine Environment Against Pollution by Dumping (1992)
  • Protocol on Protection of The Black Sea Marine Environment Against Pollution from Land Based Sources(1994)
  • Protocol on Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Black Sea MarineEnvironment by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Emergency Situations (1994)
  • Ministerial Declaration on the Protection of the Black Sea (1993) (PDF file)
  • Strategic Action Plan for the Rehabilitation and Protection of the Black Sea (1996)
  
  
  • Danube River
    • Environmental Programme For The Danube River Basin Strategic Action Plan For The Danube River Basin (1995-2000)
    • Declaration on the Co-Operation for the Creation of a Lower Danube Green Corridor (2000)(PDF file)

• European Union
  • Decision No. 2850/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Setting Up a Community Framework for Cooperation in the Field of Accidental or Deliberate Marine Pollution (2000)

• Mediterranean Sea
  • Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution (1976) and Protocols (1980, 1982) (Barcelona Convention)
  • Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas (1982)
  • Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (1995)
  • Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Sustainable Development of the Coastal Areas of the Mediterranean (MAP Phase II) (1995)
  • Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (1995)
  • RAMOGE Agreement (1976)

Terrestrial

• Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention)(1979)

Wetlands

• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (1971)