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Ministerial Declaration on the Protection of the North Sea*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Winter 1987 , pp. 357 - 361
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1987

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† For the purposes of this declaration the North Sea area comprises: a) the North Sea southwards of latitude 62° N; b) the Skagerrak, the southern limit of which is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57°44′ 8″ N; c) the English Channel and its approaches eastwards of longitude 5° W.

** Throughout this Declaration, the term ‘best available technology’ is understood to take into account economic availability.

* See the first footnote on page 357.—Ed.

* See the first footnote on page 357.—Ed.

† To the extent that, in this Declaration, reference is made to the participation of the European Economic Community in initiatives within the framework of conventions to which it is a contracting party, this means that the Commission of the European Communities will make the appropriate proposals to the Council of Ministers.

* See The first footnote on page 357.—Ed.

† The EEC, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the UK, have already concluded their acceptance of the Protocol.

* In answer to our query about this, Dr Martin W. Holdgate, Chief Environmental Scientist and Deputy Secretary of the UK Department by the Environment, wrote (in litt.): ‘MARPOL 73/78 is an acronym for the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the protocol of 1978. The Convention deals with prevention of pollution from ships arising from 5 main sources: oil (Annex I, implemented 2 Oct. 1983); noxious liquid substances carried in bulk (Annex II, implemented 6 April 1987); harmful substances carried in packaged form (Annex III); sewage (Annex IV); and garbage (Annex V). (The last three have still to be ratified)’, adding that: ‘The above paragraph is a direct quotation from the report on the Quality Status of the North Sea prepared for the Ministerial Conference’. —

* See the first footnote on page 357.—Ed.

* See the first footnote on page 357.—Ed.