Decision (EU) 2019/1727 on the position to be adopted at the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Bonn Agreement

Summary:

Council Decision of 7 October 2019 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the Union regarding the envisaged adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and the Bonn Agreement Strategic Action Plan (BASAP) 2019-2025.

Further information:

The Agreement for Co-operation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances (the Bonn Agreement) aims to combat pollution in the North Sea area by oil and other harmful substances and safeguard coastal areas from maritime disasters and chronic pollution from ships and offshore installations. The Agreement entered into force on 1 September 1989.

The Agreement celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. On that occasion, the contracting parties intend to adopt a joint declaration during the Second Ministerial Meeting to be held in Bonn on 11 October 2019 in the presence of Intergovernmental Organisations and Observers from neighbouring regions (the Ministerial Declaration).

The Ministerial Declaration is to attest the re-invigorated efforts by the parties to accomplish agreed objectives and to achieve better prevention, preparedness and response to marine pollution in the Greater North Sea and its approaches. To that effect, the parties intend to adopt the Bonn Agreement Strategic Action Plan (BASAP) setting out ambitious strategic aims, operational objectives and actions for their implementation for the period 2019-2025.

EUR-Lex: COM(2019)379: Proposal for a Decision on the position to be taken at the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Bonn Agreement https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2019:379:FIN

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