Annexes to COM(2011)690 - Accession of the EU to the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution from exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf and the seabed - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2011)690 - Accession of the EU to the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution from exploration and ... |
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document | COM(2011)690 ![]() |
date | December 17, 2012 |
(b) | The precise definition of the geographical areas where the activity is envisaged, including safety zones; |
(c) | Particulars of the professional and technical qualifications of the candidate operator and personnel on the installation, as well as of the composition of the crew; |
(d) | The safety measures as specified in Article 15; |
(e) | The operator’s contingency plan as specified in Article 16; |
(f) | The monitoring procedures as specified in Article 19; |
(g) | The plans for removal of installations as specified in Article 20; |
(h) | Precautions for specially protected areas as specified in Article 21; |
(i) | The insurance or other financial security to cover liability as prescribed in Article 27, paragraph 2 (b). |
2. The competent authority may decide, for scientific research and exploration activities, to limit the scope of the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, in the light of the nature, scope, duration and technical methods employed in the activities and of the characteristics of the area.
Article 6
Granting of authorisations
1. The authorisations referred to in Article 4 shall be granted only after examination by the competent authority of the requirements listed in Article 5 and Annex IV.
2. Each authorisation shall specify the activities and the period of validity of the authorisation, establish the geographical limits of the area subject to the authorisation and specify the technical requirements and the authorised installations. The necessary safety zones shall be established at a later appropriate stage.
3. The authorisation may impose conditions regarding measures, techniques or methods designed to reduce to the minimum risks of and damage due to pollution resulting from the activities.
4. The Parties shall notify the Organisation as soon as possible of authorisations granted or renewed. The Organisation shall keep a register of all the authorised installations in the Protocol Area.
Article 7
Sanctions
Each Party shall prescribe sanctions to be imposed for breach of obligations arising out of this Protocol, or for non-observance of the national laws or regulations implementing this Protocol, or for non-fulfilment of the specific conditions attached to the authorisation.
SECTION III
WASTES AND HARMFUL OR NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES AND MATERIALS
Article 8
General obligation
Without prejudice to other standards or obligations referred to in this Section, the Parties shall impose a general obligation upon operators to use the best available, environmentally effective and economically appropriate techniques and to observe internationally accepted standards regarding wastes, as well as the use, storage and discharge of harmful or noxious substances and materials, with a view to minimising the risk of pollution.
Article 9
Harmful or noxious substances and materials
1. The use and storage of chemicals for the activities shall be approved by the competent authority, on the basis of the Chemical Use Plan.
2. The Contracting Party may regulate, limit or prohibit the use of chemicals for the activities in accordance with guidelines to be adopted by the Contracting Parties.
3. For the purpose of protecting the environment, the Parties shall ensure that each substance and material used for activities is accompanied by a compound description provided by the entity producing such substance or material.
4. The disposal into the Protocol Area of harmful or noxious substances and materials resulting from the activities covered by this Protocol and listed in Annex I to this Protocol is prohibited.
5. The disposal into the Protocol Area of harmful or noxious substances and materials resulting from the activities covered by this Protocol and listed in Annex II to this Protocol requires, in each case, a prior special permit from the competent authority.
6. The disposal into the Protocol Area of all other harmful or noxious substances and materials resulting from the activities covered by this Protocol and which might cause pollution requires a prior general permit from the competent authority.
7. The permits referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 above shall be issued only after careful consideration of all the factors set forth in Annex III to this Protocol.
Article 10
Oil and oily mixtures and drilling fluids and cuttings
1. The Parties shall formulate and adopt common standards for the disposal of oil and oily mixtures from installations into the Protocol Area:
(a) | Such common standards shall be formulated in accordance with the provisions of Annex V, A; |
(b) | Such common standards shall not be less restrictive than the following, in particular:
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(c) | The Parties shall determine by common agreement which method will be used to analyze the oil content. |
2. The Parties shall formulate and adopt common standards for the use and disposal of drilling fluids and drill cuttings into the Protocol Area. Such common standards shall be formulated in accordance with the provisions of Annex V, B.
3. Each Party shall take appropriate measures to enforce the common standards adopted pursuant to this Article or to enforce more restrictive standards that it may have adopted.
Article 11
Sewage
1. The Contracting Party shall prohibit the discharge of sewage from installations permanently manned by 10 or more persons into the Protocol Area except in cases where:
(a) | The installation is discharging sewage after treatment as approved by the competent authority at a distance of at least four nautical miles from the nearest land or fixed fisheries installation, leaving the Contracting Party to decide on a case by case basis; or |
(b) | The sewage is not treated, but the discharge is carried out in accordance with international rules and standards; or |
(c) | The sewage has passed through an approved sewage treatment plant certified by the competent authority. |
2. The Contracting Party shall impose stricter provisions, as appropriate, where deemed necessary, inter alia, because of the regime of the currents in the area or proximity to any area referred to in Article 21.
3. The exceptions referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply if the discharge produces visible floating solids or produces colouration, discolouration or opacity of the surrounding water.
4. If the sewage is mixed with wastes and harmful or noxious substances and materials having different disposal requirements, the more stringent requirements shall apply.
Article 12
Garbage
1. The Contracting Party shall prohibit the disposal into the Protocol Area of the following products and materials:
(a) | All plastics, including but not limited to synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags; |
(b) | All other non-biodegradable garbage, including paper products, rags, glass, metal, bottles, crockery, dunnage, lining and packing materials. |
2. Disposal into the Protocol Area of food wastes shall take place as far away as possible from land, in accordance with international rules and standards.
3. If garbage is mixed with other discharges having different disposal or discharge requirements, the more stringent requirements shall apply.
Article 13
Reception facilities, instructions and sanctions
The Parties shall ensure that:
(a) | Operators dispose satisfactorily of all wastes and harmful or noxious substances and materials in designated onshore reception facilities, except as otherwise authorised by the Protocol; |
(b) | Instructions are given to all personnel concerning proper means of disposal; |
(c) | Sanctions are imposed in respect of illegal disposals. |
Article 14
Exceptions
1. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in case of:
(a) | Force majeure and in particular for disposals:
on condition that all reasonable precautions have been taken after the damage is discovered or after the disposal has been performed to reduce the negative effects. |
(b) | The discharge into the sea of substances containing oil or harmful or noxious substances or materials which, subject to the prior approval of the competent authority, are being used for the purpose of combating specific pollution incidents in order to minimise the damage due to the pollution. |
2. However, the provisions of this Section shall apply in any case where the operator acted with the intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage will probably result.
3. Disposals carried out in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be reported immediately to the Organisation and, either through the Organisation or directly, to any Party or Parties likely to be affected, together with full details of the circumstances and of the nature and quantities of wastes or harmful or noxious substances or materials discharged.
SECTION IV
SAFEGUARDS
Article 15
Safety measures
1. The Contracting Party within whose jurisdiction activities are envisaged or are being carried out shall ensure that safety measures are taken with regard to the design, construction, placement, equipment, marking, operation and maintenance of installations.
2. The Contracting Party shall ensure that at all times the operator has on the installations adequate equipment and devices, maintained in good working order, for protecting human life, preventing and combating accidental pollution and facilitating prompt response to an emergency, in accordance with the best available environmentally effective and economically appropriate techniques and the provisions of the operator’s contingency plan referred to in Article 16.
3. The competent authority shall require a certificate of safety and fitness for the purpose (hereinafter referred to as ‘certificate’) issued by a recognised body to be submitted in respect of production platforms, mobile offshore drilling units, offshore storage facilities, offshore loading systems and pipelines and in respect of such other installations as may be specified by the Contracting Party.
4. The Parties shall ensure through inspection that the activities are conducted by the operators in accordance with this Article.
Article 16
Contingency planning
1. In cases of emergency the Contracting Parties shall implement mutatis mutandis the provisions of the Protocol concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency.
2. Each Party shall require operators in charge of installations under its jurisdiction to have a contingency plan to combat accidental pollution, coordinated with the contingency plan of the Contracting Party established in accordance with the Protocol concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency and approved in conformity with the procedures established by the competent authorities.
3. Each Contracting Party shall establish coordination for the development and implementation of contingency plans. Such plans shall be established in accordance with guidelines adopted by the competent international organisation. They shall, in particular, be in accordance with the provisions of Annex VII to this Protocol.
Article 17
Notification
Each Party shall require operators in charge of installations under its jurisdiction to report without delay to the competent authority:
(a) | Any event on their installation causing or likely to cause pollution in the Protocol Area; |
(b) | Any observed event at sea causing or likely to cause pollution in the Protocol Area. |
Article 18
Mutual assistance in cases of emergency
In cases of emergency, a Party requiring assistance in order to prevent, abate or combat pollution resulting from activities may request help from the other Parties, either directly or through the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC), which shall do their utmost to provide the assistance requested.
For this purpose, a Party which is also a Party to the Protocol concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency shall apply the pertinent provisions of the said Protocol.
Article 19
Monitoring
1. The operator shall be required to measure, or to have measured by a qualified entity, expert in the matter, the effects of the activities on the environment in the light of the nature, scope, duration and technical methods employed in the activities and of the characteristics of the area and to report on them periodically or upon request by the competent authority for the purpose of an evaluation by such competent authority according to a procedure established by the competent authority in its authorisation system.
2. The competent authority shall establish, where appropriate, a national monitoring system in order to be in a position to monitor regularly the installations and the impact of the activities on the environment, so as to ensure that the conditions attached to the grant of the authorisation are being fulfilled.
Article 20
Removal of installations
1. The operator shall be required by the competent authority to remove any installation which is abandoned or disused, in order to ensure safety of navigation, taking into account the guidelines and standards adopted by the competent international organisation. Such removal shall also have due regard to other legitimate uses of the sea, in particular fishing, the protection of the marine environment and the rights and duties of other Contracting Parties. Prior to such removal, the operator under its responsibility shall take all necessary measures to prevent spillage or leakage from the site of the activities.
2. The competent authority shall require the operator to remove abandoned or disused pipelines in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article or to clean them inside and abandon them or to clean them inside and bury them so that they neither cause pollution, endanger navigation, hinder fishing, threaten the marine environment, nor interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea or with the rights and duties of other Contracting Parties. The competent authority shall ensure that appropriate publicity is given to the depth, position and dimensions of any buried pipeline and that such information is indicated on charts and notified to the Organisation and other competent international organisations and the Parties.
3. The provisions of this Article apply also to installations disused or abandoned by any operator whose authorisation may have been withdrawn or suspended in compliance with Article 7.
4. The competent authority may indicate eventual modifications to be made to the level of activities and to the measures for the protection of the marine environment which had initially been provided for.
5. The competent authority may regulate the cession or transfer of authorised activities to other persons.
6. Where the operator fails to comply with the provisions of this Article, the competent authority shall undertake, at the operator’s expense, such action or actions as may be necessary to remedy the operator’s failure to act.
Article 21
Specially protected areas
For the protection of the areas defined in the Protocol concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas and any other area established by a Party and in furtherance of the goals stated therein, the Parties shall take special measures in conformity with international law, either individually or through multilateral or bilateral cooperation, to prevent, abate, combat and control pollution arising from activities in these areas.
In addition to the measures referred to in the Protocol concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas for the granting of authorisation, such measures may include, inter alia:
(a) | Special restrictions or conditions when granting authorisations for such areas:
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(b) | Intensified exchange of information among operators, the competent authorities, Parties and the Organisation regarding matters which may affect such areas. |
SECTION V
COOPERATION
Article 22
Studies and research programmes
In conformity with Article 13 of the Convention, the Parties shall, where appropriate, cooperate in promoting studies and undertaking programmes of scientific and technological research for the purpose of developing new methods of:
(a) | Carrying out activities in a way that minimises the risk of pollution; |
(b) | Preventing, abating, combating and controlling pollution, especially in cases of emergency. |
Article 23
International rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures
1. The Parties shall cooperate, either directly or through the Organisation or other competent international organisations, in order to:
(a) | Establish appropriate scientific criteria for the formulation and elaboration of international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures for achieving the aims of this Protocol; |
(b) | Formulate and elaborate such international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures; |
(c) | Formulate and adopt guidelines in accordance with international practices and procedures to ensure observance of the provisions of Annex VI. |
2. The Parties shall, as soon as possible, endeavour to harmonise their laws and regulations with the international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
3. The Parties shall endeavour, as far as possible, to exchange information relevant to their domestic policies, laws and regulations and the harmonisation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
Article 24
Scientific and technical assistance to developing countries
1. The Parties shall, directly or with the assistance of competent regional or other international organisations, cooperate with a view to formulating and, as far as possible, implementing programmes of assistance to developing countries, particularly in the fields of science, law, education and technology, in order to prevent, abate, combat and control pollution due to activities in the Protocol Area.
2. Technical assistance shall include, in particular, the training of scientific, legal and technical personnel, as well as the acquisition, utilisation and production by those countries of appropriate equipment on advantageous terms to be agreed upon among the Parties concerned.
Article 25
Mutual information
The Parties shall inform one another directly or through the Organisation of measures taken, of results achieved and, if the case arises, of difficulties encountered in the application of this Protocol. Procedures for the collection and submission of such information shall be determined at the meetings of the Parties.
Article 26
Transboundary pollution
1. Each Party shall take all measures necessary to ensure that activities under its jurisdiction are so conducted as not to cause pollution beyond the limits of its jurisdiction.
2. A Party within whose jurisdiction activities are being envisaged or carried out shall take into account any adverse environmental effects, without discrimination as to whether such effects are likely to occur within the limits of its jurisdiction or beyond such limits.
3. If a Party becomes aware of cases in which the marine environment is in imminent danger of being damaged, or has been damaged, by pollution, it shall immediately notify other Parties which in its opinion are likely to be affected by such damage, as well as the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC), and provide them with timely information that would enable them, where necessary, to take appropriate measures. REMPEC shall distribute the information immediately to all relevant Parties.
4. The Parties shall endeavour, in accordance with their legal systems and, where appropriate, on the basis of an agreement, to grant equal access to and treatment in administrative proceedings to persons in other States who may be affected by pollution or other adverse effects resulting from proposed or existing operations.
5. Where pollution originates in the territory of a State which is not a Contracting Party to this Protocol, any Contracting Party affected shall endeavour to cooperate with the said State so as to make possible the application of the Protocol.
Article 27
Liability and compensation
1. The Parties undertake to cooperate as soon as possible in formulating and adopting appropriate rules and procedures for the determination of liability and compensation for damage resulting from the activities dealt with in this Protocol, in conformity with Article 16 of the Convention.
2. Pending development of such procedures, each Party:
(a) | Shall take all measures necessary to ensure that liability for damage caused by activities is imposed on operators, and they shall be required to pay prompt and adequate compensation; |
(b) | Shall take all measures necessary to ensure that operators shall have and maintain insurance cover or other financial security of such type and under such terms as the Contracting Party shall specify in order to ensure compensation for damages caused by the activities covered by this Protocol. |
SECTION VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 28
Appointment of competent authorities
Each Contracting Party shall appoint one or more competent authorities to:
(a) | Grant, renew and register the authorisations provided for in Section II of this Protocol; |
(b) | Issue and register the special and general permits referred to in Article 9 of this Protocol; |
(c) | Issue the permits referred to in Annex V to this Protocol; |
(d) | Approve the treatment system and certify the sewage treatment plant referred to in Article 11, paragraph 1, of this Protocol; |
(e) | Give the prior approval for exceptional discharges referred to in Article 14, paragraph 1 (b), of this Protocol; |
(f) | Carry out the duties regarding safety measures referred to in Article 15, paragraphs 3 and 4, of this Protocol; |
(g) | Perform the functions relating to contingency planning described in Article 16 and Annex VII to this Protocol; |
(h) | Establish monitoring procedures as provided in Article 19 of this Protocol; |
(i) | Supervise the removal operations of the installations as provided in Article 20 of this Protocol. |
Article 29
Transitional measures
Each Party shall elaborate procedures and regulations regarding activities, whether authorised or not, initiated before the entry into force of this Protocol, to ensure their conformity, as far as practicable, with the provisions of this Protocol.
Article 30
Meetings
1. Ordinary meetings of the Parties shall take place in conjunction with ordinary meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Convention held pursuant to Article 18 of the Convention. The Parties may also hold extraordinary meetings in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention.
2. The functions of the meetings of the Parties to this Protocol shall be, inter alia:
(a) | To keep under review the implementation of this Protocol and to consider the efficacy of the measures adopted and the advisability of any other measures, in particular in the form of annexes and appendices; |
(b) | To revise and amend any annex or appendix to this Protocol; |
(c) | To consider the information concerning authorisations granted or renewed in accordance with Section II of this Protocol; |
(d) | To consider the information concerning the permits issued and approvals given in accordance with Section III of this Protocol; |
(e) | To adopt the guidelines referred to in Article 9, paragraph 2, and Article 23, paragraph 1 (c), of this Protocol; |
(f) | To consider the records of the contingency plans and means of intervention in emergencies adopted in accordance with Article 16 of this Protocol; |
(g) | To establish criteria and formulate international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of this Protocol, in whatever form the Parties may agree; |
(h) | To facilitate the implementation of the policies and the achievement of the objectives referred to in Section V, in particular the harmonisation of national and European Community legislation in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 2, of this Protocol; |
(i) | To review progress made in the implementation of Article 27 of this Protocol; |
(j) | To discharge such other functions as may be appropriate for the application of this Protocol. |
Article 31
Relations with the Convention
1. The provisions of the Convention relating to any Protocol shall apply with respect to this Protocol.
2. The rules of procedure and the financial rules adopted pursuant to Article 24 of the Convention shall apply with respect to this Protocol, unless the Parties to this Protocol agree otherwise.
Article 32
Final clause
1. This Protocol shall be open for signature at Madrid from 14 October 1994 to 14 October 1995, by any State Party to the Convention invited to the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Coastal States of the Mediterranean Region on the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Seabed and its Subsoil, held at Madrid on 13 and 14 October 1994. It shall also be open until the same dates for signature by the European Community and by any similar regional economic grouping of which at least one member is a coastal State of the Protocol Area and which exercises competence in fields covered by this Protocol in conformity with Article 30 of the Convention.
2. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of Spain, which will assume the functions of Depositary.
3. As from 15 October 1995, this Protocol shall be open for accession by the States referred to in paragraph 1 above, by the European Community and by any grouping referred to in that paragraph.
4. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of deposit of at least six instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of, or accession to, the Protocol by the Parties referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorised, have signed this Protocol.
ANNEX I
Harmful or noxious substances and materials the disposal of which in the protocol area is prohibited
A. | The following substances and materials and compounds thereof are listed for the purposes of Article 9, paragraph 4, of the Protocol. They have been selected mainly on the basis of their toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation:
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B. | The present Annex does not apply to discharges which contain substances listed in section A that are below the limits defined jointly by the Parties and, in relation to oil, below the limits defined in Article 10 of this Protocol. |
(1) With the exception of those which are biologically harmless or which are rapidly converted into biologically harmless substances.
ANNEX II
Harmful or noxious substances and materials the disposal of which in the protocol area is subject to a special permit
A. | The following substances and materials and compounds thereof have been selected for the purpose of Article 9, paragraph 5, of the Protocol.
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B. | The control and strict limitation of the discharge of substances referred to in section A must be implemented in accordance with Annex III. |
ANNEX III
FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ISSUE OF THE PERMITS
For the purpose of the issue of a permit required under Article 9, paragraph 7, particular account will be taken, as the case may be, of the following factors:
A. | Characteristics and composition of the waste
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B. | Characteristics of waste constituents with respect to their harmfulness
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C. | Characteristics of discharge site and receiving marine environment
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D. | Availability of waste technologies The methods of waste reduction and discharge for industrial effluents as well as domestic sewage should be selected taking into account the availability and feasibility of:
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E. | Potential impairment of marine ecosystem and sea-water uses
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ANNEX IV
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
1. | Each Party shall require that the environmental impact assessment contains at least the following:
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2. | Each Party shall promulgate standards taking into account the international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures, adopted in accordance with Article 23 of the Protocol, by which environmental impact assessments are to be evaluated. |
ANNEX V
OIL AND OILY MIXTURES AND DRILLING FLUIDS AND CUTTINGS
The following provisions shall be prescribed by the Parties in accordance with Article 10:
A. | Oil and Oily Mixtures
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B. | Drilling Fluids and Drill Cuttings
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ANNEX VI
SAFETY MEASURES
The following provisions shall be prescribed by the Parties in accordance with Article 15:
(a) | That the installation must be safe and fit for the purpose for which it is to be used, in particular, that it must be designed and constructed so as to withstand, together with its maximum load, any natural condition, including, more specifically, maximum wind and wave conditions as established by historical weather patterns, earthquake possibilities, seabed conditions and stability, and water depth; |
(b) | That all phases of the activities, including storage and transport of recovered resources, must be properly prepared, that the whole activity must be open to control for safety reasons and must be conducted in the safest possible way, and that the operator must apply a monitoring system for all activities; |
(c) | That the most advanced safety systems must be used and periodically tested in order to minimise the dangers of leakages, spillages, accidental discharges, fire, explosions, blow-outs or any other threat to human safety or the environment, that a trained specialised crew to operate and maintain these systems must be present and that this crew must undertake periodic exercises. In the case of authorised not permanently manned installations, the permanent availability of a specialised crew shall be ensured; |
(d) | That the installation and, where necessary, the established safety zone, must be marked in accordance with international recommendations so as to give adequate warning of its presence and sufficient details for its identification; |
(e) | That in accordance with international maritime practice, the installations must be indicated on charts and notified to those concerned; |
(f) | That, in order to secure observance of the foregoing provisions, the person and/or persons having the responsibility for the installation and/or the activities, including the person responsible for the blow-out preventer, must have the qualifications required by the competent authority, and that sufficient qualified staff must be permanently available. Such qualifications shall include, in particular, training, on a continuing basis, in safety and environmental matters. |
ANNEX VII
CONTINGENCY PLAN
A. The operator’s contingency plan
1. | Operators are obliged to ensure:
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2. | The operator shall cooperate, on an institutional basis, with other operators or entities capable of rendering necessary assistance, so as to ensure that, in cases where the magnitude or nature of an emergency creates a risk for which assistance is or might be required, such assistance can be rendered. |
B. National coordination and direction
The competent authority for emergencies of a Contracting Party shall ensure:
(a) | The coordination of the national contingency plan and/or procedures and the operator’s contingency plan and control of the conduct of actions, especially in case of significant adverse effects of the emergency; |
(b) | Direction to the operator to take any action it may specify in the course of preventing, abating or combating pollution or in the preparation of further action for that purpose, including placing an order for a relief drilling rig, or to prevent the operator from taking any specified action; |
(c) | The coordination of actions in the course of preventing, abating or combating pollution or in preparation for further action for that purpose within the national jurisdiction with such actions undertaken within the jurisdiction of other States or by international organisations; |
(d) | Collection and ready availability of all necessary information concerning the existing activities; |
(e) | The provision of an up-to-date list of the persons and entities to be alerted and informed about an emergency, its development and the measures taken; |
(f) | The collection of all necessary information concerning the extent and means of combating contingencies, and the dissemination of this information to interested Parties; |
(g) | The coordination and supervision of the assistance referred to in Part A above, in cooperation with the operator; |
(h) | The organisation and if necessary, the coordination of specified actions, including intervention by technical experts and trained personnel with the necessary equipment and materials; |
(i) | Immediate communication to the competent authorities of other Parties which might be affected by a contingency to enable them to take appropriate measures where necessary; |
(j) | The provision of technical assistance to other Parties, if necessary; |
(k) | Immediate communication to the competent international organisations with a view to avoiding danger to shipping and other interests. |
Appendix
LIST OF OILS (1)
Asphalt solutions
Blending Stocks
Roofers Flux
Straight Run Residue
Oils
Clarified
Crude Oil
Mixtures containing crude oil
Diesel Oil
Fuel Oil No 4
Fuel Oil No 5
Fuel Oil No 6
Residual Fuel Oil
Road Oil
Transformer Oil
Aromatic Oil (excluding vegetable oil)
Lubricating Oils and Blending Stocks
Mineral Oil
Motor Oil
Penetrating Oil
Spindle Oil
Turbine Oil
Distillates
Straight Run
Flashed Feed Stocks
Gas Oil
Cracked
Jet Fuels
JP-1 (Kerosene)
JP-3
JP-4
JP-5 (Kerosene, Heavy)
Turbo Fuel
Kerosene
Mineral Spirit
Naphtha
Solvent
Petroleum
Heartcut Distillate Oil
Gasoline Blending Stocks
Alkylates — fuel
Reformates
Polymer — fuel
Gasolines
Casinghead (natural)
Automotive
Aviation
Straight Run
Fuel Oil No 1 (Kerosene)
Fuel Oil No 1-D
Fuel Oil No 2
Fuel Oil No 2-D
(1) The list of oils should not necessarily be considered as exhaustive.