| PERSEUS Pilot Case |
| Western Black Sea |
| Scale |
| Black Sea region |
| Acronym |
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| Full name |
| Contingency Plan to the Protocol on Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Black Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Emergency Situations |
| Objectives |
| The purpose of the Plan is to establish a mechanism for mutual assistance, under which the competent national Authorities of the Contracting Parties will cooperate in order to coordinate and integrate their response to marine pollution incidents either affecting or likely to affect their coasts, territorial sea, and exclusive economic zones (hereinafter referred as areas of responsibility) of the Contracting Parties or to incidents surpassing the available response capacity of each of the Contracting Parties alone. |
| Status |
| In force since 1994 (Signed on 06-Apr-2009, Sofia, Bulgaria, 20th Meeting of the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution) |
| Governing institutions/organisations |
| The Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution |
| Which countries (in Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea) have ratified the law or participate in the strategy |
| Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania Turkey. Pending adoption by UA and RU. Does not require ratification |
| Spatial/geographic delimitation |
| Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey |
| Link to MSFD GES Descriptor |
| CONTAMINANTS AND POLLUTION EFFECTS |
| Does it apply an ecosystem based approach? |
| no |
| Does the initiative apply adaptive measures? |
| The Plan seeks the following measures in order to fulfil its objectives: developing appropriate preparedness measures and effective systems for detecting and reporting pollution incidents affecting or likely to affect the area of responsibility of the Parties; promoting and implementing regional cooperation in contingency planning, prevention, control and cleanup operations for combating pollution caused by oil spills; establishing the necessary measures to restrict spreading of and to minimize the hazard posed by oil; developing and implementing a programme of training courses and practical exercises for different levels of personnel involved in oil pollution prevention and combating; developing procedures to increase regional cooperation. |
| Do any plans (or discussion) exist to update this? |
| unknown |
| Link to website |
| Link |
| Additional information |
| - |
