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Decree No. 39 of 2002 containing rules relative to prevention of sanitary waste pollution from ships.

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Staatsblad No. 39, 4 February 2003, 11 pp.
Subject
Sea, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Navigation Marine protected areas Protected area
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
Enters into force on 5 February 2003.
Abstract

This Decree implements obligations for the Netherlands deriving from the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty done at Madrid on 4 October 1991. Articles 3 to 6 apply to ships being present in the Antarctic area, i.e. the area south of 60° S. The Decree regulates the duping and/or storage of sanitary waste from ships. It shall be prohibited to dump waste within 12 nautical miles of ice shelves. There shall be on board enough storage room for sanitary waste and a sanitary waste record shall be kept in which dumping of waste is registered.

Full text
Dutch
Website
www.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Decree No. 411 of 2005 containing rules relative to prevention of pollution of the sea by sanitary waste from sea-going ships.

Legislation | Netherlands | 2005

Keyword: Marine pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste disposal, Protected area

Source: FAO, FAOLEX