Agreement on Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the South-East Pacific by Hydrocarbons or other Harmful Substances in cases of Emergency

Title (French)

Accord concernant la coopération régionale dans la lutte contre la pollution par les hydrocarbonés et autres substances nuisibles en cas de situation critique dans le Pacifique du Sud-Est

Title (Spanish)

Acuerdo sobre la cooperación regional para el combate contra la contaminación del Pacífico Sudeste por hidrocarburos y otras sustancias nocivas en casos de emergencia

Title (Other)

Vereinbarung über regionale Zusammenarbeit bei der Bekämpfung von Verunreinigung im Südostpazifik durch Öl und andere schädliche Substanzen in Notfällen

Place of adoption

Lima

Depository

CPPS Permanent Commission for the South Pacific

Language

Spanish

Entry into force

Jul 13, 1986

Subject

Sea, Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

Marine pollution (ship-based sources) Data collection/reporting Maritime zone EIA Early warning system/emergency intervention system International organization Marine pollution Monitoring International relations/cooperation

Geographical area

North-East Pacific, South-Eastern Pacific, South America, Central America, East Pacific, South Atlantic, Amazonia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Basin

South Pacific

Abstract

Objective To protect the coastal States and marine ecosystem against pollution of the South-East Pacific by oil and other harmful substances in cases of emergency.

Summary of provisions The Parties undertake to combine their efforts in taking the necessary measures to neutralise or control harmful effects when the marine environment is threatened (art. I). They are to maintain and promote their contingency plans and programmes aimed at combating marine pollution by oil and other harmful substances (art. IV). They agree to carry out monitoring activities (art. V) and cooperate in salvaging harmful substances (art. VI). Parties are to exchange information regarding their competent national authorities for combating pollution, assistance programmes or measures to combat pollution and the development of related research programmes (art. VII). They undertake to co-ordinate the use of their means of communication and issue instructions for the captains of ships and the pilots of aircraft to report, on the basis of the guidelines contained in the annex to the Agreement, the presence, characteristics and extent of oil slicks and other harmful substances observed in the area (art. IX). Parties faced with an emergency to make the necessary assessment, adopt all appropriate measures to avert or reduce the effects of the pollution, inform all other Parties involved and report thereon (art. X).

Institutional mechanisms: The Parties designate the Permanent Mission for the South Pacific as secretariat for the Agreement (art. XIII).

(Source: IUCN ELC, 08.2005, based on UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment, 1996)

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Website

cpps.dyndns.info

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References - Treaties

Enables

Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement on Regional Co-operation in Combating Pollution of the South-East Pacific by Hydrocarbons or other Harmful Substances

Treaty | Multilateral | Quito | Jul 22, 1983

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-000769)

Enabled by

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South-East Pacific

Treaty | Multilateral | Lima | Nov 12, 1981

Keyword: Research, Dispute settlement, Marine pollution (ship-based sources), Air quality/air pollution, Erosion, Education, Data collection/reporting, Maritime zone, EIA, Early warning system/emergency intervention system, Liability/compensation, Marine pollution (dumping at sea), Marine pollution, Coastal zone management, Monitoring, International relations/cooperation, Marine pollution (land-based sources)

Source: IUCN (ID: TRE-000741)