Convention No. 479/DP between Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine on protection of the Black Sea against pollution

КОНВЕНЦИЯ О ЗАЩИТЕ ЧЕРНОГО МОРЯ ОТ ЗАГРЯЗНЕНИЯ

The Parties have agreed as follows: 1) The present Convention shall be applicable to the Black Sea with the Southern limit established by the line joining Capes Kelagra and Dalyan and including territorial sea and EEZ of each Party (art. 1). The present Convention shall not be applicable to the military vessels and other governmental vessels operating on non-commercial basis (art. 4). Each Party shall prevent marine pollution of the Black sea by any source and by any substances in the Annex attached to the text of the Convention (art. 6). The Parties shall undertake arrangements for the prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources (art. 7) and dumping from ships (art. 8). The Parties shall cooperate for the prevention and decrease of marine pollution as a result of disasters and prevention of oil pollution (art. 9). The Parties shall not permit in the areas under the jurisdiction thereof burial causing pollution by natural and legal persons of the states not pertaining to the Black Sea basin (art. 10). The Parties shall cooperate for the prevention of marine pollution caused by transboundary movement of hazardous waste and illegal management thereof (art. 14). The Parties shall jointly carry out environmental monitoring of water bodies (art. 15). The Convention contains three associated protocols: (1) Protocol on Protection of the Black Sea Marine Environment against Pollution from Land-Based Sources; (2) Protocol on Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Black Sea Marine Environment by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Emergency Situations; (3) Protocol on the Protection of the Black Sea Marine Environment against Pollution by Dumping.