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 PROTOCOL CONCERNING COOPERATION IN COMBATING POLLUTION OF THE
     MEDITERRANEAN SEA BY OIL AND OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
                     IN CASES OF EMERGENCY

Objective
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     To protect the coastal States and the marine ecosystem of the
Mediterranean Sea area against pollution by oil and other harmful
substances.

Summary of provisions
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     (a)  The parties to cooperate in cases of pollution of the
Mediterranean Sea area (defined in art. 7 of the Convention) by oil
and other harmful substances in cases of emergency (art. 1);

     (b)  The parties to maintain and promote contingency plans and
means for combating pollution of the sea by oil and other harmful
substances (art. 2);

     (c)  The parties to develop and apply monitoring activities
covering the Mediterranean Sea area (art. 4), and shall cooperate in
the salvage and recovery of harmful substances (art. 5);

     (d)  The parties to disseminate to other parties information
on their competent national authorities for combating pollution, on
reports of pollution, on matters concerning measures of assistance,
on new ways to avoid and new measures to combat pollution, and on
the development of related research programmes (art. 6);

     (e)  The parties to coordinate the utilization of their means
of communication (art. 7);

     (f)  The parties to issue instructions to masters of ships and
aircraft to report all accidents causing or likely to cause
pollution, and the presence, characteristics and extent of
spillages, such information to be communicated to the other parties
(art. 8);

     (g)  Parties faced with an emergency to make the necessary
assessments, take every practicable measure to avoid or reduce the
pollution, inform all other parties involved and report thereon
(art. 9).

Membership
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     Open to States parties to the Convention for the Protection of
the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution.

     Date of adoption          16.2.1976
     Place of adoption         Barcelona, Spain
     Date of entry into force  12.2.1978
     Languages                 Arabic, English,
                               French, Spanish
     Depositary                Spain

     Participant               Signature     Ratification     Entry into
                                             Approval (Ap)    force      
                                             Accession (Ac)
     -----------               ---------     --------------   ----------

     Albania                                 30. 5.1980 (Ac)  29. 6.1990   
     Algeria                                 16. 3.1981 (Ac)  15. 4.1981
     Cyprus                    16. 2.1976    19.11.1979       19.12.1979
     Egypt                     16. 2.9762     4. 8.1978 (Ap)  23. 9.1978
     France*                   16. 2.1976    11. 3.1978 (Ap)  10. 4.1978
     Greece                    16. 2.1976     3. 1.1979        2. 2.1979  
     Israel                    16. 2.1976     3. 3.1978        2. 4.1978  
     Italy                     16. 2.1976     3. 2.1979        5. 3.1979  
     Lebanon                   16. 2.1976     8.11.1977 (Ac)  12. 2.1978  
     Libyan Arab                                          
       Jamahiriya              31. 1.1977    31. 1.1979        2. 3.1979  
     Malta                     16. 2.1976    30.12.1977       12. 2.1978  
     Monaco                    16. 2.1976    20. 9.1977       12. 2.1978  
     Morocco                   16. 2.1976    15. 1.1980       15. 2.1980   
     Spain                     16. 2.1976    17.12.1976       12. 2.1978   
     Syrian Arab                                              
       Republic                              26.12.1978 (Ac)  25. 1.1979  
     Tunisia                   25. 5.1976    30. 7.1977       12. 2.1978
     Turkey                    16. 2.1976     6. 4.1981        6. 5.1981   
     Yugoslavia                15. 9.1976    13. 1.1978       12. 2.1978  
     European                                      
       Economic        
       Community               13. 9.1976    12. 8.1981 (Ap)  11. 9.1981  

     *  With Reservation or Declaration.

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