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Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) -- UNEP Summary File

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     SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ON REGIONAL COOPERATION IN
        COMBATING POLLUTION OF THE SOUTH-EAST PACIFIC BY HYDROCARBONS
              OR OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES IN CASES OF EMERGENCY

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

Summary of provisions
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       (a)   Parties to designate national authorities competent to
provide or request assistance in cases of emergency, and to
undertake an inventory of the available technical equipment and
procedures to combat pollution (art. I);

       (b)   Parties to specify elements of the national contingency
plans under art. 4 of the Agreement (art. II);

       (c)   Parties to undertake regular training programmes (art.
III).

Membership
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       Open for accession by any coastal State of the South-East
Pacific.  Instruments of accession to be deposited with the
Secretariat of the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific.

       Date of adoption              22. 7.1983
       Place of adoption             Quito, Ecuador
       Date of entry into force      20. 5.1987
       Language                      Spanish
       Depositary                    Permanent Commission for the
                                     South Pacific

       Participant                    Entry into force
       -----------                    ----------------

       Chile                             20. 5.1987
       Colombia                          20. 5.1987
       Ecuador                           11. 1.1988
       Panama                            20. 5.1987
       Peru                              18. 4.1989

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