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            PROTOCOL CONCERNING REGIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING
                POLLUTION BY OIL AND OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES
                           IN CASES OF EMERGENCY*

Objective
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       To enhance measures for responding to pollution emergencies on
a national and regional basis.

Summary of provisions
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       (a)   The contracting parties to cooperate in combating
pollution by oil and other harmful substances and shall maintain and
promote contingency plans (arts. II and X);

       (b)   The contracting parties to establish a Marine Emergency
Mutual Aid Centre, which shall collect and disseminate to them
information concerning matters covered by the Protocol, and assist
them in the preparation of laws and regulations, contingency plans
and transport procedures, in the transmission of reports concerning
marine emergencies and in promoting as well as developing training
programmes for combating pollution (art. III);

       (c)   Any contracting party needing assistance in a marine
emergency may request it directly from any other contracting party
or through the Centre (art. XI);

       (d)   Each contracting party establish and maintain an
appropriate authority to fulfil its obligations (art. XII);

       (e)   The contracting parties shall cooperate under the
Protocol by exchanging relevant information (arts. V, VI, VII and
VIII).

Membership
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       Any State which is entitled to become a party to the Regional
Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Environment is automatically entitled to become a party to this
Protocol.

       Date of adoption              14. 2.1982
       Place of adoption             Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
       Date of entry into force      20. 8.1985
       Language                      Arabic
       Depositary                    Saudi Arabia

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

       Egypt                            20. 8.1990
       Jordan                            7. 2.1989
       Palestine**                      20. 8.1985
       Saudi Arabia                     20. 8.1985
       Somalia                          30. 5.1988
       Sudan                            20. 8.1985
       Yemen                            20. 8.1985

        *    To the Regional Convention for the Conservation of the
Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment.

       **    Represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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