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Record 1 2014-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Water Pollution
OBS

OSPAR is the mechanism by which fifteen governments of the western coasts and catchments of Europe, together with the European Union, cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It started in 1972 with the Oslo Convention against dumping. It was broadened to cover land-based sources and the offshore industry by the Paris Convention of 1974. These two conventions were unified, up-dated and extended by the 1992 OSPAR Convention. ... The fifteen governments are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germay, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Finland [is not included but was] historically ... involved ... Luxembourg and Switzerland are Contracting Parties due to their location within the catchments of the River Rhine.

OBS

OSPAR: An abbreviation that refers to the original Oslo and Paris Conventions ("OS" for Oslo and "PAR" for Paris).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pollution de l'eau
OBS

OSPAR est le mécanisme par lequel quinze gouvernements des côtes et îles occidentales d’Europe, avec l'Union européenne, coopèrent pour protéger l’environnement marin de l’Atlantique du Nord-Est. Cette coopération a débuté en 1972 avec la Convention d’Oslo sur les immersions. Son champ a été étendu aux pollutions d’origine tellurique et à l’industrie pétrolière par la Convention de Paris en 1974. Enfin, ces deux conventions ont été unifiées, mises à jour et étendues par la Convention OSPAR en 1992. La nouvelle annexe sur la biodiversité et les écosystèmes a été adoptée en 1998 pour couvrir les activités humaines non-polluantes qui peuvent avoir un effet négatif sur la mer.

OBS

OSPAR : abréviation qui fait référence aux conventions originales d'Oslo et de Paris («OS» pour Oslo et «PAR» pour Paris).

Spanish

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