Traduction de «Entrepôt d'équipement de lutte contre la pollution » (Français → Anglais) :

operational assistance and supporting, on request, with additional means, such as stand-by anti-pollution ships and equipment, Member States' pollution response actions in the event of accidental or deliberate pollution caused by ships.

For the purposes of implementing these new tasks of preventing and responding to pollution, the Administrative Board of the Agency adopted on 22 October 2004 an Action Plan for Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response, which determines the Agency's oil pollution response activities and is aimed at optimum use of the financial resources available to the Agency (hereinafter ‘the Action Plan’).

(11) Regard should be had to the existing agreements on accidental pollution, such as the Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances, 1983 (Bonn Cooperation Agreement), which facilitate mutual assistance and cooperation between Member States in this field, as well as to the relevant international conventions and agreements for the protection of European maritime areas from pollution incidents, such as the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation, 1990 (OPRC Convention) developed under the auspices of the IMO, the Convention for the Prote ...[+++]ction of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic of 22 September 1992 (OSPAR Convention), the Barcelona Convention, the Helsinki Convention and the Lisbon Agreement.

(d)support with additional means in a cost efficient way pollution response actions in case of pollution caused by ships as well as marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations, when a request has been presented by the affected Member State under the authority of which the cleaning operations are conducted, without prejudice to the responsibility of coastal States to have appropriate pollution response mechanisms in place while respecting existing cooperation between Member States in this field.

Preparedness measures: The Coast Guard has spent over $15 million since 1990 to acquire additional pollution countermeasures equipment.

The Bonn Agreement ( Agreement for combating accidental pollution at sea between Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the EEC - represented by the Commission) has been activated and actions directed by UK Marine Pollution Control Unit have been taken as follows : - Aircraft for dispersant spraying prepared at Inverness for possible spraying operations sooner; - MPCU surveillance aircraft on scene; - spraying vessels prepared; - salvage team and vessels proceeding; - MPCU at-sea ...[+++] commander and land co-ordinator now in Shetland; - Shetland Island council preparing response plan. The Commission is in permanent contact with the UK concerned authorities and ready to give any assistance and support if needed.