HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 11/9

Adopted 14 February 1990, having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b) of the Helsinki Convention

NATIONAL REGULATIONS ON THE DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE IN NATIONAL WATERS

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING that the provisions of Regulation 7 of Annex IV of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974, (Helsinki Convention), shall be applied to all ships from 3 May 1990,

NOTING that Annex IV of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), will not be in force on 3 May 1990,

NOTING ALSO that Regulation 7 of Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention is only effective for ships flying the flag of a Contracting Party to the Helsinki Convention,

BEING CONVINCED of the necessity to prevent the pollution of the Baltic Sea Area by sewage from ships, irrespectively of their flag,

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION that within the territorial waters national regulations on the discharge of sewage can be taken with regard to ships, irrespectively of their nationality,

RECOMMENDS that the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention should implement by way of appropriate national regulations the provisions of Paragraph C of Regulation 7 of Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention, relating to the discharge of sewage with respect to ships, irrespectively of nationality, sailing in their national waters.