HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 1/6

(supplemented by HELCOM Recommendation 2/2) 

adopted 5 May 1980 having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b) of the Helsinki Convention 

RECOMMENDATION ON THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE BALTIC SEA STATES OF INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON MARITIME SAFETY, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RELATED MATTERS

THE COMMISSION,

NOTING the adoption, by diplomatic conferences, of the following international instruments:

1)         the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and the 1978 Protocol thereto;

2)         the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the 1978 Protocol thereto; and

3)         the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978,

RECOGNIZING the importance of these instruments being adhered to and implemented by all Baltic Sea States for furthering the aims of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974, (Helsinki Convention),

RECOMMENDS Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention, which have not yet done so, to ratify, approve, accept or accede to, as soon as possible, the instruments referred to under 1) ‑ 3) above.