OSPAR Commission - Contracting Parties
The Contracting Parties comprise the fifteen following governments: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom, together with the European Community. Finland is not on the western coasts of Europe, but some of its rivers flow to the Barents Sea, and historically it was involved in the efforts to control the dumping of hazardous waste in the Atlantic and the North Sea. Luxembourg and Switzerland are Contracting Parties due to their location within the catchments of the River Rhine.
Under the Rules of Procedure of the OSPAR Commission the Commission shall consist of representatives of each of the Contracting Parties. The Commission elects a Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen by the unanimous vote of the Contracting Parties present and voting at ordinary annual meetings of the Commission.
Currently the Chairman of the OSPAR Commission is Mr Atle Fretheim (Norway) and the Vice-Chairs are Ms Els de Wit (The Netherlands) and Ms Teresa Vinhas (Portugal).
If you wish to obtain information about national activities related to the work of OSPAR, please address your request to the relevant national contact point(s) below:
Belgium
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Mr Michael Kyramarios
SPF Santé Publique, Sécurité de la Chaine alimentaire et Environnement
D G Environnement, "Affaires Internationales"- Milieu Marin
Place Victor Hortaplein, 40 bte 10
B-1060 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 524 96 27
Fax: +32 2 524 96 00
E-mail: Michael.Kyramarios@health.fgov.be
Denmark
Mr Henning Karup
Ministry of Environment
Danish Spatial and Environmental Planning Agency
Haraldsgade 53
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
Tel: +45 72 54 47 99
E-mail: hpk@mst.dk
European Commission
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Mr Claude Rouam
European Commission Environment DG
Head of Marine Unit
Office BU-9 3/147
Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 299 86 95
Fax: +32 2 296 88 25
E-mail: Claude.Rouam@ec.europa.eu
Finland
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Ms. Ulla Kaarikivi-Laine
Ministerial Counsellor
Ministry of the Environment
PO Box 35
FI-00023 Government, Finland
Tel + 358 50 559 9142
E-mail: ulla.kaarikivi-laine@ymparisto.fi
France
Mr Jean-Philippe Gavois
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes
Direction générale de la mondialisation, du développement et des partenariats
Direction des biens publics mondiaux, sous-direction de la gestion des ressources naturelles
27 rue de la Convention, CS91533
F-75732 PARIS Cedex 15
France
Tel :+33 1 43 17 44 25
Fax :+33 1 43 17 73 94
E-mail : jean-philippe.gavois@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Germany
Dr Hans-Georg Neuhoff
Bundesministerium für Umwelt,
Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
- Referat WA I 5 -
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
D-53175 Bonn
GERMANY
Tel: +49 3018 305 2526
Fax: +49 3018 305 2396
E-mail: Hans-Georg.Neuhoff@bmu.bund.de
Iceland
Ms Sesselja Bjarnadóttir
Ministry for the Environment
Skuggasund 1
IS-101 Reykjavik
ICELAND
Tel: + 354 545 8655
Fax: + 354 562 4566
E-mail: sesselja.Bjarnadottir@umh.stjr.is
Web-site: www.umhverfisraduneyti.is
Ireland
Mr Pat Duggan
Senior Adviser – Water Inspectorate
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Custom House
Dublin 1
IRELAND
Tel: +353 1 888 2213
Fax: +353 1 888 2400
E-mail: pat_duggan@environ.ie
Luxembourg
Dr André Weidenhaupt
Water Management Administration
51-53 rue de Merl
L-2146 LUXEMBOURG
Tel: +352 26 02 86 24
Fax: +352 26 02 86 63
E-mail: andre.weidenhaupt@eau.etat.lu
The Netherlands
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Ms Carien van Zwol
Ministry of Transport, Public Works
and Water Management, Directorate General for Water Management
PO Box 20901
NL-2500 EX The Hague
NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 70 351 8046
Fax: +31 70 351 8417
E-mail: carien.van.zwol@minvenw.nl
Norway
Ms Marit Solheim
Ministry of the Environment
PO Box 8013 Dep
N-0030 Oslo
NORWAY
Tel: +47 22 24 60 10
Fax: +47 22 24 95 63
E-mail: marit.solheim@md.dep.no
Portugal
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Mr António Macieira Antunes
Direcção-geral do ambiente
Rua da Murgueira-Zambujal
Apartado 7585 Alfragide
P-2720 Amadora
Portugal
Tel: +351 1 472 8200
Fax: +351 1 471 9075
E-mail: dga@dga.min-amb.pt
Ms Teresa Vinhas
Direcção-geral do ambiente
Rua da Murgueira-Zambujal
Apartado 7585 Alfragide
P-2720 Amadora
Portugal
Tel: +351 1 472 8330
Fax: +351 1 471 9074
E-mail: teresa.vinhas@apambiente.pt
Spain
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Mr José Fernandez
Directorate of Coasts
Ministry of the Environment
Plaza san Juan de la Cruz s/n
E-28071
Madrid
SPAIN
E-mail: jfperz@mma.es
Mr José Luis Buceta Miller
Directorate of Coasts
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino
Dirección General de sostenibilidad de la Costa y el Mar>
Plaza san Juan de la Cruz s/n
E-28071
Madrid
SPAIN
Tel: +34 91 597 66 52
Fax: +34 91 597 69 02
E-mail: jbuceta@mma.es
Sweden
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Ms Katrin Zimmer
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Valhallavägen 195
S-106 48 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46 8 698 8547
Fax: +46 8 698 1042
E-mail: /v_management/MAILTO:katrin.zimmer@naturvardsverket.se
Switzerland
Mr Ulrich Sieber
Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
CH-3003 Berne
SWITZERLAND
Tel: + 41 31 322 6950
Fax: + 41 31 323 0371
E-mail: ulrich.sieber@buwal.admin.ch
Mr Richard Moxon
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Environment Division
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 20 7238 4358
Fax: +44 20 020 7238 4699
E-mail: richard.moxon@defra.gsi.gov.uk