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For the meeting cycle 2007-2008, the following summary records are available. To download, click on the left-hand button "meetings and documents" and then on the link "download summary records". The latest uploads are in red.

ASMO 2008 English

BDC 2008 English
BDC 2008 French

CVC(2) 2007

EIHA 2007 French

EIHA 2007 English

EUC 2007 English and French

EUC 2008 English

HSC 2008 English

HSC 2008 French

HOD(2) 2007

IGE 2007

INPUT 2008 English and French

MAQ(2) 2007 English and French

MAQ(1) 2008 English and French

MASMA 2007

MASH 2007 English and French

MON 2007 English and French

OIC 2008 English French

RSC 2008 English

RSC 2008 French

SIME 2008 English and French

Meetings 2007/2008

Acronym Meeting	Dates	Host, venue	Deadline for the submission of documents
MASMA 2007 Marine Spatial Management Workshop	1 October 2007	Spain, Madrid	10 September 2007
EIHA 2007 Working Group on the Environmental Impact of Human Activities	2-4 October 2007	Spain, Madrid	10 September 2007
EUC 2007 Eutrophication Committee	23-25 October 2007	Secretariat, London	1 October 2007
MASH 2007 Working Group on Marine Protected Areas, Species and Habitats	5-8 November 2007	France, Brest	12 October 2007
CVC(2) 2007 Committee of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen	12 November 2007	Secretariat, London	19 October 2007
HOD(2) 2007 Heads of Delegation	12-13 November 2007	Secretariat, London	19 October 2007
MAQ(2) 2007 Management Group for the QSR 2010	27-28 November 2007	Secretariat, London	5 November 2007
MON 2007 Working Group on Monitoring	3-7 December 2007	Secretariat, ICES	9 November 2007
INPUT 2008 Working Group on Inputs to the Marine Environment	29-31 January 2008	Sweden, Stockholm	7 January 2008
RSC 2008 Radioactive Substances Committee	29 January - 1 February 2008	EC, Luxembourg	7 January 2008
HSC 2008 Hazardous Substances Committee	18-22 February 2008	Secretariat, London	28 January 2008
BDC 2008 Biodiversity Committee	25-29 February 2008	NL, The Hague	1 February 2008
OIC 2008 Offshore Industry Committee	10-14 March 2008	Germany, Bonn	15 February 2008
SIME 2008 Working Group on Concentrations, Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment	11-13 March 2008	UK, Edinburgh	18 February 2008
MAQ 2008 Management Group for the QSR 2010	26-27 March 2008	Secretariat, London	4 March 2008
EUC 2008 Eutrophication Committee	1-3 April 2008	Sweden, Stockholm	10 March 2008
ASMO 2008 Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Committee	21-25 April 2008	Norway, Oslo	28 March 2008
JL 2008 Group of Jurists/Linguists	12 May 2008 (9am)	Secretariat, London	18 April 2008
CVC(1) 2008 Committee of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen	12 May 2008 (2pm)	Secretariat, London	21 April 2008
HOD Workshop Heads of Delegation Workshop	13-14 May 2008	Surrey, UK
HOD(1) 2008 Heads of Delegation	15 May 2008 (9am)	Secretariat, London	21 April 2008
OSPAR 2008 OSPAR Commission	23-27 June 2008	France, Brest	2 June 2008

Deadline for the submission of Decisions or Recommendations

For meetings of the Commission, proposals for Decisions or Recommendations to be adopted by the Commission shall be received by the Secretariat at least five weeks before the opening of an ordinary meeting of the Commission.

For meetings of a subsidiary body, proposals for Decisions and Recommendations shall be received by the Secretariat at least twelve weeks before the opening of a meeting of that subsidiary body.

(OSPAR Rules of Procedure, �� 45 and 46).

Other OSPAR texts

Ministerial Meeting of the OSPAR Commission (MMC), Bremen 25 June 2003
Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Helsinki and OSPAR Commissions (JMM), Bremen 25-26 June 2003

The Press Statement, the MMC Statement and the JMM Declaration are available on the Ministerial Meetings section of this website (click on the "home" icon at the top or bottom of this page and then select the link "Ministerial Declarations and Statements").

OSPAR Convention

The ratification of Annex V and Appendix 3 is complete.

In accordance with Article 15.5 of the Convention, Annex V and Appendix 3 of the OSPAR Convention entered into force:

on 30 August 2000 for Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Luxembourg, European Community, United Kingdom and Denmark;
on 5 October 2000 for Sweden;
on 18 July 2001 for Iceland;
on 22 July 2001 for Norway;
on 24 August 2001 for the Netherlands;
on 13 January 2002 for Germany;
on 21 June 2003 for Ireland;
on 24 November 2004 for France;
on 28 August 2005 for Belgium;
on 25 March 2006 for Portugal.

Quality Status Reports

In December 2000 the OSPAR Commission published five regional Quality Status Reports (rQSRs) and, as a summary, one holistic Quality Status Report (the QSR 2000). All the QSRs are available for viewing and downloading (in pdf format) on this website. Click on the button "Quality Status Reports" for more information.

A CD edition of the printed QSRs is available from the OSPAR Secretariat.

Order form for hard-copies of the QSRs and the CD edition.

Press Releases

28 June 2007

New initiatives on CO₂ Capture and Storage and Marine Litter

Capture et Stockage du CO₂ et D�chets Marins (French version)

Report: Background Report on Fishing-for-litter Activities in the OSPAR Region
Report: Monitoring Marine Beach Litter in the OSPAR Region

17 November 2006

Human Impacts on the Marine Environment under the spotlight

17 March 2006

OSPAR Ocean Acidification and CO₂ Capture and Storage
Acidification des Oc�ans - Capture et Stockage du CO₂(French version)

Report: Effects on the Marine Environment of Ocean Acidification resulting from Elevated Levels of CO₂ in the Atmosphere (English only)
Report: Placement of CO₂ in Subsea Geological Structures (English only)

Conferences and symposia (other organisations)

7th World Surfactants Congress - CESIO 2008, 22-25 June 2008, Paris, France

www.cesio2008.com