Decisions, Recommendations & Agreements
A complete list of OSPAR Decisions, Recommendations & Agreements can be found here
Work to implement the OSPAR Convention and its strategies is taken forward through the adoption of decisions, which are legally binding on the Contracting Parties, recommendations and other agreements. Decisions and recommendations set out actions to be taken by the Contracting Parties. These measures are complemented by other agreements setting out:
- issues of importance;
- agreed programmes of monitoring, information collection or other work which the Contracting Parties commit to carry out;
- guidelines or guidance setting out the way that any programme or measure should be implemented;
- actions to be taken by the OSPAR Commission on behalf of the Contracting Parties.
OSPAR 2010 reviewed the applicability of Decisions, Recommendations and Other Agreements within the framework of the OSPAR Convention and agreed that a number of measures could be considered as fulfilled or overtaken by measures adopted at national level or within other forums and therefore not followed by OSPAR anymore. As a consequence, while being set aside, they are retained as part of OSPAR’s ‘acquis’. The list of these measures together with an explanation of why they have been set aside is at Annex 5 to OSPAR 10/23/1. Additionally, OSPAR 2018 agreed to set aside Agreement 2006-04 on the application of the EcoQO system.
Found 362 Decs, Recs & Ags:
Intra North Sea Ballast Water Exchange Areas (English only)
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-11
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Human Activities
Language:
English
OSPAR Guidelines for the Management of Dredged Material at Sea
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-06
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Human Activities
Language:
English
Riverine Inputs and Direct Discharges Monitoring Programme (RID) applicable from 1 January 2015
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
14-04e
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Hazardous Substances & Eutrophication
Language:
English
JAMP Guidelines for Monitoring Chemical Aspects of Ocean Acidification
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-03e
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Hazardous Substances & Eutrophication, Other
Language:
English
Impulsive noise monitoring reporting format
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-10e
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Human Activities
Language:
English
Monitoring Guidance for Underwater Noise in European Seas
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-08ef
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Human Activities
Language:
English
Collective arrangement between competent international organisations on cooperation and coordination regarding selected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction in the North-East Atlantic (Update to Annex 2 in 2018)
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-09e
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/17 amending OSPAR Recommendation 2010/3 on a Harmonised Offshore Chemical Notification Format (HOCNF)
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/17
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Offshore Industry
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/18 on the Strategy for the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/18
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity, Human Activities, Hazardous Substances & Eutrophication, Offshore Industry, Radioactive Substances, Other
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/16 on furthering the protection and conservation of the Iberian guillemot (Uria aalge) in Region IV of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/16
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/15 on furthering the protection and conservation of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) in Regions I, II, III and IV of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/15
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2010/3 on a Harmonised Offshore Chemical Notification Format (HOCNF), as amended by Recommendation 2014/17. Consolidated text
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2010/3, as amended by Recommendation 2014/17. Consolidated text
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Offshore Industry
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/14 on furthering the protection and conservation of cod (Gadus morhua) in the OSPAR Maritime Area, Regions II and III
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/14
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/13 on furthering the protection and conservation of Maerl beds in Region III of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/13
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/12 on furthering the protection and conservation of Cymodocea meadows in Region IV of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/12
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/11 on furthering the protection and conservation of hydrothermal vents/fields occurring on oceanic ridges in Region V of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/11
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/10 on furthering the protection and conservation of carbonate mounds in Region V of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/10
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/9 on furthering the protection and conservation of seamounts in Regions I, IV and V of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/09
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/8 on furthering the protection and conservation of the thornback ray (Raja clavata) in the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/08
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/6 on furthering the protection and conservation of the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) in the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/06
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
Establishment of a list of Predicted No Effect Concentrations (PNECs) for naturally occurring substances in produced water (English only)
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
Agreement 2014-05ef
Type:
Agreement
Work Area(s):
Offshore Industry
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/5 on furthering the protection and conservation of the Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis) in the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/05
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/4 on furthering the protection and conservation of the leafscale gulper shark (Centrophorus squamosus) in the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/04
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/3 on furthering the protection and conservation of the gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus) in Regions IV and V of the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/03
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Biodiversity
Language:
English
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/2 on furthering the protection and conservation of the spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in the OSPAR maritime area
Adopted:
2014, Cascais
Reference Number:
OSPAR Recommendation 2014/02
Type:
Recommendation
Work Area(s):
Language:
English
