Contracting Parties
Under the Rules of Procedure the OSPAR Commission consists of representatives of each of its 16 Contracting Parties.
The Contracting Parties are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom, together with the European Union. 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.
The Commission elects a Chair and two Vice-Chairs by the unanimous vote of the Contracting Parties present at annual Commission meetings. Currently the Chair of the OSPAR Commission is Richard Cronin (Ireland). The Vice-Chairs are Ane-Marie Løvendahl Eskildsen (Denmark) and Jorge Ureta Maeso (Spain).
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
Steven Vandenborre
Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
DG Environment
Place Victor Hortaplein, 40 bte 10
B-1060 Bruxelles
Belgium
Denmark
Ane-Marie Løvendahl Raun
Ministry of Environment
Holmens Kanal 42
1216 Copenhagen K
Denmark
+45 93 58 81 18
European Union
Silvia Bartolini
European Commission Environment DG
Marine Environment and Water Industry
B-1049
Brussels
Belgium
Finland
Sara Viljanen
Ministry of the Environment
Aleksanterinkatu 7
Helsinki
FI-00023 Government, Finland
France
Clement Payeur
Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
27 rue de la Convention,
F-75732 PARIS Cedex 15
France
+33 1 43 17 7052
Maude Jolly
Ministère de la Transition écologique
Direction des affaires européennes et internationales
Tour Pascal A, 6 place des Degrés
92055 La Défense Cedex
+33 (0) 1 4081 7665
Germany
Ingo Narberhaus
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz
und nukleare Sicherheit
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3
D-53175 Bonn
GERMANY
+49 3018 305 2526
Iceland
Hugi Olafsson
Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources
Skuggasund 1
IS-101 Reykjavik
+354 896 2130
Ireland
Oliver Ó Cadhla
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Floor 4, 1A South Mall
Cork
IRELAND
00 353761064850
Luxembourg
Anne-Marie Reckinger
Water Management Administration
1 avenue du Rock and Roll
L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette
LUXEMBOURG
+352 26 02 86 37
Norway
Anja Elisenberg
Ministry of Climate and Environment
PO Box 8013 Dep
N-0030 Oslo
NORWAY
+47 22 24 58 72
Portugal
José Manuel Marques
Direçao Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos
Av. Brasilia
1449-030 Lisbon
Portugal
+351 213 035 711
Spain
Itziar Martin Partida
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge
Madrid
Spain
