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The OSPAR Acquis: Decisions, Recommendations & Agreements
The OSPAR Acquis - the Decisions, Recommendations and Other Agreements that constitute the accumulated body of OSPAR measures and actions
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ("OSPAR Convention") rep... 
Offshore Installations
In the OSPAR maritime area, in particular in the North Sea, progressive developments in the oil and gas industry have resulted in a large number of offshore installations.
Data submission & deadlines
Here you will find the current reporting formats, instructions for their completion and deadlines for the reporting of data related to the Offshore Industry Committee
OSPAR at 20
On its 20th anniversary the OSPAR Commission is still breaking new ground. Meeting in Bonn (Germany) this week, the sixteen Contracting Parties to the OSPAR Convention agreed several new and innovative legal measures.
Risk-Based Approach to the Management of Produced Water Discharges from Offshore Installations
Intersessional Correspondence Group on Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations
OSPAR's Offshore Industry Committee meets in Dublin
The meeting of the Offshore Industry Committee was held in Dublin in March 2018 at the kind invitation of the Irish government
Special consultative meeting
On Friday 18 October 2019 a meeting was held in London in accordance with OSPAR Decision 98/3 on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations. The Decision prohibits the dumping, and leaving wholly or partly in place, of disused offshore installations within the maritime area but sets out a process for considering derogations to this prohibition.
OSPAR Commission Meeting 2020
Marine policy makers from across Europe gathered for the annual meeting of the OSPAR Commission for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. Delegates representing 14 countries and the European Union, supported by 7 observer organisations came together to discuss the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic.
SUT/MASTS Workshop on Salvage, Decommissioning & Wreck Removal
The eighth Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) and Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS) Salvage, Decommissioning and Wreck Removal Workshop was held on 8-9 October 2020.
Offshore Industry Committee 2021
Saravanan Marappan (United Kingdom) chaired a fruitful meeting of OSPAR’s Offshore Industry Committee (OIC) online from 9-11 March 2021
OSPAR special consultative meeting on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations
On Friday 5 November 2021 a special consultative meeting in accordance with OSPAR Decision 98/3 on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations was held in London.