Overview of OSPAR's 1st Marine Litter Regional Action Plan

RAP § no.	ACTION	Lead Party / Parties	Status (Feb 2021)	Implementation Year
29	Develop and agree regionally coordinated SMART reduction / operational targets linked to relevant actions as contained in this implementation plan, starting from 2015, including those linked to sources.	ICG-ML	Complete	2014-2021
30	Ensure regional coordination on the implementation of EU Directive 2000/59/EC in relation to MARPOL Annex V ship generated waste.	Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, With assistance from Seas at Risk.	Complete	2018-2019
31	OSPAR will assist the European Commission in the ongoing revision of EU Directive 2000/59/EC.	Sweden and Germany, with assistance from Seas at Risk and the Secretariat.	Complete	2018-2019
32	Identify best practice in relation to inspections for MARPOL Annex V ship generated waste, including better management of reporting data, taking into consideration the Paris MOU on port state control.	Germany, assistance Seas at Risk, Secretariat, the North Sea Network of Prosecutors and HELCOM Secretariat. (in combination with 33/38)	Complete	2018-2021
33	Seek dialogue with the Paris MOU to take the risk of illegal waste discharges into consideration for the prioritisation of port state control inspections.	See Action 32	Complete	2018-2021
34	Improve implementation of the ISO standard 21070:2013in relation to port reception facilities.	Belgium, Netherlands with participation of Denmark and Germany	Complete	2016
35	Waste from the fishing industry and aquaculture	France, Belgium and EU, with participation from Portugal	Complete	2017-2019
36	Fishing industry best practice	Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Netherlands with participation of Germany and Norway	Complete	2017-2020
37	Dolly rope	Netherlands with participation of Germany and Belgium	Complete	2017-2021
38	Analyse penalties and fines issued by Contracting Parties for waste disposal offences at sea to highlight the differences, trends, problem areas and issues to relevant organisations, such as the North Sea Network of Investigators and Prosecutors.	See Action 32	Complete	2018-2021
39	Best practice on waste management that impact significantly on marine litter.	Germany and the Netherlands	Complete	2019-2021
40	Share best practice on waste management, e.g. on landfill bans of high caloric wastes (esp. for plastics).	Germany and the Netherlands	Complete	2019-2021
41	Best practice to prevent litter entering into water ways	Netherlands, France and Germany with the assistance of Belgium	Complete	2016-2021
42	Sewage and stormwater related waste entering the marine environment	Ireland, Norway and Sweden.	Complete	2016-2021
43	Incentives to reduce single – use plastic and other items	Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and Seas at Risk.	Complete	2018-2021
44	Reduce the consumption of single use plastic bags	France with support of Germany and participation of ICG-ML	Complete	2019 - 2021
45	Encourage international environmental certification schemes	No Lead	Considered under all other actions	n/a
46	Evaluation of all products and processes that include primary micro plastics.	Belgium, Germany and Netherlands with assistance of Sweden, Austria, SAR	Complete	2017
47	Industry phase out of micro plastics in personal care and cosmetic products.	Germany and Netherlands with the participation of Belgium, Sweden, Austria, UK, SAR	Complete	2015
48	Environmental harm from common marine litter items	France, with participation from Spain, Portugal, UK and Ireland	Contd as Action C.3.1 in the second RAP	2018-2021
49	Investigate the prevalence and impact of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in the marine environment	Portugal, with participation from Spain, Portugal, UK and Ireland	Contd as Action A.4.2 in the second RAP	2018-
50	Highlighting the top marine litter problem items	ICG-ML	Complete – part of the on going dialogue between CPs and industry	n/a
51	Product design to reduce impacts of products entering the marine envioment	No lead	Complete – part of the on going dialogue between CPs and industry	n/a
52	Zero pellet loss in the whole plastics manufacturing chain	France, with participation from Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Seas at Risk and other NGO’s (FFI, FIDRA)	Complete	2018-2021
53	Fishing for litter	Netherlands, The United Kingdom and KIMO, with participation from Portugal	Complete	2017-2019
54	Best practice on environmental friendly technologies and methods for beach cleaning	ICG-ML with assistance from the Netherlands, Germany, Seas at Risk and KIMO International	Complete	2021
55	Hotspots of floating litter	Portugal with participation from Spain, France, UK and Ireland	Contd as Action C.2.1 in the second RAP	2020-2021
56	Abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear - snagging sites and historic dumping grounds	No lead	Complete	2021
57	Ghost nets	No lead	Complete	2021
58	Develop material for education programmes, including for professional seafarers and fishermen.	The Netherlands with assistance of Seas at Risk, ProSea Foundation and Germany.	Complete	2018-2019
59	Establish a database on good practice examples of marine litter measures and initiatives	Secretariat	Complete	2020-2021
60	Develop a communication strategy on the Regional Action Plan (RAP) linked in a coherent way with national initiatives/measures.	Secretariat	Complete	2021