Action 32, Action 33 and Action 38: Inspections, penalties and fines
Action Number: 32, 33 and 38
Action Title:
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.
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.
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.
Lead Party(ies): Germany, with assistance of Seas at Risk, the Secretariat, the North Sea Network of Prosecutors and HELCOM Secretariat.
What is the issue?
These RAP ML actions look at sources of marine litter coming from shipping and focus on understanding the process and practices for detecting and sanctioning breaches in MARPOL Annex V regulations, across different countries in the OSPAR and HELCOM maritime areas, including inspection and control regimes and the management and exchange of data/information on (potential) offenders as well as the penalties and fines issued by OSPAR and HELCOM.
What has OSPAR Done?
Under the lead of Germany, this Action represented a collaboration of OSPAR and HELCOM. The activities developed an evidence base to inform progress on this issue, through the commissioning of a study, gathering information from Contracting Parties and convening a seminar to review and refine recommendations. This resulted in the publication of a background document, seminar report and a condensed action briefing note to highlight key outcomes.
Final outputs and published reports
ACTION COMPLETED Background document on sanctions, penalties and fines ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ |
