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Article 1 Protocol betreffende milieubescherming bij het Verdrag inzake Antarctica

to the Protocol on environmental protection to the Antarctic Treaty

1 This Annex shall apply to activities undertaken in the Antarctic Treaty area pursuant to scientific research programmes, tourism and all other governmental and non-governmental activities in the Antarctic Treaty area for which advance notice is required under Article Vll (5) of the Antarctic Treaty, including associated logistic support activities.

2 The amount of wastes produced or disposed of in the Antarctic Treaty area shall be reduced as far as practicable so as to minimise impact on the Antarctic environment and to minimise interference with the natural values of Antarctica, with scientific research and with other uses of Antarctica which are consistent with the AntarcticTreaty.

3 Waste storage, disposal and removal from the Antarctic Treaty area, as well as recycling and source reduction, shall be essential considerations in the planning and conduct of activities in the Antarctic Treaty area.

4 Wastes removed from the Antarctic Treaty area shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be returned to the country from which the activities generating the waste were organized or to any other country in which arrangements have been made for the disposal of such wastes in accordance with relevant international agreements.

5 Past and present waste disposal sites on land and abandoned work sites of Antarctic activities shall be cleaned up by the generator of such wastes and the user of such sites. This obligation shall not be interpreted as requiring:

a) the removal of any structure designated as a historic site or monument; or

b) the removal of any structure or waste material in circumstances where the removal by any practical option would result in greater adverse environmental impact than leaving the structure or waste material in its existing location.

Regeling
Protocol betreffende milieubescherming bij het Verdrag inzake Antarctica
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
08-12-2016
BWB-id
BWBV0001835
Versie
2016-12-08_0

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