C — Associated Pollutants of Concern Protocol betreffende verontreiniging afkomstig van bronnen en activiteiten op het land bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming en ontwikkeling van het mariene milieu in het Caraïbisch gebied, met bijlagen
Associated Pollutants of Concern
1. Primary Pollutants of Concern
The Contracting Parties shall consider, taking into account the recommendations and other work of relevant international organisations, the following list of pollutants of concern, which were identified on the basis of their hazardous or otherwise harmful characteristics, when formulating effluent and emission limitations and management practices for the sources and activities in this Annex:
a) Organohalogen compounds and substances which could result in the formation of these compounds in the marine environment;
b) Organophosphorus compounds and substances which could result in the formation of these compounds in the marine environment;
c) Heavy metals and their compounds;
d) Organotin compounds and substances which could result in the formation of these compounds in the marine environment;
e) Crude petroleum and hydrocarbons;
f) Used lubricating oils;
g) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons;
h) Biocides and their derivatives;
i) Pathogenic micro-organisms;
j) Cyanides and fluorides;
k) Detergents and other non-biodegradable surface tension substances;
l) Nitrogen and phosphorus compounds;
m) Persistent synthetic and other materials, including garbage, that float, flow or remain in suspension or settle to the bottom and affect marine life and hamper the uses of the sea;
n) Compounds with hormone-like effects;
o) Radioactive substances;
p) Sediments; and
q) Any other substance or group of substances with one or more of the characteristics outlined in paragraph 2 below.
2. Characteristics and Other Factors To Be Considered in Evaluating Additional Pollutants of Concern
The Contracting Parties should, taking into account the recommendations and other work of relevant international organisations, consider the following characteristics and factors, where relevant, in evaluating potential pollutants of concern other than those listed in paragraph 1 above:
a) Persistency;
b) Toxicity or other harmful properties (for example, carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic properties);
c) Bio-accumulation;
d) Radioactivity;
e) Potential for causing eutrophication;
f) Impact on, and risks to, health;
g) Potential for migration;
h) Effects at the transboundary level;
i) Risk of undesirable changes in the marine ecosystem, irreversibility or durability of effects;
j) Negative impacts on marine life and the sustainable development of living resources or on other legitimate uses of the seas; and
k) Effects on the taste or smell of marine products intended for human consumption or effects on the smell, colour, transparency or other characteristics of the water in the marine environment.
- Regeling
- Protocol betreffende verontreiniging afkomstig van bronnen en activiteiten op het land bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming en ontwikkeling van het mariene milieu in het Caraïbisch gebied, met bijlagen
- Soort
- Verdrag
- Geldend vanaf
- 06-10-1999
- BWB-id
- BWBV0002980
- Versie
- 1999-10-06_0