| Short Name: |
OSPAR Convention |
| Full Name: |
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic |
| Purpose: |
environment |
| Established: |
22-Sep-1992 |
| Entered into force: |
25-Mar-1998 |
| Type: |
convention, multi-lateral |
| Place where established: |
Paris, France |
| Schedule to expire: |
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| Goals and Objectives: |
Combine the goals and objectives of preventing marine pollution by dumping from ships and aircrafts (>Oslo Convention<) and from land-based sources (>Paris Convention<). |
| Related Legislation: |
The Convention has been signed by all the of the Contracting Parties to the Oslo or Paris Conventions. It will enter into force when it has been ratified by all of the Contracting Parties to the former conventions, When it enters into force it will replace the Paris and Oslo Conventions, but decisions, recommendations and all other agreements adopted under the present Conventions will continue to apply. |
| Internet source: |
#http://www.ospar.org/# |