Guidelines and tools
Technical guidelines and tools
Regional Seas Secretariats Materials
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REMPEC Operational Guidelines and Technical Documents | HELCOM Manuals and Guidelines | Bonn Agreement Manuals and Publications |
HNS Preparedness and Response
- MARINER project and its knowledge tool, providing an inventory of HNS preparedness and response resources
- Operationnal guide on accidental HNS pollution of waters, produced by Cedre and Tranports Canada (2017) (FR)
- Understanding Chemical pollution at sea : http://www.chemical-pollution.com/Produced by Cedre in collaboration with Transport Canada aimed at 12 to 18-year-olds as well as their teachers and the general public.
- ChemSAR Handbook for Maritime SAR in HNS Incidents and other material
Oil Spill Preparedness and Response
- ITOPF Documentation on oil spills
- 2008 International Oil Spill Conference Guidelines
- ARPEL Manual and Tool to Evaluate Oil Spill Management Capabilities – RETOS V 2.1 (2017)
International Conventions
International Pollution Conventions
- MARPOL Framework
- 2010 HNS Convention EN FR
Regional Seas Conventions
Mediterranean sea 
- Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention, 1976) EN FR
- 2002 Prevention and Emergency Protocol to the Barcelona Convention EN FR
Baltic sea
- Convention on the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic sea area (Helsinki Convention, 1992) EN
North sea 
- Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances (Bonn Agreement, 1983) EN