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Art.20 |
Article 20 |
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Art.20.1 |
1. The duties of the Commission shall be: |
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Art.20.1.a |
a) to keep the implementation of this Convention under continuous observation; |
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Art.20.1.b |
b) to make recommendations on measures relating to the purposes of this Convention; |
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Art.20.1.c |
c) to keep under review the contents of this Convention including its Annexes and to recommend to the Contracting Parties such amendments to this Convention including its Annexes as may be required including changes in the lists of substances and materials as well as the adoption of new Annexes; |
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Art.20.1.d |
d) to define pollution control criteria, objectives for the reduction of pollution, and objectives concerning measures, particularly those described in Annex III; |
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Art.20.1.e |
e) to promote in close co-operation with appropriate governmental bodies, taking into consideration sub-paragraph f) of this Article, additional measures to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area and for this purpose: |
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Art.20.1.e.i |
i) to receive, process, summarize and disseminate relevant scientific, technological and statistical information from available sources; and |
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Art.20.1.e.ii |
ii) to promote scientific and technological research; and |
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Art.20.1.f |
f) to seek, when appropriate, the services of competent regional and other international organizations to collaborate in scientific and technological research as well as other relevant activities pertinent to the objectives of this Convention. |
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Art.20.2 |
2. The Commission may assume such other functions as it deems appropriate to further the purposes of this Convention. |
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Art.21 |
Article 21 |
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Art.21.1 |
1. The working language of the Commission shall be English. |
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Art.21.2 |
2. The Commission shall adopt its Rules of Procedure. |
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Art.21.3 |
3. The office of the Commission, known as "the Secretariat", shall be in Helsinki. |
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Art.21.4 |
4. The Commission shall appoint an Executive Secretary and make provisions for the appointment of such other personnel as may be necessary, and determine the duties, terms and conditions of service of the Executive Secretary. |
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Art.21.5 |
5. The Executive Secretary shall be the chief administrative official of the Commission and shall perform the functions that are necessary for the administration of this Convention, the work of the Commission and other tasks entrusted to the Executive Secretary by the Commission and its Rules of Procedure. |
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Art.22 |
Article 22 |
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Art.22.1 |
1. The Commission shall adopt its Financial Rules. |
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Art.22.2 |
2. The Commission shall adopt an annual or biennial budget of proposed expenditures and consider budget estimates for the fiscal period following thereafter. |
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Art.22.3 |
3. The total amount of the budget, including any supplementary budget adopted by the Commission shall be contributed by the Contracting Parties other than the European Economic Community, in equal parts, unless unanimously decided otherwise by the Commission. |
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Art.22.4 |
4. The European Economic Community shall contribute no more than 2.5% of the administrative costs to the budget. |
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Art.22.5 |
5. Each Contracting Party shall pay the expenses related to the participation in the Commission of its representatives, experts and advisers. |
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Art.24 |
Article 24 |
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Art.24.1 |
1. The Contracting Parties undertake directly, or when appropriate through competent regional or other international organizations, to co-operate in the fields of science, technology and other research, and to exchange data and other scientific information for the purposes of this Convention. In order to facilitate research and monitoring activities in the Baltic Sea Area the Contracting Parties undertake to harmonize their policies with respect to permission procedures for conducting such activities. |
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Art.24.2 |
2. Without prejudice to Article 4, paragraph 2 of this Convention the Contracting Parties undertake directly, or when appropriate, through competent regional or other international organizations, to promote studies and to undertake, support or contribute to programmes aimed at developing methods assessing the nature and extent of pollution, pathways, exposures, risks and remedies in the Baltic Sea Area. In particular, the Contracting Parties undertake to develop alternative methods of treatment, disposal and elimination of such matter and substances that are likely to cause pollution of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area. |
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Art.24.3 |
3. Without prejudice to Article 4, Paragraph 2 of this Convention the Contracting Parties undertake directly, or when appropriate through competent regional or other international organizations, and, on the basis of the information and data acquired pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, to co-operate in developing inter-comparable observation methods, in performing baseline studies and in establishing complementary or joint programmes for monitoring. |
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Art.24.4 |
4. The organization and scope of work connected with the implementation of tasks referred to in the preceding paragraphs should primarily be outlined by the Commission. |
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Art.31 |
Article 31 |
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Art.31.1 |
1. Each Contracting Party may propose amendments to the Articles of this Convention. Any such proposed amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary and communicated by it to all Contracting Parties, which shall inform the Depositary of either their acceptance or rejection of the amendment as soon as possible after receipt of the communication. |
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Art.31.1.ax |
A proposed amendment shall, at the request of a Contracting Party, be considered in the Commission. In such a case Article 19 paragraph 4 shall apply. If an amendment is adopted by the Commission, the procedure in paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply. |
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Art.31.2 |
2. The Commission may recommend amendments to the Articles of this Convention. Any such recommended amendment shall be submitted to the Depositary and communicated by it to all Contracting Parties, which shall notify the Depositary of either their acceptance or rejection of the amendment as soon as possible after receipt of the communication. |
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Art.31.3 |
3. The amendment shall enter into force ninety days after the Depositary has received notifications of acceptance of that amendment from all Contracting Parties. |
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Art.32 |
Article 32 |
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Art.32.1 |
1. Any amendment to the Annexes proposed by a Contracting Party shall be communicated to the other Contracting Parties by the Depositary and considered in the Commission. If adopted by the Commission, the amendment shall be communicated to the Contracting Parties and recommended for acceptance. |
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Art.32.2 |
2. Any amendment to the Annexes recommended by the Commission shall be communicated to the Contracting Parties by the Depositary and recommended for acceptance. |
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Art.32.3 |
3. Such amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted at the end of a period determined by the Commission unless within that period any one of the Contracting Parties has, by written notification to the Depositary, objected to the amendment. The accepted amendment shall enter into force on a date determined by the Commission. |
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Art.32.3.ax |
The period determined by the Commission shall be prolonged for an additional period of six months and the date of entry into force of the amendment postponed accordingly, if, in exceptional cases, any Contracting Party informs the Depositary before the expiration of the period determined by the Commission that, although it intends to accept the amendment, the constitutional requirements for such an acceptance are not yet fulfilled. |
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Art.32.4 |
4. An Annex to this Convention may be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Article. |
