Other Protocols

Seven Protocols addressing specific aspects of Mediterranean environmental conservation complete the UNEP/MAP legal framework:

1. Dumping Protocol

The Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft (adopted in 1976, amended in 1995 – amendments not yet in force)

2. LBS Protocol (including Regional plans under art. 15 of LBS) entered into force in 2011

The Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (adopted in 1980, amended in 1996), amendment entered into force in 2008. Regional Plans adopted in the framework of the LBS Protocol on the reduction or elimination of substances or their inputs:

  • Elimination of Aldrin, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Mirex and Toxaphene
  • Phasing out of DDT
  • Reduction of BOD5 from urban waste water
  • Reduction of inputs of Mercury
  • Reduction of BOD5 in the food sector
  • Phasing out of Hexabromodiphenyl ether, Heptabromodiphenyl ether, Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and Pentabromodiphenyl ether
  • Phasing out of Lindane and EndosulfanPhasing out of Perfluorooctane sulfonyl acid, its salts and Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride
  • Elimination of Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane, Beta hexachlorocyclohexane, Chlordecone, Hexabromobiphenyl, Pentachlorobenzene

Marine litter regional plan in the Mediterranean

3. SPA Protocol

The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (adopted in 1995, replacing the related Protocol of 1982) and Annexes (adopted in 1996, amended in 2009, 2012 and 2013)

4. Prevention and Emergency Protocol

The Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Preventing Pollution from Ships and, in Cases of Emergency, Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea (adopted 2002, replacing the related Protocol of 1976), entered into force in 2004

5. Offshore Protocol

The Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf and the Seabed and its Subsoil (adopted in 1994), entered into force in 2011

Mediterranean Offshore Action Plan

6. Hazardous Wastes Protocol

The Protocol on the Prevention of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (adopted in 1996), entered into force in 2011

7. ICZM Protocol

The Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean (adopted in 2008)

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Action Plan

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