International Ocean Institute Training Programme

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(ii) Fiscal and economic incentives and measures, including voluntary agreements, to
encourage reductions in emissions and discharges of oils, to encourage the recycling of
used lubricating oils, and to encourage fuel-use efficiencies;
(iii) The provision of reception and recycling facilities for oily wastes;
(iv) Development of plans and measures to prevent accidental releases of oils, particularly
from coastal refineries, storage facilities and waste reception facilities and of capacities to
respond to such accidents;
(v) Establishment of cleaner production programmes in cooperation with industry;
(vi) Means to ensure the effective implementation of the programme of action;
(c) Establishment of environmental monitoring programmes for oil, including the development
of assessment criteria and the adoption of internationally accepted quality control and quality
assurance procedures;
(d) Formulation and implementation of awareness and education campaigns for the public and
industry to gain general recognition of the need and ways to reduce emissions and discharges of
oil, and, in particular, to further reduce diffuse inputs through waste systems, including sewerage
systems;
(e) Establishment of information services for industry on technology and ways and means to
prevent, reduce and eliminate pollution by oil, including best environmental practice (BEP), best
available techniques (BAT), and integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC);
(f) Promotion of private initiatives for the establishment and implementation of systems of
internal environmental management within industry.
(b) Regional actions
125. Regional actions should include:
(a) Encouraging existing regional agreements and programmes of action on the prevention and
elimination of pollution of the marine and coastal environment from land-based activities, to
develop or continue to develop and implement programmes and measures to reduce and/or
eliminate emissions and discharges of oils from the appropriate industrial sectors, products and
groups of products;