BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

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5.2 Some Delegations expressed the opinion that the proposals
presented in document CC 1415 relate to activities of the Environment
Committee, and that the Combatting Committee is not a competent body to
approve them, as the follow-up studies are not operational parts of
combatting operations. Some Delegations, however, supported the approval
of the draft HELCOM Recommendation on follow-up studies and the
guidelines for these studies.
5.3 In the spirit of compromise, the Delegation of Finland submitted
document CC 14/5/Corr.l with amendments to the guidelines for oil spill
follow-up studies.
5.4 The Meeting accented the proposed amendments (CC 14/5/Corr.l)
and adopted the guidelines for oil spill follow-up studies. The guide
lines are attached as Annex 8 to this Report.
5.5 The Meeting requested the Secretariat to distribute the adopted
Guidelines to the Contact Addresses of the Environment Committee well in
advance of HELCOM 12 for their comments before the adoption of the draft
HELCOM Recommendation on follow-up studies in connection with major oil
spills.
5.6 The Meeting approved the draft HELCOM Recommendation on followup
studies in connection with major oil spills and decided to propose
HELCOM 12 to adopt it.
Annex 9 to this Report.
The draft HELCOM Recommendation is attached as
Agenda Item 6 JOINT COMBATTING EXERCISES
6.1 The Chairman of the Informal Working Group on Joint Exercises
in the Baltic Sea, Mr. Preben Stamp of Denmark, reported on the outcome
of the meeting of the Informal Working Group (CC 14/6), held in
Copenhagen on 31 May 1990.
6.2 In his presentation he pointed out proposals made by the
Informal Working Group which require decisions by CC 14.
6.3 He informed that the Group had proposed that the Synthetic
Exercises (BALEX ALPHA) should be introduced in the CC meetings every
second or third year, starting in Sweden 1992.
The Group had also proposed that there is a need to continue with the
Alarm Exercises (BALEX BRAVO) mainly because of newcoming personnel in
the various combatting organisations.
The Group had further proposed that the aim of the Equipment Exercises
(BALEX CHARLIE) should be changed to "an exercise with the specific aim
of technical and/or scientific testing of equipment and techniques or
specific operation procedures" but deleting the overall operational
aspects.
With regard to the Operational Exercises (BALEX DELTA) the Group had
proposed to delete the last sentence in the Manual dealing with
Guidelines and to substitute it by the checklist based on the Bonn
Agreement Manual.
6.4 The Group had proposed also a draft seven-year exercise schedule
(Paragraph 2.2 of document CC 14/6).
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