BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

6.5 The Group had formulated also aims and goals in general terms
for exercises and divided them into two major groups (Paragraphs 2.3-2.33
of CC 14/6). Major Group I should consist of exercises in real time and
without warning and exercises with transfrontier pollution. Major Group
II should consist of oil combatting, combatting of other harmful
substances than oil and special exercises.
6.6 The Group had further made a proposal on the aims for the sevenyear
plan BALEX DELTA (Paragraph 2.3.4 of CC 14/6) (cf. Paragraph 6.5 of
this Report). It was the opinion of the Group that CC at its annual
meetings should decide upon further details to be introduced in the
coming yearly exercise, however, without changing the main aim of the
exercise.
6.7 The Group had further proposed that each BALEX DELTA exercise
shall be evaluated by a team of 2-4 experts of which maximum one expert
must be from the Lead Country. The evaluation team should beforehand
comment on the exercise orders as formulated by the Lead Country, give
an oral presentation on the exercise immediately after the exercise has
been completed and submit a written report to the next CC meeting. The
Combatting Committee would appoint the evaluation team for the coming
exercise, based on the curriculum vitaes of the potential evaluation team
members to be submitted to the Secretariat by the Contracting Parties.
6.8 With regard to the evaluation of a system of standards for
symbols, the Group had decided to request CC 14 to clarify this point.
However, it had evaluated as an example some symbols which might be used
for communication when conducting an exercise (Annex IV to CC 14/6).
6.9 The Group had proposed to use the Bonn Agreement Manual Standard
Exercise Report as standard report for Lead Countries after execution of
BALEX DELTA exercises within the Helsinki Convention.
6.10 The Group had proposed also a checklist as prepared by Sweden
and Poland during their planning meeting in Karlskrona for the 1990 BALEX
DELTA exercise (Annex VI to CC 1416).
6.11 The Delegation of Germany stated that due to the unification of
Germany the plan for joint exercises should cover a six-year period.
6.12 With regard to the proposals made by the Informal Working Group
on Joint Exercises in the Baltic Sea, the Meeting decided, in relation
to the following Paragraphs of this Agenda Item:
Paragraph 6.3
to conduct BALEX ALPHA exercise during the 1992 CC meeting in Sweden
with the host country as the Lead Country and to decide accordingly on
further BALEX ALPHA exercises at one of its future meetings after 1992;
to continue with BALEX BRAVO exercises. The Meeting also agreed that
the Contracting Parties can bilaterally and without approval from the CC
execute this type of exercises also with the aim only to test lines of
communication;
to change the aim of BALEX CHARLIE to equipment test exercise;
to delete the last sentence in the Manual dealing with guidelines and
substitute it by the checklist;
Paragraph 6.4
./lO - to accept a six-year exercise schedule. The plan is attached as Annex
10 to this Report;
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