BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

Paragraph 6.5
to accept the aims and goals of the exercises as proposed by the
Working Group;
Paragraph 6.6
to accept the aims for the six-year plan (BALEX DELTA) as follows:
1991 Denmark - Oil Combattins, offshore installations. If no
offshore installations are present, the exercise includes then:
Special Exercise, Coastal (Oil) (Exercise in real time and
without warning);
1992 USSR - Special Exercise, combined (rescue, salvage
pollution);
1993 Germany - Special Exercise. Aircraft control.
1994 Finland - Oil Combattinq. Ice conditions.
1995 Sweden - Other Harmful Substances. Packaged chemicals.
1996 Poland - Other Harmful Substances. Bulk;
Paragraph 6.7
to accept the procedure for appointing an evaluation team, as
proposed by the Working Group. It was also accepted that the evaluation
team should consist of one member from the country exercised the previous
year, one member from the country which is conducting the forthcoming
exercise and one member from the country conducting the exercise next
year. Poland and the USSR were invited to nominate their members to the
evaluation team for the exercise to be conducted in Denmark in 1991 and
to submit the names of their candidates to Denmark before 30 April 1991;
Paragraph 6.8
to postpone the decision on establishing a standard on symbols;
Paragraph 6.9
to accept the use of the Bonn Agreement Manual Standard Exercise
Report as a standard report of BALEX DELTA exercises on a trial basis.
./ll The standard report is attached as Annex 11 to this Report;
Paragraph 6.10
to accept the proposed checklist to be used by a Lead Country. The
./12 checklist is attached as Annex 12 to this Report. The Meeting requested
the Secretariat to attach the standard report and checklist to the HELCOM
Manual.
6.13 The Meeting thanked Mr. Preben Stamp for the excellent results
of the Informal Working Group Meeting.
6.14 The Delegation of Denmark offered provisionally to organise a
BALEX DELTA exercise on 2 October 1991 in the Bornholm Area. Combatting
units from Germany, Poland and Sweden are invited to participate in the
exercise.
6.15 The Delegation of Denmark introduced document CC 14/6/l
"Information on the Copenhagen Agreement Exercise on 29-30 May 1990" and
informed that the major outcome of the exercise was the following:
the alarm phase was executed without any faults,
communication during the exercise was running perfectly,
as a new element within the Copenhagen Agreement Exercises a grid
system was established for better control of participating units which
were allocated various grid blocks. The system turned out to work very
well.
6.16 The Committee took note of the information given by Denmark.
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