A meeting of the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic was held in late June. The purpose was to
facilitate the handling of contingency measures in the event of non-compliant ballast water when ships operate in North European waters.

Full details of the new contingency and compliance measures are in the attached document.

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