ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to take all appropriate measures, individually or by means of regional co-operation, to prevent and eliminate pollution in order to promote the ecological restoration of the Baltic Sea area and the preservation of its ecological balance. Restricted to the states and the European Community which participated in the 1992 Helsinki Conference. Others upon invitation by all the Contracting Parties. Each Party shall implement the provisions of the Convention within its territories, sea, and internal waters through its national authorities. The Parties have agreed upon several monitoring programmes by which data on airborne pollution, radioactive substances, and several determinants of the marine environment are collected. The collection of data is performed according to agreed guidelines, and information is stored in database organizations which work on a consultancy basis for the Commission.
