The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area – also known as the Helsinki Convention – was originally signed in 1974 by all Baltic Sea coastal countries, seeking to address the increasing environmental challenges from industrialisation and other human activities and that were having a severe impact on the marine environment.

CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BALTIC SEA AREA, 1992 (HELSINKI CONVENTION) The 1992 Helsinki Convention entered into force on 17 January 2000. This issue includes the amendments to its Annexes adopted by the Helsinki Commission in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2013. These amendments are listed on page 43. …

Baltic Sea. In Baltic Sea: Study and exploration. …by Baltic countries of the Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, an agreement that was put into effect in 1980, revised in 1992, and reimplemented in 2000. The Helsinki Convention was one of the first international attempts to control land-based sources of….

In the light of political changes, and developments in international environmental and maritime law, a new convention was signed in 1992 by all the states bordering on the Baltic Sea, and the European Community. The Convention covers the whole of the Baltic Sea area, including inland waters as well as the water of the sea itself and the sea-bed.

Feb 01, 1993 · Marine Pollution Bulletin. Volume 26, Issue 2, February 1993, Pages 64-67. Laws of the sea. The new Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area. Author links open overlay panel Malgosia Fitzmaurice. Show more. Share. Cite.

Jan 01, 1994 · In March 1994 the Baltic Sea States celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention). The signing of this Convention by the then seven Baltic Sea states in Helsinki on the 22 March 1974 marked an important political milestone in international ecopolitics. All sources …

HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission – Helsinki Commission) is the governing body of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, known as the Helsinki Convention. The Contracting Parties are Denmark, Estonia, the European Union, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. HELCOM was …

The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission is an intergovernmental organization governing the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area. A regional sea convention and a platform for environmental policy making at the regional level, HELCOM works for the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM …