Barcelona Convention | Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean | Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution

Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region | Lisbon Convention | Lisbon Recognition Convention

Regional Committee for the Application of the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region [ Regional Committee for the Application of the European Diploma Convention ]

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean [ Barcelona Convention | Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution ]

Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region [ Abidjan Convention ]

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons | Convention on Conventional Weapons | Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects | Convention on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons | Conventional Weaponry Convention | Inhumane Weapons Convention | CCW [Abbr.]

international convention [ multilateral convention ]

ACP-EU Convention [ ACP-EC Convention ]

agreement (EU) [ EC agreement | EC third country convention | European Union agreement | EU-third country agreement | international agreement (EU) ]

ensure compliance with accounting convention | guarantee compliance with accounting conventions | ensure compliance with accounting conventions | ensuring compliance with accounting conventions

5) The Commission will give greater emphasis to meeting its obligations and commitments under regional and international conventions related to marine and coastal areas, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the regional seas conventions (i.e. HELCOM, the Barcelona Convention, etc.).

The Union has acceded to the following instruments, establishing regional organisations, whose activities are also covered by the Agency’s objectives: the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention as revised in 1992) ; the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention) , and its 1995 revision and to a number of protocols thereto; the Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful su ...[+++]bstances (Bonn Agreement) ; the Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention) ; the Cooperation Agreement for the protection of the coasts and waters of the north-east Atlantic against pollution, signed on 17 October 1990 (Lisbon Agreement) , with the Additional Protocol thereto, signed on 20 May 2008, which have not yet entered into force .

13. Notes that the EU and EFTA member states each have a Technical Arrangement with Israel which deals with the issue of territoriality and which, to a limited extent, offers some solutions; takes the view that the solutions offered by these Technical Arrangements are not satisfactory; points out, moreover, that these Technical Arrangements do not bind the other parties to the regional Convention; is worried, therefore, that the regional Convention might give rise to a proliferation of situations in which other Contracting Parties encounter difficulties in securing cumulation under their agreements with the EU when working and process ...[+++]ing in their own territories products imported under their agreements with Israel;

4. Hopes that the new democracies that will emerge in the region following the Arab Spring will promote human and social rights and deepen the political dialogue, which should create an environment more friendly to intra-regional trade, as one reason for the lack of trade was the policies implemented by the previous dictatorial leaderships; encourages these new democracies to work closely together in Agadir Group and to make full use of this Convention; asks the Commission to provide these new democracies with technical assistance t ...[+++]o enable them to make full use of the commercial instruments available to them, including this Convention;