The Community is a Contracting Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (Unclos), has ratified the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995 (UN Fish Stocks Agreement) and has accepted the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993 of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite ...[+++]d Nations (FAO Compliance Agreement).

The Community is a Contracting Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (Unclos), has ratified the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995 (UN Fish Stocks Agreement) and has accepted the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993 of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite ...[+++]d Nations (FAO Compliance Agreement).

W. having regard to the increased traffic in terms of seafarers and oil tankers in the Baltic Sea and the potential fire hazard, the risk of loss of buoyancy and sinking of vessels resulting from a breakdown of the gas pipeline during its construction, installation and operation, and the potential human, economic and environmental impact thereof,

X. having regard to the increased traffic in terms of seafarers and oil tankers in the Baltic Sea and the potential fire hazard, the risk of loss of buoyancy and sinking of vessels resulting from a breakdown of the gas pipeline during its construction, installation and operation, and the potential human, economic and environmental impact thereof,

28. Is concerned that the partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) recently concluded between Russia and the European Community provides insufficient safeguards for maritime safety in the Baltic region; calls on the Commission, therefore, to coordinate closely with Member States and the European Parliament its continuing negotiations with Russia, with a view to developing common criteria to determine conditions of access to the Baltic for ships carrying dangerous cargo; considers that the outcome of these negotiations should refl ...[+++]ect an equal level of responsibility for both signatories so as to protect the marine environment of the Baltic region;

26. Is concerned that the partnership and cooperation agreement (PCA) recently concluded between Russia and the European Community provides insufficient safeguards for maritime safety in the Baltic region; calls on the Commission, therefore, to coordinate closely with Member States and the European Parliament its continuing negotiations with Russia, with a view to developing common criteria to determine conditions of access to the Baltic for ships carrying dangerous cargo; considers that the outcome of these negotiations should refl ...[+++]ect an equal level of responsibility for both signatories to protect the marine environment of the Baltic region;