# Council Decision of 1 March 1984 on the conclusion of the Protocol concerning Mediterranean specially protected areas (84/132/EEC), Article 7


The Parties, having regard to the objectives pursued and taking into account the characteristics of each protected area, shall, in conformity with the rules of international law, progressively take the measures required, which may include:
(a) the organization of a planning and management system;
(b) the prohibition of the dumping or discharge of wastes or other matter which may impair the protected area;
(c) the regulation of the passage of ships and any stopping or anchoring;
(d) the regulation of fishing and hunting and of the capture of animals and harvesting of plants;
(e) the prohibition of the destruction of plant life or animals and of the introduction of exotic species;
(f) the regulation of any act likely to harm or disturb the fauna or flora, including the introduction of indigenous zoological or botanical species;
(g) the regulation of any activity involving the exploration or exploitation of the sea-bed or its subsoil or a modification of the sea-bed profile;
(h) the regulation of any activity involving a modification of the profile of the soil or the exploitation of the subsoil of the land part of a marine protected area;
(i) the regulation of any archaeological activity and of the removal of any object which may be considered as an archaeological object;
(j) the regulation of trade in and import and export of animals, parts of animals, plants, parts of plants and archaeological objects which originate in protected areas and are subject to measures of protection;
(k) any other measure aimed at safeguarding ecological and biological processes in protected areas.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1984/132/attachment/1/article/7 (the official version)
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