# Council Decision of 17 December 2012 on the accession of the European Union to the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution resulting from exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf and the seabed and its subsoil (2013/5/EU), Article 10: Oil and oily mixtures and drilling fluids and cuttings


1. The Parties shall formulate and adopt common standards for the disposal of oil and oily mixtures from installations into the Protocol Area:
(a) Such common standards shall be formulated in accordance with the provisions of Annex V, A;
(b) Such common standards shall not be less restrictive than the following, in particular:
(i) For machinery space drainage, a maximum oil content of 15 mg per litre whilst undiluted;
(ii) For production water, a maximum oil content of 40 mg per litre as an average in any calendar month; the content shall not at any time exceed 100 mg per litre;
(c) The Parties shall determine by common agreement which method will be used to analyze the oil content.
2. The Parties shall formulate and adopt common standards for the use and disposal of drilling fluids and drill cuttings into the Protocol Area. Such common standards shall be formulated in accordance with the provisions of Annex V, B.
3. Each Party shall take appropriate measures to enforce the common standards adopted pursuant to this Article or to enforce more restrictive standards that it may have adopted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/5/attachment/1/article/10 (the official version)
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