Article 30 Meetings

Ordinary meetings of the Parties shall take place in conjunction with ordinary meetings of the Contracting Parties to the Convention held pursuant to Article 18 of the Convention. The Parties may also hold extraordinary meetings in accordance with Article 18 of the Convention.

The functions of the meetings of the Parties to this Protocol shall be, inter alia:

(a)

To keep under review the implementation of this Protocol and to consider the efficacy of the measures adopted and the advisability of any other measures, in particular in the form of annexes and appendices;

(b)

To revise and amend any annex or appendix to this Protocol;

(c)

To consider the information concerning authorisations granted or renewed in accordance with Section II of this Protocol;

(d)

To consider the information concerning the permits issued and approvals given in accordance with Section III of this Protocol;

(e)

To adopt the guidelines referred to in Article 9, paragraph 2, and Article 23, paragraph 1 (c), of this Protocol;

(f)

To consider the records of the contingency plans and means of intervention in emergencies adopted in accordance with Article 16 of this Protocol;

(g)

To establish criteria and formulate international rules, standards and recommended practices and procedures in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 1, of this Protocol, in whatever form the Parties may agree;

(h)

To facilitate the implementation of the policies and the achievement of the objectives referred to in Section V, in particular the harmonisation of national and European Community legislation in accordance with Article 23, paragraph 2, of this Protocol;

(i)

To review progress made in the implementation of Article 27 of this Protocol;

(j)

To discharge such other functions as may be appropriate for the application of this Protocol.