# 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), Division A: The following substances and materials and compounds thereof are listed for the purposes of Article 9, paragraph 4, of the Protocol. They have been selected mainly on the basis of their toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation:


1.. Mercury and mercury compounds
2.. Cadmium and cadmium compounds
3.. Organotin compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the marine environment
4.. Organophosphorus compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the marine environment
5.. Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the marine environment
6.. Crude oil, fuel oil, oily sludge, used lubricating oils and refined products
7.. Persistent synthetic materials which may float, sink or remain in suspension and which may interfere with any legitimate use of the sea
8.. Substances having proven carcinogenic, teratogenic or mutagenic properties in or through the marine environment
9.. Radioactive substances, including their wastes, if their discharges do not comply with the principles of radiation protection as defined by the competent international organisations, taking into account the protection of the marine environment

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/5/schedule/ANNEX I/division/A. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-5/schedule-ANNEX I/division-A.
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