# Council Decision (EU) 2019/1727 of 7 October 2019 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Bonn Agreement with regard to the Ministerial Declaration and the Bonn Agreement Strategic Action Plan (BASAP) 2019-2025 annexed thereto, Division: Tasks 31-40 in relation to Strategic Aim C (Response):

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Task
Strategic Action
Description
Target date
Lead
Progress
Status
31
C.1
C.4.
Exchange information on lessons learned on incidents including in windfarms, places of refuge and waste management following pollution incidents.
OTSOPA
BONN
CP
Ongoing
32
C.1
C.5
Maintain an efficient POLREP-system for the reporting of pollution incidents and the management of requests for and offers of assistance utilising the Marine Pollution Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS MP) of the European Commission.
Ongoing
EU, NO, DK
6 month project with two workshops & nine countries.
Ongoing
33
C.2
Develop, maintain and keep up to date joint response plans to maritime incidents (DENGERNETH Plan (DE), MANCHEPLAN (UK & FR), Quadripartite Zone Plan (BE), NORBRIT Plan (UK & NO), UK and Ireland MOU), [Bay of Biscay].
Activity undertaken when required
CP concerned
Ongoing
34
C.3
Maintain information exchange on national wildlife response systems
Ongoing
— FR, SE & CP
Ongoing
35
C.7
C.6
Encourage and, if possible, carry out/perform research and development, and information exchange regarding new generation fuels.
NO+Project partners[
Proposal for DG-ECHO Call in 2019
Ongoing
36
C.7
C.6
Responses and preparedness in regards to new generation fuels
NO + project partners
Based on response from 35
37
C.6
Exchange information on and encourage further research of pollution incidents including: :
on accidents at night, in bad visibility and under bad weather conditions;
on accidents involving heavy oil and chemical accidents, possibly through externally funded projects;
on response technologies, equipment and other operational means, in particular on integrated surveillance sensors, oil spill drift modelling and decision-support tools, and response technologies.
CP
Ongoing
39
C.6
Consideration and development of a project proposal for a regional risk assessment for HNS.
CP & Sec
Ongoing
40
C.6
Promote continued research on HNS, inter alia on HNS response technologies, testing of HNS properties and behaviour in non-standard conditions, and further developments in, and validation of advanced decision-support tools.
CP
Ongoing
41
C.8.
Exchange of information on national risk assessment systems, including emergency towing.
Activities undertaken when required
CP
New

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1727/annex/1/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1727/annex-1/division-2
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