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(19) This Directive should contribute to the fulfilment of the obligations and important commitments of the Community and the Member States under several relevant international agreements relating to the protection of the marine environment from pollution: the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, approved by Council Decision 94/157/EC OJ L 73, 16.3.1994, p. 19. , the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, approved by Council Decision 98/249/EC OJ L 104, 3.4.1998, p. 1. , including its new Annex V on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area and the corresponding Appendix 3, approved by Council Decision 2000/340/EC OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 44. , the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, approved by Council Decision 77/585/EEC OJ L 240, 19.9.1977, p. 1. , and its amendments from 1995, approved by Council Decision 1999/802/EC OJ L 322, 14.12.1999, p. 32. , as well as its Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources, approved by Council Decision 83/101/EEC OJ L 67, 12.3.1983, p. 1. , and its amendments from 1996, approved by Council Decision 1999/801/EC OJ L 322, 14.12.1999, p. 18. . This Directive should also contribute to the fulfilment of Member States’ obligations under the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution, under which they have entered into important commitments relating to the protection of the marine environment from pollution, and to which the Community is not yet a party but in respect of which it has observer status.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.