HELCOM

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The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission, HELCOM ) is an intergovernmental commission that works to protect the marine environment in the Baltic Sea region . The commission was founded by the Baltic Sea residents. It is based on the Helsinki Convention of 1992 , which came into force on January 17, 2000. This agreement replaced the Helsinki Convention of 1974 . HELCOM can only make recommendations, but cannot adopt resolutions or guidelines.

HELCOM members are:

•  European Union
•  Denmark
•  Germany
•  Estonia
•  Finland
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Poland
•  Russia
•  Sweden

In addition, Norway and the Czech Republic also signed the Helsinki Convention.

See also

• Marine protection
• Marine reserve
• Environmental protection in maritime shipping

Web links

• Text of the Helsinki Convention of 1992 (en; PDF; 271 kB)
• Helsinki Commission: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (en)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Helsinki Commission: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission ( Memento of the original from November 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.