Amendment to Annex I of the Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft (organosilicon compounds)

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1987 Amendment to Annex I of the Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft (organosilicon compounds)

Source: https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/4875/87ig74_5_dump... (UNEP/IG.74/5, page 78)

7. Decide on the status of the organosilicon compounds in the Dumping protocol as follows:

Status of organosilicon compounds in the Protocol for the prevention of pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by dumping from ships and aircraft

The Contracting Parties:

- Considering recent scientific evidence regarding the toxicity and persistence of organosilicon compounds, and their status as actual or potential marine pollutants;

- Further considering that any future control measures becoming necessary can be adequately covered by the provisions of annex I, item 5 and annex II, item 1(iv) to the above-mentioned Protocol;

- Agree to amend annex I to the Protocol for the prevention of pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by dumping from ships and aircraft, by deleting item 2 thereof - "Organosilicon compounds and compounds which may form such substances in the marine environment, excluding those which are non-toxic or which are rapidly converted in the sea into substances which are biologically harmless, provided that they do not make edible marine organisms unpalatable".