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OSPAR Commission
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Who are we?
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Luxembourg
The Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
together with the European Community
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Brief History
1972
Oslo Convention on Dumping
1974
1983
1987
1990
1992
1995
1998
2002
2003
Paris Convention on Land-Based Sources
1st North Sea Conference (Bremen)
2nd North Sea Conference (London)
3rd North Sea Conference (The Hague)
OSPAR Convention (and Annexes 1-4 )
4th North Sea Conference (Esbjerg)
First OSPAR Ministerial Meeting (and Annex V and the Strategies)
5th North Sea Conference (Bergen)
Second OSPAR Ministerial Meeting (and Joint HELCOM/OSPAR
Ministerial meeting)
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CO2 Placement - OSPAR debate
2002
OSPAR Commission (Amsterdam)
“establish as soon as possible an agreed position on whether such placing of
CO2 in the sea...was consistent with the OSPAR Convention”
2003
OSPAR Commission (Bremen)
considered a preliminary version of the JL report and agreed that further
consideration should be given to it
2004
OSPAR Commission (Reykjavik)
welcomed the report as clarifying a complex area and authorised its publication
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OSPAR Convention - Structure I
• General obligation in accordance with the
provisions of the Convention to take all possible
steps
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to prevent and eliminate pollution and
to protect the North East Atlantic against the
adverse effects of human activities
• Obligations to apply the precautionary principle,
the “polluter pays” principle, and BAT and BEP
• Adoption of further binding decisions
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OSPAR Convention - Structure II
Pollution Prevention and Control
Annex I
Land-Based Sources
Annex II
Dumping
Annex III Offshore Installations
Other
Annex IV Monitoring and Assessment
Annex V
Ecosystems and Biodiversity
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JL Conclusions on régimes
1.
Each annex is a separate régime
2.
No overlap between régimes
3.
Pollution or not? Thresholds for action
and the precautionary principle
4.
Spatial aspects - maritime area, sea and
seabed
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Placement possibilities
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
A pipeline pure and simple
A pipeline working with a structure in the
maritime area
Shipment in a vessel for placement from the
vessel
Placement from a structure in the maritime area
that is neither part of a pipeline system nor an
offshore installation
Placement from an offshore installation
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Placement purposes
a.
b.
c.
d.
Scientific experiment
Facilitating oil or gas production
Mitigating climate change
Other mere disposal
(Placement for the purpose of mitigating
climate change is deliberate disposal for the
purpose of disposal alone - “mere disposal”)
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Land-Based Sources Régime
1.
2.
Discharges in the maritime area from land-based
sources are not prohibited, but must be strictly
regulated or authorised.
“Land-based sources” include
a.
“sources associated with any deliberate
disposal under the seabed made accessible
by a tunnel, pipeline or other means”
b.
sources associated with man-made
structures placed in the maritime
area…other than for the purpose of offshore
activities”
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Further questions on non-offshore
installations
1.
2.
3.
Can an offshore installation become a
non-offshore installation?
Can a non-offshore installation be
located on an offshore installation?
What is the status of a non-offshore
installation that does not have a pipeline
link?
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Dumping régime
1.
Any CO2 placement classified as
“dumping” from a “vessel” is prohibited
2.
“Scientific research” is not “dumping”,
but placements are subject to regulation
3.
“Vessel” can include a man-made, fixed
structure
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Offshore régime
Important difference between:
a.
CO2 arising from the operation of an
offshore installation
b. CO2 arising from other than from
offshore activities
“Offshore activities” cover exploration,
appraisal and exploitation of liquid and
gaseous hydrocarbons
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Offshore régime - offshore arisings
1.
Placement for scientific research is not
prohibited, but must be in accordance
with the Convention
2.
Placement for other purposes (improving
hydrocarbon production, climate
mitigation, other mere disposal) is not
prohibited, but must be authorised or
regulated
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Offshore régime - other arisings
1.
CO2 from other arisings can be brought
to an offshore installation and be used to
enhance hydrocarbon production
2.
Otherwise, CO2 from other arisings is
treated in the same way as in the
dumping régime
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Conclusions
1.
Because of the three separate régimes:
a.
Placements with different environmental
effects may be treated the same (but further
controls could be developed)
b.
Placements with the same environmental effect
may be treated differently
2.
Further thought is needed on the interrelations between
the current legal position, possible physical impacts
and the appropriate regulatory approach
3.
To this end, an OSPAR workshop on the
environmental impact of the placement of CO2 in the
maritime area
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Envoi
See the full JL report on the OSPAR website:
www.ospar.org
a.
Go to section “Meetings and documents”
b.
Go to subsection “Download Summary Records”
c.
Go to meeting cycle 2003/2004
d.
Go to OSPAR 2004 (first entry) and download record
e.
Go to Annex 12
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