HELCOM

The Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area was agreed in 1992. The governing body of the Convention is the Helsinki Commission - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - also known as HELCOM. The present contracting parties to HELCOM are Denmark, Estonia, European Community, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. The ratification procedure was completed in 2000.
The Commission publishes every five years a "Periodic Assessment of the State of the Environment of the Baltic Marine Area" based on monitoring activities going on in the area.

The Fourth Periodic Assessment (pdf file)
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