Overview of OSPAR's 1st Marine Litter Regional Action Plan
RAP § no. | ACTION | Lead Party / Parties | Status (Feb 2021) | Implementation Year |
29 | ICG-ML | Complete | 2014-2021 | |
30 | Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, With assistance from Seas at Risk. | Complete | 2018-2019 | |
31 | OSPAR will assist the European Commission in the ongoing revision of EU Directive 2000/59/EC. | Sweden and Germany, with assistance from Seas at Risk and the Secretariat. | Complete | 2018-2019 |
32 | Germany, assistance Seas at Risk, Secretariat, the North Sea Network of Prosecutors and HELCOM Secretariat. (in combination with 33/38) | Complete | 2018-2021 | |
33 | See Action 32 | Complete | 2018-2021 | |
34 | Improve implementation of the ISO standard 21070:2013 in relation to port reception facilities. | Belgium, Netherlands with participation of Denmark and Germany | Complete | 2016 |
35 | France, Belgium and EU, with participation from Portugal | Complete | 2017-2019 | |
36 | Sweden and the United Kingdom, the Netherlands with participation of Germany and Norway | Complete | 2017-2020 | |
37 | Netherlands with participation of Germany and Belgium | Complete | 2017-2021 | |
38 | See Action 32 | Complete | 2018-2021 | |
39 | Best practice on waste management that impact significantly on marine litter. | Germany and the Netherlands | Complete | 2019-2021 |
40 | Germany and the Netherlands | Complete | 2019-2021 | |
41 | Netherlands, France and Germany with the assistance of Belgium | Complete | 2016-2021 | |
42 | Sewage and stormwater related waste entering the marine environment | Ireland, Norway and Sweden. | Complete | 2016-2021 |
43 | Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and Seas at Risk. | Complete | 2018-2021 | |
44 | France with support of Germany and participation of ICG-ML | Complete | 2019 - 2021 | |
45 | No Lead | Considered under all other actions | n/a | |
46 | Evaluation of all products and processes that include primary micro plastics. | Belgium, Germany and Netherlands with assistance of Sweden, Austria, SAR | Complete | 2017 |
47 | Industry phase out of micro plastics in personal care and cosmetic products. | Germany and Netherlands with the participation of Belgium, Sweden, Austria, UK, SAR | Complete | 2015 |
48 | France, with participation from Spain, Portugal, UK and Ireland | Contd as Action C.3.1 in the second RAP | 2018-2021 | |
49 | Investigate the prevalence and impact of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in the marine environment | Portugal, with participation from Spain, Portugal, UK and Ireland | Contd as Action A.4.2 in the second RAP | 2018- |
50 | ICG-ML | Complete – part of the on going dialogue between CPs and industry | n/a | |
51 | Product design to reduce impacts of products entering the marine envioment | No lead | Complete – part of the on going dialogue between CPs and industry | n/a |
52 | France, with participation from Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and Seas at Risk and other NGO’s (FFI, FIDRA) | Complete | 2018-2021 | |
53 | Netherlands, The United Kingdom and KIMO, with participation from Portugal | Complete | 2017-2019 | |
54 | Best practice on environmental friendly technologies and methods for beach cleaning | ICG-ML with assistance from the Netherlands, Germany, Seas at Risk and KIMO International | Complete | 2021 |
55 | Portugal with participation from Spain, France, UK and Ireland | Contd as Action C.2.1 in the second RAP | 2020-2021 | |
56 | Abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear - snagging sites and historic dumping grounds | No lead | Complete | 2021 |
57 | No lead | Complete | 2021 | |
58 | Develop material for education programmes, including for professional seafarers and fishermen. | The Netherlands with assistance of Seas at Risk, ProSea Foundation and Germany. | Complete | 2018-2019 |
59 | Establish a database on good practice examples of marine litter measures and initiatives | Secretariat | Complete | 2020-2021 |
60 | Secretariat | Complete | 2021 |