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Checklist for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters,

with introductory guidance

The checklist for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters was prepared by the Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents, following a decision by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) at its sixth meeting (The Hague, 8–10 November 2010) and the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) at its sixth meeting (Rome, 28–30 November 2012).

The checklist is intended to contribute to mitigating the severity of the consequences of industrial accidents affecting transboundary watercourses for human health and the environment.

The Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention at its eighth meeting (Geneva, 3–5 December 2014) took note of the checklist and recommended its application as a tool for harmonized contingency planning between neighbouring States. The Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention at its seventh meeting (Budapest, 17-19 November 2015) followed the same approach.

The current document has been updated, following the testing of the checklist’s application during the Hazard and Crisis Management Week (Chisinau, 23–26 March 2015) within the Project on Hazard and Crisis Management in the Danube Delta.Ch

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The Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention at its eighth meeting (Geneva, 3–5 December 2014) took note of the checklist and recommended its application as a tool for harmonized contingency planning between neighbouring States. The Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention at its seventh meeting (Budapest, 17–19 November 2015) followed the same approach.

The current document has been updated, following the testing of the checklist’s application during the Hazard and Crisis Management Week (Chisinau, 23–26 March 2015) within the Project on Hazard and Crisis Management in the Danube Delta.



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Checklist for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters,with introductory guidance

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Foreword

Industrial accidents causing water pollution, including those with large-scale and transboundary effects, can occur anytime and in any country, no matter how stringent the safety standards. The devastating effects of such accidents on humans and the environment, both within and across countries, have been demonstrated by past major accidents in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region. These accidents were tragic reminders that it is often impossible for the country where an accident happens to respond alone. Therefore, effective cooperation at the international level and, more importantly, between neighbouring states is of utmost importance, not only to respond to industrial accidents affecting transboundary waters but also to prevent and prepare for them.

Since the early 1990s UNECE has committed itself to the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents, especially those with transboundary effects. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) helps protect human beings and the environment against such accidents by preventing them as far as possible, by reducing their frequency and severity and by mitigating their effects. Issues related to the prevention of accidental water pollution are addressed in close cooperation with the 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention).

Transboundary contingency planning between countries is key to prepare for and respond to industrial accidents affecting transboundary waters. Such planning is complex as it involves the coordination of many actors at the national and cross-border levels. To support countries in these efforts, a checklist for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters was developed by the two Conventions’ Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents in 2015. Its application will support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, notably the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 on ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030.

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I encourage countries from the UNECE region and beyond to make use of the checklist to improve transboundary contingency planning, so as to limit the number of accidents affecting transboundary waters and the severity of their consequences for human health and the environment.

Christian Friis BachExecutive SecretaryUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe

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Contents

Foreword ......................................................................................................................... i

Background and acknowledgements ...................................................................1

I. Introduction .............................................................................................................3

A. The need for harmonized transboundary contingency planning .............................................................................4

B. Methodological contingency planning through the use of the checklist ..........................................................6

C. Defining contingency planning and the scope of this document .........................................................6

D. Definitions ....................................................................................................8

II. Transboundary contingency planning .......................................................11

A. Emergency preparedness ................................................................... 12

B. Response planning ................................................................................ 14

C. International mutual assistance ........................................................ 15

III. Guiding principles for countries to allow for effective contingency planning for transboundary waters ...................................19

IV. Checklist for competent authorities to allow for effective contingency planning for transboundary waters ...................................25

A. Introduction to the checklist and its objectives .......................... 26

B. Application of the checklist ................................................................ 26

C. Assessment of the checklist ............................................................... 27

Annex – Checklist for contingency planning for transboundary waters (for competent authorities) ......................................28

References ....................................................................................................................50

1Checklist for contingency planning for accidents affecting transboundary waters

Background and acknowledgements

In 2010, the Bureaux of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) and the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Industrial Accidents Convention) endorsed a proposal to develop a checklist or methodology for contingency planning in a transboundary context by the Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents (Joint Expert Group). The proposal was subsequently endorsed by the Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention at its sixth meeting (The Hague, 8–10 November 2010) and confirmed by the Bureau of the Water Convention.

The aim of the checklist or methodology to be elaborated was, in particular, to take into account transboundary issues in contingency planning and to allow for the harmonization of approaches in the prevention of accidents affecting transboundary watercourses. The Joint Expert Group was also requested to base the checklist or methodology on existing methodologies and good practices, so as to avoid duplication and address common challenges in the region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE).

The present document contains the checklist for contingency planning for competent authorities developed by the Joint Expert Group, in cooperation with a consultant (Mr. Sandor Kisgyörgy (Hungary)) funded by Germany and with the support of the ECE secretariat. In the period during which the checklist was elaborated, the Joint Expert Group was co-chaired by Mr. Peter Kovacs (Hungary) for the Water Convention and Mr. Francisc Senzaconi (Romania, 2010–2014) and Mr. Gerhard Winkelmann-Oei (Germany, from 2015) for the Industrial Accidents Convention. In addition to the Chairs, the following members of the Joint Expert Group supported the elaboration of the checklist by providing expert input: Mr. Serik Akhmetov (Kazakhstan); Mr. Claes-Hakan Carlsson (Sweden); Mr. Pavel Danielka (Czechia); Mr. Pavel Dobes (Czechia); Ms. Valentina Iurcu (Republic of Moldova); Mr. František Kraus (Czechia); Ms. Helena Nasslander (Sweden); and Ms. Natalia Zgircu (Republic of Moldova).

The checklist is intended to contribute to mitigating the severity of the consequences of industrial accidents affecting transboundary watercourses for human health and the environment. The Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention at its eighth meeting (Geneva, 3–5 December 2014) took note of the checklist and recommended its application as a tool for harmonized contingency planning between neighbouring States. It further requested the secretariat to publish the checklist in the three official languages following the testing of its application in the framework of the Project on Hazard

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and Crisis Management in the Danube Delta and its review by the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention at its seventh session (Budapest, 17–19 November 2015). Following the testing of the checklist’s application during the Hazard and Crisis Management Week (23–26 March 2015) within the Project on Hazard and Crisis Management in the Danube Delta, the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention at its seventh session took note of the updated checklist and recommended its application by countries and competent authorities.

The present document contains the checklist and introductory guidance endorsed by the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention in 2015, with editorial updates. Competent authorities are encouraged to apply the checklist, which is intended to contribute to limiting the number of accidents causing water pollution and the severity of their consequences for human health and the environment.

I. Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the need for contingency planning, in the light of past major industrial accidents, and the use of a checklist as a methodological tool for contingency planning before an industrial accident with possible transboundary effects occurs. It also defines contingency planning, outlines the scope of this document and provides an overview of the definitions used herein.


A. The need for harmonized transboundary contingency planning

1. Potential emergency situations, including industrial accidents with large-scale impacts, can occur during all stages of the life cycle of a complex industrial facility. Use of the best available and least hazardous technologies and equipment, the application of risk assessment during the design and planning stage of a facility, a sound safety culture and a systems approach to process safety management — together — can reduce the potential for a major accident, but do not exclude it completely.

2. No matter how stringent the safety standards are, accidents will occur and countries must be prepared to deal with their consequences, especially if the effects could become transboundary. The severe consequences of major industrial accidents on humans and the environment in neighbouring countries were demonstrated, not least, by the 1986 Sandoz accident in Basel, Switzerland, and the dam break of a tailings pond at a mining facility in Baia Mare, Romania, in 2000, which both threatened drinking water supplies and devastated fish stocks in downstream countries.1 Therefore transboundary contingency planning, based on effective emergency preparedness and response planning, as well as on the provision of mutual assistance, is of the utmost importance to reduce the severity of such accidents and to mitigate their effects to the extent possible.

3. Two ECE treaties — the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions — together provide a legal framework for addressing the risk of transboundary water pollution arising from industrial accidents. The Industrial Accidents Convention helps protect human beings and the environment against industrial accidents, especially those with transboundary effects, by preventing such accidents as far as possible, reducing their frequency and severity and mitigating their effects. Issues related to the prevention of accidental water pollution are addressed in close cooperation with the Water Convention.

1 One of the worst environmental disasters with transboundary effects in the ECE region was the 1986 Sandoz accident in Basel, Switzerland, where a large volume of firefighting water drained into the Rhine River and created a toxic plume 70 kilometres long flowing through Switzerland, France, Germany and the Netherlands. The devastating effects of industrial accidents on humans and the environment have also been demonstrated by the dam break of a tailings pond at a mining facility in Baia Mare, Romania, in 2000 that resulted in a spill of about 100,000 cubic metres of liquid and suspended waste, containing also 50 to 100 tons of cyanide, which contaminated the Sasar, Lapus, Somes, Tisza and Danube Rivers before reaching the Black Sea.


4. Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention have committed to establishing and maintaining adequate emergency preparedness to enable them to respond to industrial accidents (art. 8 and annex VII).2 This includes the preparation and implementation of internal contingency plans as well aswhere appropriate, joint external contingency plans to facilitate the adoption of adequate response measures. Parties to the Water Convention are obliged to take all appropriate measures to prevent, control and reduce pollution of waters causing or likely to cause transboundary impact (art. 2, paras. 1 and 2).3 To this end, Parties to the Water Convention have to develop, adopt, implement and, as far as possible, render compatible relevant legal, administrative, economic, financial and technical measures, in order to ensure, among others, that contingency planning is developed (art. 3, para. 1 (j)).

5. In the context of preparing for accidental water pollution, the general objective of a contingency plan is to organize an effective response in case of emergency situations affecting water quality, the water regime or water-related aquatic ecosystems and to facilitate cooperation, where relevant at the transboundary level, throughout all phases of such emergency situations, including prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.

6. There are different options for developing a transboundary contingency plan. A transboundary contingency plan can be:

(a) Adopted jointly by countries sharing the same river basin. This could be within the framework of an existing transboundary cooperation mechanism (e.g., a joint body), where one exists;

(b) Developed individually by countries sharing the same river basin and be mutually harmonized through a possible separate agreement;

(c) The subject of a stand-alone agreement specifically dedicated to contingency planning and adopted by riparian countries.

2 The reference is to provisions of the Industrial Accidents Convention (United Nations, 2013).

3 The reference is to provisions of the Water Convention (United Nations, 2014).


B. Methodological contingency planning through the use of the checklist

7. Contingency planning is complex and involves the coordination of many actors at the national level and in a transboundary context. To facilitate this process, it is useful to have tools that can help countries coordinate this process.

8. One tool commonly used in this process, to verify that standards (e.g., of industrial safety) are being adhered to, is the application of a checklist that allows competent authorities to check the applied safety standards and procedures against national legislation and international good practices. A checklist methodology, similar to the one presented here, was originally developed by the German Federal Environmental Agency following the failure of the dam at a tailings pond for a mining facility in Baia Mare, Romania, in 2000, with the aim of improving the level of protection of waters from industrial accidents. Since then, a number of checklists on different topics have been developed.4

9. The present checklist on contingency planning for transboundary waters provides for a systematic and unified approach to investigate and assess the risk of transboundary pollution. This risk needs to be managed, both by the operator and the competent authority. The operator has the responsibility for emergency preparedness and response inside the jurisdiction of the hazardous facility. The competent authority has to ensure that external and internal emergency plans are compatible, also in a transboundary context, and that mutual assistance is requested or provided respectively. The checklist was formulated based on the main principles of the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions, as well as on other relevant international sources (see reference list at the end of this document), including the examples of other checklists or methodologies, with the aim of addressing the needs of Parties to both the Water and Industrial Accidents Conventions.

C. Defining contingency planning and the scope of this document

10. According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) (UNISDR, 2009), contingency planning means a management process that analyzes specific potential events or emerging situations that might threaten

4 E.g., (a) a checklist for surveying and assessing industrial plant handling materials and substances that are hazardous to water; (b) a sectoral checklist for the preparation and inspection of a safety report; and (c) a checklist on the safety of tailings management facilities. (See more information in the reference list at the end of this document.)


society or the environment, and establishes arrangements in advance to enable timely, effective and appropriate responses to such events and situations. In this regard, contingency planning for the purposes of the checklist can be understood as consisting of three pillars: (a) emergency planning (on-site, off-site and in a transboundary context); (b) response planning; and (c) mutual assistance (see figure below). In each of the pillars competent authorities have crucial responsibilities relating to contingency planning. The checklist is thus designed to help competent authorities ensure effective and efficient contingency planning, in particular in a transboundary context. Other actors, such as countries and operators, also have responsibilities in contingency planning: countries, for instance, have to put in place certain conditions, for example, relevant legislation, for the competent authorities to be able to act accordingly (see guiding principles for countries in chapter III). As regards operators, their main task in contingency planning is to provide relevant information to competent authorities for them to prepare off-site (external) emergency plans. Due to their limited involvement in this process, a separate section with recommendations has not been created.

Pillars of contingency planning

CONTINGENCY PLANNING

TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS CONTAMINATION

ON-SITE(INTERNAL)

EMERGENCY PLANS

OFF-SITE(EXTERNAL)EMERGENCY

PLANS

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

MUTUALASSISSTANCE

FACILITYOPERATORS

COMPETENTAUTHORITIES

EMERGENCY


11. The purpose of this document and the attached checklist is to allow an adequate response to (major) industrial accidents in transboundary waters, to prevent potential harm to people and the environment from such accidents and to minimize and mitigate any effects.

12. The checklist applies to accidental pollution events where the sources of pollution are hazardous activities in which one or more hazardous substances are present or may be present in quantities at or in excess of the threshold quantities listed in annex I to the Industrial Accidents Convention. The checklist refers also to possible important pollution sources that originate from activities in the scope of the Water Convention.

13. The checklist recognizes that different safety standards already exist worldwide and that different approaches to safety exist with regard to cargo, modes of transport and transport interfaces. However, a comparable level of emergency and response planning should be achieved. This checklist is intended to support existing requirements and to recommend enhancement of practices wherever appropriate.

14. The methodology described below has been prepared based on the obligations from the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions as well as from materials developed under the Conventions, such as the benchmarks for the implementation of the Industrial Accidents Convention (ECE/CP.TEIA/2010/6).5 The Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2003) as well as operational industry experience and experience from international joint river bodies were also taken into account.

D. Definitions

15. For the purpose of the present document:

(a) “Industrial accident” means an event resulting from an uncontrolled development in the course of any activity involving hazardous substances either:

(i) In an installation, for example during manufacture, use, storage, handling, or disposal, or

(ii) During transportation insofar as it is covered by paragraph 2 (d) of article 2 of the Industrial Accidents Convention;

5 Both text and reader-friendly electronic versions available from www.unece.org/env/teia/ap/tools.html.

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(b) “Hazardous activity” means any activity in which one or more hazardous substances are present or may be present in quantities at or in excess of the threshold quantities listed in annex I to the Industrial Accidents Convention and that is capable of causing transboundary effects;

(c) “Effects” means any direct or indirect, immediate or delayed adverse consequences caused by an industrial accident on, inter alia:

(i) Human beings, flora and fauna,(ii) Soil, water, air and landscape,(iii) The interaction between the factors in (i) and (ii),(iv) Material assets and cultural heritage, including historical

monuments;

(d) “Transboundary effects” means serious effects within the jurisdiction of a State as a result of an industrial accident occurring within the jurisdiction of another State;

(e) “Transboundary impact” means any significant adverse effect on the environment resulting from a change in the conditions of transboundary waters caused by a human activity, the physical origin of which is situated wholly or in part within an area under the jurisdiction of a State, within an area under the jurisdiction of another State. Such effects on the environment include effects on human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape and historical monuments or other physical structures or the interaction among these factors; they also include effects on the cultural heritage or socioeconomic conditions resulting from alterations to those factors;

(f ) “Transboundary waters” means any surface waters or groundwater that mark, cross or are located on boundaries between two or more States; wherever transboundary waters flow directly into the sea, these transboundary waters end at a straight line across their respective mouths between points on the low-water line of their banks;

(g) “Party” means, unless the text otherwise indicates, a Contracting Party to the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions;

(h) “Party of origin” means any Party or Parties under whose jurisdiction an industrial accident occurs or is capable of occurring, whereas “country of origin” means any country or countries under whose jurisdiction an industrial accident occurs or is capable of occurring;


(i) “Affected Party” means any Party or Parties affected or capable of being affected by transboundary effects of an industrial accident, whereas “affected country” means any country or countries affected or capable of being affected by transboundary effects of an industrial accident;

(j) “Parties concerned” means any Party of origin and any affected Party;

(k) “Riparian Parties” mean the Parties bordering the same transboundary waters, whereas “riparian countries” means the countries bordering the same transboundary waters;

(l) “Joint body” means any bilateral or multilateral commission or other appropriate institutional arrangements for cooperation between the Riparian Parties;

(m) “Operator” means any natural or legal person, including public authorities, in charge of an activity, for example, supervising, planning to carry out or carrying out an activity.

II. Transboundary contingency planning

Effective transboundary contingency planning is based on adequate emergency preparedness and response planning, as well as on the provision of mutual assistance. This chapter sets out the main obligations for Parties to the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions, obligations for competent authorities and operators of hazardous industrial facilities and information that needs to be taken into account with respect to emergency preparedness, emergency response planning and mutual assistance.


A. Emergency preparedness

16. Competent authorities and operators of industrial facilities need to be aware that even a minor leakage of hazardous substances into receiving waters can cause far-reaching and often transboundary damage. Therefore, emergency preparedness has to be in place, and suitable response equipment must be installed, for countries to be able to take effective steps to minimize the effects of industrial accidents on waters both on-site and off-site, including those of a transboundary nature.

17. In accordance with the Industrial Accidents Convention (art. 8, para. 2), operators have to prepare on-site emergency plans for hazardous facilities, which need to be established prior to the acceptance by the authorities of the construction, operation or closure of a facility. Hence, they should be drawn up within the periods set by national legislation.

On-site (or internal) emergency plans

18. Operators of hazardous activities are obliged to be prepared to manage the possible accidental pollution sources within their jurisdiction, and have to prove to the competent authority their mitigation capacity through their on-site emergency plans.

19. On-site emergency plans should consider all kinds of natural hazards, including the flood risk hazard and sources of ignition. Relevant additional information relating to natural hazards should preferably be provided in an annex (e.g., inundation maps in case of flooding hazards).

20. On-site emergency plans are specific for each site and situation. They should be developed and continuously tested, reviewed and revised by operators and be communicated to the competent authorities. Plans for notification of key personnel and alerting the public should be an integral part of the emergency plan and should be prepared for slow and rapid aggravating developments and for instantaneous failure conditions.

21. Operators should ensure appropriate capacity for response, including equipment and staff. They should assist, when requested, in responding to emergency situations at other neighbouring activities and should have an insurance against liability for damage resulting from an accident.6

6 According to the ECE Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters (United Nations, 2004), operators shall be liable for the damage caused by an industrial accident. The joint Protocol to the ECE Water and Industrial Accidents Conventions was adopted and signed by 22 countries at the Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference in Kyiv on 21 May 2003. It has not entered into force.


Off-site (or external) emergency plans

22. If the effects of the accidental pollution go beyond the confines of a hazardous facility, the competent authority activates its off-site emergency plan.

23. The off-site emergency plans are prepared and implemented by the competent authorities, in accordance with the Industrial Accidents Convention (art. 8, para. 3) based on the information and data provided by the operator in his on-site emergency plan and other relevant data collected by the competent authorities. The public should be given the opportunity to participate in the preparation and revision of the off-site emergency plans (art. 9, para 2).

24. Hazardous facility operators are also obliged to provide the local authorities with all the necessary information concerning the potentially affected area, so as to be able to evaluate the impact on human beings and the environment.

25. Nowadays, response technologies are well developed for accidental pollution of floating materials. The possibility for intervention is much more limited for accidental pollution of soluble materials that comprise toxic substances hazardous to the environment and human health. It is very important to establish proper alarm and notification systems for warning the water users so that they can take the appropriate action in the event of accidental pollution.

Transboundary off-site (or external) emergency plans

26. In the present document, off-site emergency planning in a transboundary context on international watersheds is applied in accordance with the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions. The cooperation in this case can be extended to the area of mutual assistance and response activity, based on bilateral or multilateral agreements.

27. In accordance with the Industrial Accidents Convention (art. 8, para 3), Parties should ensure that in border areas the off-site emergency plans of two regions of neighbouring countries are compatible with each other and that they contain all relevant information, including contact details of the competent authority in the neighbouring country to allow for proper notification of hazardous activities. The public of the affected Party should be given the same rights as the public of the Party of origin to participate in the preparation and revision of off-site emergency plans.


28. For emergency preparedness it is essential to have early warning and alert systems in place. Early warning systems imply a double requirement:

(a) A suitable organizational structure allowing for the distribution of measuring devices, involving a network of stations linked to one another;

(b) Suitable technical equipment for event detection and assessment of warning and alert relevance.

29. Early warning systems should be set up by the operator at the hazardous facility and by the competent authorities for the whole river catchment area. These early warning systems are often integrated into international warning and alarm plans established by joint bodies.

30. At hazardous facilities, continuous online monitoring should be set up and adjusted to different alarm levels. These alarm levels have to be agreed with the competent authorities and should be in line with the respective threshold levels of international alarm plans in place for the specific river or river basin.

31. Compatible and efficient industrial accident notification systems at appropriate levels, such as the ECE Industrial Accident Notification (IAN) System,

should be established and operational to inform neighbouring and potentially affected countries about an industrial accident. 7

32. For scenario-calculations regarding a discharge, established flow-time modelling should be used.

B. Response planning

33. Systems should be in place to immediately alert response personnel in the event of an accident involving hazardous substances, or an imminent threat of an accident, that would require their involvement.

34. In the event of an accident involving hazardous substances, stakeholders should take all reasonable measures to minimize the exposure of people and the environment to such substances and to limit adverse effects to health, the environment and property.

7 The Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention, in accordance with its article 10, have to provide for the establishment and operation of compatible and efficient industrial accident notification systems at appropriate levels to inform neighbouring countries.


35. In the event of an accident involving hazardous substances, the management of the hazardous installation should immediately activate its on-site emergency plan.

36. Those responsible for emergency response should be involved in the planning process. Based on accident scenarios, response equipment should be in place to fight effectively against any contamination to contain the hazardous substances released and prevent their spread. Following the response, the emergency plan should be reviewed and revised, as appropriate, in the light of the experience gained.

37. In the event of an accident involving hazardous substances that might threaten or have an off-site negative impact on health, the environment or property, or that cannot be handled by on-site response resources, procedures for promptly alerting the local emergency response authorities should be in place at hazardous facilities and activated immediately.

38. Spokespeople designated to provide information to the public after an accident (including those from industry and competent authorities) should have the necessary knowledge, skills, authority and credibility to communicate effectively with the public.

C. International mutual assistance

39. In accordance with the Industrial Accidents Convention (art. 12, para. 1), if an industrial accident occurs and a country cannot deal with its consequences alone, it may ask for assistance from other Parties, indicating the scope and type of assistance required. A Party to whom a request for assistance is directed must promptly decide and inform the requesting Party whether it is in a position to render the assistance required and indicate the scope and terms of the assistance that might be rendered.

40. The Parties concerned are required to cooperate to facilitate the prompt provision of assistance, where appropriate, to minimize the consequences and effects of the accident, and to provide general assistance. Where Parties do not have bilateral or multilateral agreements, which cover their arrangements for providing mutual assistance, the assistance must be rendered in accordance with annex X to the Industrial Accidents Convention, unless the Parties agree otherwise (annex X, para. 2).

41. Each Party is required to designate or establish one point of contact for the purpose of accident notifications, pursuant to article 10 of the Industrial Accidents Convention, and one point of contact for the purpose of mutual


assistance pursuant to article 12. These points of contact should preferably be the same (art. 17, para. 2).

42. In accordance with the Water Convention (art. 15, para. 2), Riparian Parties are obligated to elaborate and agree upon procedures for mutual assistance addressing, inter alia, the following issues:

(a) The direction, control, coordination and supervision of assistance;

(b) Local facilities and services to be rendered by the Party requesting assistance, including, where necessary, the facilitation of border-crossing formalities;

(c) Arrangements for holding harmless, indemnifying and/or compensating the assisting Party and/or its personnel, as well as for transit through territories of third parties, where necessary;

(d) Methods of reimbursing assistance services.

43. In accordance with the Industrial Accidents Convention (annex X, para. 1), the overall direction, control, coordination and supervision of the assistance are the responsibility of the requesting Party unless otherwise agreed. The personnel involved in the assisting operation are required to act in accordance with the relevant legislation of the requesting Party. The appropriate authorities of the requesting Party are obliged to cooperate with the authority designated by the assisting Party, as being in charge of the immediate operational supervision of the personnel and the equipment provided by the assisting Party.

44. The requesting Party is obliged to use its best efforts to afford to the assisting Party and persons acting on its behalf the privileges, immunities or facilities necessary for the expeditious performance of their assistance functions. The requesting Party must not be required to apply this provision to its own nationals or permanent residents or to afford them the privileges and immunities referred to above (annex X, para. 2).

45. A Party is required, at the request of the requesting or assisting Party, to endeavour to facilitate the transit through its territory of duly notified personnel, equipment and property involved in the assistance to and from the requesting Party. The requesting Party is also required to facilitate the entry into, stay in and departure from its national territory of duly notified personnel and of equipment and property involved in the assistance (annex X, paras. 5 and 6).

46. The affected or requesting Party may at any time, after appropriate consultations and by notification, request the termination of assistance received or provided under the Industrial Accidents Convention. Once such a request


has been made, the Parties concerned must consult one another with a view to making arrangements for the proper termination of the assistance (annex X, para. 10).

47. In accordance with the Industrial Accidents Convention (art. 18, para. 4), Parties are obliged to review existing national, regional and international centres and other bodies and programmes aimed at coordinating information and efforts in the prevention of, preparedness for and response to industrial accidents, with a view to determining what additional international institutions or centres may be needed to carry out the tasks for facilitating the provision of mutual assistance, as outlined in its annex XII.

III. Guiding principles for countries to allow for effective contingency planning for transboundary waters

Competent authorities play a key role in transboundary contingency planning. As a prerequisite for effective transboundary contingency planning, countries have to ensure that all necessary international agreements and national legislation are in place. Based on these provisions, competent authorities would be able to effectively implement a transboundary contingency plan.


General guiding principles

48. Countries should:

(a) Ensure that appropriate legislation is in place and follow good international practice on contingency planning for transboundary waters;

(b) Establish early warning, alarm and notification systems and mutual data exchange between operators and authorities and between the riparian countries;

(c) Strive to establish a joint body for transboundary rivers based on international agreements;

(d) Strive to establish financial mechanisms for emergency response and remediation.

49. The major transboundary or international issues should be agreed in bilateral or multilateral agreements among the riparian countries.

50. Neighbouring countries should:

(a) Exchange information, and consult each other, with the objective of preventing accidents capable of causing transboundary damage and reducing adverse effects;

(b) Consult one another with the aim of looking for possibilities to prepare joint or harmonized external contingency planning related to accidental pollution capable of causing transboundary damage;

(c) Establish procedures for the rapid and effective transmission of information related to an accident (or imminent threat of an accident) that might cause transboundary effects and set up systems for communication of pertinent information following an accident.

51. In the event of an accident involving accidental pollution capable of causing transboundary effects, competent authorities in the country of origin should ensure that competent authorities in the affected country are notified without delay and are given appropriate information. The information should address, for example:

(a) The accident location and brief description of the circumstances;

(b) The immediate effects of the accident;

(c) The emergency measures planned and actions taken;


(d) The chemical identity, quantity and physical form of the hazardous substances that may affect the potentially affected countries;

(e) The data available for evaluating the probable impacts of the accident.

52. Representatives of the public of the neighbouring or affected country should have an opportunity to participate in licensing or siting procedures for hazardous facilities that might have transboundary effects in the country of origin.

53. Countries are encouraged to apply the obligations for Parties to the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions set out below.

Identification, consultation and advice

54. For the purpose of undertaking preventive measures and setting up preparedness measures, the Party of origin is obliged to take measures to identify hazardous activities within its jurisdiction and to ensure that affected Parties are notified of any such proposed or existing activity (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 4, para.1).

55. Parties concerned are required, at the initiative of any such Party, to enter into consultations on the identification of those hazardous activities that are, reasonably, capable of causing transboundary effects (art. 4, para. 2).

56. The analysis and evaluation of the hazardous activities should be the output of the on-site emergency plans. In doing so, countries should rely on annex V of the Industrial Accidents Convention.

Monitoring and Prevention

57. Parties are required to establish programmes for monitoring the conditions of transboundary waters (Water Convention, art. 4).

58. Parties are obliged to take appropriate measures for the prevention of industrial accidents and other sources with transboundary effects, including measures to induce action by operators to reduce the risk of accidental pollution (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 6, para.1).

59. With regard to any hazardous activity, the Party of origin must require the operator to demonstrate the safe performance of the hazardous activity by the provision of information such as basic details of the process, including analysis and evaluation (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 6, para.2).


Industrial accident notification systems

60. In the event of accidental pollution that can cause transboundary effects, the Party of origin has to ensure that affected Parties are, without delay, notified at appropriate levels through the accidental pollution notification systems, including, where appropriate, through the ECE IAN System (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 10, para. 2).

61. The Parties concerned are obliged to ensure, in the event of an accidental pollution, that the off-site emergency plans are activated as soon as possible and to the extent appropriate to the circumstances.

Response

62. The Parties are required to ensure that, in the event of an accidental pollution, adequate response measures are taken, as soon as possible and using the most efficient practices, to contain and minimize effects (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 11, para. 1).

63. In the event of accidental pollution capable of causing transboundary effects the Parties concerned are obliged to ensure that the effects are assessed, where appropriate, jointly for the purpose of taking adequate response measures. The Parties concerned must endeavour to coordinate their response measures (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 11, para. 2).

64. Awareness building should address high-level officials and the public to ensure that adequate funding is available for preparedness and response including in a transboundary context.

Mutual assistance

65. If any Party needs assistance in the event of an accidental pollution, it may ask for assistance from other Parties, indicating the scope and type of assistance required. A Party to whom a request for assistance is directed must promptly decide and inform the requesting Party whether it is in a position to render the assistance required and indicate the scope and terms of the assistance that might be rendered (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 12, para. 1).

Exchange of information and technology

66. The Parties are obliged, at the multilateral or bilateral level, to exchange reasonably obtainable information (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 15).


67. The Parties are required, consistent with their laws, to facilitate the exchange of technology for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to the effects of accidental pollutions (Industrial Accidents Convention, art. 16, para. 1).

Enforcement

68. The contingency plan of transboundary waters should enter into force after the joint body has adopted it, or after representatives of the Parties concerned have agreed on it. If no joint body has yet been established, the transboundary contingency plan can be adopted in a separate agreement.

69. The riparian countries have to take the necessary legal steps to enforce the adopted contingency plan.

IV. Checklist for competent authorities to allow for effective contingency planning for transboundary waters

This chapter aims at providing competent authorities with the necessary information to apply and assess the results of the checklist (see annex) in practice, so as to be able to improve or maintain a high level of contingency planning in the future.


A. Introduction to the checklist and its objectives

70. The checklist, annexed to this document, provides a systematic and unified approach for investigating and assessing the main principles for contingency planning, derived from the Water and Industrial Accidents Conventions as well as from other relevant international guidance, such as the ECE Benchmarks for the implementation of the Industrial Accidents Convention and the OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response (OECD, 2003).

71. This checklist is intended to help competent authorities, as key actors in transboundary contingency planning, put in place effective and efficient contingency planning. As such, the checklist contains guiding principles for competent authorities regarding emergency and response planning and the provision of mutual assistance, aiming at the following:

(a) To provide methodological support to competent authorities for the preparation of off-site emergency plans, especially in a transboundary context;

(b) To identify gaps or deficiencies in transboundary contingency planning and to determine specific areas where further actions to strengthen contingency planning need to be taken, including legal and institutional conditions;

(c) To serve as a tool for training stakeholders involved in transboundary contingency planning on international watersheds.

B. Application of the checklist

72. The checklist contains a number of guiding principles for competent authorities that are based on the obligations under the Industrial Accidents and Water Conventions (see chapter III). These documents should be carefully studied before the preparation, review and evaluation of the transboundary contingency plan.

73. Based on those guiding principles, points to be checked by competent authorities have been derived and presented in the attached checklist. Competent authorities are expected to go through the checklist and to tick the boxes that apply (yes, partly, or no). Upon ticking the relevant boxes, competent authorities should assess the results and take the appropriate actions to improve or maintain a high level of a harmonized contingency planning on transboundary watersheds in the future.


74. Some questions of the checklist are related to on-site emergency plans. They are generally valid regardless of the type of hazardous facility. The checklist provides for the possibility to evaluate the requirements of data supply that the operators should meet in relation to an external emergency plan on a transboundary watershed.

C. Assessment of the checklist

75. The assessment should be based on external joint or harmonized contingency plans on international watersheds. The competent joint bodies of the riparian countries can decide on the method of assessment, i.e. whether it will be done by the competent authority of the country of origin, the neighbouring country or a country that could be affected by an accident, or by a subcommittee of evaluators consisting of experts from the countries concerned.

76. The evaluators assessing the results should go through the questions answered with “Yes”, “Partly” or “No” and subsequently take the necessary actions. It is recommended to take the following actions:

(a) In all cases where the answer is “No”, the relevant issue should be addressed, unless the evaluator or the evaluation committee can prove that the question is not relevant;

(b) In all cases where the answer is “Partly”, the evaluator or the evaluation committee can decide that the issue:

(i) should be addressed (in order to allow for ticking a “Yes” next time the checklist will be applied);

(ii) can be left as it is; or (iii) is not relevant.


Ann

ex –

Che

cklis

t for

con

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ency

pla

nnin

g fo

r tra

nsbo

unda

ry w

ater

s (f

or c

ompe

tent

aut

hori

ties

)

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INCL

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ED A

ND

DES

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CON

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CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

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KED

YES

PART

LYN

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Coun

trie

s sh

ould

ens

ure

that

the

defin

ition

s in

the

legi

slat

ion

are

in li

ne

with

thos

e fr

om th

e W

ater

and

Indu

stria

l Ac

cide

nts

Conv

entio

ns.

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the

defin

ition

s se

t out

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e In

dust

rial A

ccid

ents

and

Wat

er

Conv

entio

ns (s

ee c

hapt

er I.

D)?

DES

CRIP

TIO

N O

F TH

E W

ATER

SHED

2.G

eogr

aphi

c lo

catio

nIs

ther

e a

map

of t

he a

rea

pote

ntia

lly

affec

ted

by a

ccid

enta

l pol

lutio

n?

Is th

ere

an a

gree

men

t on

wha

t the

bas

e de

linea

tion

of th

e aff

ecte

d ar

ea is

?

3.M

ain

char

acte

ristic

s of

the

wat

ersh

edIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

mai

n ch

arac

teris

tics

of th

e w

ater

shed

?

4.To

pogr

aphy

and

oth

er a

spec

tsIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

topo

grap

hy

(relie

f), fl

ora,

hyd

rogr

aphy

, urb

an a

reas

an

d tr

ansp

orta

tion?


ISSU

ES T

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SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O5.

Geo

logy

and

soi

l str

uctu

reIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

geol

ogy

and

soil

stru

ctur

e?

6.Cl

imat

eIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

clim

ate

and,

in

par

ticul

ar, p

reci

pita

tion?

7.G

roun

dwat

er a

nd a

quife

rsIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

grou

ndw

ater

st

atus

and

aqu

ifers

in th

e po

tent

ially

aff

ecte

d ar

ea?

8.Su

rfac

e w

ater

sIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

surf

ace

wat

ers

(riv

ers,

drai

nage

sys

tem

, ab

ando

ned

river

bed

s, ox

bow

s, la

kes,

rese

rvoi

rs)?

9.N

atur

al p

rote

cted

val

ues

and

area

sIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

natu

ral

prot

ecte

d va

lues

and

are

as in

the

affec

ted

area

?


ISSU

ES T

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SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

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ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O

POTE

NTI

AL

SOU

RCES

OF

ACC

IDEN

TAL

POLL

UTI

ON

10.

List

of p

oten

tial a

ccid

enta

l wat

er

pollu

tion

sour

ces

Are

faci

litie

s w

ith s

igni

fican

t im

pact

lis

ted?

Pollu

tion

prop

agat

ion

Doe

s th

is li

st in

clud

e th

e fo

llow

ing?

• W

aste

wat

er tr

eatm

ent p

lant

s

• In

dust

rial p

lant

s

• Ag

roch

emic

al e

stab

lishm

ents

• H

ydro

carb

on st

orag

e fa

cilit

ies

• An

imal

farm

s

Are

thes

e po

tent

ial s

ourc

es p

rese

nted

on

a m

ap?

Is th

ere

an a

dequ

ate

mod

el fo

r sim

ulat

ing

the

pollu

tion

prop

agat

ion

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

Are

the

trav

el (s

prea

ding

) tim

es o

f th

e po

llutio

n co

unte

d in

ext

rem

e hy

drol

ogic

al c

ondi

tions

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

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.Su

rfac

e an

d gr

ound

wat

er q

ualit

yIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

clas

sific

atio

n re

late

d to

wat

er q

ualit

y?

12.

Surf

ace

wat

er q

ualit

yD

oes

it co

ntai

n th

e ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

th

e w

ater

qua

lity

cate

gorie

s?

13.

Gro

undw

ater

qua

lity

Is th

ere

a de

scrip

tion

of th

e gr

ound

wat

er

qual

ity in

the

pote

ntia

lly a

ffect

ed a

rea?

14.

Drin

king

wat

er s

uppl

yIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

drin

king

w

ater

sup

ply?

Are

sur

face

wat

ers

used

as

drin

king

w

ater

?

15.

Indu

stria

l wat

er s

uppl

yIs

ther

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

indu

stria

l w

ater

sup

ply?

16.

Agric

ultu

re u

ses

Is th

ere

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

des

crip

tion

of

agric

ultu

ral w

ater

use

s?

17.

Recr

eatio

nal s

ites

Is th

ere

a de

scrip

tion

of re

crea

tiona

l w

ater

use

s?

18.

Fish

ing

activ

ities

A

re fi

shin

g ac

tiviti

es d

escr

ibed

?

19.

Wat

er in

take

s fo

r fish

-farm

sA

re th

e w

ater

inta

kes

for fi

sh-fa

rms

desc

ribed

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

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WAT

ER M

AN

AG

EMEN

T O

RGA

NIZ

ATIO

N/C

OM

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NT

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THO

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ES

20.

Resp

onsi

bilit

ies

and

activ

ities

of t

he

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

sIs

ther

e a

com

preh

ensi

ve d

escr

iptio

n of

how

the

wat

er m

anag

emen

t is

orga

nize

d?

Iden

tifica

tion

of th

e co

mpe

tent

au

thor

ities

Is th

ere

a lis

t of t

he c

ompe

tent

aut

horit

ies

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

Is th

ere

a lis

t of t

he ta

sks

of th

e au

thor

ities

rela

ted

to th

e re

spon

se to

ac

cide

ntal

pol

lutio

n?

Is th

ere

an a

utho

rity

resp

onsi

ble

for

prep

arat

ion

of th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

If ye

s, is

it n

amed

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

Is th

e au

thor

ity re

spon

sibl

e fo

r th

e ex

ecut

ion

of th

e re

spon

se to

ac

cide

ntal

wat

er p

ollu

tion

nam

ed in

the

cont

inge

ncy

plan

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O

EMER

GEN

CY

PREP

ARE

DN

ESS

21.

On-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s fo

r haz

ardo

us

faci

litie

s ne

ed to

be

esta

blis

hed

prio

r to

the

acce

ptan

ce b

y th

e au

thor

ities

of

con

stru

ctio

n, o

pera

tion

or c

losu

re.

Hen

ce, t

hey

shou

ld b

e dr

awn

up

with

in th

e pe

riods

set

by

natio

nal o

r in

tern

atio

nal l

egis

latio

n.

Doe

s th

e na

tiona

l leg

isla

tion

give

a

prop

er fr

ame

for t

he c

ontr

ibut

ion

of

emer

genc

y pl

anni

ng to

the

perm

ittin

g pr

oced

ure?

22.

Emer

genc

y pl

ans

shou

ld b

e es

tabl

ishe

d an

d te

sted

by

the

haza

rdou

s fa

cilit

y op

erat

or (o

n-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

ans)

an

d by

aut

horit

ies

(off-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s). E

vent

ually

, upo

n re

ques

t of t

he

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

s, th

ey s

houl

d be

test

ed to

geth

er, t

o ve

rify

inte

r-re

latio

nshi

ps a

nd in

terd

epen

denc

ies.

Doe

s th

e na

tiona

l leg

isla

tion

cont

ain

the

requ

irem

ent t

hat i

nter

nal a

nd e

xter

nal

emer

genc

y pl

ans

shou

ld b

e te

sted

to

geth

er?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O23

.Em

erge

ncy

plan

s sh

ould

be

revi

ewed

an

d up

date

d w

hen

need

ed a

nd w

here

re

leva

nt b

ut a

t lea

st a

t eve

ry 5

yea

rs.

Are

the

emer

genc

y pl

ans

revi

ewed

and

up

date

d w

hen

need

ed o

r whe

re re

leva

nt

but a

t lea

st e

very

5 y

ears

?

Hav

e th

e em

erge

ncy

plan

s be

en

revi

ewed

and

upd

ated

at l

east

in th

e fo

llow

ing

situ

atio

ns:

• Af

ter o

ccur

renc

e of

acc

iden

ts o

r em

erge

ncy

situ

atio

ns a

t the

site

or

on th

e ba

sis o

f les

sons

lear

ned

from

ac

cide

nts a

t oth

er si

mila

r site

s?

• W

hen

the

emer

genc

y se

rvic

e or

gani

zatio

n ha

s cha

nged

?

• W

hen

new

haz

ards

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

haza

rdou

s fac

ility

are

iden

tified

?

• W

hen

new

tech

nica

l kno

wle

dge

or n

ew

tech

nolo

gy is

bei

ng d

evel

oped

that

is

cons

ider

ed re

leva

nt to

the

oper

atio

n of

th

e ha

zard

ous f

acili

ty?

• W

hen

desi

gn p

aram

eter

s (e.

g.,

tem

pera

ture

, pre

ssur

e) h

ave

appr

oach

ed o

r exc

eede

d th

eir l

imits

as

a re

sult

of c

hang

es, m

ism

anag

emen

t, st

ruct

ural

pro

blem

s, eq

uipm

ent

mod

ifica

tion

or n

atur

al e

vent

s?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O24

.O

n-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

shou

ld

cons

ider

all

natu

ral h

azar

ds, s

uch

as

flood

ing

haza

rds,

and

acci

dent

s in

the

imm

edia

te v

icin

ity o

f the

haz

ardo

us

faci

lity.

Rel

evan

t add

ition

al in

form

atio

n fr

om n

atur

al h

azar

ds s

houl

d pr

efer

ably

be

pro

vide

d in

an

anne

x (e

.g.,

inun

datio

n m

aps

in c

ase

of fl

oodi

ng h

azar

ds).

Doe

s th

e off

-site

em

erge

ncy

plan

co

nsid

er n

atur

al h

azar

ds, s

uch

as

• Fl

oodi

ng h

azar

ds?

• St

orm

risk

s?

• Fi

res?

• Ac

cide

nts i

n th

e im

med

iate

vic

inity

of

the

haza

rdou

s fac

ility

?

Com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

s sh

ould

ens

ure

that

ope

rato

rs d

raw

up

on-s

ite

emer

genc

y pl

ans

and

put t

hem

into

eff

ect w

ithou

t del

ay w

hen

an a

ccid

ent

occu

rs; a

nd s

uppl

y th

e au

thor

ities

de

sign

ated

for t

hat p

urpo

se w

ith th

e ne

cess

ary

info

rmat

ion

to e

nabl

e th

em to

dr

aw u

p off

-site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s.

Has

the

oper

ator

dra

wn

up o

n-si

te

emer

genc

y pl

ans?

Did

the

oper

ator

put

the

emer

genc

y pl

an in

to e

ffect

with

out d

elay

whe

n an

ac

cide

nt o

ccur

red?

Did

the

oper

ator

sup

ply

the

auth

oriti

es

with

the

nece

ssar

y in

form

atio

n to

ena

ble

them

to d

raw

up

off-s

ite e

mer

genc

y pl

ans?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O25

.O

n-si

te a

nd o

ff-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

shou

ld in

clud

e an

d ad

dres

s ge

neric

pa

ram

eter

s.

Do

the

on-a

nd o

ff-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

incl

ude

the

follo

win

g is

sues

:

• Sc

ope

and

obje

ctiv

e of

the

emer

genc

y pl

an

• D

escr

iptio

n an

d ev

alua

tion

of

emer

genc

y sc

enar

ios,

haza

rds

(incl

udin

g na

tura

l haz

ards

), po

tent

ially

aff

ecte

d ar

eas,

etc.

• N

ames

, pos

ition

s and

con

tact

dat

a of

pe

rson

s aut

horiz

ed to

set e

mer

genc

y pr

oced

ures

in m

otio

n an

d of

the

pers

on

in c

harg

e of

coo

rdin

atin

g th

e in

tern

al

miti

gatio

n ac

tions

• Re

spon

sibi

litie

s of e

ach

mem

ber o

f th

e or

gani

zatio

n be

ing

part

of t

he

emer

genc

y m

anag

emen

t, th

e ch

ain

of

resp

onsi

bilit

y an

d an

y ot

her a

utho

rity

invo

lved

• Co

nduc

t of a

nee

ds id

entifi

catio

n an

d,

base

d on

the

outc

ome,

defi

nitio

n of

th

e re

quire

d eq

uipm

ent a

nd h

uman

re

sour

ces f

or e

ffect

ive

inte

rven

tions


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O•

Invo

lvem

ent o

f shi

p cr

ews (

for

com

mun

icat

ion

and

actio

n)

• Pr

oced

ures

for e

mer

genc

y re

spon

se o

r re

med

iatio

n fo

r eac

h of

the

dete

rmin

ed

emer

genc

y sc

enar

ios,

incl

udin

g th

e ne

cess

ary

war

ning

of a

nd in

tera

ctio

n w

ith lo

cal e

mer

genc

y se

rvic

es

• Re

quire

men

ts fo

r ann

ual e

mer

genc

y dr

ills a

nd p

ract

ices

with

ext

erna

l ag

enci

es in

volv

ed (fi

re b

rigad

e, p

olic

e,

ambu

lanc

e, lo

cal h

ospi

tals

)

• In

tera

ctio

ns a

nd in

terf

ace

with

oth

er

inte

rven

tion

plan

s, ei

ther

ext

erna

lly

(e.g

., fro

m n

eigh

bour

ing

plan

ts, a

na

tiona

l cris

is p

lan,

a d

isas

ter p

lan)

or

inte

rnal

ly (e

.g., t

he c

ompa

ny’s

cris

is

plan

, bus

ines

s con

tinui

ty p

lan

or

reco

very

pla

n)


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O

RELA

TED

TO

OFF

-SIT

E EM

ERG

ENC

Y PL

AN

S

26.

Off-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s sh

ould

be

prep

ared

and

impl

emen

ted

by th

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

y. O

pera

tors

of

haza

rdou

s ac

tiviti

es a

re o

blig

ed to

pr

ovid

e th

e lo

cal a

utho

ritie

s w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

info

rmat

ion

on th

e po

tent

ially

aff

ecte

d ar

ea to

eva

luat

e th

e im

pact

on

man

and

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Are

ther

e re

gula

tions

on

off-s

ite

emer

genc

y pl

ans

in th

e rip

aria

n co

untr

ies?

If ye

s, is

ther

e in

form

atio

n on

whe

re to

fin

d th

e re

gula

tions

?

If no

, the

revi

sion

of t

he b

i- or

mul

tilat

eral

ag

reem

ent i

s re

com

men

ded.

Hav

e th

e rip

aria

n co

untr

ies

had

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

com

men

t on

the

off-s

ite

emer

genc

y pl

ans?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O27

.In

bor

der a

reas

, the

con

tinge

ncy

plan

s of

two

regi

ons

of n

eigh

bour

ing

coun

trie

s sh

ould

be

com

patib

le w

ith

each

oth

er a

nd in

clud

e co

ntac

t det

ails

to

allo

w fo

r pro

per n

otifi

catio

n in

cas

e of

an

indu

stria

l acc

iden

t. Th

e pu

blic

of

nei

ghbo

urin

g or

affe

cted

cou

ntrie

s sh

ould

be

give

n th

e sa

me

right

s as

th

e pu

blic

of t

he c

ount

ry o

f orig

in to

pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

prep

arat

ion

and

revi

sion

of e

xter

nal e

mer

genc

y pl

ans.

Has

the

com

patib

ility

of t

he c

ontin

genc

y pl

an b

een

chec

ked

with

that

of t

he

neig

hbou

ring

or p

oten

tially

affe

cted

co

untr

y?

Hav

e th

e ex

pert

s of

the

neig

hbou

ring

or p

oten

tially

affe

cted

cou

ntry

had

the

poss

ibili

ty to

che

ck th

e co

nten

t of t

he

cont

inge

ncy

plan

?

Has

the

publ

ic o

f the

nei

ghbo

urin

g or

pot

entia

l affe

cted

cou

ntry

eno

ugh

poss

ibili

ty to

che

ck th

e co

nten

t of t

he

cont

inge

ncy

plan

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O28

.O

ff-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

shou

ld d

etai

l al

l rel

evan

t inf

orm

atio

n to

ens

ure

adeq

uate

em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

.

Doe

s th

e off

-site

em

erge

ncy

plan

incl

ude:

• N

ames

, pos

ition

s and

con

tact

dat

a of

pe

rson

s aut

horiz

ed to

take

cha

rge

of

and

coor

dina

te a

ctio

ns?

• Ar

rang

emen

ts fo

r coo

rdin

atin

g th

e re

sour

ces n

eces

sary

to im

plem

ent t

he

off-s

ite e

mer

genc

y pl

an?

• Li

sts o

r map

s of v

ulne

rabl

e ar

eas a

nd

obje

cts w

ith th

eir s

peci

ficat

ions

?

• Li

st o

f the

age

ncie

s and

org

aniz

atio

ns

that

can

ass

ist w

ith th

e m

anag

emen

t of

the

inci

dent

?

• Ar

rang

emen

ts fo

r pro

vidi

ng th

e pu

blic

w

ith sp

ecifi

c in

form

atio

n on

the

acci

dent

and

the

actio

ns it

shou

ld ta

ke?

• Ar

rang

emen

ts fo

r not

ifyin

g th

e em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

of n

eigh

bour

ing

coun

trie

s in

the

even

t of a

maj

or

acci

dent

with

pos

sible

tran

sbou

ndar

y co

nseq

uenc

es, i

n ac

cord

ance

w

ith in

tern

atio

nally

acc

epte

d an

d es

tabl

ished

war

ning

and

ale

rt sy

stem

s?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O29

.N

atio

nal a

utho

ritie

s sh

ould

ens

ure

the

prep

arat

ion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

off

-site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s fo

r haz

ardo

us

activ

ities

, cov

erin

g m

easu

res

to b

e ta

ken

with

in th

eir t

errit

ory

to p

reve

nt a

nd

min

imiz

e tr

ansb

ound

ary

effec

ts.

Coun

trie

s of o

rigin

and

cou

ntrie

s po

tent

ially

affe

cted

by

an in

dust

rial

acci

dent

shou

ld e

ndea

vour

to m

ake

such

pl

ans c

ompa

tible

. Whe

re a

ppro

pria

te,

join

t ext

erna

l em

erge

ncy

plan

s sho

uld

be d

raw

n up

in o

rder

to fa

cilit

ate

the

adop

tion

of a

dequ

ate

resp

onse

mea

sure

s.

Is a

join

t off-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

av

aila

ble

and

is it

har

mon

ized

?

Are

the

obst

acle

s to

the

prep

arat

ion

of th

e jo

int o

ff-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

an

desc

ribed

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

If th

ere

is n

o jo

int o

ff-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

an, i

s it

plan

ned

in th

e fu

ture

?

If ye

s, w

hen?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O30

.Co

untr

ies

of o

rigin

are

requ

ired

to

ensu

re th

at a

dequ

ate

info

rmat

ion

is

give

n to

the

publ

ic c

apab

le o

f bei

ng

affec

ted

by a

ccid

enta

l pol

lutio

n ar

isin

g ou

t of a

haz

ardo

us a

ctiv

ity.

Is in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

to th

e pu

blic

ab

out a

ccid

enta

l pol

lutio

n th

at h

as

occu

rred

in th

e pa

st?

Is th

e lin

k to

the

abov

e in

form

atio

n gi

ven

in th

e off

-site

em

erge

ncy

plan

?

Are

the

acci

dent

al p

ollu

tion

even

ts th

at

occu

rred

pre

viou

sly

desc

ribed

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

If ye

s, ha

ve th

e co

nseq

uenc

es b

een

eval

uate

d?

Hav

e th

e op

erat

ors

resp

onsi

ble

for

acci

dent

al p

ollu

tion

even

ts b

een

iden

tified

?

Wer

e th

ere

any

lega

l con

sequ

ence

s of

the

even

ts?

Has

the

oper

ator

take

n pa

rt in

miti

gatio

n of

the

adve

rse

cons

eque

nces

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

OIs

ther

e a

regu

late

d pr

oced

ure

for

info

rmin

g th

e pu

blic

in th

e pr

oced

ure

of

perm

ittin

g an

d op

erat

ion

cont

rol o

f the

ha

zard

ous

tech

nolo

gy?

Is th

e in

volv

emen

t of t

he re

pres

enta

tives

of

the

publ

ic fr

om ri

paria

n co

untr

ies

regu

late

d?

If ye

s, is

dire

ct re

fere

nce

give

n in

the

cont

inge

ncy

plan

?

If no

, has

a re

visi

on o

f the

bi-

or

mul

tilat

eral

agr

eem

ent b

een

com

men

ced

or c

ondu

cted

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O31

.O

ff-si

te e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

shou

ld in

clud

e th

e m

easu

res

for t

reat

men

t, co

llect

ion,

cl

ean-

up, s

tora

ge, r

emov

al a

nd s

afe

disp

osal

of h

azar

dous

sub

stan

ces

and

cont

amin

ated

mat

eria

l and

rest

orat

ion.

Are

the

follo

win

g m

easu

res

disc

usse

d in

th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

• Tr

eatm

ent o

f haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nces

• Co

llect

ion

of h

azar

dous

subs

tanc

es

• Cl

ean-

up o

f haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nces

• St

orag

e of

haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nces

• Re

mov

al o

f haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nces

• Sa

fe d

ispo

sal o

f haz

ardo

us su

bsta

nces

• Re

stor

atio

n

32.

Off-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s sh

ould

iden

tify

the

appr

opria

te s

pots

and

inte

rven

tion

site

s fo

r pro

tect

ion

alon

g re

cipi

ent w

ater

bo

dies

.

Are

the

appr

opria

te in

terv

entio

n or

re

spon

se s

ites

for r

espo

nse

activ

ities

an

d th

eir f

acili

ties

alon

g th

e w

ater

bod

y in

trod

uced

in th

e off

-site

em

erge

ncy

plan

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O33

.Co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

are

resp

onsi

ble

for e

stab

lishi

ng, m

aint

aini

ng a

nd

test

ing

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s an

d fo

r ens

urin

g th

eir c

apac

ity to

resp

ond

to e

mer

genc

ies

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

hose

pla

ns.

Is th

ere

a cl

ear d

istr

ibut

ion

of th

e re

spon

se a

ctiv

ities

am

ong

the

oper

ator

s an

d co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?

Is th

ere

a st

atem

ent i

n th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an th

at th

e au

thor

ities

are

resp

onsi

ble

for e

stab

lishi

ng, m

aint

aini

ng a

nd te

stin

g ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

ans?

34.

Off-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

s sh

ould

be

revi

ewed

regu

larly

, or w

hen

circ

umst

ance

s so

requ

ire, t

akin

g in

to

acco

unt t

he e

xper

ienc

e ga

ined

in

deal

ing

with

act

ual e

mer

genc

ies.

Is re

view

of t

he jo

int o

r har

mon

ized

off-

site

em

erge

ncy

plan

regu

late

d in

bi-

or

mul

tilat

eral

agr

eem

ent(

s)?

Is th

ere

info

rmat

ion

rela

ted

to th

e pe

riodi

city

or t

he o

ccas

ions

whe

n th

e re

view

is n

eces

sary

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O

WA

RNIN

G A

ND

ALE

RT S

YSTE

M

35.

For e

mer

genc

y pr

epar

edne

ss it

is

esse

ntia

l to

have

ear

ly w

arni

ng a

nd a

lert

sy

stem

s in

pla

ce.

Early

war

ning

sys

tem

s im

ply

a do

uble

re

quire

men

t: a

suita

ble

orga

niza

tion

(dis

trib

utio

n of

the

mea

surin

g de

vice

s, in

volv

ing

a ne

twor

k of

sta

tions

link

ed

one

anot

her,

etc.

), an

d su

itabl

e te

chni

cal

equi

pmen

t for

eve

nt d

etec

tion

and

asse

ssm

ent o

f war

ning

and

ale

rt

rele

vanc

e.

Is th

ere

a cl

ear d

escr

iptio

n of

the

early

w

arni

ng a

nd a

lert

sys

tem

s?

Is th

e di

strib

utio

n of

the

mea

surin

g de

vice

s ex

plai

ned?

Is th

e co

mm

unic

atio

n w

ith th

e m

easu

ring

stat

ions

des

crib

ed?

Are

the

elem

ents

of t

echn

ical

equ

ipm

ent

harm

oniz

ed, w

ith a

spe

cial

focu

s on

:

• Ev

ent d

etec

tion?

• A

sses

smen

t of w

arni

ng?

• A

lert

rele

vanc

e?

36.

Early

war

ning

sys

tem

s sh

ould

be

set u

p by

the

oper

ator

at t

he h

azar

dous

faci

lity

and

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

s fo

r the

w

hole

rive

r cat

chm

ent.

Thes

e ea

rly w

arni

ng s

yste

ms

are

ofte

n in

tegr

ated

in in

tern

atio

nal w

arni

ng a

nd

alar

m p

lans

est

ablis

hed

by jo

int b

odie

s.

Doe

s ea

ch o

pera

tor a

t the

resp

ectiv

e ha

zard

ous

faci

lity

have

one

war

ning

st

atio

n co

nnec

ted

to th

e na

tiona

l w

arni

ng s

yste

ms?

Is th

ere

an in

tern

atio

nal w

arni

ng a

nd

alar

m p

lan

in o

pera

tion?

If ye

s, is

it in

trod

uced

in th

e co

ntin

genc

y pl

an?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O37

.A

t haz

ardo

us fa

cilit

ies,

cont

inuo

us

onlin

e m

onito

ring

shou

ld b

e se

t up

and

adju

sted

to d

iffer

ent a

larm

leve

ls. T

hese

al

arm

leve

ls h

ave

to b

e ag

reed

with

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

s an

d sh

ould

be

in

line

with

the

resp

ectiv

e th

resh

old

leve

ls

of in

tern

atio

nal a

larm

pla

ns (e

.g.,

for

Rhin

e, M

aas

and

Dan

ube

Rive

rs).

For s

cena

rio c

alcu

latio

ns re

gard

ing

a di

scha

rge,

est

ablis

hed

flow

-tim

e m

odel

ling

shou

ld b

e us

ed.

Is th

ere

cont

inuo

us o

nlin

e m

onito

ring

oper

ated

by

the

oper

ator

of t

he

haza

rdou

s fa

cilit

y?

Are

the

alar

m le

vels

agr

eed

with

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

s of

the

ripar

ian

coun

trie

s?

Is a

n in

tern

atio

nal a

larm

pla

n av

aila

ble?

Are

the

resp

ectiv

e th

resh

old

leve

ls in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

inte

rnat

iona

l ala

rm

plan

?

Is fl

ow-t

ime

mod

ellin

g av

aila

ble

for

scen

ario

cal

cula

tions

?

Is it

intr

oduc

ed in

the

cont

inge

ncy

plan

?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O

MU

TUA

L A

SSIS

TAN

CE

38.

To th

e ex

tent

pra

ctic

able

, com

pete

nt

auth

oriti

es s

houl

d at

tem

pt to

pro

vide

as

sist

ance

to o

ther

cou

ntrie

s th

at

have

requ

este

d he

lp re

late

d to

the

prep

ared

ness

for,

or re

spon

se to

, ac

cide

ntal

pol

lutio

n.

Is th

ere

an a

gree

men

t bet

wee

n co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

on m

utua

l as

sist

ance

?

Is th

is a

gree

men

t con

sist

ent w

ith

the

mut

ual a

ssis

tanc

e pr

ovis

ions

of

the

Indu

stria

l Acc

iden

ts a

nd W

ater

Co

nven

tions

?

39.

Com

pete

nt a

utho

ritie

s sh

ould

dev

elop

pr

oced

ures

to fa

cilit

ate

the

tran

sit

thro

ugh

thei

r ter

ritor

y of

per

sonn

el a

nd

equi

pmen

t to

be u

sed

for m

utua

l aid

in

the

even

t of a

ccid

enta

l pol

lutio

n.

Hav

e th

e co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

proc

edur

es in

pla

ce to

faci

litat

e th

e tr

ansi

t thr

ough

thei

r ter

ritor

y of

pe

rson

nel a

nd e

quip

men

t?


ISSU

ES T

HAT

SH

OU

LD B

E

INCL

UD

ED A

ND

DES

CRIB

ED

IN T

HE

CON

TIN

GEN

CY

PLA

NPO

INTS

TO

BE

CHEC

KED

YES

PART

LYN

O40

.Co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

shou

ld fa

cilit

ate

the

exch

ange

of t

echn

olog

y re

late

d to

th

e pr

even

tion

of, p

repa

redn

ess

for,

and

resp

onse

to tr

ansb

ound

ary

acci

dent

al

pollu

tion.

Is th

e ex

chan

ge o

f tec

hnol

ogy

regu

late

d be

twee

n co

mpe

tent

aut

horit

ies

in th

e tr

ansb

ound

ary

coop

erat

ion?

Doe

s it

cove

r the

fiel

ds o

f:

• Ex

chan

ge o

f ava

ilabl

e te

chno

logy

?

• Ex

chan

ge o

f inf

orm

atio

n an

d ex

perie

nce?

• Pr

ovis

ion

of te

chni

cal a

ssis

tanc

e? N

ote:

The

gui

ding

prin

cipl

es i

n th

is c

heck

list

are

deriv

ed f

rom

the

199

2 EC

E Co

nven

tion

on t

he T

rans

boun

dary

Effe

cts

of I

ndus

tria

l Ac

cide

nts

(Indu

stria

l Ac

cide

nts

Conv

entio

n) a

nd t

he 1

992

ECE

Conv

entio

n on

the

Pro

tect

ion

and

Use

of

Tran

sbou

ndar

y W

ater

cour

ses

and

Inte

rnat

iona

l Lak

es (W

ater

Con

vent

ion)

.

a Co

untr

ies

belo

ngin

g to

the

Euro

pean

Uni

on (E

U) c

an re

fer t

o th

e EU

Wat

er F

ram

ewor

k D

irect

ive

(EU

,

2000

) and

can

cha

ract

eriz

e th

e w

ater

bod

ies

acco

rdin

gly.


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The Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention at its eighth meeting (Geneva, 3–5 December 2014) took note of the checklist and recommended its application as a tool for harmonized contingency planning between neighbouring States. The Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention at its seventh meeting (Budapest, 17–19 November 2015) followed the same approach.

The current document has been updated, following the testing of the checklist’s application during the Hazard and Crisis Management Week (Chisinau, 23–26 March 2015) within the Project on Hazard and Crisis Management in the Danube Delta.



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