Letter (2025) to Permanent Representatives to the EU : European cooperation on coast guard functions

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Saatja: Tiiu Noobel <[email protected]> Saatmisaeg: reede, 7. november 2025 14:25 Adressaat: KLIIMAMINISTEERIUM; SiM info; REGIONAAL- JA PÕLLUMAJANDUSMINISTEERIUM;

Kaitseministeerium Koopia: Tarmo Ots; Reet Ulm; [email protected]; Esindus EL juures (Põllumajandustalitus);

Svetlana Jankovenko; Rene Hartõkainen; [email protected]; [email protected]

Teema: FW: Estonia - Letter (2025) to Permanent Representatives to the EU : European cooperation on coast guard functions - Ares(2025)9323823

Manused: EFCA-ED Letter_Per_Rep.pdf; Annex 1_Estonia.xlsx; Annex 1_Estonia.pdf; Annex 2 _Estonia.pptx; Annex 2_Estonia.pdf

TÄHELEPANU! Tegemist on väljastpoolt asutust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mi!e avada! Tere! Edastan Euroopa Kalanduskontrolli Ame# kirja, registreeritud EV AEEL juures 31.10.2025, nr 10.2-11/1046. Palun vaadake, kes on siin peavastutaja, kes koondab info kokku ja vastab. Võib otse EFCAle vastata lisades esinduse [email protected] koopiasse. Parimate soovidega Tiiu Noobel Sekretär Ees# Vabariigi alaline esindus EL juures Rue Guimard 11/13, 1040 Brüssel Tel: + 32 2227 4337, #[email protected] h!ps://eu.mfa.ee/et/ -----Original Message----- From: Esindus EL juures üldaadress <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:56 PM To: Tiiu Noobel <[email protected]> Subject: FW: Estonia - Le!er (2025) to Permanent Representa#ves to the EU : European coopera#on on coast guard func#ons - Ares(2025)9323823 -----Original Message----- From: ARES NOREPLY <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2025 4:30 PM To: Esindus EL juures üldaadress <[email protected]> Cc: HARTÕKAINEN Rene (Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet)) <[email protected]>; LUKS Vaido <[email protected]>; OKAS Reemet (Keskkonnaministeerium = Ministry of the Environment) <[email protected]> Subject: Estonia - Le!er (2025) to Permanent Representa#ves to the EU : European coopera#on on coast guard func#ons - Ares(2025)9323823 Your Excellency, Within the framework of the European Coopera#on on Coast Guard Func#ons, please, find a!ached a le!er with two Annexes from the EFCA Execu#ve Director, Dr. Susan Steele (document - Ares(2025)9323823.

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We invite you to confirm the informa#on included in the Annexes (Excel file and Power Point document) to the email address [email protected] within the next 30 calendar days. Thank you very much in advance for your coopera#on. Yours sincerely, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: This e-mail was automa#cally generated by European Commission's central mail registra#on system. Replies by e-mail must be addressed to the original sender mailto: [email protected]. Remarque: Cet e-mail a été généré automa#quement par le système d'enregistrement central du corrier de la Comission européenne.. Toute réponse éventuelle par e-mail doit être adressée à l'expéditeur en personne, mailto: [email protected].

Appendix 5:

Regional/International/Bilateral/Multilateral

Cooperation and Coordination Mechanisms Please check information in column S and correct if

necessary

No REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL/BILATERAL/MULTILATERA

L COOPERATION & COORDINATION MECHANISM Link

1 Arctic and North Atlantic Security and Emergency

Preparedness Network (ARCSAR) https://arcsar.eu/

2 Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF) https://www.arcticcoastguardf

orum.com/

3 Arctic Council https://arctic-

council.org/index.php/en/

4 Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission (ARHC) https://uia.org/s/or/en/112227

4975

5 Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation

Programme (AIDCP) (sister organisation to IATTC)

https://www.iattc.org/DolphinS

afeENG.htm

6 AQUAPOL - International Police Cooperation on the Water https://www.aquapol-

police.com/

7 Balkans and Black Sea Cooperation Forum (BBSCF) http://www.balkansblackseafor

um.org/bbsf2018/

8 Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helcom) http://www.helcom.fi/

9 Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation (BSRBCC) http://www.bsrbcc.org/about/

strategic-partners/

10 Baltic Sea Fisheries Forum (BALTFISH)

https://www.balticsea-region-

strategy.eu/attachments/articl

e/590800/2017%2002%2003%20B

ALTFISH%20final%20report.pdf

11 Baltic Sea Task Force on Organised Crime (BSTF-OC)

https://www.cbss.org/safe-

secure-region/baltic-sea-task-

force-organized-crime/

12 Barcelona Convention - Protection of the Marine Environment

and Coastal Regions of the Mediterranean

http://web.unep.org/unepmap

/

13 Black Sea Cooperation Forum (BSCF) http://www.bscforum.org/

14 Bonn Agreement - Cooperation in Dealing with Pollution in

the North Sea

https://www.bonnagreement.o

rg/

15 Bucharest Convention - Protection of the Black Sea against

Pollution

http://www.blacksea-

commission.org/_convention.as

p

16 Coordination Centre for Anti-Drug Enforcement in the

Mediterranean (CeCLAD-M)

https://www.drogues.gouv.fr/l

a-mildeca/l-action-publique/l-

action-

internationnale/cooperation-

operationnelle

17 Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

(CCSBT) http://www.ccsbt.org/

18 Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living

Resources (CCAMLR) http://www.ccamlr.org/

19 Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock

Resources - Central Bering Sea (CCBSP)

http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb

/ccbsp/en

20 Copenhagen Agreement on the Cooperation in Combating

against Pollution Incidents at Sea

https://www.kystverket.no/en/

EN_Preparedness-against-acute-

pollution/Protection-against-

acute-pollution/International-

cooperation/

21 Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) https://www.cbss.org/

22 Denmark-Germany DENGER Agreement 1993

23 Denmark-Germany-Netherlands DENGERNETH Agreement

24 European Association of Airport and Seaport Police (EAASP) https://eaasp.org/

25 European Coast Guard Functions Forum (ECGFF)

https://ec.europa.eu/maritime

affairs/press/european-coast-

guard-functions-forum-ecgff-ten-

years-fruitful-co-operation-

address-security_en

26 European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) Joint Deployment

Plans

https://www.efca.europa.eu/e

n/content/joint-deployment-

plans-eu-waters

27 European Search and Rescue Plan (EUR Doc 039)-

International Civil Aviation Organisation

https://www.icao.int/EURNAT/

EUR%20and%20NAT%20Documen

ts/EUR%20Documents/EUR%20D

ocuments/039%20-

%20EUR%20Search%20and%20Res

cue%20Plan.pdf

28 European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM)

https://ec.europa.eu/echo/wh

at/civil-

protection/mechanism_en

29 Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

(FAO)

http://www.fao.org/fishery-

aquaculture/en/

30 France (New-Caledonia)-Australia: Bilateral Arrangement for

Cooperation between SAR Services (1999)

31 France (La Réunion)-Australia: Bilateral Arrangement for

Cooperation between SAR Services (2000)

32 France (Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)-Canada: Bilateral

Arrangement for Cooperation between SAR Services (2002)

33 France-China: Bilateral Arrangement for Cooperation in the

maritime search and rescue area (2005)

34 France-Cyprus: Agreement on Maritime and Port Security

35 France-Italy-Monaco RAMOGE Agreement http://www.ramoge.org/fr/def

ault.aspx

36 France-Italy-Monaco RAMOGEPOL Plan http://www.ramoge.org/docum

ents/ramogepol.pdf

37 France-Italy-Spain SAR MEDOCC

38 France-Mauritius Island : Bilateral Arrangement for

Cooperation between SAR Services (2011)

39 France-Monaco: Bilateral Arrangement for Cooperation

between SAR Services (1999)

40 France (New-Caledonia)-New Zealand: Bilateral Arrangement

for Cooperation between SAR Services (2002)

41 France-Portugal: Bilateral Arrangement for Cooperation

between SAR Services (2008)

42 France-Portugal Cooperation Plan: On Request for Assistance

in Case of Large-scale Spill Response

43 France (Martinique)-Saint Lucia: Bilateral Arrangement for

Cooperation between SAR Services (2001)

44 France (La Réunion)-South Africa: Bilateral Arrangement for

Cooperation between SAR Services (2001)

45 France-Spain BISCAYE Plan

46 France-Spain LION Plan

47 France-Spain: Technical Arrangement for Joint Maritime

Border Surveillance

48 France-United Kingdom MANCHE Plan

49 France (New-Caledonia)-Vanuatu: Bilateral Arrangement for

Cooperation between SAR Services (2004)

50 Fisheries Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) http://www.fao.org/fi/body/rf

b/cecaf/cecaf_home.htm

51 General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) http://www.fao.org/gfcm/en/

52 Germany-Denmark – Agreement on Safety of Navigation in

the KADETRENDEN

53 Germany-Netherlands - River ‘EMS’ VTS Working Group

54 German Maritime Search and Rescue Joint Mutual Support

(Germany,Denmark,Netherlands,Sweden,UK)

55 German Maritime Search and Rescue Operational Agreements

(Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, UK)

56 German Police and Customs Cooperation Centre (PCCC) for

DENMARK (Padborg), POLAND (Swiecko)

https://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/

topics/security/international-

cooperation/police-

cooperation/police-cooperation-

node.html

57 Greece-Albania Protocol on Cooperation for Supervision of

Sea Areas

58 Greece-Cyprus Agreement Cooperation in the Field of Search

and Rescue

59 Greece-Italian MOU on Cooperation in Search and Rescue

60 Greece-Malta Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of

Search and Rescue

61 Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) https://iotc.org/

62 Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/

ifc-ior/index.html

63 Information Fusion Centre – Singapore (IFC)

https://www.ifc.org.sg/ifc2web

/app_pages/User/common/abo

utus.cshtml

64 Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) http://www.iattc.org/

65 International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation https://www.iala.int/

66 International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) https://www.icao.int/about-

icao/Pages/default.aspx

67 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic

Tunas (ICCAT) http://www.iccat.int/

68 International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) https://www.international-

maritime-rescue.org/

69 Ireland-France SAR Technical Agreement

70 Ireland-UK MOU on SAR

71 Joint Inter-Agency Task Force-South (JIATF-S) https://www.jiatfs.southcom.m

il/

72 Lisbon Agreement: Cooperation Agreement for the Protection

of the Coasts and Waters of the North-east Atlantic against

Pollution

https://www.dgpm.mm.gov.pt/

lisbon-agreement

73 Marine Accident Investigators International Forum (MAIIF) https://maiif.org/

74 Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre - Narcotics (MAOC-

N) https://maoc.eu/

75 Mediterranean Coast Guard Functions Forum (MCGFF)

76 Mediterranean AIS Regional Exchange System - MareΣ

http://www.guardiacostiera.go

v.it/mezzi-e-

tecnologie/Pages/rete-ais-

nazionale.aspx

77 Netherlands-Germany NETHGER Agreement 1991

78 North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF) https://www.kustwacht.nl/en/

NACGF-general.html

79 North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) http://www.nasco.int/

80 North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) http://www.neafc.org/

81 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) http://www.nafo.int/

82 North Sea and Channel Maritime Information Group (NSCMIG)

83 OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine

Environment of the North -East Atlantic

https://www.ospar.org/conven

tion

84 Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Port State

Control

https://www.parismou.org/abo

ut-us/organisation

85 Poland-Denmark Operational Agreement on Maritime SAR Co-

operation (1994)

86 Poland-Germany Operational Agreement on SAR Co-operation

(1993) https://www.sar.gov.pl/pl/

87 Poland-Germany POLGER Agreement https://www.gov.pl/web/gospo

darkamorska

88 Poland-Germany Operational Agreement on Marine Accidents

and Combating Marine Pollution on Pomeranian Bay (2001)

89 Poland-Lithuania Governmental Agreement on Maritime and

Aeronautical SAR Co-operation (2009)

90 Poland-Norway Fisheries Control Agreement (2003)

91 Poland-Russia Governmental Agreement on Maritime and

Aeronautical SAR Co-operation (1996)

https://www.gov.pl/web/gospo

darkamorska

92 Poland-Russia Mixed Commission for Fisheries Management

93 Poland-Russia Working Agreement on Co-operation in

combating Marine Pollution of the Baltic Sea and the Vistula

Lagoon (2010)

94 Poland-Sweden Governmental Agreement on Aeronautical

and Maritime SAR Co-operation (1998)

95 Regional Maritime Information Centre – Madagascar (RMIFC) http://crfimmadagascar.org/

96 Portugal-Spain Memorandum of Cooperation between GNR

and Guardia Civil

https://www.gnr.pt/copInterna

cional.aspx

97 Portugal-Spain ESPPS Exchange of Situational Picture of

Neighbouring External Border Sections between the National

Coordination Centres

https://www.gnr.pt/copInterna

cional.aspx

98 Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the

Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC) http://www.rempec.org/

99 Sea Surveillance Cooperation Baltic Sea (SUCBAS) http://sucbas.org/

100 Slovenia-Italy MOU on SAR in Northern Adriatic

https://www.uradni-

list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-

rs/vsebina/2000-02-

0129?sop=2000-02-0129

101 Slovenia-Croatia-Italy MOU on Mandatory Ship Reporting

System in Adriatic Sea (Adriatic Traffic)

https://www.uradni-

list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-

rs/vsebina/2000-02-

0127?sop=2000-02-0127

102 Slovenia-Croatia Contingency Plan for Prevention of

Preparedness for and Response to Major Marine Pollution

Incidents in the Adriatic Sea

https://www.uradni-

list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-

rs/vsebina/2008-02-

0073?sop=2008-02-0073

103 Slovenia-Croatia-Italy MOU on the Establishment of a

Common Routing System and Traffic Separation Scheme in

Northern Part of the North Adriatic

https://www.uradni-

list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-

rs/vsebina/2000-02-

0128?sop=2000-02-0128

104 Slovenia-Croatia Agreement on Cooperation in Protection

against Natural and Man-Made Disasters

105 Slovenia-Italy MOU on Cooperation in the area of Disaster

Management

http://www.sos112.si/slo/tdocs

/mednarodno_italija.pdf

106 Slovenia- Italy Protocol on Cross-border Cooperation in

Forecasting, Prevention and Mutual Assistance in case of

Natural and other Disasters

http://www.sos112.si/slo/tdocs

/mednarodno_italija_furlanija.p

df

107 South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) http://www.seafo.org/

108 South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) https://www.apsoi.org/

109 South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation

(SPRFMO) https://www.sprfmo.int/

110 South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC)

http://www.fao.org/policy-

support/mechanisms/mechanis

ms-details/en/c/423143/

111 Sweden-Denmark-Germany SWEDENGER Agreement 2002

112 Virtual-Regional Maritime Traffic Centre (V-RMTC)/Trans-

Regional Maritime Network (T-RMN)

http://www.marina.difesa.it/E

N/facts/Pagine/vrmtc_trmn.asp

x

113 Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) http://www.wcpfc.int/

114 Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC) http://www.fao.org/fishery/rfb

/wecafc/en

Bilateral, Regional,

Multilateral Classification Legal nature/basis

Regional Other

Network. Project Consortium

that has received funding

from the European Union’s

Horizon 2020 research and

innovation programme under

grant agreement No 786571.

Regional Forum

It is an independent,

informal, operationally-driven

organization, not bound by

treaty. Chairmanship duties

of the ACGF rotate every two

years in concert with the

Chairmanship of the Arctic

Council.

Regional Forum

High-level intergovernmental

forum with a permanent

secretariat in Tromsø,

Norway. It was established by

the Ottawa Declaration on 19

September 1996.

Regional Other

Regional hydrographic

commission of the B-XB2115 -

International Hydrographic

Organization (IHO), which is

an intergovernmental

organisation grounded by an

intergovernmental convention

whose official custodian is the

Government of the

Principality of Monaco. Its

Statutes are registered

in 'UNTS 1/10764.

Multilateral Legally binding

Legally binding, multilateral

agreement that entered into

force in February 1999. The

IATTC provides the

Secretariat for the program.

The IATTC is an Inter-

governmental organization

created by the Convention for

the Establishment of an Inter-

American Tropical Tuna

Commission, signed on 31 May

1949.

Multilateral Other

Network established in 2002

composed of 18 States with

27 organisations through

Europworking by régional

HUBS. It is receiving EU Funds

from DG HOME.

Regional Forum

It is an independent,

nongovernmental,

nonpartisan economic

platform powered by private

& public institutions and

supported by a number of

international and regional

organizations.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

It is an intergovernmental

organisation and a regional

sea convention in the Baltic

Sea area established in 1974.

It was founded by the

Convention on the Protection

of the Marine Environment of

the Baltic Sea Area.

Regional Other

Cooperation of law

enforcement agencies

working at the borders in the

Baltic Sea Region. Its

establishment was decided in

Turku/Finland in the context

of the first meeting of the

heads of the Border Guard

Services of the -10- Baltic Sea

States in 1997.

Regional Forum

Regional body providing a

platform for discussion on

important fisheries issues in

the Baltic Sea. It was

initiated in 2009 as a flagship

project under the BSRS PA 9.

Regional Other

Task force created on 4 May

1996 due to the decision

taken by the Heads of

Governments of the Baltic

Sea States. It comprises 11

personal representatives of

the Heads of Governments of

the Baltic Sea States.

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding instrument. It

was adopted on 16 February

1976 in Barcelona and

entered into force in 1978.

Regional Forum

It was established with the

agreement signed within the

framework of the decision

taken at the 7th Black Sea

Littoral States Border / Coast

Guard Leaders Meeting held

in Istanbul between 07 - 09

November 2006.

Regional Legally binding Legally binding Agreement. It

was originally signed in 1969.

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding instrument. It

was signed in Bucharest in

April 1992 and ratified by all

six legislative assemblies of

the Black Sea countries in the

beginning of 1994; it is the

basic legal framework for

regional cooperation to

protect the coastal and

marine environment.

Regional Other

It is an international anti drug

trafficking agency based in

Nanterre (France), set up in

2008 to coordinate anti-drug

trafficking operations and

intelligence in the

Mediterranean.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Regional fisheries

management organisation

(intergovernmental

organisation). The Convention

for the Conservation of

Southern Bluefin Tuna (legally

binding) entered into force on

20 May 1994.

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding instrument. It

entered into force on 7 April

1982 by the Commission for

the Conservation of Antarctic

Marine Living Resources,

headquartered in Tasmania,

Australia.

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding instrument. It

went into effect in December

1995.

Regional Legally binding Legally binding instrument

signed in 1971.

Regional Forum

It is an inter-governmental

political forum for

cooperation in the Baltic Sea

Region.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Association

Association (Private Law

entity constituted through

statutes).

Regional Forum

It is a self-governing, non-

binding, voluntary,

independent, and non-

political forum.

Regional Legally binding

Art. 5.2 of the Regulation

(EU) 2019/473 on the

European Fisheries Control

Agency, which is in force

since 14 April 2019 (hard

law).

Regional Other

European Search and Rescue

Plan (EUR SAR Plan). A EUR

Document constitutes

supplementary reference and

guidance material (soft law).

Regional Other

Initiative of the European

Commission to constitute a

framework for cooperation in

disaster preparedness,

prevention and response.

Multilateral Intergovernmental

organisation

Specialized agency of the

United Nations (independent

international organization)

created on 16 October 1945

by a Constitution.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding arrangement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Other

Sub-regional contingency plan

that details response

arrangements between

France, Monaco and Italy.

Regional Legally binding

Tripartite Agreement signed

in 1972 by France, Italy and

Spain for air rescue

operations in the western

Mediterranean region.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Other Cooperation plan.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding

Bilateral maritime rescue

plan in the Bay of Biscay, the

first version of which dates

back to 1999. The plan

incorporates the European

Directives on places of refuge

and the distribution of

responsibilities on both sides

of the border.

Bilateral Legally binding

Sub-regional contingency plan

that covers the Western

Mediterranean parts of France

and Spain.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding

Franco-British agreement

whose purpose is to organize

cooperation between the

French and British authorities

in the event of a maritime

disaster in the Channel. It

deals with cooperation

procedures in maritime

search and rescue operations

and the fight against pollution

of all kinds.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Other

It was established in 1967 by

Resolution 1/48 adopted by

the FAO Council at its Forty-

eighth Session held in Rome

under Article VI (2) of the

FAO Constitution.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Regional fisheries

management organization

(RFMO) established in 1949

under the provisions of Article

XIV of the Constitution of the

FAO.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Other Working group.

Bilateral Non legally binding

agreement Bilateral MOUs

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding bilateral

agreements.

Bilateral Legally binding

Legally binding bilateral

agreements on cross-border

police cooperation.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Non legally binding

agreement

As a MOU, it is a non legally

binding agreement that

signals the willingness of the

parties to move forward with

a contract.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Intergovernmental

organisation responsible for

the management of tuna and

tuna-like species in the Indian

Ocean. It was established in

1993 at the 105th Session of

the Council of the FAO under

Article XIV of the FAO

constitution.

Regional Other

Centre hosted by the Indian

Navy that was established by

the Government of India at

Gurugram on 22 December

2018 to further Maritime

Safety and Security in the

Indian Ocean Region.

Regional Other

Regional Maritime Security

(MARSEC) centre hosted by

the Republic of Singapore

Navy (RSN).

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Regional fisheries

management organization.

The Antigua Convention,

which was negotiated to

strengthen and replace the

1949 Convention establishing

the IATTC, entered into force

on 27 August 2010.

Multilateral Intergovernmental

Organization

Since August 2024 it is an

intergovernmental

organization. It was

established in 1957 (as an

international technical

association). It provides for

recommendations (soft law).

Multilateral Intergovernmental

organisation

Specialized agency of the

United Nations founded by

the Chicago Convention in

1944.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Intergovernmental regional

fisheries organization founded

by the International

Convention for the

Conservation of Atlantic

Tunas in 1966.

Multilateral

International non-

governmental

organisation

International non-

governmental organisation

(NGO) funded in 1924.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Non legally binding

agreement

MOU concerning the Common

Travel Area and associated

rights and privileges signed on

8 May 2019. As a MOU, it is a

non legally binding agreement

that signals the willingness of

the parties to move forward

with a contract.

Regional Other

Centre of excellence for all-

resource fusion and

employment of joint,

interagency, and

international capabilities to

interdict illicit trafficking

posing a threat to national

security and regional

stability.

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding agreement

that entered into force on 1

February 2014.

Multilateral Forum

International non-profit

organisation dedicated to the

advancement of maritime

safety and the prevention of

marine pollution.

Regional Other

Initiative by 6 EU Member

Countries and the UK co-

funded by the Internal

Security Fund of the European

Union. The Centre was

created in 2007 and provides

a forum for multi-lateral

cooperation to suppress illicit

drug trafficking by sea and

air.

Regional Forum

It is a non-binding, non-

political and independent

platform composed of 24

Mediterranean countries.

Regional Other

Platform for the exchange of

AIS information between the

countries of the southern

shore of the Mediterranean,

beneficiaries of the

Community program called

SAFEMED.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Forum

It is a non-binding, voluntary,

neither policy nor regulatory-

oriented Forum created in

2007 that operates within

existing legal frameworks.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

International organisation

established under the

Convention for the

Conservation of Salmon in the

North Atlantic Ocean from 1

October 1983.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Regional Fisheries

Management Organisation

(RFMO) for the North East

Atlantic founded by the

Convention on Multilateral

Cooperation in North East

Atlantic Fisheries, which

entered into force in

November 1982.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Intergovernmental fisheries

science and management

body that was founded in

1979 by the NAFO

Convention.

Regional Other

Group whose Members are

France, the Netherlands,

Belgium, Germany and UK.

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding Convention

that entered into force on 25

March 1998.

Multilateral Non legally binding

agreement

Administrative non-binding

agreement between the 27

participating Maritime

Authorities implementing a

harmonized system of Port

State Control. It entered into

operation on 1 July 1982.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding

As a working agreement, they

are guidelines that define

how the parties want to work

together.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Other

The centre was opened in

2016 and was one of the

outcomes of the MASE

Programme to Promote

Maritime Security funded by

the European Union, which

ran from 2012 to 2018.

Bilateral Non legally binding

agreement

As a MoC it aims to provide

for a framework of

cooperation and determine

specific working

arrangements between the

Parties.

Bilateral Other

Art.9.9 of the Regulation (EU)

No 1052/2013 of the

European Parliament and of

the Council of 22 October

2013 establishing the

European Border Surveillance

System (Eurosur)

Regional Other

The legal framework is set

out in the Protocol

concerning Co-operation in

Preventing Pollution from

Ships and, in Cases of

Emergency, Combating

Pollution of the

Mediterranean Sea (2002

Prevention and Emergency

Protocol) to the Convention

for the Protection of the

Marine Environment and the

Coastal Region of the

Mediterranean (Barcelona

Convention).

Regional Other

Operational cornerstone for

sea surveillance information

exchange and co-operation

within the Baltic Sea area and

its approaches.

Bilateral Non legally binding

agreement.

Non legally binding

agreement.

Regional Non legally binding

agreement.

Non legally binding

agreement.

Bilateral Other

Contingency plan developed

by virtue of Art. 17 of the

Prevention and Emergency

Protocol to the Barcelona

Convention.

Regional Non legally binding

agreement.

Non legally binding

agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Bilateral Non legally binding

agreement.

Non legally binding

agreement.

Bilateral Legally binding Legally binding agreement.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Regional fisheries

management organisation in

South East Atlantic Ocean

established in line with the

provisions of the United

Nations Law of the Sea

(Article 118) and United

Nations Fish Stocks

Agreement (UNFSA).

Regional Legally binding

Legally binding agreement

signed in Rome the 7th July

2006 and that entered into

force in June 2012.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Intergovernmental

organization created by

international treaty, the

Convention on the

Conservation and

Management of High Seas

Fishery Resources in the

South Pacific Ocean signed in

Auckland on 14 November

2009.

Regional Other

FAO mechanism to promote

the sustainable utilization of

the living marine resources of

the Southwest Indian Ocean

region.

Regional Legally binding Legally binding agreeement.

Regional Other

Network connecting Maritime

Operation Centres of member

Navies. It based on an Italian

Navy homemade software

called “Service-oriented

infrastructure for MARitime

Traffic tracking (SMART)”,

currently evolving to the

SMART FENIX release (as of

2018), with more tools and an

advanced user interface.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

It was established by the

Convention for the

Conservation and

Management of Highly

Migratory Fish Stocks in the

Western and Central Pacific

Ocean (WCPF Convention)

which entered into force on

19 June 2004.

Regional Intergovernmental

organisation

Regional Fishery Body

established in 1973 by

Resolution 4/61 of the FAO

Council under Article VI of

the FAO Constitution. Its

statutes were amended by

the FAO Council at its Seventy-

fourth Session in December

1978 and by the Hundred and

Thirty-first Session of the FAO

Council in November 2006.

Description Maritime

Safety

Ship

Casualty

Fishery

Inspection/C

ontrol

The ARCSAR network addresses the Arctic and North-Atlantic

(ANA) region, preparing to cope with the Security and safety

threats that will result from increased commercial activity in the

region including traffic through the Northern passages, cruise

traffic, and offshore oil and gas activity. It aims to establish and

support a new Arctic and North Atlantic Security and Emergency

Preparedness Network for those involved in front-line security

and emergency response, directly involving practitioners, existing

networks, university stakeholders, research centres, industry,

and those involved in governance, and policy-making.

X X

The Arctic Coast Guard Forum (ACGF) is an independent,

informal, operationally driven organization, not bound by treaty,

to foster safe, secure, and environmentally responsible maritime

activity in the Arctic. All Arctic countries, Canada, Denmark,

Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States

are members of the forum. The ‘Chair’ duties of the ACGF rotate

every two years in concert with the Chairmanship of the Arctic

Council. Iceland is the chair for the Forum in 2019 - 2021. The

work of the ACGF is headed by the ACGF Chair and supported by

the Secretariat and Working Groups. The Secretariat is

responsible for implementing strategic direction and the

operation of the ACGF and its Working Groups.

x x x

COAST GUARD FUNCTION (CGF)

The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum

promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the

Arctic States, Arctic indigenous communities and other Arctic

inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of

sustainable development and environmental protection in the

Arctic. The Council Member States are Canada, Denmark,

Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and

the US. In addition, six organisations representing Arctic

indigenous peoples have status as Permanent Participants. The

Council operates a number of different Task Forces on issues such

as Marine Cooperation, Search and Rescue, Oil Pollution

Prevention, Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response etc.

X X

The ARHC aims to promote technical cooperation in the domain

of hydrographic surveying, marine cartography and nautical

information as well as examining the implications in the Arctic

Ocean Region of matters of general interest. It also aims to

stimulate the widening of hydrographic activity in the Arctic

Ocean Region and encourage seeking technical advice and

assistance in establishing and strengthening hydrographic

capabilities, It helps to define the needs for new hydrographic

products and services; facilitate information exchange and aid in

the planning and organization of hydrographic activities. The

following are member countries of the ARHC: Canada, Denmark,

Norway, Russia, United States of America and Iceland.

X X

The objective of the agreement is to implement a multilateral

programme for the protection of dolphins; to progressively

reduce incidental dolphin mortalities in tuna fishery and, to this

end, seek ecologically sound means of catching tuna while

sparing dolphins; to ensure the long-term sustainability of tuna

stocks and marine resources in the relevant areas. These

objectives are pursued through the IATTC, which has the

coordinating role under the Agreement. The contracting parties

are Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the European Union,

Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, the US,

Vanuatu, and Venezuela.

X

AQUAPOL’s vision is for a more safe, secure and environmental-

friendly waterborne transport in Europe by enhancement of law-

enforcement through cross-border cooperation. The AQUAPOL

organisation acts as a platform for learning and for a permanent

exchange of good practice for law-enforcement in the domain of

waterborne transport in Europe. Its main activities are focussed

on exchange of intelligence, exchange of operational information

and experience, and cross border cooperation in day-to-day law-

enforcement work. AQUAPOL works closely together with a

number of external stakeholders at operational, policy, and

legislative level.

The Balkans and the Black Sea region is a strategic, although

sensitive area, which requires a multilevel approach to enhancing

mutual understanding aimed at deepening economic relations and

cross-border cooperation. At the crossroads of Europe, Middle

East and Central Asia, the region is in the centre of gravity for

investments and geopolitical influence of world’s superpowers

during a time of larger region-wide and global change. At the

cross section of public and business sectors, Balkans & Black Sea

Cooperation Forum aiming at identifying, strengthening &

promoting economic relations, business opportunities,

cross-border cooperation and sustainable growth & development

across the Balkans, the Black Sea region and beyond.

HELCOM (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission –

Helsinki Commission) is the governing body of the Convention on

the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area,

known as the Helsinki Convention. The Contracting Parties are

Denmark, Estonia, the European Union, Finland, Germany,

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden. HELCOM was

established about four decades ago to protect the marine

environment of the Baltic Sea from all sources of pollution

through intergovernmental cooperation. Its vision for the future

is a healthy Baltic Sea environment with diverse biological

components functioning in balance, resulting in a good ecological

status and supporting a wide range of sustainable economic and

social activities. It also includes cooperation mechanisms for

fisheries and navigation safety.

X X

The Baltic Sea Region Border Control Cooperation (BSRBCC) is a

flexible regional tool for daily inter-agency interaction in the

field of environmental protection. It also aims to combat cross-

border crime in the Baltic Sea region, with a particular focus on

the maritime environment. Cooperation Partners are Police,

Border Guards, Coast Guards and Customs Authorities. The

BSRBCC Border Guard Chiefs meet annually and is responsible for

the cooperation initiative, and approving the operational

strategy. It also has an operational and economic mandate for

cooperation. The BSRBCC presidency, which is for one year, is

supported by a secretariat, which includes representatives from

the last, current and next Presidency, thereby ensuring

continuity. The Baltic Border Committee (BBC) prepares and

implements the cooperation strategy through joint operations,

where national representatives integrate national action and

local cooperation into wider cooperation as necessary. Each MS

operates a 24/7 National Coordination Centre (NCC), whilst the

Presidency maintains an International Coordination Centre (ICC).

BALTFISH was initiated 2009 as a flagship project within the EU

Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSBSR. A Memorandum of

Understanding was signed in December 2013 by the ministers in

the eight member states in the Baltic Sea Region, and thus

changing the status of BALTFISH from a flagship project to a

permanent fisheries forum. BALTFISH works on two levels. There

is a high-level group (HLG) composed of the Member States

fisheries directors and invited officials from the European

Commission. There is also the BALTFISH Forum Seminar composed

of representatives from Member States, the European Commission

and the Baltic Sea Advisory Council as well as representatives

from other relevant stakeholders in the Baltic Sea fisheries.

X

The Baltic Sea Task Force on Organised Crime (BSTF-OC) was

created in 1996 in Visby (Sweden) through a decision of the

Heads of Governments of the Baltic Sea States. It comprises 11

personal representatives of the Heads of Governments of the

Baltic Sea States (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland,

Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden). Officials

from Interpol, Europol, the EU Council and the Secretariat of the

Council of the Baltic Sea States have the status of observers at

the BSTF meetings.

The Barcelona Convention aims to address in a holistic manner all

sources of pollution, which may threaten the marine environment

of the Mediterranean and its coastal areas. In particular, the

Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Preventing Pollution from

Ships and, in Cases of Emergency, Combating Pollution of the

Mediterranean Sea is the legal framework within which regional

cooperation in the fields of prevention of and response to marine

pollution from ships is developing. A regional strategy aims to

improve the follow-up of pollution events and

monitoring/surveillance of illicit discharges. The 22 Contracting

Parties are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,

Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya,

Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria,

Tunisia, Turkey, and the EU.

The Black Sea Cooperation Forum was established in 2000,

between the Coast Guard / Border Authorities of the Black Sea

states, namely Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russian

Federation and Georgia. The main purpose is to enhance peace,

stability and maritime security in the Black Sea area, by

increasing regional co-operation, and improving good

relationship. Its tasks include enhancing existing interaction

among border/coast guard agencies to prevent illegal activities,

as well as strengthening the safety and security of navigation in

the Black Sea. It conducts counterterrorism and weapon of mass

destruction non-proliferation activities. It aims to help improve

cooperation in the areas of fishery protection, search and rescue,

marine pollution, marine environmental protection, information

exchange, personnel exchange programs, joint/shared training.

X X X

The Bonn Agreement is the mechanism by which ten

Governments, together with the European Union, cooperate in

dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful

substances. The signatories to the Agreement are the

Governments Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland,

Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the European Union.

Spain joined as a Contracting Party in 2019.

The Bucharest Convention was signed in Bucharest in April 1992,

and was ratified by all six legislative assemblies of the Black Sea

countries (i.e. Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation,

Turkey and Ukraine) in 1994. It is the basic framework of

agreement and has three specific Protocols, dealing with the

control of land-based sources of pollution, the dumping of waste,

and joint action in the case of accidents (such as oil spills). The

implementation of the Convention is managed by the Commission

for the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (also

sometimes referred to as the Istanbul Commission), and its

Permanent Secretariat is in Istanbul, Turkey.

The Centre de Coordination de la Lutte Anti-drogue en

Méditerranée, or Coordination Centre for Anti-Drug Enforcement

in the Mediterranean area was established in 2008 during the

French Presidency of the EU. It is based near Paris, France, and is

closely modelled on MAOC-N in Lisbon. The centre aims to

intercept drug trafficking from Northern and Western Africa in

the Mediterranean.

The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna

(CCSBT) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the

management of southern bluefin tuna throughout its distribution.

The CCSBT's main objective is to ensure, through appropriate

management, the conservation and optimum utilisation of the

global Southern Bluefin Tuna fishery. The Commission also

provides an internationally recognised forum in which other

countries and entities can actively participate in Southern Bluefin

Tuna issues. Members of the Extended Commission comprise of

Australia, the European Union, the Fishing Entity of Taiwan,

Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand and South

Africa.

X

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living

Resources (CCAMLR) was established by international convention

in 1982 with the objective of conserving Antarctic marine life.

This was in response to increasing commercial interest in

Antarctic krill resources, a keystone component of the Antarctic

ecosystem and a history of over-exploitation of several other

marine resources in the Southern Ocean. CCAMLR is an

international commission with 26 Members, and a further 10

countries have acceded to the Convention. Based on the best

available scientific information, the Commission agrees a set of

conservation measures that determine the use of marine living

resources in the Antarctic.

X

The Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock

Resources in the Central Bering Sea (CCBSP) establishes an

international regime for conservation, management, and an

optimum utilization of pollock resources in the Convention Area.

It aims to restore and maintain the pollock resources in the

Bering Sea at levels, which will permit their maximum sustainable

yield. It facilitates cooperation in the gathering and examining of

information concerning pollock and other living marine resources

in the Bering Sea. The CCBSP has 6 members i.e. Japan, Peoples

Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Poland, the Russian

Federation and the United States.

X

Denmark including Greenland and the Faroe island, Iceland,

Finland including Åland island, Sweden and Norway are parties to

this agreement, which covers mutual notification, assistance and

aerial surveillance of oil and other chemicals at sea. Very few

countries have sufficient resources for combating oil spills and

other pollution incidents on their own, and for that reason, it is

important that nations cooperate closely with other nations on

mutual assistance.

The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an overall political forum

for regional cooperation. Consisting of 11 Member States

(Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania,

Norway, Poland, Russia & Sweden), as well as a representative of

the European Union, it supports a global perspective on regional

problems.  The Council of the Baltic Sea States functions as a

coordinator of a multitude of regional actors in the areas of its

three long-term priorities: Regional Identity, Sustainable &

Prosperous Region, and Safe & Secure Region. Set up in 1992 to

ease the transition to a new international landscape, the

organisation today focuses on themes such as societal security,

sustainability, research & innovation, as well as countering

human trafficking.

DENGER is a bilateral agreement between Denmark and Germany,

which provides a Joint Maritime Contingency plan on combating

pollution from oil and other harmful substances in the North Sea.

The DENGERNETH Plan is a trilateral agreement between

Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, which establishes a

joint response plan to maritime incidents involving oil and other

harmful substances, including marine pollution or threat of

marine pollution. The plan is an operational agreement, which

describes in detail the cooperation in aerial surveillance and oil

spill response, and the 3 Member States conduct annual

exercises.

The EAASP aims to work in partnership through the mutual

exchange of knowledge and practices to make the ports of

Europe a safe environment for the communities they serve. The

responsibility for the control of seaports within EAASP member

countries lies, as it does with aviation, with national

organisations. However, the EAASP Maritime Group (EMG) can,

and does, play an important role in the coordination and

implementation of joint security operations carried out by those

organisations, as well as legislative changes relating to the

management and security of seaports. The EMG promotes

common standards and inter-operability, and aims to develop the

exchange of information and intelligence.

The European Coast Guard Functions Forum (ECGFF) is a self-

governing, non-binding, voluntary, independent and non-political

forum bringing together the Coast Guard authorities from 25 EU

Member States and Schengen associated countries, as well as

representatives of the EU institutions and bodies with

competencies related to EU CG Functions. Since its establishment

in 2009 the European Commission and EU Agencies, have

supported the ECGFF. The rotating chair, supported by a

secretariat, governs the Forum with responsibility to implement

the annual programme. Bringing together over 30 national

coastguard authorities from EU countries and associated

Schengen countries, it works on collaborative issues i.e. multi-

agency, multinational operations and capacity building among CG

academies.

X X X

The EFCA coordinates the implementation of Specific Control and

Inspection Programmes (SCIP) for the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea,

the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea and the Western Waters.

EFCA, with the MS’s, provides a specific organisational framework

for operational coordination of control activities in the different

areas, known as Joint Deployment Plan (JDP’s). The JDPs are for

fisheries/areas prioritised by the European Commission and the

MS’s concerned. They can be for European Union waters for

which the SCIP has been adopted by the Commission with the

Member States, or for International waters under the competence

of an RFMO, such as NAFO or NEAFC, where EFCA is requested to

coordinate the implementation of the EU obligations under an

International Control and Inspection Scheme.

X

The Plan aims to identify the status of SAR preparedness of EUR

Region States and State SAR arrangements. It also makes

recommendations for SAR planning and preparedness

enhancements, in terms of compliance with the Convention on

International Civil Aviation, Annex 12, the International

Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue (IAMSAR) Manual

guidance, and accepted best international practice. It provides

recommendations to IMO for harmonised and interoperable

delivery of both aeronautical and maritime SAR services. It requires regular updating to keep current with changes in ICAO

Annexes and guidance material, the IAMSAR Manual, regional

aviation activity, developments in ATM system, new technology,

political considerations, as well as human performance lessons

learned from actual SAR responses.

The overall objective of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism is to

strengthen cooperation between the EU Member States and 6

Participating States in the field of civil protection, with a view to

improve prevention, preparedness and response to disasters.

When the scale of an emergency overwhelms the response

capabilities of a country, it can request assistance via the

Mechanism. The European Commission plays a key role in

coordinating the response to disasters in Europe and beyond and

contributes to at least 75% of the transport and/or operational

costs of deployments. In addition to the EU Member States, the

six participating states are Iceland, Norway, Serbia, North

Macedonia, Montenegro, and Turkey.

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the FAO supports

all efforts to promote Blue Growth - with its emphasis on

reconciling social and economic development with environmental

performance - to all fisheries and aquaculture policies. It

promotes and supports the implementation of the Code of

Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, in addition to providing

scientific advice, strategic planning, and training materials. It

serves as a neutral forum to discuss issues related to

international cooperation and multistakeholder approaches. The

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) used by the FAO is the

appropriate and practical way to implement the Code of Conduct

for Responsible Fisheries.

X

The Chief Executive, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, and

the Haut Commissaire de la République française en Nouvelle-

Calédonie, Délégué du Gouvernement , recognising the

importance of cooperation in maritime SAR and the need to

ensure expeditious and effective search and rescue services,

passed and Arrangement on maritime search and rescue. The

Rescue Coordination Centres of both parties will especially assist

each other, to the extent possible, in the conduct of SAR missions

in their respective Search and Rescue Regions (SRRs) and across

their common SRRs boundaries and will regularly exchange SAR

information concerning an actual distress or a potential distress

situation.

The Chief Executive, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, and

Le Préfet de La Reunion, Délégué du Gouvernement pour

l’action de l’Etat en mer , recognising the importance of

cooperation in maritime SAR and the need to ensure expeditious

and effective search and rescue services, passed and

Arrangement on maritime search and rescue. The Rescue

Coordination Centres of both parties will especially assist each

other, to the extent possible, in the conduct of SAR missions in

their respective Search and Rescue Regions (SRRs) and across

their common SRRs boundaries and will regularly exchange SAR

information concerning an actual distress or a potential distress

situation. This Arrangement was amended in 2011.

Following the report of the International Maritime Organization

Conference on Maritime Search and Rescue in the Atlantic Ocean,

which was held in Lisbon, Portugal in 1994, Canada and Saint-

Pierre-et-Miquelon agreed an Arrangement on maritime SAR. The

Parties confirmed that the French territorial sea of Saint-Pierre-

et-Miquelon is included in the Canadian Search and Rescue Region

of Halifax (SRR Halifax), for which the Maritime Rescue

Coordination Centre is JRCC Halifax.

The French Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Transport of

the People’s Republic of China passed an Arrangement on

maritime search and rescue and maritime assistance, aimed to

improve skills, techniques and technology in life saving at sea.

This agreement also enables the Parties to exchange information

about ways, approaches and the regime to organize and

coordinate both government and non-government rescue forces

and resources.

An agreement between French maritime Gendarmerie and Cyprus

Maritime Police where both parties cooperate on exchange of

crewmembers, education on maritime security (given by the

French Maritime Gendarmerie), support to the re-organisation of

Cyprus CROPMar, etc. Planned to exchange information.

In force since 1976, the RAMOGE Agreement is a scientific,

technical, legal and administrative cooperation instrument by

which the governments of France, Monaco and Italy implement

actions for an integrated management of the coastline. The main

objective is to coordinate the actions of the three parties to

protect Mediterranean littoral waters. It is part of Barcelona

Convention, and has an executive secretariat in Monaco. The

area of the RAMOGE Agreement encompasses the maritime

waters of South-East France (Region Sud-Provence Alpes Côte

d’Azur), Monaco, and North-West of Italy (Region of Liguria),

forming a pilot zone for prevention of and response to maritime

pollution.

X

The RAMOGE Agreement between France, Italy and Monaco

establishes a joint intervention plan for spill response in the

Mediterranean Sea (from the mouth of Rhône river on the West,

to the lighthouse of Capo d’Anzio in the East, including Corsica

and Sardinia islands). The area is divided into 2 sub-areas, one

where each party shall provide assets in an automatic way, and

the other where joint intervention is scheduled only after request

to national authority concerned by the pollution. The plan

describes all the operational procedures, assets available, time to

mobilize, expertise, national doctrines for use of dispersants etc.

X X

SAR MEDOCC is a technical agreement between France, Spain and

Italy on SAR organization in Western Mediterranean Sea and

adjacent areas, in force since 1972. It aims at coordinating the

SAR organizations of the three contracting parties regarding

aircrafts in distress, according to Chicago convention on

International Civil Aviation, and, as far as possible, safety of life

at sea or ashore. Morocco takes part as an observer. The MRCC

Malta participates within means at its disposal.

The Government of the French Republic and the Government of

the Mauritius Republic passed an agreement on maritime search

and rescue, establishing cooperation between the different

authorities. This arrangement especially defines the standard

operating procedures for the Rescue Coordination Centres

(RCCs), particularly the determination of the responsible RCCs,

the communication about the search areas, the transferring of

SAR coordination responsibility or the liaison during a SAR

operation. This agreement also deals with the use of the

different SAR assets belonging to the two Parties and the SAR

operational expenses.

The Government of the French Republic and the Government of

His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco passed an agreement

on maritime search and rescue, recalling that the SAR conference

held in Valencia (Spain) in 1997 on the initiative of the

International Maritime Organization assigned France a maritime

Search and Rescue Region (SRR) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Monegasque territorial waters shall be included in the SRR

assigned to France in the Mediterranean Sea. In this SRR, the

Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre shall be CROSS La Garde ,

under the authority of the Préfet maritime de la Méditerranée .

In the context of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

(GMDSS), this centre shall receive alerts coming from Monegasque

territorial waters.

The Director of Civil Aviation, New Zealand, and the Haut

Commissaire de la République française en Nouvelle-Calédonie,

Délégué du Gouvernement , passed an arrangement for

cooperation between New Zealand Search and Rescue Services

and French Maritime Search and Rescue Services in New

Caledonia. This arrangement especially defines the standard

operating procedures for the Rescue Coordination Centres

(RCCs), particularly the determination of the Responsible RCCs,

the transferring of SAR Coordination Responsibility or the liaison

during a SAR operation.

The Government of the French Republic and the Government of

the Portuguese Republic passed an agreement for the exchange

of information between the French Antilles and the Portuguese

maritime search and rescue services. The maritime rescue

coordination centres (MRCCs) of the two Parties shall regularly

exchange the information, especially when a SAR operation is

launched on the high seas in their search and rescue area. They

shall exchange information on the available units in proximity to

the location of the alert and carry out combined liaison tests at

least to ensure their capacity to communicate.

This operational cooperation plan applies to large-scale spill

response (oil, HNS). It establishes the technical conditions and

procedures for requests for assistance between the General

Direction of the Maritime Authority (Portugal) and the Maritime

Prefecture of the Atlantic (France) regarding the deployment and

activation of assets. The applicable area is between the parallels

40°N and 46°N, and from the meridian 14°W, to the Portuguese,

Spanish and French coasts. The parties may agree to extend it

beyond this area in case of exceptional situation.

X X

The Government of Saint Lucia and the Government of the

French Republic passed an agreement on maritime search and

rescue. Based on the SAR conferences held in Caracas

(Venezuela) in 1984 and in Lisbon (Portugal) in 1994, which made

France responsible for a maritime Search and Rescue Region

(SRR), in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Eastern Caribbean

Sea, in which Saint Lucia is geographically located. In this SRR,

the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre is MRCC Fort-de-

France.

The Government of the Republic of South Africa and the

Government of the French Republic, recognising the importance

of cooperation in maritime Search and Rescue, and the need to

ensure expeditious and effective search and rescue services,

passed and Arrangement on maritime search and rescue. The

Rescue Coordination Centres of both parties will especially assist

each other, to the extent possible, in the conduct of SAR missions

in their respective Search and Rescue Regions (SRRs) and across

their common SRRs boundaries and will regularly exchange SAR

information concerning an actual distress or a potential distress

situation.

Through this bilateral plan, the French and the Spanish

authorities agree for joint action in the case of maritime rescue,

assistance to ship in distress, and marine pollution in the Bay of

Biscay. The area is delimited by parallels 42°30’N and 46°00’N,

meridian 10°25’W, and French and Spanish coasts. A separation

line marks the limits of the areas of initial responsibility.

X X

This bilateral operational cooperation plan signed in 1972 and

updated in 2016 schedules terms of collaboration between French

and Spanish authorities in the field of maritime rescue, marine

pollution and assistance to ships in distress in the Mediterranean

Sea. It gives details on the availability of air and naval assets in

an area delimited by French and Spanish SRR as well as in the

specific area of the LION Plan.

X X

Since 2008, this technical agreement between the French

Maritime Gendarmerie and Spanish Guardia Civil comes down to

meetings, joint patrols on Atlantic and Mediterranean border

sections, personnel exchange during illegal immigration and

fishery control operations. In 2020, operations for securing

Spanish leisure areas (for instance in the Baleares islands) will be

added.

This bilateral agreement signed in 1978 and regularly updated

aims at coordinating French and UK capabilities in case of

maritime disaster in their adjacent waters. Its guideline is the

designation of a single authority for the coordination of the

response involving the two parties. An Anglo French accident

technical group (AFATG) meets twice a year.

X X

The Government of the French Republic and the Government of

the Republic of Vanuatu passed an agreement on maritime search

and rescue, recalling that the SAR conference held in Seoul

(Korea) in 1997 made France responsible for a maritime Search

and Rescue Region (SRR), in which Vanuatu is geographically

located. In this SRR, the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre is

MRCC Nouméa, under the authority of the Haut-Commissaire de

la République en Nouvelle-Calédonie délégué du Gouvernement.

The purpose of the Committee is to promote the sustainable

utilization of the living marine resources within its area of

competence by the proper management and development of the

fisheries and fishing operations. Established in 1967, its members

are Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, the Democratic Rep.

of the Congo, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea,

European Union, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece,

Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Liberia,

Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland,

Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain,

Togo, and the United States of America.

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The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)

is a regional fisheries management organization (RFMO)

established under the provisions of Article XIV of the FAO

Constitution. The main objective of the GFCM is to ensure the

conservation and the sustainable use, at the biological, social,

economic and environmental level, of living marine resources as

well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the

Mediterranean and in the Black Sea (GFCM area of application).

The GFCM is currently composed of 24 members (23 member

countries and the European Union) who contribute to its

autonomous budget to finance its functioning and 5 Cooperating

non-Contracting Parties (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia,

Jordan, Moldova and Ukraine).

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This Danish-German Arrangement on measures aimed at

increasing the safety of navigation in the Kadetrenden was signed

in 2001.

X

This Working Group involving Germany and the Netherlands was

established within the framework of Ems-Dollart Treaty of 8 April

1960, (D/NL)

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German authorities have established Memorandums of

Understanding (MoU’s) on Joint Mutual Support for Maritime

Search and Rescue with Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and

the United Kingdom.

The German Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation (DGzRS),

has put in place Operational Agreements with their respective

counterparts in Denmark (Admiral Danish Fleet) the Netherlands

(the Netherlands Coast Guard), Poland (Polish Ship Salvage),

Sweden (Swedish Maritime Administration) and the UK (Her

Majesty’s Coast Guard).

German Police have signed bilateral agreements with all its

neighbours on cross-border police cooperation. These agreements

govern cross-border police measures such as surveillance,

controlled deliveries and hot pursuit, joint police operations (in

particular joint patrols, information sharing, cross-border

personnel support, and work at the joint centres for police and

customs cooperation. At these joint centres, the police and

customs authorities of the partner countries work together in

mixed international teams under one roof based on mutual trust.

Information and experience are shared on all matters related to

the border area. This makes it easier to coordinate cross-border

operations, e.g. identifying additional contact persons in the

neighbouring country. Officers working at the joint centres are

required to be able to speak the language of both countries.

Protocol between the Ministry of mercantile marine of the

Hellenic Republic and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of

Albania for the cooperation between the Hellenic Coast Guard

and the Albanian Border Police for the for the effective

supervision of the sea areas between both countries.

Agreement between the government of the Hellenic Republic and

the government of Cyprus on Co-operation in the Field of Search

and Rescue (2014).

Memorandum of Understanding between the government of the

Hellenic Republic and the government of the Italian Republic on

Cooperation in Search and Rescue Operations in the Ionian Sea

(2000).

Agreement between the government of the Hellenic Republic and

the government of Malta on Co-operation in the Field of Search

and Rescue (2008).

The IOTC is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for the

management of tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean. It

works to achieve this by promoting cooperation among its

Contracting Parties (Members) and Cooperating Non-Contracting

Parties in order to ensure the conservation and appropriate

utilisation of fish stocks and encouraging the sustainable

development of fisheries. At each Session of the Commission,

Members may adopt Conservation and Management Measures

concerning the management of tuna and tuna-like species under

the IOTC mandate as well as the fisheries, which target them.

These decisions are passed in the form of either Resolutions or

Recommendations. There are currently 31 Members, including

the EU, and two cooperating Non-Contracting Parties (CNCP) i.e.

Senegal and Liberia.

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The IFC-IOR stems from the importance of the Indian Ocean to

world trade and security, and the need for the various maritime

nations and organisations to collaborate towards enhancing

maritime safety and security on the seas of this region. In

addition to utilising the collective wisdom and resources towards

addressing myriad challenges in the region, IFC-IOR will help

interface and integrate, wherein, all partners and stakeholders

would benefit from each other’s best practices and expertise.

The Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard jointly administer the

IFC. IFC-IOR was established with the vision of strengthening

maritime security in the region and beyond, by building a

common coherent maritime situation picture and acting as a

maritime information hub for the region.

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The Information Fusion Centre (IFC) is a regional Maritime

Security (MARSEC) centre hosted by the Republic of Singapore

Navy (RSN). The IFC aims to facilitate information sharing and

collaboration between its partners to enhance MARSEC. Since its

inception, the IFC has been at the forefront of providing

actionable information to cue responses by regional and

international navies, coast guards and other maritime agencies to

deal with the full range of MARSEC threats and incidents. This

includes piracy, sea robbery, weapons proliferation, maritime

terrorism, as well as contraband and drug smuggling. In addition

to RSN personnel the centre hosts liaison officers from 24

countries i.e. Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China, Chile,

France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia,

Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa,

Republic of Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and

Vietnam.

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The objective of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission

(IATTC) is to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable

use of tuna and tuna-like species and other species of fish taken

by vessels fishing for tunas and tuna like species in the Eastern

Pacific Ocean. Members are Belize, Canada, China, Columbia,

Costa Rica, Ecuador El Salvador, the European Union, France,

Guatemala, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,

Peru, Chinese Taipei, US, Vanuatu and Venezuela. Bolivia,

Honduras, Indonesia, Liberia are Cooperating Non-Members.

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Initially, IALA was a non-profit, international technical

association. Established in 1957, it gathered marine aids to

navigation authorities, manufacturers, consultants, and,

scientific and training institutes from all parts of the world to

exchange and compare their experiences and achievements. On

22 August 2024, it officially changed its status from a Non-

governmental Organization (NGO) to an Intergovernmental

Organization (IGO) based on a Convention.

The aim of IALA is to foster the safe, economic and efficient

movement of vessels, through improvement and harmonisation of

aids to navigation worldwide and other appropriate means, for

the benefit of the maritime community and the protection of the

environment.

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The International Civil Aviation Organization is a UN specialized

agency, established in 1944 to manage the administration and

governance of the Convention on International Civil Aviation

(Chicago Convention). ICAO works with the Convention’s 193

Member States and industry groups to reach consensus on

international civil aviation Standards and Recommended Practices

(SARPs) and policies in support of a safe, efficient, secure,

economically sustainable and environmentally responsible civil

aviation sector. These ensure local civil aviation operations and

regulations conform to global norms, allowing more than 100,000

daily flights in aviation’s global network to operate safely and

reliably, many over the world’s oceans and seas.

ICCAT is an intergovernmental organization for the management

and conservation of tuna and tuna-like species in the Atlantic

Ocean and adjacent seas. The organisation was established in

1966, at a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and operates in

English, French and Spanish. ICCAT has 53 members and 5

‘Cooperators’. ICCAT carries out studies on biometry, fisheries

ecology and oceanography, focusing on the effects of fishing on

tuna stock abundance. They collect and analyse fisheries

statistics required for the management of resources. Based on

scientific and other information, such as fishery statistics and

stock assessments provided by members, each year the

Commission decides on conservation and management measures

aimed at maintaining target stocks at levels that permit the

maximum sustainable catch for food.

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The International Maritime Rescue Federation (IMRF) is

the international non-governmental organisation (NGO)

working to develop and improve maritime search and rescue

(SAR) capacity around the world, improving maritime SAR

capability worldwide. The IMRF brings together the world's

maritime SAR organisations involving both voluntary and

governmental organisations. As well as capacity building, the

IMRF also has an advocacy role, providing an international voice

for its members. It is the only maritime SAR NGO with

consultative status at the United Nations’ International Maritime

Organization (IMO).

The Irish Coast Guard, Department of Transport, Tourism and

Sport and the Maritime Prefect for the Atlantic Region signed a

Technical Agreement under the IMO International Convention for

Maritime Search and Rescue to cooperate in the case of major

disaster or events of exceptional seriousness, assist one another

through their search and rescue services. The memorandum aims

at defining the formal procedures and technical aspects of the

request of assistance between the Irish Coast Guard coordination

centres and the French Maritime Prefecture for the Atlantic, for

the employment of their respective air assets. Both parties

further recognise that similar support may be possible in the

event of maritime casualties within their respective EEZs.

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The Irish Coast Guard (ICG), Dept. of Transport, Tourism and

Sport and the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) signed

an MOU under the IMO International Convention for Maritime

Search and Rescue to cooperate in the case of major disaster or

events of exceptional seriousness, assist one another through

their search and rescue services. The MOU defines the formal

procedures and technical aspects of the request of assistance

between the ICG coordination centres and the UK MCA and both

parties further recognise that similar support may be possible in

the event of maritime casualties within their EEZs.

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Located at Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, Joint

Interagency Task Force South (JIATF South) conducts detection

and monitoring operations throughout the Caribbean to facilitate

the interdiction of illicit trafficking in support of the US (Coast

Guard and Navy) and partner nations security, among them

France and Netherlands who have national territories in this

area. Coordinated operations aim at denying transnational

criminal organizations the ability to exploit shipment routes for

the movement of narcotics, precursor chemicals, bulk cash,

human trafficking and weapons.

On 17 October 1990, Portugal, France, Morocco, Spain and the

European Community signed the Lisbon Agreement, which is

essentially a mechanism to ensure cooperation between the

Contracting Parties in the event of a pollution incident. Such a

pollution incident is a discharge or danger of a discharge of

hydrocarbons or other harmful substances, which has occasioned

or may occasion damage to the marine environment, the coast or

the related interests of one or more of the Parties, and requiring

emergency action or an immediate reaction. The Agreement

establish the obligation on the Contracting Parties to create their

own intervention agencies and to set their own national plans of

action. An International Centre, located in Portugal, is assisting

the Parties to react swiftly and effectively to pollution incidents.

The Marine Accident Investigators’ International Forum (MAIIF) is

an international non-profit organisation dedicated to the

advancement of maritime safety and the prevention of marine

pollution through the exchange of ideas, experiences and

information acquired in marine accident investigation. It aims to

promote and improve marine accident investigation, and to

foster cooperation and communication between marine accident

investigators. It aims to develop and sustain a co-operative

relationship among national marine investigators in order to share

knowledge in an international forum, and to improve maritime

safety and the prevention of pollution via the dissemination of

information from the investigative process.

The Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre – Narcotics (MAOC

(N)), based in Lisbon, has 7 EU Member Countries: France,

Ireland, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and the UK. It is co-

funded by the Internal Security Fund of the EU and is a forum for

multi-lateral cooperation to suppress illicit drug trafficking by sea

and air. It is a European Law Enforcement unit with military

support that coordinates maritime and aviation intelligence,

resources and trained personnel to respond to the threat of illicit

drug trafficking.

The Mediterranean Coast Guard Functions Forum (MCGFF) is a

non-binding, voluntary, independent and non-political forum

bringing together representatives from institutions and agencies

with related competencies in coast guard functions in the

Mediterranean. The aim is to facilitate multilateral cooperation

on a wide range of issues such as maritime safety, security and

environmental protection activities as well as creating

partnerships to share experience and best practices on common

problems.

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The Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 27 June 2002 requires the Member States (MSs) to

provide themselves with appropriate equipment and shore-based

installations for receiving and utilizing the AIS information

transmitted by the vessels. The Member States agreed to

implement common regional systems hosted and developed by

one of them. EMSA and the Italian Coast Guard subscribed, since

2009, a Service Level Agreement (SLA) by which Italy is

responsible for the hosting, maintenance, operation and

monitoring of the Mediterranean AIS Regional Server (MAREΣ) and

its connection with SafeSeaNet. Part of SafeSeaNet, MAREΣ

(Mediterranean AIS Regional Exchange System) officially started

to run on 1st January 2008; currently it allows the AIS

information sharing among Mediterranean EU countries (Portugal,

Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania,

Bulgaria, Croatia, Gibraltar) e non-EU which agreed to share AIS

data between themselves (e.g. Jordan, Morocco and

Montenegro).

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NETHGER is a bilateral agreement between the Netherlands and

Germany, which provides a Joint Maritime Contingency plan on

combating pollution from oil and other harmful substances in the

North Sea.

The North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF), formed in 2007,

aims to increase cooperation amongst member countries on

maritime safety and security in the region. The NACGF is not

policy or regulatory- oriented, is non-binding, voluntary, and

operates within existing legal frameworks. Its members are

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland,

Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain,

Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Estonia Lithuania and Poland have observer status.

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The Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North

Atlantic Ocean (1983) created the inter-governmental

organization NASCO (North Atlantic Salmon Conservation

Organization) with the objective to conserve, restore, enhance

and rationally manage wild Atlantic salmon. It created a large

protected zone, free of fisheries targeting Atlantic salmon in

most areas beyond 12 nm from the coast. NASCO has six Parties:

Canada, Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands & Greenland),

the European Union, Norway, the Russian Federation and the

United States of America. France (in respect of St.Pierre &

Miquelon) attends as an observer. Iceland withdrew in 2009.

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The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) is the

RFMO for the North East Atlantic. The area stretches from the

southern tip of Greenland, east to the Barents Sea, and south to

Portugal. Its objective is the long-term conservation and

optimum utilisation of the fishery resources in the Convention

Area. There are 5 contracting partners, Denmark (for Faroe

Islands and Greenland), the European Union, Iceland, Norway and

the Russian Federation, with 6 cooperating Non-Contracting

parties, Bahamas, Canada, Curacao, Liberia, New Zealand and

Panama.

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NAFO is an intergovernmental fisheries science and management

body, which was founded in 1979 as a successor to the

International Commission of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries

(1949-1978). The NAFO Convention on Cooperation in the

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries applies to most fishery resources of

the Northwest Atlantic except salmon, tunas/marlins, whales,

and sedentary species (e.g. shellfish). NAFO has 12 Contracting

Parties i.e. Canada, Cuba, Denmark (in respect of the Faroe

Islands and Greenland), the European Union, France (in respect

of St. Pierre and Miquelon), Iceland, Japan, Norway, Republic of

Korea, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United States of

America.

The group, consisting of Belgium, France, Germany the

Netherlands and the UK, aims to develop processes to share

maritime information in support of national maritime safety and

security objectives, and to improve maritime situational

awareness in the multi-agency maritime environment. With a

focus on the North Sea and the Channel, they also aim to work on

the integration of existing systems/channels as well as ongoing

projects to provide real-time data exchange, while also

developing procedures to mutually support common objectives in

areas of common maritime interest.

OSPAR is the mechanism by which 15 Governments & the EU

cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East

Atlantic. OSPAR was started in 1972 with the Oslo Convention

against dumping and was broadened to cover land-based sources

of marine pollution and the offshore industry by the Paris

Convention of 1974. These two conventions were unified, up-

dated and extended in 1992 with a new annex on biodiversity and

ecosystems was adopted in 1998 to cover non-polluting human

activities that can adversely affect the sea. The fifteen

Governments are Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway,

Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK.

The Paris MOU is based on the principle that the prime

responsibility for compliance with the requirements laid down in

the international maritime conventions lies with the ship-

owner/operator. Responsibility for ensuring compliance remains

with the flag State. It aims to eliminate the operation of sub-

standard ships through a harmonized system of port State

control. The members are Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,

Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,

Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands,

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain,

Sweden and the UK.

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An agreement Maritime SAR Co-operation between Polish Ship

Salvage Company and Admiral Danish Fleet.

The operational agreement on Maritime SAR Co-operation was

signed in Bremen on 26.04.1993 between Polish Ship Salvage

Company and German Lifeboat Institution.

The POLGER Agreement is a bilateral operational agreement

between Poland and Germany on cooperation and response

activities in dealing with maritime incidents of pollution or the

threat of pollution in the Baltic Sea Area involving oil and other

harmful substances. Not yet in force.

X

This operational agreement covers the Pomeranian Bay and deals

with co-operation and response activities concerning marine

accidents and combating marine pollution by oil and other

harmful substances. It will be replaced by the POLGER Agreement

(please see above).

X

This agreement on Maritime and Aeronautical SAR Co-operation

was signed in Vilnius 19.10.2009 between Ministry of

Infrastructure in Poland and Ministry of Transport in Lithuania.

This agreement was signed on 1.02.2003 by the former Polish

Regional Sea Fisheries Inspectorates in Gdynia, Słupsk and

Szczecin and the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. It covers the

cooperation in the fields of monitoring, control and surveillance

of fisheries, especially the exchange of information on landings

and inspections, exchange of personnel between the relevant

control authorities.

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This agreement on Maritime and Aeronautical SAR Co-operation

was signed in Moscow on 13.11.1996 between Ministry of

Transport and Maritime Economy and Russian Federation Aviation

and Maritime Services.

Signed on 05.07.1995 between Poland and Russia, the agreement

on a mutual relationship and cooperation on the fishery economy,

and used by the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland

Navigation, Fisheries Department.

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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland

and the Government of Russian federation on cooperation in

combating marine pollution of the Baltic sea and the Vistula

Lagoon by oil or other harmful substances. Sea area covered

includes Baltic Sea (territorial waters and economic Zones

between Poland and Kaliningrad Region) and Vistula lagoon.

Signed on 6.12.2010.

The Ministry of Transport and Maritime Economy in Poland and

the Maritime Administration in Sweden signed this agreement on

Aeronautical and Maritime SAR Co-operation in Stockholm on

10.06.1998.

Based on information from Parties and Partners, the RMIFC

receives, processes, fuses, stores, shares and exchanges

information with the objective of issuing an alert in the event of

imminent or proven danger to maritime security and safety in its

​​general area of interest considered to be the regional maritime

space laying between latitudes 26 ° North and 37 ° South and

longitudes 20 ° East and 76 ° East. The general area of interest

of the RMIFC is complementary to that of the IFC Singapore in the

east and the Gulf of Guinea maritime safety and security

architecture in the west. 

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Establishes effective coordination pillars, especially for the

exchange of information, supported in the case of police

operations, reinforcement of training programs and management

of services and staff.

According to the EUROSUR regulation, the national coordination

centres of neighbouring Member States shall share with each

other, directly and in near real time, the situational picture of

neighbouring external border sections. In this regard the

information collected from the national surveillance systems in

the neighbouring border sections of Portugal and Spain is shared

directly and in near real time among them, contributing to

improve the situational awareness and to increase reaction

capability.

In 1976, a Conference of Plenipotentiaries representing sixteen

Mediterranean coastal States and the European Communities

adopted the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean

Sea Against Pollution (Barcelona Convention). This included the

“Regional Oil Combating Centre” (ROCC) with the mandate to

strengthen the capacities of coastal States in the Mediterranean

region. It also facilitates co-operation among those States to

combat massive marine pollution by oil, particularly by

developing national capacities to combat oil pollution and by

establishing a regional information system with a view to dealing

with marine pollution emergencies. In 1989, the name of the

Centre was changed to the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency

Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC). The

International Maritime Organization (IMO), in cooperation with

UNEP/MAP, administers REMPEC. 

SUCBAS is a cornerstone for sea surveillance, information

exchange and co-operation within the Baltic Sea area and its

approaches. The aim of the co-operation is to enhance Maritime

Situational Awareness benefiting maritime safety, security,

environmental and law enforcement activities in the region by

sharing relevant maritime data, information and knowledge

between the participants. The SUCBAS cooperation

comprises Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany,

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and United Kingdom. The

initiative is led by the navies of these countries. In recognition of

the fact that responsibility for of maritime surveillance, maritime

safety, maritime security, the maritime environment and

maritime law enforcement are implemented differently in each

country, SUCBAS information is shared among national

governmental institutions with a maritime responsibility

regardless if civil or military, at their discretion.

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Slovenia and Italy signed the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding

in order to improve both safety of navigation in the North

Adriatic Sea and response activities to any emergency situation at

sea in accordance with the provisions of the International

Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979.

Slovenia, Croatia and Italy signed the 2000 Memorandum of

Understanding on the Mandatory Ship Reporting System in the

Adriatic Sea with the purpose of improving safety at sea.

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This Sub-regional Contingency Plan for the prevention of,

preparedness for and response to major marine pollution

incidents in the Adriatic has been developed in accordance with

Article 17 of the Protocol concerning Cooperation in Preventing

Pollution from Ships and, in Cases of Emergency, Combating

Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea (Prevention and Emergency

Protocol) to the Convention for the Protection of the

Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention). Italy

has not yet ratified this agreement.

Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy agreed on a routing system and a

traffic separation scheme in the Northern Part of the North

Adriatic, with the purpose to improve safety at sea.

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Bilateral agreement between Slovenia and Croatia on cooperation

in protection against natural and manmade disasters including

planning and implementation of measures for protection against

floods, earthquakes, fires, sudden pollution, accidents at sea,

radiological hazards and industrial and other civil disasters that

can have transboundary impact. Also includes mutual assistance

in the protection, rescue and elimination of the consequences of

accidents, cooperation on training and mobilisation members of

the Civil Protection, firefighters in other members of rescue

teams in cooperation for rescue protection, exchange of

scientific and technical information before disasters,

participation in development in the production of rescue

equipment.

Memorandum of Understanding between the Administration of

the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief

and Italian Department of Civil Protection which is based on

recognizing that cooperation in the field of disaster management

contribute to people safety and the importance of providing

effective disaster response.

Protocol on cross-border cooperation between Slovenia and the

Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, based on protection

and rescue in case of natural and man-made disasters. In the

event of natural or man-made disaster the countries will provide

immediate cross-border assistance, coordinate the necessary

protection and rescue measures, ensure the timely

communication of natural or man-made disasters, as well as

liaison between operational centres. Both parties are committed

to further develop international cooperation.

The South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) is an

intergovernmental fisheries science and management body. Its

primary purpose is to ensure the long-term conservation and

sustainable use of all living marine resources in the South East

Atlantic Ocean, and to safeguard the environment and marine

ecosystems in which the resources occur. The Convention

excludes the EEZ’s of the coastal states. The contracting parties

are Angola, the EU, Japan, Republic of Korea, Namibia, Norway

and South Africa.

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The objectives of this Agreement are to ensure the long-term

conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources in the

Area through cooperation among the Contracting Parties, and to

promote the sustainable development of fisheries in the Area. It

covers fishery resources including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and

other sedentary species within the area, but excluding highly

migratory species and sedentary species subject to the fishery

jurisdiction of coastal states. SIOFA has nine Contracting Parties:

Australia, the Cook Islands, the European Union, France (on

behalf of its Indian Ocean Territories), Japan, the Republic of

Korea, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Thailand. In addition,

Chinese Taipei is deemed a fishing entity and Comoros is a

cooperating non-Contracting Party. Kenya, Madagascar,

Mozambique and New Zealand are also signatories, but they have

not yet ratified the agreement.

X

The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation is

an inter-governmental organisation that is committed to the long-

term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources of

the South Pacific Ocean and in so doing safeguarding the marine

ecosystems in which the resources occur. The SPRFMO Convention

applies to the high seas of the South Pacific, covering about a

fourth of the Earth's high seas areas.  There are 15 members:

Australia, Peoples Republic of China, Cuba, the European Union,

Republic of Korea, Peru, Chinese Taipei, Vanuatu, Chile, Cook

Islands, Ecuador, Denmark (in respect of Faroe Islands), New

Zealand, the Russian Federation and the United States.

Cooperating non-contracting parties are Columbia, Curacao,

Liberia and Panama.

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The main objective of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries

Commission (SWIOFC) is to promote the sustainable utilization of

the living marine resources of the Southwest Indian Ocean region,

by the proper management and development of the living marine

resources, and to address common problems of fisheries

management and development faced by the Members of SWIOFC.

Members are Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives,

Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, United

Rep. of Tanzania and Yemen.

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The SWEDENGER Agreement is a joint response plan between

Sweden, Denmark and Germany for dealing with maritime

incidents involving Oil and other Harmful Substances and Co-

operation in Aerial Surveillance in the Western Baltic Sea Area.

The V-RMTC is a virtual network connecting Maritime Operation

Centres of member Navies. Through the system, based on

commercial hardware and a software developed within the Italian

Navy, it is possible to share among participants selected

unclassified information related to merchant shipping (bigger

than 300 tons). The hub of the V-RMTC is located in Rome, at the

Italian Maritime Operation Centre (MOC) of the Fleet Command

Headquarter (CINCNAV). The MOC gathers and merges the

information received, broadcasts a single near-real time

recognised picture to all V-RMTC participating Navies. The

community has 33 member Navies. V-RMTC: Albania, Belgium,

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,

Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal,

Romania, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, US. T-

RMN: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore,

South Africa, Perù. Following Navies may also join - Ghana,

Qatar, Australia, Japan, Cameroon and Ecuador.

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The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission,

established in 2004 by the Convention for the Conservation and

Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and

Central Pacific Ocean. Members: Australia, China, Canada, Cook

Is, EU, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, Indonesia,

Japan, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Republic of Marshall Islands,

Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea,

Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Chinese Taipei, Tonga,

Tuvalu, US, and Vanuatu.

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The objective of the Commission is to promote the effective

conservation, management and development of the living marine

resources of the area, iaw the FAO Code of Conduct for

Responsible Fisheries, and address common problems of fisheries

management and development faced by its members. The

members are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,

European Union, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana,

Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands,

Nicaragua, Panama, Republic of Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent/Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad

and Tobago, UK, US, and Venezuela.

Maritime

Border

Control

Maritime

Environmental

Protection

Prevention & Suppression of

Trafficking and Smuggling - Law

Enforcement

Maritime Search &

Rescue

X

x x x x

COAST GUARD FUNCTION (CGF)

X X

X

X

X

X X X X

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X X

X

EE

Maritime Monitoring &

Surveillance

Maritime

Customes

Activities

Maritime

Accident/Disaster

Response

Ship/Port

Security Estonia

X X X

x x x x

COAST GUARD FUNCTION (CGF)

X X X

X x

x

X X X x

x

X x

X

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Appendix 6: Country Factsheets

Please, correct if necessary and/or fill in blank/incomplete cells

No MEMBER STATE EMSA COD code

(Organisation ID) AUTHORITY NAME IN ENGLISH

1 Estonia Ministry of Interior

2 Estonia Ministry of Economic Affairs and

Communications

3 Estonia Ministry of Defence

4 Estonia ORG_EE98215 Ministry of Climate

5 Estonia Ministry of Finance

6 Estonia ORG_EE98213 Estonian Police and Border Guard

Board

7 Estonia ORG_EE01566 JRCC Tallinn

8 Estonia ORG_EE46155 Estonian Transport Administration

9 Estonia Water Traffic Management Unit

10 Estonia Estonian Navy

11 Estonia Environmental Board

12 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board

13 Estonia Estonian Rescue Board

14 Estonia Heritage Conservation

15 Estonia Aviation Safety and Supervision

Department

16 Estonia Estonian Air Navigation Services

(EANS)

17 Estonia The North Estonia Medical Centre

18 Estonia Volunteer maritime rescuers

19 Estonia Estonian Safety Investigation

Bureau

20 Estonia Estonian Internal Security Service

21 Estonia Estonian Police and Border Guard

Board - Maritime Bureau, Tallinn

22 Estonia Estonian Police and Border Guard

Board - Eastern Prefecture, Jõhvi

23 Estonia Estonian Police and Border Guard

Board - Western Prefecture, Pärnu

24 Estonia Estonian Police and Border Guard

Board - Southern Prefecture, Tartu

25 Estonia Environmental Board - Tallinn office

26 Estonia Environmental Board - Kärdla office

27 Estonia Environmental Board - Jõhvi office

28 Estonia Environmental Board - Haapsalu

office

29 Estonia Environmental Board - Rakvere

office

30 Estonia Environmental Board - Palmse office

31 Estonia Environmental Board - Põlvamaa

supervisory office

32 Estonia Environmental Board - Kuressaare

office

33 Estonia Environmental Board - Tartu office

34 Estonia Environmental Board - Valga office

35 Estonia Environmental Board - Otepää

office

36 Estonia Environmental Board - Jõgeva office

37 Estonia Environmental Board - Paide office /

Järvamaa supervisory office

38 Estonia Environmental Board - Türi office

39 Estonia Environmental Board - Pärnu office

40 Estonia Environmental Board - Penijõe

office

41 Estonia Environmental Board - Viljandi

office

42 Estonia Environmental Board - Võru office

43 Estonia Environmental Board - Võrumaa

supervisory office

44 Estonia Environmental Board - Rapla office

45 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Airport Customs Office

46 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Luhamaa Customs Office

47 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Narva-2 Customs Office

48 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Koldula Road Customs Office

49 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Airport Terminal Customs Office

50 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Muuga Customs Office

51 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Paldiski Customs Office

52 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Narva Road Customs Office

53 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Koidula Railway Customs Office

54 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Narva Railway Customs Office

55 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Passenger Port Customs Office

56 Estonia Estonian Tax and Customs Board -

Sillamäe Customs Office

57 Estonia

Estonian Rescue Board - Northern

Rescue Centre

(Tallinn)

58 Estonia

Estonian Rescue Board - Southern

Rescue Centre

(Tartu)

59 Estonia

Estonian Rescue Board - Eastern

Rescue Centre

(Jõhvi)

60 Estonia Estonian Rescue Board - Western

Rescue Centre (Pärnu)

AUTHORITY NAME IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

LEVEL

(NATIONAL/

DEPARTMENT/

REGIONAL/

LOCAL)

ADDRESS (L)

Siseministeerium National Pikk 61, 15065 Tallinn

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium National Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122

Tallinn

Kaitseministeerium National Sakala 1, 15094 Tallinn

Kliimaministeerium National Suur-Ameerika 1

10122 Tallinn

Rahandusministeerium National Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122

Tallinn

Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet National Pärnu mnt 139, 15060

Tallinn

Lennu- ja merepääste koordinatsioonikeskus (JRCC

Tallinn) National

Osmussaare 2, 13811

Tallinn

Transpordiamet National Valge 4, 11413 Tallinn

Veeliikluse juhtimise üksus National Valge 3, 11413 Tallinn

Eesti Merevägi National Juhkentali 58, 15007

Tallinn

Keskkonnaamet National Roheline 64, 80010 Pärnu

Maksu- ja Tolliamet National Lõõtsa 8a, 15176 Tallinn

Päästeamet National Raua 2, 10124 Tallinn

Muinsuskaitseamet National Pikk 2, 10123 Tallinn

Lennuamet National Lõõtsa 5, Ülemiste City,

11415 Tallinn

Lennuliiklusteeninduse AS National Kanali põik 3, Rae küla,

Rae vald Harjumaa 75310

Põhja-Eesti Regionaalhaigla erakorralise meditsiini

osakond Regional

19 J. Sütiste Str, 13419

Tallinn

Vabatahtlikud merepäästjad National Estonia

Ohutusjuurdluse Keskus National Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122

Tallinn

Kaitsepolitseiamet National

Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet: Merebüroo, Tallinn Regional

Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet: Ida Prefektuur, Jõhvi Regional

Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet: Lääne Prefektuur, Pärnu Regional

Politsei- ja Piirivalveamet: Lõuna Prefektuur, Tartu Regional

Keskkonnaameti Tallinna kontor Regional Kopli 76, 10416 Tallinn

Keskkonnaameti Kärdla kontor Regional Kõrgessaare mnt 18,

92412 Kärdla

Keskkonnaameti Jõhvi kontor Regional Pargi 15, 41537 Jõhvi

Keskkonnaameti Haapsalu kontor Regional Lahe 8, 90503 Haapsalu

Keskkonnaameti Rakvere kontor Regional Kunderi 18, 44307

Rakvere

Keskkonnaameti Palmse kontor Regional Palmse, 45435

Keskkonnaameti Põlvamaa järelevalve büroo Regional Puuri tee 1, 63308 Põlva

Keskkonnaameti Kuressaare kontor Regional Tallinna 22, 93819

Kuressaare

Keskkonnaameti Tartu kontor Regional Aleksandri 14, 51004

Tartu

Keskkonnaameti Valga kontor Regional Kesk 12, 68205 Valga

Keskkonnaameti Otepää kontor Regional Kolga tee 28, 67305

Otepää

Keskkonnaameti Jõgeva kontor Regional Suur tn 3, 48303 Jõgeva

Keskkonnaameti Paide kontor / Järvamaa

järelevalve büroo Regional Rüütli 25, 72713 Paide

Keskkonnaameti Türi kontor Regional F.J. Wiedemanni 13,

72213 Türi

Keskkonnaameti Pärnu kontor Regional Roheline 64, 80010 Pärnu

Keskkonnaameti Penijõe kontor Regional Penijõe mõis, 90305

Lääneranna vald

Keskkonnaameti Viljandi kontor Regional Paala tee 4, 71014,

Viljandi

Keskkonnaameti Võru kontor Regional Karja 17a, 65608 Võru

Keskkonnaameti Võrumaa järelevalve büroo Regional Jüri 12, 65620 Võru

Keskkonnaameti Rapla kontor Regional Tallinna mnt 14, 79513

Rapla

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Lennujaama tollipunk Regional Valukoja 32/3, 11415

Tallinn

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Luhamaa maantee piiripunkt Regional

Luhamaa, Lütä küla,

65018 Setomaa vald, Võru

maakond

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Narva-2 piiripunkt (jalakäijad) Regional Kose 6, 20103 Narva

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Koidula maantee piiripunkt Regional

Koidula küla, 64004

Setomaa vald, Võru

maakond

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Lennujaama tollikontorolli

üksus Regional

Tartu mnt 101, 10112

Tallinn

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Muuga tollipunkt Regional Veose 4, 74115 Maardu

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Paldiski piiripunkt Regional

Lõunasadama tee 11,

76806 Paldiski

(Lõunasadam)

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Narva maantee piiripunkt Regional Peterburi mnt 1, 20308

Narva

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Koidula raudtee piiripunkt Regional

Koidula küla, 64004

Setomaa vald, Võru

maakond

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Narva raudtee piiripunkt Regional Vaksali 14, 20308 Narva

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Sadamate tollikontrolli üksus Regional Uus-Sadama 24, 10111

Tallinn

Maksu- ja Tolliamet - Sillamäe tollipunkt Regional Tööstuse 14, 40231

Sillamäe

Päästeamet - Põhja Päästekeskus (Tallinn) Regional Erika 3, 10416 Tallinn

Päästeamet - Lõuna Päästekeskus (Tartu) Regional Jaama 207, 50705 Tartu

Päästeamet - Ida Päästekeskus (Jõhvi) Regional Rahu 38, 41532 Jõhvi

Päästeamet - Lääne Päästekeskus (Pärnu) Regional A. H. Tammsaare pst 61,

80042 Pärnu

Email(s) Phone number(s) 24/7 - Emergency

phone number(s) RCC phone number(s)

info@siseministeeriu

m.ee +372 612 5008

[email protected] +372 625 6342

info@kaitseministeeri

um.ee +372 717 0022

info@kliimaministeeri

um.ee +372 626 2802

[email protected] +372 611 3558

[email protected] +372 612 3000

[email protected] +372 6191224 +372 6 191 224

info@transpordiamet.

ee +372 620 1200

tln.vts@transpordiam

et.ee +372 6205 770

Naval Headquarters:

[email protected]; Naval

Base: [email protected];

Naval Headquarters:

+372 717 7000;

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

[email protected] +372 880 0812

[email protected] +372 660 1524

info@muinsuskaitsea

met.ee +372 640 3050

info@transpordiamet.

ee +372 6201200

[email protected] +372 625 8230

info@regionaalhaigla.

ee +372 617 1995

[email protected] +372 625 6314

[email protected] +372 612 3000

[email protected] +372 337 2200

[email protected] +372 444 6400

[email protected] +372 730 8800

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

- +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

- +372 662 5999

info@keskkonnaamet.

ee +372 662 5999

[email protected] +372 676 1809

louna.vahetusevanem

@emta.ee +372 676 4462

[email protected] +372 463 1390

louna.vahetusevanem

@emta.ee +372 676 4481

[email protected] +372 676 1801

[email protected]

[email protected]

+372 676 4811

+372 676 4816

[email protected]

+372 676 4853

+372 676 4858

[email protected]

+372 676 3850

+372 676 3800

louna.vahetusevanem

@emta.ee +372 676 4486

[email protected]

+372 676 3693

+372 676 3691

sadamate.kontroll@e

mta.ee

+372 676 4765

+372 5347 8643

[email protected]

+372 676 2561

+372 676 2562

+372 5692 3403

+372 5692 3574

[email protected] +372 628 2000

[email protected] +372 628 2000

[email protected] +372 628 2000

[email protected] +372 628 2000

Website

Parent

organization

number

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos;

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/128012

014003?le

iaKehtiv

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

Maritime Safety Ship Casualty

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

1 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

6 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

OL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

2 SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

8 OL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

OL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

3 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

4 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

2

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

1

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

8

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

SL

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

6 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

6 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

6 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

6 SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/msos

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

11

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

12

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

13

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

13

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

13

https://www.rescue.e

e/en/places/rescue-

centers/western-

rescue-centre

13

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead, OL=Operational

Lead, SB= Supporting

body)

National

legal basis

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/127082

022003

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/127082

022003

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/105122

023007?le

iaKehtiv

COAST GUARD FUNCTIONS (CGF)

Fishery Inspection/Control Maritime Border Control Maritime Environmental Protection

SB SL (transboundary

water bodies)

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/ppvs

OL (transboundary

water bodies)

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/ppvs

SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/105072

022005

SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/105072

022005

OL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/120062

022044

OL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/105072

022005

OL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/111112

022002

SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/105072

022005

SB

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/105072

022005

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

Role (SL=Strategic

Lead,

OL=Operational

Lead, SB=

Supporting body)

National

legal basis

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/128012

014003?le

iaKehtiv

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

kt/128012

014003?le

iaKehtiv

SL

https://w

ww.riigite

ataja.ee/a

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Country RCC Address Email(s)

Estonia JRCC Tallinn Osmussaare 2, 13811 Tallinn [email protected]

Phone number(s) Website

+372 6 191 224 www.politsei.ee

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ESTONIA

Ministry of Interior Estonian Police and Border Guard Board

Ministry of Finance Estonian Tax and Customs Board

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau

Ministry of Defence Estonian Navy

Ministry of Climate

Environmental Board

Estonian Transport Administration

Ms Kyllike Sillaste-Elling

Permanent Representative of Estonia to the EU

Email: [email protected]

Subject: European cooperation on coast guard functions (https://coastguard.europa.eu/) Your Excellency, Within the framework of the European Cooperation on Coast Guard Functions, involving EMSA, EFCA, and Frontex, EFCA is updating the practical information publicly available on the EU coast guard functions online platform (https://coastguard.europa.eu/), which includes information from your Member State. Enclosed (Annexes 1 and 2) you will find the information currently available on the platform from the relevant national authorities in Estonia implementing coast guard functions1. We kindly invite you to review, update, and/or complete the information provided in the Annexes, including details of any national coast guard functions authorities not yet listed, or to inform us of any comments or amendments you may wish to propose. Please send your feedback to [email protected] no later than 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of this letter. Should you have any questions or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Beatriz Huarte Melgar, EFCA Project Officer, by email at [email protected] or by telephone on +34 654 506 804. Thank you in advance for your kind collaboration and continued support in strengthening European cooperation on coast guard functions.

Yours sincerely, [e-Signed] Dr. Susan Steele Executive Director

1 Coast guard functions: https://coastguard.europa.eu/about/coast-guard-functions

2

Annexes: Annex 1: Cooperation and Coordination Mechanisms; Country Factsheet; JRCC.

Annex 2: Classification of the coast guard function authorities. Copy: EMSA: Mr Andrea Tassoni. Frontex: Mr Brice Caldairou. DG Mare: Ms Iglika Yakova and Mr Dario Vaschetto.

Estonia - Points of Contact: Mr Rene Hartõkainen, Mr Vaido Luks, Mr Reemet Okas.

Electronically signed on 30/10/2025 15:50 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121