Topic | OSPAR Governing Document |
Use and Discharge of Chemicals |
OSPAR Decision 2000/2 on a Harmonised Mandatory Control System for the Use and Reduction of the
Discharge of Offshore Chemicals |
Chemicals governed by HMCS |
Common Interpretation on which Chemicals are Covered and not Covered by the Harmonised Mandatory
Control System under OSPAR Decision 2000/2 (Reference number: 2002-6) |
Prescreening leading to CHARM Assessment |
OSPAR Recommendation 2000/4 on a Harmonised Pre-screening Scheme for Offshore Chemicals |
HOCNF |
OSPAR Recommendation 2000/5 on a Harmonised Offshore Chemical Notification Format (HOCNF) |
Guidance on how to Complete a HOCNF |
OSPAR Guidelines for Completing the Harmonised Offshore Chemical Notification Format (HOCNF)
(Reference number: 2002-2) |
PLONOR List and Criteria |
OSPAR List of Substances / Preparations Used and Discharged Offshore which Are Considered to
Pose Little or No Risk to the Environment (PLONOR) (Reference number: 2004-10)(Revised OIC 2005) |
Toxicity Guidelines |
OSPAR Guidelines for Toxicity Testing of Substances and Preparations
Used and Discharged Offshore (Reference number: 2002-3) |
Additional Toxicity Guidelines |
Further Guidance on the Assessment of the Toxicity of Substances under the Harmonised Pre-Screening
Scheme of OSPAR Recommendation 2000/4 (Reference number: 2002-4) |
Use of Organic Phase Drilling Fluids |
OSPAR Decision 2000/3 on the Use of Organic-Phase Drilling Fluids (OPF) and the Discharge of
OPF-Contaminated Cuttings |
Taint List |
OSPAR List of Substances/Compounds Liable to Cause Taint (Reference number: 2002-5) |