Cet ensemble englobe la convention d’Helsinki, l’accord de Bonn, la convention de Barcelone et, désormais, l’accord de Lisbonne, chacun portant sur différentes zones marines entourant les pays de l’UE et organisant l’intervention individuelle ou collective des parties contractantes en cas de pollution ou de menace de pollution des mers et du littoral, en vue de protéger l’environnement et la santé des citoyens.
The network consists of the Helsinki Convention, the Bonn Agreement, the Barcelona Convention and, in this case, the Lisbon Agreement, each of which covers different parts of the sea around EU countries, aiming at individual or collective intervention of the contracting parties in case of pollution or a threat of pollution of the seas or coasts, in order to protect the environment and citizens’ health.