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Cooperation and Coordination Mechanisms

Poland-Denmark Operational Agreement on Maritime SAR Co-operation (1994)

Source: Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation

An agreement Maritime SAR Co-operation between Polish Ship Salvage Company and Admiral Danish Fleet.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Search and Rescue
Countries involved

Poland-Germany Operational Agreement on Marine Accidents and Combating Marine Pollution on Pomeranian Bay (2001)

Source: Polish Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation

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).

Coast Guard Functions
Ship Casualty & Maritime Assistance Service
Maritime Accident and Disaster Response
Countries involved

Poland-Germany Operational Agreement on SAR Co-operation (1993)

Source: Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation

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

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Search and Rescue
Countries involved

Poland-Germany POLGER Agreement

Source: ePolish Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation

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

Coast Guard Functions
Ship Casualty & Maritime Assistance Service
Maritime Accident and Disaster Response
Countries involved

Poland-Lithuania Governmental Agreement on Maritime and Aeronautical SAR Co-operation (2009)

Source: Notification 192/2012 by Prime Minister Republic of Poland 22.11.2012 & Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation

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.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Search and Rescue
Countries involved

Poland-Norway Fisheries Control Agreement (2003)

Source: Polish General Sea Fisheries Inspectorate

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.

Coast Guard Functions
Fisheries Inspection & Control
Countries involved

Poland-Russia Governmental Agreement on Maritime and Aeronautical SAR Co-operation (1996)

Source: Notification 21/2006 by Prime Minister Republic of Poland 21.02.2006 & Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation

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.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Search and Rescue
Countries involved

Poland-Russia Working Agreement on Co-operation in combating Marine Pollution of the Baltic Sea and the Vistula Lagoon (2010)

Source: Polish Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation

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.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Environmental Protection & Response

Poland-Sweden Governmental Agreement on Aeronautical and Maritime SAR Co-operation (1998)

Source: Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Organisation

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.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Search and Rescue
Countries involved

Portugal-Spain ESPPS Exchange of Situational Picture of Neighbouring External Border Sections between the National Coordination Centres

Source: GNR Website

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.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Monitoring and Surveillance
Countries involved

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