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EFCA / EMSA / FRONTEX

Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic (MOSPA)

Cooperation on Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response in the  Arctic.

Coast Guard Functions
Maritime Environmental Protection & Response
Countries involved

ES - Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency Headquarter - National Maritime Operations Department

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Operations is responsible for:
- Planning, direct, implement and follow up the coordination from MRCCs and operations at sea and in the air related to the emergencies under the framework of their competencies.
- The legal and other matters that the outcome of the operational activities can give rise to.
- Crisis preparedness and response focuses on preparing for and responding to major incidents.
- Marine fleet management and management of our major contracts for the aerial units. 

Website: www.salvamentomaritimo.es/

RO - Romanian Maritime Training Centre (CERONAV)

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Romanian Maritime Training Centre - CERONAV is a self-financed non-profit public institution established in 1976 in Constanta, Romania. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and has been nominated as the national body for the training of seafarers, river and port personnel and provide training under STCW Convention and beyond, including training for offshore rig personnel.

ES - Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency - National Maritime Coordination Centre

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Single point of contact (SPOC) for authorities and maritime organisations in SAR, traffic monitoring and pollution emergencies at national and international level. 
Equipped with the latest technology, gives support to the MRCCs.

Website: www.salvamentomaritimo.es/

PT - Portuguese National Maritime Authority

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The National Maritime Authority System (SAM) corresponds to the institutional framework of Entities, Bodies and Services, that have coordination, executive, advisory or law enforcement functions, whose purpose is to guarantee compliance with the law in maritime spaces under national sovereignty and jurisdiction. This Framework includes agencies at local, regional and national level, responsible for the coordination, advice and law enforcement.

PL - Polish Maritime Office in Szczecin

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Maritime Office in Szczecin is the Polish governmental maritime authority subordinated to Ministry of Maritime Economy. The territorial range of Maritime Office in Szczecin covers internal sea waters, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, seaports, havens and coastal zone, from the west border of Poland to the meridian 16˚41’56,70" of Eastern longitude. 

Website: www.ums.gov.pl

PL - Polish Maritime Office in Gdynia

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Maritime administration authority operates in Polish maritime areas, i.e. internal waters, territorial sea, i.e. in areas where the Polish state exercises territorial sovereignty, and to a limited extent in areas of the exclusive economic zone, where, in accordance with the Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Polish state exercises rights sovereign, in ports and sea harbors, as well as in the coastal belt running along the sea coast.

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