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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Marine Environment Protection Committee - Resolution MEPC.162(56) - Guidelines for Risk Assessment Under Regulation A-4 of the BWM Convention (G7) - (Adopted on 13 July 2007) - Annex - Guidelines for Risk Assessment Under Regulation A-4 of the BWM Convention (G7) - 8 Consultation

8 Consultation

  8.1 In accordance with regulation A-4.3, Parties shall consult any State that may be adversely affected from any exemptions that may be granted. This should include adjacent States and any other States that may be affected, including those located in the same biogeographic region as the recipient port(s). States should exchange information and endeavour to resolve any identified concerns. Sufficient time must be given for affected States to consider proposed exemptions carefully.

  8.2 Affected States should be provided with information on: the risk assessment method applied; the quality of the information used in the assessment; uncertainties in the model, model inputs and/or risk assessments; the rationale for the proposed exemption; and any terms or conditions applicable to the exemption.

  8.3 The risk assessment should document the following elements as appropriate:

  • Criteria or reference for defining target species in the risk method.
  • The inventories of native, non-indigenous, and cryptogenic species used in the species' biogeographical risk assessment.
  • Acceptance criteria applied in each step of the analysis. The risk assessment has to be put in a relevant context to enable determination of whether the risk level is acceptable or not. The only transparent verifiable way of doing this is to compare the actual risk level with clear predefined acceptance criteria in paragraphs 6.5.2 to 6.5.8.

  8.4 In addition, the criteria or scientific methods used in defining and delimiting the biogeographic regions shall be presented if a scheme other than that recommended in paragraph 6.2.3 is used.

  8.5 The invitation for comments should contain one of the two following options for the affected State's response:

  • .1 Supported without comments or conditions.

  • .2 Supported with comments and/or conditions.

  8.6 The deadline for comments from the affected State(s) should be specified in the invitation. If no response within the given time-limit is received, this may be regarded as "Accepted without comments or conditions".

  8.7 If an affected State does not support the granting of the exemption(s), the appropriate reasons should be provided. Any conditions or limitations which an affected State believes to be necessary to enable them to support an exemption should be clearly identified.

Parent topic: Annex - Guidelines for Risk Assessment Under Regulation A-4 of the BWM Convention (G7)
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