Convention for the Protection of Sample Clauses

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona Convention) The Barcelona Convention of 1976, amended in 1995, and the Protocols drawn up in line with this Convention aim to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea and protect and improve the marine environment in the area, thereby contributing to its sustainable development. The RAC/SPA Action Plan for the conservation of bird species listed in Annex II of the Protocol concerning specially protected areas (SPAs) and biological diversity in the Mediterrean concerns several species that are also listed in the AEWA Action Plan (see box). The Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA). RAC/SPA, based in Tunis, as part of a host agreement signed in 1991 between Tunisia and the UNEP, was established by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention in order to help the Mediterranean countries to implement the Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (that came into force in December 1999). Direct persecution (such as illegal hunting and the use of poison) as well as the Introduction of and predation by alien species are among the threats the Action Plan aims to identify and control on the national level. AEWA bird species (in bold) listed in the Protocol’s Annex II list of endangered or threatened species: Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Mediterranean Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Osprey Pandion haliaetus Xxxxxxxx’s Falcon Falco eleonorae Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Xxxxxxx’s Gull Larus audouinii Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis Little Tern Sterna albifrons
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  • Promotion and Protection of Investments 1. Each Contracting Party shall encourage and create favourable conditions for investors of the other Contracting Party to make investments in its territory and shall admit such investments in accordance with its laws and regulations.

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  • Eye Protection Approved eye protection shall be supplied to individual prescription to all employees who normally wear glasses and are required to wear eye protection for an appreciable amount of time in the performance of their duties.

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