Europe

Country	Malta	Information provider	Y
International	X	Advice provider	Y
Regional Centre	X	Response capability	N
Government	X	24 Hour service	Y
Commercial		Subscription required	N
Academic

Tel: +356 21 337 296 / 7 / 8 (during regular office hours) or +356 9949 79 78 (outside office hours)

Email: rempec@rempec.org (Emergency email: emergency@rempec.org)

Web site: www.rempec.org

Description: REMPEC assists, provides information and advisory services to, and facilitates cooperation in cases of emergency amongst, the competent national authorities of the Mediterranean coastal States and the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and its Prevention and Emergency Protocol (Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, the European Community, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, GSP Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey). In case of an HNS spill or release REMPEC can provide the Contracting Parties, upon request, with expert advice at the site of accident, utilizing the services of experts of the Mediterranean Assistance Unit (MAU). At present the Centre has a Memorandum of Understanding with CEDRE, ICRAM and FEDERCHIMICA (Association of the Italian Chemical Industry), for participation in MAU. The TROCS database, containing information on some 700 chemical substances and 230 crude oils and refined petroleum products, and on dealing with these in case of spill or releases, can be downloaded free of charge from the Centre's website. Between 2001 and 2005, REMPEC also developed a comprehensive Mediterranean Integrated Decision Support Information System (MIDSIS-TROCS), which is based on the TROCS database, and comprises inter alia a series of decision trees, guidance on response to chemical and oil spills, links to the relevant pages of HELCOM Manual on Chemical Pollution, and summary descriptions of past incidents. MIDSIS-TROCS is at present available only as a CD and is distributed to the national authorities of the Contracting Parties and to the relevant international organizations.

 

Country	Spain	Information provider	Y
International		Advice provider	Y
Regional Centre	X	Response capability	Y
Government	X	24 Hour service	Y
Commercial		Subscription required	N
Academic	X

Tel: +34 900 202 202

General Enquiries Tel: +34 91 755 9100

Emergency Radio: Channel 16 VHF and any SOS frequency HF

Fax: +34 91 755 9109

Email: gabinete.madrid@sasemar.es

Web site: www.sasemar.es

Description: SASEMAR is a public company that belongs to the Spanish Ministry of Transport. Their role is to coordinate operations at sea such as search and rescue, pollution prevention and response, maritime traffic control and monitoring, maritime safety and navigation aids, towing and vessel assistance and other activities. They have their own resources (technical and human) to carry out such tasks and have also agreements with other public institutions (SAR, Port Authority, Spanish Navy, regional governments, etc.) to use their resources if necessary.