Mediterranean SOx ECA - The road map for a proposal

The extended mandate of the SOx ECA Technical Committee of Experts (until 30 April 2021), which was granted at COP 21, has enabled this regional cooperative mechanism to oversee the on-going knowledge gathering and further studies for the implementation of the road map of the possible designation of the Mediterranean Sea, as a whole, as an Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides (Med SOx ECA). According to the road map, a series of knowledge gathering and further studies should be carried out systematically and the first outcomes were reviewed by the technical committee. Feedback and comments provided by experts from 17 Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention are under consideration at the moment and will be addressed when finalising the deliverables resulting from the knowledge gathering and further studies.