9th Meeting of the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR TG BALLAST

Gothenburg, Sweden, 13-14 December 2018. The status report of the COMPLETE project was presented at the 9th meeting of the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention Exemptions (HELCOM/OSPAR TG BALLAST). The COMPLETE project also presented the project output 3.1 “Advanced target species selection criteria”. The proposed selection of TS is based on all pertinent prioritized and ranked values (potential to pose threat to human health, impact on economy, and environment) and on the IMO Guidelines on risk assessment under regulation A-4 (G7). The meeting documents and outcome can be found at:Helcom