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… ; adopted 2001, in force since 2008) International Convention for the control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments ( Ballast Water Convention ; … Government and the Federal Coastal States - ensures a mutual maritime emergency management in the North and Baltic Seas, including in the event of oil spills from …

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