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18 Ecology L.Q. 559 (1991)
Regulation of Ocean Dumping by the European Economic Community

handle is hein.journals/eclawq18 and id is 569 raw text is: Regulation of Ocean Dumping by the
European Economic Community
Daniel Suman *
CONTENTS
Introduction  ...................................................  560
I. Ocean Dumping and Ocean Incineration Practices in
Waters Adjacent to Western Europe ....................... 561
A.   Ocean  Dumping   .....................................  561
B.  Ocean  Incineration  ...................................  562
II. International Conventions ................................. 564
A.   Oslo  Convention  .....................................  564
B. London Dumping Convention ........................ 566
C. Barcelona Convention .............................. ..569
D.   Helsinki Convention ..................................  571
E. Caribbean Convention ................................ 572
F. Summary of Conventions ............................. 573
III. European Economic Community (EEC) Governance and its
Experience with Regulation of Ocean Dumping ............ 573
A. EEC Governance ..................................... 573
1.  G oals  ............................................  573
2. EEC Institutions and Consultative Bodies .......... 574
3. EEC Decisionmaking Process ..................... 576
4. EEC Competence in Environmental Protection ..... 577
B. The Commission's Proposed Directives Regarding
Ocean Dumping and Their Fate within the EEC
Institutions and Consultative Bodies ................... 579
1. 1976 Proposed Directive .......................... 579
a.  The  Proposal ..................................  579
b. Fate of the 1976 Proposed Directive ............ 581
2. 1985 Proposed Directive .......................... 583
a.  Antecedents ...................................  583
Copyright © 1991 by ECOLOGY LAW QUARTERLY
* Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; J.D. 1991, School of Law (Boalt Hall), Univer-
sity of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. 1983, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of
California at San Diego; M.Ed., M.A. 1978, Columbia University; Certificate of The Institute
of Latin American Studies 1978, School of International Affairs, Columbia University; A.B.
1972, Middlebury College.

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