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Response operations
A major purpose of the Bonn Agreement is to facilitate cooperation between the Contracting Parties in response to large maritime disasters and other emergencies. To ensure that such cooperation is effective and efficient, common understanding is needed on many issues. These have been codified in the following chapters of the Bonn Agreement Counter-Pollution Manual:
This chapter sets out the Bonn Agreement recommendations for organising response operations, so that each Contracting Party that is involved has a clear understanding of who is to do what.
Chapter 3: Radio communications
Good communications are an important foundation for cooperation in response operations. This chapter sets out the agreements on how to manage radio communications between those involved in joint response operations.
Chapter 30: Organisational issues
When vessels and operatives are working away from their bases, there are many administrative and organisational issues that need to be resolved. This chapter identifies these, and sets out possible answer to many of the problems involved.
The Contracting Parties usually help each other in responding to emergencies on the basis that the Contracting Party who is helped will pay the costs of those who help. This chapter sets out the basis for this reimbursement.
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