Cooperation During the Designation and Management of the Dogger Bank

AuthorMarieke Kooij, van der
PositionMSc Graduate Student, Utrecht University Faculty of Geosciences; Student, Utrecht University Faculty of Law
Pages46-54
Cooperation During the Designation and Management of the
Dogger Bank
Analysis of Applicable Legal Instruments, Degree of Implementation
and Possible Future Scenarios
Marieke van der Kooij
Merkourios 2011 – Volume 27/Issue 73, Article, pp. 46-54.
URN: NBN:NL:UI: 10-1-100932
ISSN: 0927-460X
URL: www.merkourios.org
Publisher: Igitur, Utrecht Publishing & Archiving Services
Copyright: this work has been licensed by the Creative Commons Attribution License (3.0)
Keywords
Environmental law, Marine Protected Areas, Dogger Bank, International cooperation, Cooperation requirements.
Abstract
e Dogger Bank is a potential transboundary marine protected area (MPA) located in Dutch, German, Danish and UK
waters. International and EU legal instruments contain provisions requiring cooperation during the designation and pro-
tection/management of the Dogger Bank as an MPA. Many of the cooperation requirements are not specied; therefore,
Member States are left with a certain discretion as to the extent and form of the implementation of the required cooperation.
Since this cooperation began taking place, the required standards seem to be being met. However, the exact meaning of the
requirement for cooperation included in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is questionable; it remains to be
seen whether the current cooperation complies with this Directive. In order to optimise the current cooperation practice, an
increasing role for the European Commission (EC) and the Habitats Committee within the process of the designation and
management of the Dogger Bank as an MPA could be strived for. Furthermore, when looking at the relevant legal instru-
ments an amendment of Oslo-Paris (OSPAR) Recommendation 2003/3 provides an option to further establish a specic
legal basis for cooperation.
Author Aliations
MSc Graduate Student, Utrecht University Faculty of Geosciences; Student, Utrecht University Faculty of Law.
Article
46Merkourios - International and European Environmental Law - Vol. 27/73

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