3.1 International agreements regulating CO2 leakage

There are several national and international regulatory regimes that currently cover the impact of a leakage event from a geological CO2 storage site. These include the London Convention and Protocol, OSPAR and EU directive which are discussed next. The geographical coverage of these regulatory regimes overlap to some extent. These international agreements were also elaborated at different times and from different starting positions, reflected by their content and focus, i.e. OSPAR is concerned with effects on the marine environment, whereas the EU CCS Directive is more general in its expression.

 

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3.1.1 London Convention and Protocol

The London Convention and Protocol is administered by The International Maritime Organisation, which has 170 member stat...

3.1.2 OSPAR Convention

The OSPAR Convention has published guidelines concerning risks related to storage of CO2 in off-shore geological format...

3.1.3 European Union Directive - Geological storage of CO2

In connection with the implementation of the directive, the Commission produced four guidance documents in order to faci...