DECISION OF THE MEETING - Eighteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols;Follow up actions regarding the Offshore Protocol Action Plan

Request the continuation of the work to achieve the drafting of the Offshore Protocol Action Plan by the end of 2014; Request the designation of senior officials at national level, with strong experience of both the technical aspects and regulatory process of offshore activities to organize the necessary consultations and facilitate the implementation of the Offshore Protocol; Approve the establishment of the Barcelona Convention Offshore Oil and Gas Group, and adopt its ToR and decision on its financing.