Information Exchange Requirements


The Representatives,

Noting Articles III (1)(a) and VII (5) of the Antarctic Treaty;

Conscious of the obligations to exchange information as contained in the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (“the Protocol”) and its Annexes;

Conscious of Decisions of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (“ATCM”) in relation to the information to be exchanged by Parties;

Desiring to ensure that the exchange of information by Parties is conducted in the most efficient and timely manner;

Desiring also that the information to be exchanged by Parties be readily identified to maximise its utility;

Recalling Decision 4 (2012), which decided that the Parties would use the Electronic Information Exchange System (“EIES”) to exchange information in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty and the Protocol and its Annexes and which specified that Parties would continue to work with the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty (“the Secretariat”) to refine and improve the EIES;

Noting that Decision 4 (2012) requires Parties to update relevant sections of the EIES regularly throughout the year, in order that such information be made available and accessible to Parties as soon as practicable;

Decide:

1. that the Annex to this Decision represents a consolidated list of the information agreed to be exchanged by Parties;

2. to request the Secretariat to modify the EIES to reflect the information contained in the Annex to this Decision; and

3. that the Annex to Decision 7 (2021) is no longer current.