Updated requirements for information exchange
The Representatives,
Noting Articles III(1)(a) and VII(5) of the Antarctic Treaty;
Conscious of the obligations within the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (“the Protocol”) and its Annexes to exchange information;
Conscious also of decisions of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (“ATCM”) in relation to the information to be exchanged by Parties;
Desiring that the exchange of information by Parties be 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) decided that the Parties would 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;
Desiring to make changes to the consolidated list attached to this Decision, on sections 2.1.1. Forward Plans and 2.1.2. Science Activities in Previous Year (category Annual Report), and to add a new section 3.5 Cooperation Agreements (category Permanent Information);
Decide:
1. that the Annex to this Decision represents a consolidated list of the information to be exchanged by Parties;
2. that the Secretariat shall modify the EIES to reflect the information contained in the Annex to this Decision; and
3. that the Annex to Decision 5 (2022) is no longer current.
The Representatives,
Noting Articles III(1)(a) and VII(5) of the Antarctic Treaty;
Conscious of the obligations within the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (“the Protocol”) and its Annexes to exchange information;
Conscious also of decisions of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (“ATCM”) in relation to the information to be exchanged by Parties;
Desiring that the exchange of information by Parties be 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) decided that the Parties would 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;
Desiring to make changes to the consolidated list attached to this Decision, on sections 2.1.1. Forward Plans and 2.1.2. Science Activities in Previous Year (category Annual Report), and to add a new section 3.5 Cooperation Agreements (category Permanent Information);
Decide:
1. that the Annex to this Decision represents a consolidated list of the information to be exchanged by Parties;
2. that the Secretariat shall modify the EIES to reflect the information contained in the Annex to this Decision; and
3. that the Annex to Decision 5 (2022) is no longer current.
