Financial arrangements
9 The costs of monitoring consist of an initial amount for setting up monitoring by the providers listed in paragraph 7 and an annual fee to these providers for the provision of the update.
The costs of monitoring shall, for a 5-year operational period, be borne on a voluntary basis by the member States listed in appendix 2 of this guideline. The experience gained shall be evaluated by the end of the fourth year of operation. On that basis, the Marine Environment Protection Committee, in consultation with the Secretary-General of IMO, is invited to consider more permanent financial arrangements to cover the costs of the agreed monitoring system.
