The action includes: a) the development of plans to combat petroleum pollution at sea shore, taking into account: - identification of hazards related to pollution by petroleum-derived substances and other dangerous substances on the sea shore in terms of threats to the marine and terrestrial environment, - procedures for initiating, notifying and carrying out pollution response actions at seaside, - the rules of cooperation between the services responsible for carrying out the action. b) the organisation of regular exercises in communication and anti-pollution operations.

After modification, the action will include: - construction of a new, multi-purpose anti-pollution vessel (successor to m / s Kapitan Poinc), - modernization of the existing ship (m / s Czeslaw II) - purchase of an automatic system for collecting pollutants from the water surface, - purchase of 4 - 5 boats to combat pollution in shallow and sheltered waters.

The WWF has been running the web fishing programme since 2011. Research institutions and fishing organisations are involved in this type of activities. However, there is still a lack of a systemic approach and the actions taken are carried out on too small a scale. In 2019, the MARELITT Baltic project was completed, which developed m.in best practices for abandoned fishing gear and its disposal. The action will consist in the continuation of work related to the fishing of nets in cooperation with fisheries associations with financial support from external funds on the model of the Operational Programme """"Fisheries and Sea"""" for the years 2014-2020. The action will include the financing and organisation of actions to retrieve lost fishing gear. In order to make the most of the experience and conclusions of the MARELITT project presented in the document """"The Baltic sea blueprint"""", including m.in recommendations aimed at facilitating the removal of fishing nets: - Provision of reception facilities in fishing ports, including separate containers or storage facilities for used or fishfish caught from the sea. - Provision of pre-processing sites in fishing ports where nets can be dismantled and large objects and lead links removed. - Carry out regular collection 2-4 times a year, depending on the volume of waste in the form of nets fished from the sea, along the coast in each country, from port to port, in order to minimize collection costs and avoid empty transports. - Establish a sorting system from existing waste sorting companies to enable the disposal of nets removed from the sea. - Supporting alternative treatment technologies in existing incineration or other rendering plants, e.g. steam reforming or pyrolysis used for electronic and hospital waste, which can also process spectrum networks. Inclusion in the competition regulations under EU funds and national measures of recommendations from the environmental impact assessment carried out as part of the MARELITT Baltic project (regarding the method of catching waste – lost or otherwise lost fishing nets). We also propose to add a provision on the exclusion of Natura 2000 sites from the scope of operation and to carry out an analysis of areas to be designated for the action of catching lost fishing gear, i.e. recognition of waste accumulation areas in accordance with the methodology from the MARELITT Baltic project. In order to obtain uniform, consistent data allowing for analysis, it is proposed to establish a requirement to report the results of actions to retrieve lost fishing gear - type of net, location, etc.

Develop and implement a comprehensive system for preventing the creation of spectrum nets in the form of a system including electronic marking of fishing gear, a register of fishing gear and a tool for reporting the loss of fishing gear allowing the identification of the owner of even incomplete nets. In addition, the development of a system of positive and negative financial incentives as well as monitoring and recording based on reports of network loss in the application, which the system will have, among other things, the task of encouraging. Marking nets will make them more easily recognisable, providing fishermen with an additional incentive to avoid the loss and abandonment of fishing gear, as well as to try to recover lost nets. It is envisaged to make the most of the experience and conclusions of the MARELITT project presented in the document """"The Baltic sea blueprint"""". The action will also require amendments to the Regulation on the labelling of fishing gear.

Cyclically, at least once a year, the organization of actions such as """"Cleaning the world"""", consisting in cleaning the banks of rivers and lakes by volunteers. An information campaign to encourage the maximum number of volunteers, which will allow the action to cover as many rivers as possible on the longest sections. The action is coordinated by PGW WP and locally implemented by local governments and local initiatives with experience in organizing this type of action.

The action will consist of: - analysis of technical measures currently used in Poland to prevent waste from rainwater and general sewage systems from entering waters (m.in the universality and effectiveness of using bins in manholes, the effectiveness of settling tanks used in catching waste, methods of securing storm spillways, other methods and techniques used), - analysis of best practices and innovative solutions used in other countries, - discussion of existing problems and possible solutions in industry forums (conferences, meetings, workshops), - development of a strategic document presenting the current situation and proposed technical, organizational, educational, financial and legal solutions, - dissemination of the document by Polish Waters and industry organizations, - implementation by state authorities of legal solutions postulated in the strategy (e.g. regulations on the equipment of sewage treatment plants, rainwater drainage wells and storm spillways, places where rainwater flows into rivers) and financial solutions (e.g. co-financing programs for solutions protecting water against waste from rainwater and general sewage systems).

In accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L ..., p. EU L 155 12.06.2019, pp. 1-19): 'Microplastics do not fall directly within the scope of this Directive, but contribute to increasing marine litter and the Union should therefore adopt a comprehensive approach to this problem. The Union should encourage all manufacturers to strictly limit the amount of microplastics (microparticles) in their products."""" In 2019, the European Chemicals Agency proposed to ban the use in production of any microplastics added to cosmetics, paints, detergents and almost all other consumer and commercial products in which they are used to fill, bind, coat, absorb, concentrate, abrasion or control the release of medicines or pesticides. According to estimates, the introduction of such a ban may result in a reduction of 10,000 to 60,000 tons of plastic entering the environment each year (source: https://eeb.org/eu-microplastics-ban-set-to-make-a-growing-problem-worse/). Microbeads used in cosmetics, however, are even smaller and sometimes even less than 1m. It is recommended that Poland actively act on the European forum towards the introduction of regulations prohibiting the use of m.in in fertilizers, cleaning products and cosmetics not only micro, but also nanoparticles (nanoparticles) from plastics. Work on EU regulations in this area has been ongoing for a long time, but it has been met with pressure from interest groups to ban only microparticles. Such a solution will not solve the problem, but will even exacerbate it, because it will provide an incentive for the industry to replace microparticles with even more difficult to eliminate from the environment, because much smaller nanoparticles. The active participation of Polish in the EU structures will contribute to the creation of solutions in accordance with national regulations and expectations resulting from environmental protection, with a compromise on the part of manufacturers / suppliers of preparations containing microbeads.

""""Monitoring and enforcement should be facilitated by a system based on electronic reporting and information exchange. To that end, the information and monitoring system established by Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on port reception facilities for the reception of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/65/EU and repealing Directive 2000/59/EC (Text with EEA relevance) should be further developed and continue to operate on the basis of existing electronic systems."""" In view of the above provisions of the Directive, it is recommended to develop and improve an electronic data exchange system based on the experience and infrastructure of as many ports within the sea as possible. Mutual communication between port authorities should lead to an improvement in the system for the reception of waste from ships. Organizational optimization including the exchange of information on the current availability of port infrastructure for the reception of waste from ships. Use of existing communication tools and systems.

It is proposed to include in the national and provincial waste management plans provisions regarding actions to prevent the ingress of waste into the marine environment, in particular: - the possibilities of cleaning and cleaning and the provision of adequate infrastructure and facilities for these activities in municipalities situated on the coast or rivers, - to carry out the necessary modernisation of odad collection systems and installations and facilities for the management of waste, in particular municipal waste, in order to prevent waste from entering the aquatic environment.

The measure is aimed at limiting the negative displacement of spoil within waters, while maintaining an appropriate level of protection of the land environment. Due to administrative procedures, the most common method of spoil management is its management within waters, which is related to the degradation of the marine environment. It is proposed to carry out an analysis on the possibility of changing the legal provisions on reducing the formation of dredging spoil, safe management of dredging spoil and waste resulting from spoil processing. As part of the task, conclusions resulting from the developed guidelines and completed projects will be analyzed: - Guidelines for an ecosystem-based methodology for the selection of a marine sediment deposition site and for the management of coastal lapping sites in the South-Eastern Baltic Sea - SMOCS - Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sediments in the Baltic Sea - http://www.dredgdikes.eu. - practical implementation of recommendation 36/2 of HELCOM and subsequent updates of the above-mentioned reporting recommendations Development of guidelines for dealing with sediments (dredging spoil), including the development of an algorithm for dealing with dredging works in the case of contaminated sediments. Performing an analysis of the legal possibilities of using, including end-of-waste, for uncontaminated spoil in order to facilitate management outside the waters - analysis of the legal status and necessary changes in legislation.

The action will consist in creating the best guidelines, i.e. developing technical and organizational methods for reducing impulse noise associated with the disposal of explosive charges. Domestic and foreign practices will be analyzed in this respect, e.g. methods consisting in deliberately frightening animals, deflagration of cargo, extraction and transport of cargo for disposal on land training grounds, the use of air curtains, as well as the possibility of limiting the number of days a year in which marine life is exposed to impulsive noise generated as a result of the disposal of explosives. Detailed guidelines and procedures will then be implemented by entities involved in the disposal of explosives at sea.

All KTM 1 measures within II update of River Basin Management Plans for Odra River and Vistula River, in particular (in reference to river water bodies and transitional and coastal waters) the following measure categories: RW: RWP_01 (Wastewater management measures related to the reduction of municipal pressures (in agglomerations and non-urbanized areas)) TW/CW: TWCWP_01 (Wastewater management in agglomerations – a measure related to the implementation of KPOSK (groups of measures related to improving water quality and reducing the inflow of pollutants from municipal sources)), TWCWP_03 (Wastewater management – a measure concerning non-urbanized areas (a group of measures related to improving water quality and reducing the inflow of pollutants from municipal sources))

All KTM 21 measures within II update of River Basin Management Plans for Odra River and Vistula River, in particular (in reference to river water bodies and transitional and coastal waters) the following measure categories: RW: RWP_01 (Wastewater management measures related to the reduction of municipal pressures (in agglomerations and non-urbanized areas)), RWP_09 (measures related to the update of the environmental protection program in terms of efficiency improvement concerning the reduction of pollutant inflows to the water body) TW/CW: TWCWP_01 (Wastewater management in agglomerations – a measure related to the implementation of KPOSK (groups of measures related to improving water quality and reducing the inflow of pollutants from municipal sources)), TWCWP_04 (rainwater management - measure concerning non-urbanized areas (groups of measures related to improving water quality and reducing the inflow of pollutants from municipal and industrial sources))