5 Risk assessment
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5 Risk assessment

  5.1 A Party should identify the threats its coastal areas are exposed to by vessels discharging ballast water. Assessing such threats may be done by applying a risk assessment model. Such assessments may enable the identification of likely threat scenarios upon which an emergency strategy may be developed, taking into account the specific environmental and human health concerns, socio-economic impacts of an invasion, commitments in relation to any regional agreements, safety and biosecurity. The risk assessment procedure may be based upon the risk assessment principles defined in the Guidelines for risk assessment under regulation A-4 of the BWM Convention (G7).

Parent topic: Annex – Draft Guidance Document on Arrangements for Responding to Emergency Situations Involving Ballast Water Operations
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