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The Helsinki Commission is responsible for
monitoring
and
implementing:
• The 1988 Ministerial Declaration, in particular concerning
reaching the
target of 50% reductions in nutrient inputs.
• The Baltic Sea Joint Comprehensive Environmental
Action Programme (JCP)
established
in 1992 to facilitate and monitor the elimination
of the 132
most polluting sources within the Baltic Sea
catchment area
– known as "hot-spots".