S.L. 549.62 Art. 3Co-ordination of administrative arrangements.

(1) There shall be one marine strategy developed and implemented for Malta’s marine waters.

(2) The competent authority shall take all the necessary measures to ensure the appropriate administrative arrangements for the application of these regulations.

(3) The competent authority shall take all the necessary measures to ensure that the requirements of these regulations, in particular for the development of the initial assessment under regulation 6, integrated monitoring programme under regulation 9 and the programme of measures under regulation 10, are co-ordinated.

(4) The endorsement of the Minister responsible for the environment shall be sought on the environmental targets.

(5) The endorsement of the government shall be sought on the marine strategy and the program of measures.