European Code of Conduct for Coastal Zones is an initiative of the EUCC, which launched the idea in 1993. It was included as a priority action in the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS, 1995) and drafted in 1996/97 by EUCC staff under the auspices of the Council of Europe and UNEP

Officially adopted by the Council of Europe Ministers

April 1999
 

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The Coastal Code provides clear and realistic guidelines for all those involved in day-to-day management: local authorities as well as commercial interests. It deals with direct threats (habitat destruction) as well as indirect threats (habitat degradation and health impacts on wildlife and humans as a result of pollution). The Coastal Code project represents a vital effort to put the principles of sustainable development into practice, at all levels of society.