The purpose of this National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) is to establish the national framework for preparing for and responding to oil spills in Egyptian marine waters. The objective is to provide the basis for more efficient oil spill response operations under the overall authority of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).In particular, the NOSCP provides the legal basis for implementing the Government of Egypt's (GOE) obligations under the Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention, 1990 (OPRC) (see Annex A). It also implements the Government's obligations under the regional Barcelona and Jeddah Conventions for the protection of the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea respectively (see Annex C).  The NOSCP also implements, in part, EEAA’s obligation to prepare an Environmental Disasters Contingency Plan, as required by Article 25 of Law No. 4 of 1994.