31st Session of the Council

General

• Indicative Programme of Work (IPW), Part II, 31st Session (v. 22 July 2026): PDF
• Annotated Agenda: PDF

Further Revised Text and related documents

• Further Revised Consolidated Text – Revision 3 (ISBA/31/C/CRP.1/Rev.3): PDF | Word
• Updated draft indicative list of outstanding issues (ISBA/31/C/CRP.7): PDF
• Draft decision of the Council of the International Seabed Authority relating to the establishment of a Compliance Committee (ISBA/31/C/CRP.8): PDF
• Draft General Policy on Whistleblowing (ISBA/31/C/CRP.9): PDF

Intersessional Work

• List of Informal Working Groups and Friends of the President: PDF

Informal Working Groups

1.Effective control

• • Draft Standard on Effective Control (prepared by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Canada) (3 July 2026): PDF
  • Introductory note to the draft Standard on Effective Control (prepared by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Canada) (3 July 2026): PDF
  • Presentation of Effective Control (20 July 2026): PDF

2. Inspection, compliance and enforcement mechanism

• • Briefing note and Annexed textual proposals (5 June 2026): PDF

3. Equalization measure

4. Rights and interests of coastal States

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Guiding questions (20 July 2026): PDF

5. Underwater cultural heritage

• • Textual proposal (12 June 2026): PDF
  • Briefing note for thematic discussion (17 July 2026): PDF

6. Environmental management and monitoring

• • Joint textual proposal on Environmental Management and Monitoring and Closure Plan (13 June 2026): PDF
  • Guiding questions (9 July 2026): PDF

• • Joint textual proposal on Environmental Management and Monitoring and Closure Plan (13 June 2026): PDF

9. Reference to regional environmental management plans (REMPS)

• • Textual proposal on draft regulations 44bis and 58 (11 June 2026): PDF
  • Reference to REMPs throughout different draft regulations (11 June 2026): PDF
  • Note for the discussion on REMPs (2 July 2026): PDF

Friends of the President

1.Submarine cable protection

• • Textual proposal (14 June 2026): PDF
  • Report of intersessional work (14 June 2026): PDF
  • Guiding questions for discussion (3 July 2026): PDF

2. Payment mechanism and review of payment mechanism

3. Modification of a Plan of Work by a Contractor

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Report of intersessional work (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Flowchart (15 June 2026): PDF

4. Environmental Compensation Fund

5. Seabed Mining Register

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Summary and aid to discussion (20 July 2026): PDF

6. Prevention of corruption

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Report of intersessional work (15 June 2026): PDF

7. Environmental Goals and Objectives

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Aid to discussion (20 July 2026): PDF

8. Non-Compliance Notice, Suspension, and Termination of Exploitation Contract

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF
  • Note for discussion (8 July 2026): PDF

9. Monopolization

• • Briefinging note and textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF

10. Review of the Regulations

• • Textual proposal (15 June 2026): PDF

11. Potentially Polluting Wrecks

• • Briefing note and textual proposal (8 July 2026): PDF
  • Guiding questions (20 July 2026): PDF

Joint proposals

1. Inspection

• • Joint proposal of Netherlands and Japan on draft regulation 96bis (15 June 2026): PDF

Additional Documents

Technical brief on Mitigation Hierarchy in Deep Sea Mining, by D. de Jonge et al. 2026 (at the request of the Delegation of the UK): PDF

ACOPS – Comment on the Report of the FoP Group on Draft Regulation 44ter (“Environmental Goal and Objectives”): PDF

Letters and other communications

Asia Indigenous Peoples Network on Extractive Industries and Energy (AIPNEE): PDF