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States maritime administrations, aiming to provide guidance to spill managers regarding the 
use of oil spill dispersants. 
EMSA has also developed a specific software tool Dispersant Usage Evaluation Tool {DUET) 
which has been provided to the member states. The tool allows the user to compare scenari 
os with and without dispersant applications for spills of various types of crude oils and refined 
oil. The software models the fate and trajectories of oil and its components in space and 
time. This can provide guidance on the potential impacts of oil when spilled at sea and treat 
ed with dispersant or not. An updated version of the tool will be distributed to Member States 
in early 2016. 
More information on EMSA’s activities including its pollution preparedness and response 
activities can be found on our website: http://emsa.europa.eu/. 
References 
EMSA, 2010 Manual on the Applicability of Oil Spill Dispersants. 
EMSA, 2014a EMSA-Network-of-Stand-by-Oil-Spill-Response-Vessels-and-Equipment- 
handbook. 
EMSA, 2014b EMSA’s Inventory of national policies regarding the use of oil spill dispersants 
in the EU Member States (2014).