One of the European Maritime Safety Agency’s (EMSA) core tasks is to support Member States in their marine pollution preparedness, detection and response capabilities. In accordance with the Consultative Technical Group for Marine Pollution Preparedness and Response (CTG MPPR) work programme as agreed during the 11thi CTG meeting and following the “Workshop on oil fingerprinting and the work of OSINet” held in March 2016, EMSA organizes “THE FIRST TRAINING ON OIL SPILL SAMPLING”, on 19 and 20 September 2018, at the SASEMAR facilities in the Centro Jovellanos.