THE MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION COMPENDIUM
MULTILATERAL / MARINE PPOLLUTION
Volume(s) 1-3; pages 2028-2028
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Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, London, 1989
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Done at London 17 October 1989
Entered into force 18 February 1991
Primary source citation: Copy of text provided by International Maritime Organization
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ANNEX TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS OF ANNEX V OF MARPOL 73/78
(Regulation 5 -- Disposal of Garbage within Special Areas ‘Designation of the North Sea as a Special Area’ and Regulation 6 -- Exceptions)
Regulation 5 Disposal of Garbage within Special Areas
The introductory sentence was amended to read as follows:
‘(1) For the purposes of this Annex the special areas are the Mediterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area, the `Gulfs area' and the North Sea area which are defined as follows:’
New subparagraph (f) was added as follows:
‘(f) The North Sea area means the North Sea proper, including seas therein the boundary between:
(i) the North Sea southwards of latitude 62° N and eastwards of longitude 4° W;
(ii) the Skagerrak, the southern limit of which is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57°44.8° N; and
(iii) the English Channel and its approaches eastwards of longitude 5° W and northward of latitude 40°30°N.’
Regulation 6 Exceptions
Paragraph (c) was amended to read as follows:
‘(c) the accidental loss of synthetic fishing nets, provided that all reasonable precautions have been taken to prevent such loss’.