(6) 
(d) monitor individually, or in collaboration with other Par- 
ties and competent International Organisations, the condition of 
the seas for the purposes of this Convention. 
2. The appropriate authority or authorities of a Contracting Party 
shall issue prior special or general permits in accordance with para- 
graph (1) in respect of matter intended for dumping: 
(a) loaded in its territory ; 
(6) loaded by a vessel or aircraft registered in its territory or 
flying its flag, when the loading occurs in the territory of a State 
not party to this Convention. 
3. In issuing permits under sub-paragraphs (1) (a) and (b) above, 
the appropriate authority or authorities shall comply with Annex ITI, 
together with such additional criteria, measures and requirements as 
they may consider relevant. . 
4. Each Contracting Party, directly or through a Secretariat estab- 
lished under a regional agreement, shall report to the Organisation, 
and where appropriate to other Parties, the information specified in 
sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) of paragraph (1) above, and the criteria, 
measures and requirements it adopts in accordance with paragraph (3) 
above. The procedure to be followed and the nature of such reports 
shall be agreed by the Parties in consultation. 
ARTICLE VII 
1. Each Contracting Party shall apply the measures required to 
iunplement the present Convention to all : 
(a) vessels and aircraft registered in its territory or flying its 
ag; 
(6) vessels and aircraft loading in its territory or territorial 
seas matter which is to be dumped; 
(c) vessels and aircraft and fixed or floating platforms under 
its jurisdiction believed to he engaged in dumping. 
2. Each Party shall take in its territory appropriate measures to 
prevent and punish conduct in contravention of the provisions of this 
Convention. 
3. The Parties agree to co-operate in the development of procedures 
for the effective application of this Convention particularly on the 
high seas, including procedures for the reporting of vessels and air- 
craft observed dumping in contravention of the Convention. 
4. This Convention shal] not apply to those vessels and aircraft en- 
titled to sovercign immunity under international law. However each 
Party shall ensure by the adoption of appropriate measures that such 
vessels and aircraft owned or operated by it act in a manner consistent 
with the object and purpose of this Convention, and shall inform the 
Organisation accordingly. 
5. Nothing in this Convention shall affect the right of each Party 
to adopt other measures, in accordance with the principles of 
international law, to prevent dumping at sea. 
ARTICLE VIII 
In order to further the objectives of this Convention, the Contract- | 
ing Parties with common interests to protect in the marine environ- ‘ 
