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incidents in order to minimize the damage from pollution. Any such discharge 
shall be subject to the approval of any Government in whose jurisdiction it is 
contemplated the discharge will occur. 
Regulation 12 
RECEPTION FACILITIES 
(1) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 10 of this Annex, the Government 
of each Party undertakes to ensure the provision at oil loading terminals, repair 
ports, and in other ports in which ships have oily residues to discharge, of facili- 
ties for the reception of such residues and oily mixtures as remain from oil tank- 
ers and other ships adequate to meet the needs of the ships using them without 
causing undue delay to ships. 
(2) Reception facilities in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Regulation 
shall be provided in: 
(a) All ports and terminals in which crude oil is loaded into oil tankers where 
such tankers have immediately prior to arrival completed a ballast voyage of 
not more than 72 hours or not more than 1,200 nautical miles; 
(b) All ports and terminals in which oil other than crude oil in bulk is loaded 
at an average quantity of more than 1,000 metric tons per day; 
(c) All ports having ship repair yards or tank cleaning facilities; 
(d) All ports and terminals which handle ships provided with the sludge 
tank(s) required by Regulation 17 of this Annex; 
(e) All ports in respect of oily bilge waters and other residues, which can- 
not be discharged in accordance with Regulation 9 of this Annex; and 
(f) All loading ports for bulk cargoes in respect of oil residues from com- 
bination carriers which cannot be discharged in accordance with Regulation 9 of 
this Annex. 
(3) The capacity for the reception facilities shall be as follows: 
(a) Crude oil loading terminals shall have sufficient reception facilities to re- 
ceive oil and oily mixtures which cannot be discharged in accordance with the 
provisions of Regulation 9(1) (a) of this Annex from all oil tankers on voyages 
as described in paragraph (2) (a) of this Regulation. 
(b) Loading ports and terminals referred to in paragraph (2)(b) of this 
Regulation shall have sufficient reception facilities to receive oil and oily mix- 
tures which cannot be discharged in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 
9(1)(a) of this Annex from oil tankers which load oil other than crude oil in 
bulk. 
(c) All ports having ship repair yards or tank cleaning facilities shall have 
sufficient reception facilities to receive all residues and oily mixtures which 
remain on board for disposal from ships prior to entering such yards or facilities. 
(d) All facilities provided in ports and terminals under paragraph (2) (d) of 
this Regulation shall be sufficient to receive all residues retained according to 
Regulation 17 of this Annex from all ships that may reasonably be expected to 
call at such ports and terminals. 
(e) All facilities provided in ports and terminals under this Regulation shall 
be sufficient to receive oily bilge waters and other residues which cannot be 
discharged in accordance with Regulation 9 of this Annex. 
(f) The facilities provided in loading ports for bulk cargoes shall take into 
account the special problems of combination carriers as appropriate. 
(4) The reception facilities prescribed in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 
Regulation shall be made available no later than one year from the date of 
entry into force of the present Convention or by 1 January 1977, whichever 
occurs later. 
(5) Each Party shall notify the Organization for transmission to the Parties 
concerned of all cases where the facilities provided under this Regulation are 
alleged to be inadequate. 
Regulation 138 
SEGREGATED BALLAST OIL TANKERS 
(1) Every new oil tanker of 70,000 tons deadweight and above shall be pro- | 
vided with segregated ballast tanks and shall comply with the requirements of 
this Regulation. 
(2) The eapacity of the segregated ballast tanks shall be so determined that 
the slip may operate safely on ballast voyages without recourse to the use of 
