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tical miles. Such comminuted or ground garbage shall be capable of passing 
through a screen with openings no greater than 25 millimetres. 
(2) When the garbage is mixed with other discharges having different dis- 
posal or discharge requirements the more severe requirements shall apply. 
Regulation 4 
DISPOSALS FROM DRILLING RIGS 
(1) Fixed or floating platforms engaged in the exploration, exploitation and 
associated offshore processing of sea-bed mineral resources, and all other ships 
when alongside such platforms or within 500 metres of such platforms, are 
forbidden to dispose of any materials regulated by this Annex, except as per- 
mitted by paragraph (2) of this Regulation. 
(2) The disposal into the sea of food wastes when passed through a com- 
minuter or grinder from such fixed or floating drilling rigs located more than 12 
nautical miles from land and all other ships when positioned as above. Such 
comminuted or ground food wastes shall be capable of passing through a screen 
with openings no greater than 25 millimetres. 
Regulation 5 
DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE WITHIN SPECIAL AREAS 
(1) For the purpose of this Annex the special areas are the Mediterranean 
Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area and the 
“Gulfs area” which are defined as follows: 
(a) The Mediterranean Sea area means the Mediterranean Sea proper 
including the gulfs and seas therein with the boundary between the Medi- 
terranean and the Black Sea constituted by the 41°N parallel and bounded 
to the west by the Straits of Gibraltar at the meridian of 5°36’W. 
(b) The Baltic Sea area means the Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of 
Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded 
by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57°44.8’N. 
(c) The Black Sea area means the Black Sea proper with the boundary 
between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the parallel 
41°N. 
(d) The Red Sea area means the Red Sea proper including the Gulfs of 
Suez and Aqaba bounded at the south by the rhumb line between Ras si 
Ane (12°8.5’N, 43°19.6’E) and Husn Murad (12°40.4’N, 43°30.2’B). 
(e) The “Gulfs area” means the sea area located north west of the rhumb 
line between Ras al Hadd (22°30’N, 59°48’E) and Ras al Fasteh (25°04’N, 
61°25’E). 
(2) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 6 of this Annex: 
(a) disposal into the sea of the following is prohibited : 
(i) all plastics, including but not limited to synthetic ropes, syn- 
thetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags; 
(ii) all other garbage, including paper products, rags, glass, metal, 
bottles, crockery, dunnage, lining and packing materials; 
(b) disposal into the sea of food wastes shall be made as far as practi- 
cable from land, but in any case not less than 12 nautical miles from the 
nearest land. 
(3) When the garbage is mixed with other discharges having different dis- 
posal or discharge requirements the more severe requirements shall apply. 
(4) Reception facilities within special areas. 
(a) The Government of each party to the Convention, the coast line of 
which borders a special area undertakes to ensure that as soon as possible 
in all ports within a special area, adequate reception facilities are provided 
in accordance with Regulation 7 of this Annex, taking into account the 
special needs of ships operating in these areas. 
(b) The Government of each party concerned shall notify the Organiza- 
tion of the measures taken pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) of this Regula- 
tion. Upon receipt of sufficient notifications the Organization shall establish 
a date from which the requirements of this Regulation in respect of the area 
in question shall take effect. The Organization shall notify all parties of the 
date so established no less.than twelve months in advance of that date. 
