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Wishing to improve protection of the marine environment by en- 

 couraging States with a common interest in particular geographical 

 areas to enter into appropriate agreements supplementary to this Con- 

 vention ; 



Have agreed as follows : 



Article I 



Contracting Parties shall individually and collectively promote the 

 ejQfective control of all sources of pollution of the marine environment, 

 and pledge themselves especially to take all practicable steps to pre- 

 vent the pollution of the sea by the dumping of waste and other matter 

 that is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living re- 

 sources and marine life, to damage amenities or to inter,fere with 

 other legitimate uses of the sea. 



Article II 



Contracting Parties shall, as provided for in the following Articles, 

 take effective measures individually, according to their scientific, tech- 

 nical and economic capabilities, and collectively, to prevent marine 

 pollution caused by dumping and shall harmonize their policies in 

 this regard. 



Article III 



For the purposes of this Convention : 



1. (a) "Dumping" means : 



(i) any deliberate disposal at sea of wastes or other matter 

 from vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made struc- 

 tures at sea ; 



(ii) any deliberate disposal at sea of vessels, aircraft, plat- 

 forms or other man-made structures at sea. 



(b) "Dumping" does not include : 



(i) the disposal at sea of wastes or other matter incidental 

 to, or derived from the normal operations of vessels, aircraft, 

 platforms or other man-made structures at sea and their 

 equipment, other than wastes or other matter transported by 

 or to vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made struc- 

 tures at sea, operating for the purpose of disposal of such 

 matter or derived from the treatment of such wastes or other 

 matter on such vessels, aircraft, platforms or structures ; 



(ii) placement of matter for a purpose other than the mere 

 disposal thereof, provided that such placement is not contrary 

 to the aims of this Convention. 



(c) The disposal of wastes or other matter directly arising 

 from, or related to the exploration, exploitation and associated 

 off-shore processing of sea-bed mineral resources will not be 

 covered by the provisions of this Convention. 



2. "Vessels and aircraft" means waterborne or airborne craft 

 of any type whatsoever. This expression includes air cushioned 

 craft and floating craft, whether self-propelled or not. 



3. "Sea" means all marine waters other than the internal waters 

 of States. 



