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adequate to meet the needs of the ships using them without causing 

 undue delay to ships. 



(2) Eeception facilities in accordance with paragraph (1) of the 

 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 facili- 

 ties ; 



(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 cannot be discharged in accordance with Regulation 9 of 

 this Annex ; and 



(f ) all loading ports for bulk cargoes in respect of oil residues 

 from combination carriers which cannot be discharged in accord- 

 ance 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 receive oil and oily mixtures which cannot be dis- 

 charged in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 9(1) (a) 

 of this Annex from oil tankers on voyages as described in para- 

 graph (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 mixtures which cannot be discharged in ac- 

 cordance 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 facili- 

 ties 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 para- 

 graph (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 Regula- 

 tion 9 of this Annex. 



(f) The facilities provided in loading ports for bulk cargoes 

 shall take into account the special problems of combination car- 

 riers 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 Janu- 

 ary 1977, whichever occurs later. 



