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rials regulated by this Annex, except as permitted by paragraph (2) 

 of this Eegulation. 



(2) The disposal into the sea of food wastes when passed through a 

 comminuter or grinder from such fixed or floating drilling rigs lo- 

 cated 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 Med- 

 iterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Ked 

 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 Mediterranean 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'K 



(c) The Black Sea area means the Black Sea proper with the 

 boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea consti- 

 tuted 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%43°30.2'E). 



(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 

 alFasteh (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, 

 synthetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags ; 



(ii) all other garbage, including paper products, rags, glass, 

 metal, bottles, crockery, dunnage, lining and packing mate- 

 rials ; 



(b) disposal into the sea of food wastes shall be made as far as 

 practicable 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 differ- 

 ent disposal 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 recep- 

 tion facilities are provided in accordance with Regulation 7 of 

 this Annex, taking into account the special needs of ships operat- 

 ing in these areas. 



