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(b) The Government of each party concerned shall notify the 

 Organization of the measures taken pursuant to sub-paragraph 

 (a) of this Regulation. 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. 



(c) After date so established, ships calling also at ports in 

 these special areas where such facilities are not yet available, shall 

 fully comply with the requirements of this Regulation. 



REGULATION 6 



Excejytion 



Regulations 3, 4 and 5 of this Annex shall not apply to : 



(a) the disposal of garbage from a ship necessary for the pur- 

 pose of securing the safety of a ship, the health of its personnel, 

 or saving life at sea ; 



(b) the escape of garbage resulting from damage to a ship or its 

 equipment provided all reasonable precautions have been taken 

 before and after the occurrence of the damage, for the purpose of 

 preventing or minimizing the escape ; 



(c) the accidental loss of synthetic fishing nets or synthetic ma- 

 terial incidental to the repair of such nets, provided that all rea- 



' sonable precautions have been taken to prevent such loss. 



REGULATION" 7 



Reception Facilities 



(1) The Government of each party to the Convention undertakes to 

 ensure the provisions of facilities at ports and terminals for the recep-- 

 tion of garbage, without causing undue delay to ships, and according 

 to the needs of the ships using them. 



(2) The Government of each party shall notify the Organization 

 for transmission to the parties concerned of all cases where the facili- 

 ties provided under this Regulation are alleged to be inadequate. 



International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution 

 From Ships, 1973 



Text of Protocols to the Convention adopted hy the Conference\y\ 



Protocol I 



Provisions Concerning Reports on Incidents Involving Harmful 

 , Substances 



{in accordance with Article 8 of the Convention) 



ARTICIiE I 



Duty to Report 



(1) The Master of a ship involved in an incident referred to in 

 Article III of this Protocol, or other person having charge of the ship, 



1 [Reproduced from I.M.C.O. Document MP/C0NF/WP.35/Add.l of Nov. 2, 1973.] 



