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the Russian and Spanish hmguages shall be prepared and deposited with the 

 signed original. 



In witness whereof the undersigned being duly authorized by their respective 

 Governments for that purpose have signed the present Convention. 



Done at London 1973. 



ANNEX I— REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY 



OIL 



Chapter I — General 



REGULATION 1. — DEFIINITIONS 



For the purposes of this Annex : 



(1) "Oil" means petroleum in any form including crude oil, residual fuel oil, 

 sludge, oil refuse and refined products (other than petrochemicals, which are 

 subjec-t to the provisions of Annex II of the present Convention) and, without 

 limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes the substances listed in 

 Appendix I to this Annex.^ 



(2) "Oily mixture" means a mixture with any oil content. 



(3) "Oil fuel" is any oil used as fuel in connexion with the propulsion and 

 auxiliary machinery of a ship. 



(4) "Oil tanker" means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil 

 in l)ulk in its cargo spaces, and includes combination carriers such as ore-bulk-oil 

 and ore-oil carriei's. 



(5) "New ship" means a ship : 



(a) For which the building contract is placed, or in the absence of a building 

 contract." the keel of which is laid, or which is at a similar stage of construction 

 on or after the date of entry into force of the present Convention ; or 



(b) The delivery of which is [three/five] '^ years or more after the date of 

 entry into force of the present Convention ; or 



(c) A major conversion of which is commenced on or after the date of entry 

 into force of the present Convention. 



(6 > "Existing ship" means a ship which is not a new ship. 



(7) "Major conversion" * means a conversion of an existing ship : 



(i) Which so increases dimensions or capacities that the ship, if it were a new 

 ship, would become subject to relevant provisiojis of the present Convention not 

 applicable to it as an existing shij) ; or 



(ii) Which changes the type of the ship : or 



(iii) The intent of which in the opinion of the Administration is substantially 

 to prolong its life. 



(S) "International voyage" ^ means a voyage from a country to which the 

 present Convention applies to a port outside such country, or conversely ; [and 

 for this purpose every territory for the international relations of which a Con- 

 tracting Government is responsible or for which the Ignited Nations are the 

 administering authority is regarded as a separate country.] " 



(9) "Nearest land". The term "from the nearest land" means from the base- 

 line from which the territorial sea of the territory in question is established [in 

 accordance with the Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contig- 

 uous Zone. 19.j8,] ' except that, for the purposes of the present Convention "from 

 the nearest land" off the north eastei-n coast of Australia shall mean from 

 a line drawn from a point on the coast of Australia in latitudf' 11° South, 

 longitude 142°08' East to a point in latitude 10°35' South, longitude 142°r)5' 



Mi) Snnip rlplesations considered that animal and vejretable oils should also bf> 

 Iiiplnded in this definition. 



(ii) Some delesrations snpsrested that two lists be provided, one for persistent oil and 

 the other for non-persistent oil. 



- One delesation suggested that the words "in the absence of a building contract" 

 should be deleted. 



•■' Of those expressing an opinion, preference was divided between three and five years 



4 One delegation suggested the addition of the following words : "in order to 'avoid 

 comnliance with the requirements of this Annex for new ships." 



f' Some delegations considered that the examination of various Regnlntions mlcrht lend 

 to the need for defining terms such as "international water" or "[iroceedintr to the sea" 



« Some delegations proposed the deletion of the words within square hrnckots 



■ Some delesrations proposed deletion of the reference to the lO.TS Geneva Convention 

 because that Convention is not in force for the ma.ioritv of States and because its provi- 

 sions ma.v come to be modified by the TTN Conference on the I,aw of the Sea convened 

 pursuant to Resolution 2750€(XXV) of the UN General Assembly 



