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tonnage of the world's merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objections to the amendments;

3. INVITES the Parties to note that in accordance with article 16 (2) (g) (ii) of the 1973 Convention the amendments shall enter into force on 7 January 1986 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4. REQUESTS the Secretary-General in conformity with article 16 (2) (e) of the 1973 Convention to transmit to all Parties to the 1978 Protocol certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in the Annex;

5. FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to the 1978 Protocol copies of the resolution and its Annex.

SCHEDULE 3—continued

ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
ANNEX 1
REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY OIL

Regulation 1

Definitions
The existing texts of paragraphs (26) and (27) are replaced by the following:
"(26) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) of this Regulation, for the purposes of Regulations 13, 13b, 13e and 18 (4) of this Annex, "new oil tanker" means an oil tanker:
     (a) for which the building contract is placed after 1 June 1979; or
     (b) in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction after 1 January 1980; or
     (c) the delivery of which is after 1 June 1982; or
     (d) which has undergone a major conversion:
         (i) for which the contract is placed after 1 June 1979; or
         (ii) in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun after 1 January 1980; or
         (iii) which is completed after 1 June 1982;
except that, for oil tankers of 70,000 tons deadweight and above, the definition in paragraph (6) of this Regulation shall apply for the purposes of Regulation 13 (1) of this Annex.
(27) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (7) of this Regulation, for the purposes of Regulations 13, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 18 (5) and 18 (6) (c) of this Annex, "existing oil tanker" means an oil tanker which is not a new oil tanker as defined in paragraph (26) of this Regulation."

Regulation 9

Control of Discharge of Oil
The existing text of sub-paragraph (1) (a) (vi) is replaced by the following:
     "(vi) the tanker has in operation an oil discharge monitoring and control system and a slop tank arrangement as required by Regulation 15 of this Annex."
The existing text of sub-paragraph (1) (b) (v) is replaced by the following:
     "(v) the ship has in operation an