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a rhumb line to the intersection of 7°20'N parallel and 50°W meridian, thence a rhumb line drawn southwesterly to the eastern boundary of French Guiana."

New subparagraph (b) of paragraph (2) is amended to read as follows:

 "(b) except as provided in subparagraph (c) of this paragraph, 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,"

New subparagraph (c) is added to paragraph (2) as follows:

 "(c) disposal into the Wider Caribbean Region of food wastes which have been passed through a comminuter or grinder shall be made as far as practicable from land, but in any case not subject to regulation 4 not less than 3 nautical miles from the nearest land. Such comminuted or ground food wastes shall be capable of passing through a screen with openings no greater than 25 millimetres."

                 SCHEDULE 11 Section 3

RESOLUTION MEPC.47(31)

adopted on 4 July 1991

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

(New regulation 26 and other amendments to Annex 1 of MARPOL 73/78)

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

SCHEDULE 5—continued

NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol") which confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78),

NOTING ALSO that the International Conference on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response convened by the Organization in November 1990, has adopted the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 which required, inter alia, all ships to have a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan,

HAVING CONSIDERED, at its thirty-first session, amendments to the 1978 Protocol proposed and circulated in accordance with article 16(2)(a) of the 1973 Convention,

 1.      ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, amendments to the Annex of the 1978 Protocol, the text of which is set out in the Annex to the present resolution;

 2.      DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 4 October 1992, unless prior to this date one third or more of the Parties, or the Parties the combined merchant fleets of which