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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),

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

HAVING CONSIDERED ALSO the objective that all wastes are to be removed from the Antarctic area due to the ecological importance of the fragile ecosystems of the area,

 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 16 September 1991 unless, prior to this date, one third or

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more of the Parties, or the Parties the combined merchant fleets of which constitute fifty per cent or more of the gross 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 1973 Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 17 March 1992 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4.        DECIDES that the requirements of regulation 10 of Annex I and regulation 5 of Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 in respect of the Antarctic area shall take effect on the day the amendments thereto adopted under this resolution enter into force, which is expected to be 17 March 1992;

5.        REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of the 1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to Annexes I and V of MARPOL 73/78 certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained in Annexes 1 and 2 respectively;

6.        FURTHER REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of the Organization which are not Parties to Annexes I or V of MARPOL 73/78 copies of the resolution and its Annexes.

ANNEX 1

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

ANNEX I

REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY OIL

Regulation 10 is amended to read as follows:

Regulation 10

Methods for the Prevention of Oil Pollution from Ships While Operating in Special Areas

(1) For the purposes of this Annex, the special areas are the Mediterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area, the "Gulfs area", the Gulf