MEPC 42/4
ANNEX 2
REGIONAL AGREEMENTS
1 Two or more Parties may conclude regional
agreements which specify the extent to which ships shall
comply with the requirements of these regulations [this
Annex], when voyaging to or when they are within waters under
the jurisdiction of any of the Parties to the regional
agreement.
2 A regional agreement shall not apply requirements
which are in excess of the requirements of these regulations
[this Annex].
3 Parties proposing a regional agreement shall
notify the Secretary-General of the International Maritime
Organization of their intention to negotiate an agreement and
shall make appropriate arrangements for other interested
Parties to be involved in the negotiations. When notifying
the Secretary-General of their intention to negotiate a
regional agreement, and on the concluding of an agreement the
Parties involved shall communicate to the Secretary-General
all relevant particulars relating to it for circulation to
all Parties. An agreement shall not enter into force until 12
months after its conclusion has been notified to the
Secretary-General.
(Note - to some extent, the proposed text assumes that the
regulations will be broadly similar to the draft regulations
contained in MEPC 42/WP. 1/Rev. 1 and the draft Code
contained in MEPC 42/WP. 1. Regulations 4. 1(b),4.4 and
7.2(c) are of particular relevance.)
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MEPC 42/4
ANNEX 3
REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
(Article 12 of the 1996 Protocol to the
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution
by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972)
ARTICLE 12
REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
In order to further the objectives of this Protocol,
Contracting Parties with common interests to protect the
marine environment in a given geographical area shall
endeavour, taking into account characteristic regional
features, to enhance regional co-operation including the
conclusion of regional agreements consistent with this
Protocol for the prevention reduction and where
practicable elimination of pollution caused by dumping or
incineration at sea of wastes or other matter.
Contracting Parties shall seek to co-operate with the
parties to regional agreements in order to develop
harmonized procedures to be followed by Contracting
Parties to the different conventions concerned.
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