For the purposes of this Annex:
1
Animal carcasses means the bodies of any animals that are carried on board as
cargo and that die or are euthanized during the voyage.
2
Cargo residues means the remnants of any cargo which are not covered by other
Annexes to the present Convention and which remain on the deck or in holds following
loading or unloading, including loading and unloading excess or spillage, whether in wet
or dry condition or entrained in wash water but does not include cargo dust remaining on
the deck after sweeping or dust on the external surfaces of the ship.
3
Cooking oil means any type of edible oil or animal fat used or intended to be
used for the preparation or cooking of food, but does not include the food itself that
is prepared using these oils.
4
Domestic wastes means all types of wastes not covered by other Annexes that are
generated in the accommodation spaces on board the ship. Domestic wastes does not
include grey water.
5
En route means that the ship is underway at sea on a course or courses, including
deviation from the shortest direct route, which as far as practicable for navigational
purposes, will cause any discharge to be spread over as great an area of the sea as is
reasonable and practicable.
6
Fishing gear means any physical device or part thereof or combination of items
that may be placed on or in the water or on the sea-bed with the intended purpose of
capturing, or controlling for subsequent capture or harvesting, marine or fresh water
organisms.
7
Fixed or floating platforms means fixed or floating structures located at sea
which are engaged in the exploration, exploitation or associated offshore processing of
sea-bed mineral resources.
8
Food wastes means any spoiled or unspoiled food substances and includes fruits,
vegetables, dairy products, poultry, meat products and food scraps generated aboard
ship.
9
Garbage means all kinds of food wastes, domestic wastes and operational wastes,
all plastics, cargo residues, incinerator ashes, cooking oil, fishing gear, and animal
carcasses generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of
continuously or periodically except those substances which are defined or listed in
other Annexes to the present Convention. Garbage does not include fresh fish and parts
thereof generated as a result of fishing activities undertaken during the voyage, or as
a result of aquaculture activities which involve the transport of fish including
shellfish for placement in the aquaculture facility and the transport of harvested fish
including shellfish from such facilities to shore for processing.
10
Incinerator ashes means ash and clinkers resulting from shipboard incinerators
used for the incineration of garbage.
11
Nearest land. The term "from the nearest land" means from the baseline from
which the territorial sea of the territory in question is established in accordance with
international law, except that, for the purposes of the present Annex, ''from the
nearest land'' off the north-eastern coast of Australia shall mean from a line drawn
from a point on the coast of Australia in:
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latitude 11°00΄ S, longitude 142°08΄ E
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to a point in latitude 10°35΄ S, longitude 141°55΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 10°00΄ S, longitude 142°00΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 09°10΄ S, longitude 143°52΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 09°00΄ S, longitude 144°30΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 10°41΄ S, longitude 145°00΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 13°00΄ S, longitude 145°00΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 15°00΄ S, longitude 146°00΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 17°30΄ S, longitude 147°00΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 21°00΄ S, longitude 152°55΄ E,
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thence to a point latitude 24°30΄ S, longitude 154°00΄ E,
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thence to a point on the coast of Australia in
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latitude 24°42΄ S, longitude 153°15΄ E.
12
Operational wastes means all solid wastes (including slurries) not covered by
other Annexes that are collected on board during normal maintenance or operations of a
ship, or used for cargo stowage and handling. Operational wastes also includes cleaning
agents and additives contained in cargo hold and external wash water. Operational wastes
does not include grey water, bilge water, or other similar discharges essential to the
operation of a ship, taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization.
13
Plastic means a solid material which contains as an essential ingredient one or
more high molecular mass polymers and which is formed (shaped) during either manufacture
of the polymer or the fabrication into a finished product by heat and/or pressure.
Plastics have material properties ranging from hard and brittle to soft and elastic. For
the purposes of this annex, "all plastics" means all garbage that consists of or
includes plastic in any form, including synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets, plastic
garbage bags and incinerator ashes from plastic products.
14
Special area means a sea area where for recognized technical reasons in relation
to its oceanographic and ecological condition and to the particular character of its
traffic the adoption of special mandatory methods for the prevention of sea pollution by
garbage is required.
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 North Sea area, the Antarctic area
and the Wider Caribbean Region, which are defined as follows:
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.1 The Mediterranean Sea area means the Mediterranean
Sea proper including the gulfs and seas therein with the boundary
between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the 41º
N parallel and bounded to the west by the Straits of Gibraltar at
the meridian 5°36΄ W.
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.2 The Baltic Sea area means the Baltic Sea proper
with the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and the entrance
to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak
at 57º 44.8΄ N.
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.3 The Black Sea area means the Black Sea proper
with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted
by the parallel 41º N.
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.4 The Red Sea area means the Red Sea proper including
the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba bounded at the south by the rhumb line
between Ras si Ane (12º 28.5΄ N, 43º 19.6΄ E)
and Husn Murad (12º 40.4΄ N, 43º 30.2΄ E).
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.5 The Gulfs area means the sea area located north-west
of the rhumb line between Ras al Hadd (22º 30΄ N, 59º
48΄ E) and Ras al Fasteh (25º 04΄ N, 61º 25΄
E).
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.6 The North Sea area means the North Sea proper
including seas therein with the boundary between:
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.1 the North Sea southwards of latitude 62º
N and eastwards of longitude 4º W;
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.2 the Skagerrak, the southern limit of which
is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57º 44.8΄ N;
and
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.3 the English Channel and its approaches eastwards
of longitude 5º W and northwards of latitude 48º 30΄
N.
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.7 The Antarctic area means the sea area south
of latitude 60º S.
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.8 The Wider Caribbean Region means the Gulf of
Mexico and Caribbean Sea proper including the bays and seas therein
and that portion of the Atlantic Ocean within the boundary constituted
by the 30° N parallel from Florida eastward to 77°30΄
W meridian, thence a rhumb line to the intersection of 20° N parallel
and 59° W meridian, thence 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.
15
Audit means a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit
evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria
are fulfilled.
16
Audit Scheme means the IMO Member State Audit Scheme established by the
Organization and taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organizationfootnote.
17
Code for Implementation means the IMO Instruments Implementation Code (III Code)
adopted by the Organization by resolution A.1070(28).
18
Audit Standard means the Code for Implementation.
19 Electronic Record Book means a device or system,
approved by the Administration, used to electronically record the required entries for
discharges, transfers and other operations as required under this Annex in lieu of a
hard copy record book.