Regulation 13 - Reception facilities for passenger ships in Special Areas
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Regulation 13 - Reception facilities for passenger ships in Special Areas

  .1 Each Party, the coastline of which borders a special area, undertakes to ensure that:

  • .1 facilities for the reception of sewage are provided in ports and terminals which are in a special area and which are used by passenger ships;

  • .2 the facilities are adequate to meet the needs of those passenger ships; and

  • .3 the facilities are operated so as not to cause undue delay to those passenger ships.

  .2 The Government of each Party concerned shall notify the Organization of the measures taken pursuant to paragraph 1 of this regulation. Upon receipt of sufficient notifications in accordance with paragraph 1 the Organization shall establish a date from which the requirements of regulation 11.3 in respect of the area in question shall take effect. The Organization shall notify all Parties of the date so established no less than twelve months in advance of that date. Until the date so established, ships while navigating in the special area shall comply with the requirements of regulation 11.1 of this Annex.

Parent topic: Chapter 4 - Reception facilities
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