1 The Government of
each Party to the Convention undertakes to ensure the provision of
reception facilities according to the needs of ships using its ports,
terminals or repair ports as follows:
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.1 ports and terminals involved in ships’
cargo handling shall have adequate facilities for the reception of
residues and mixtures containing such residues of Noxious Liquid Substances
resulting from compliance with this Annex, without undue delay for
the ships involved.
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.2 ship repair ports undertaking repairs to NLS
tankers shall provide facilities adequate for the reception of residues
and mixtures containing Noxious Liquid Substances for ships calling
at that port.
2 The Government of
each Party shall determine the types of facilities provided for the
purpose of paragraph 1 of this regulation at each cargo loading and
unloading port, terminal and ship repair port in its territories and
notify the Organization thereof.
3 Small Island Developing States may satisfy the
requirements in paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of this regulation through regional arrangements
when, because of those States' unique circumstances, such arrangements are the only
practical means to satisfy these requirements. Parties participating in a regional
arrangement shall develop a Regional Reception Facilities Plan, taking into account the
guidelines developed by the Organization.
The Government of each Party participating in the arrangement
shall consult with the Organization for circulation to the Parties
of the present Convention:
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.1 how the Regional Reception Facilities Plan
takes into account the Guidelines;
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.2 particulars of the identified Regional Ships
Waste Reception Centres; and
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.3 particulars of those ports with only limited
facilities.
4 Where regulation 13 of
this annex requires a prewash and the Regional Reception Facility Plan is applicable to
the port of unloading, the prewash and subsequent discharge to a reception facility
shall be carried out as prescribed in regulation 13 of
this annex or at a Regional Ship Waste Reception Centre specified in the applicable
Regional Reception Facility Plan.
5 The Governments of Parties to the Convention, the
coastlines of which border on any given special area, shall collectively agree and
establish a date by which time the requirement of paragraph 1 of this regulation will be
fulfilled and from which the requirements of the applicable paragraphs of regulation 13 in
respect of that area shall take effect and notify the Organization of the date so
established at least six months in advance of that date. The Organization shall then
promptly notify all Parties of that date.
6 The Government of each Party to the Convention shall
undertake to ensure that cargo unloading terminals shall provide arrangements to
facilitate stripping of cargo tanks of ships unloading Noxious Liquid Substances at
these terminals. Cargo hoses and piping systems of the terminal, containing Noxious
Liquid Substances received from ships unloading these substances at the terminal, shall
not be drained back to the ship.
7 Each Party shall notify the Organization, for
transmission to the Parties concerned, of any case where facilities required under
paragraph 1 or arrangements required under paragraph 3 of this regulation are alleged to
be inadequate.