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The Parties to the present Protocol,
Recognizing the significant contribution
which can be made by the International Convention for the Prevention
of Pollution from Ships, 1973, to the protection of the marine environment
from pollution from ships,
Recognizing also the need to improve
further the prevention and control of marine pollution from ships,
particularly oil tankers,
Recognizing further the need for
implementing the Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by
Oil contained in Annex I of that Convention as early and as widely
as possible,
Acknowledging however the need to
defer the application of Annex II of that Convention until certain
technical problems have been satisfactorily resolved,
Considering that these objectives
may best be achieved by the conclusion of a Protocol relating to
the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973,
Have agreed as follows:
Article I
General obligations
1 The Parties to the present
Protocol undertake to give effect to the provisions of:
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(a) |
the present Protocol and the Annex hereto
which shall constitute an integral part of the present Protocol;
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(b) |
the International Convention for the Prevention
of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ''the
Convention''), subject to the modifications and additions set
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2 The provisions of the Convention
and the present Protocol shall be read and interpreted together
as one single instrument.
3 Every reference to the
present Protocol constitutes at the same time a reference to the
Annex hereto.
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