Protocol
of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention
of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978
relating thereto
Article 4
Amendment procedure
In applying article 16 of the Convention to an amendment to Annex
VI and its appendices, the reference
to ''a Party to the Convention'' shall be deemed to mean the reference
to a Party bound by that Annex.