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International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
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| Article 14 |
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Optional Annexes
| (1) |
A State may at the time of signing, ratifying,
accepting, approving or acceding to the present Convention declare
that it does not accept any one or all of Annexes III,
IV and V
(hereinafter referred to as ''Optional Annexes'') of the present
Convention. Subject to the above, Parties to the Convention
shall be bound by any Annex in its entirety. |
| (2) |
A State which has declared that it is not
bound by an Optional Annex may at any time accept such Annex
by depositing with the Organization an instrument of the kind
referred to in article 13(2). |
| (3) |
A State which makes a declaration under paragraph
(1) of the present article in respect of an Optional Annex and
which has not subsequently accepted that Annex in accordance
with paragraph (2) of the present article shall not be under
any obligation nor entitled to claim any privileges under the
present Convention in respect of matters related to such Annex
and all references to Parties in the present Convention shall
not include that State in so far as matters related to such
Annex are concerned. |
| (4) |
The Organization shall inform the States which
have signed or acceded to the present Convention of any declaration
under the present article as well as the receipt of any instrument
deposited in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2)
of the present article. |
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