Annex VI- Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

Chapter 3 - Requirements for control of emissions from ships

Regulation 17 - Reception facilities

(1) The Government of each Party to the Protocol of 1997 undertakes to ensure the provision of facilities adequate to meet the:

  (a) needs of ships using its repair ports for the reception of ozonedepleting substances and equipment containing such substances when removed from ships;
  (b) (b) needs of ships using its ports, terminals or repair ports for the reception of exhaust gas cleaning residues from an approved exhaust gas cleaning system when discharge into the marine environment of these residues is not permitted under regulation 14 of this Annex;

without causing undue delay to ships, and

  (c) needs in ship breaking facilities for the reception of ozone depleting substances and equipment containing such substances when removed from ships.
     

(2) Each Party to the Protocol of 1997 shall notify the Organization for transmission to the Members of the Organization of all cases where the facilities provided under this regulation are unavailable or alleged to be inadequate.