International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973

Article 11

Communication of information

(1) The Parties to the Convention undertake to communicate to the Organization:
  (a) the text of laws, orders, decrees and regulations and other instruments which have been promulgated on the various matters within the scope of the present Convention;
  (b) a list of non-governmental agencies which are authorized to act on their behalf in matters relating to the design, construction and equipment of ships carrying harmful substances in accordance with the provisions of the regulations;*
  (c) a sufficient number of specimens of their certificates issued under the provisions of the regulations;
  (d) a list of reception facilities including their location, capacity and available facilities and other characteristics;
  (e) official reports or summaries of official reports in so far as they show the results of the application of the present Convention; and
  (f) an annual statistical report, in a form standardized by the Organization, of penalties actually imposed for infringement of the present Convention.
(2) The Organization shall notify Parties of the receipt of any communications under the present article and circulate to all Parties any information communicated to it under subparagraphs (1)(b) to (f) of the present article.

* The text of this subparagraph is replaced by that contained in article III of the 1978 Protocol.