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Submission of MARPOL Protocol to the U.S. Senate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 97 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 979 - 980
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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References

1 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Nov. 2,1973,1340 UNTS 184, reprinted in 12ILM 1319(1973). The Convention was significantly modified by the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Feb. 17, 1978, 1340 UNTS 61 & 1341 UNTS 3, reprinted in 17 ILM 546 (1978).

2 All parties must abide by Annex I (regulations for the prevention ofpollution by oil) andAnnexII (regulations for the control of pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk). Parties may at their discretion join Annex III (prevention ofpollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form), Annex IV (prevention ofpollution by sewage from ships), and Annex V (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships). All of these annexes have entered into force. As of October 2003, the United States is a party to all except Annex IV.

3 See 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, Sept. 26, 1997 [hereinafter Protocol of 1997], reprinted in Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Protocol of 1997 Amending the International Convention for the Prevention ofPollution from Ships, S. TREATYDOC.NO. 108-7,atl03,115-122 (2003) [hereinafter Message from the President].

4 Message from the President, supra note 3, at 122-23.

5 See id.; see also Message to the Senate Transmitting the Protocol of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978,39 WEEKI.YCOMP. PRES. DOC. 609 (May 19, 2003).

6 Letter of Submittal from the Secretary of State to the President of the United States, reprinted in Message from the President, supra note 3, at V, VIII.

7 Id. at X.

8 Id. at VIII.

9 Protocol of 1997, supra note 3, Art. 6(1), reprinted in Message from the President, supra note 3, at 105.

10 See International Maritime Organization, Summary of Status of Conventions as at 30 September 2003, at <http://www.imo.org>.