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The MARPOL Convention aims to reduce marine pollution from ships through regulations on operational discharges and accidental pollution. Adopted in 1973 by the International Maritime Organization and amended several times, it includes six annexes covering pollution by oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage and air pollution. The United Arab Emirates ratified the Convention and its first five annexes in 2007.

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The MARPOL Convention aims to reduce marine pollution from ships through regulations on operational discharges and accidental pollution. Adopted in 1973 by the International Maritime Organization and amended several times, it includes six annexes covering pollution by oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage and air pollution. The United Arab Emirates ratified the Convention and its first five annexes in 2007.

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The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MARPOL

Place of adoption of the Convention International Maritime Organization


Date of signature 02 November 1973
Date of entry into force 02 October1983
Main objective The MARPOL Convention is aimed at reducing marine
pollution from ships as a result of the routine operation
of vessels and minimize pollution as a result of marine
accidents.
Official website http://www.imo.org

United Arab Emirates


Date of signature / acceptance / ratification April 17,2007
Decree of approval / ratification Federal Decree Law No. (74) of 2006

Note:
The Federal Authority for Land and Maritime Transport is the national liaison of the Convention.
MARPOL is an acronym of MARINE POLLUTION.
The MARPOL Convention was adopted on 2 November 1973 at IMO. The Protocol of 1978 was adopted in
response to a spate of tanker accidents in 1976-1977. As the 1973 MARPOL Convention had not yet entered
into force, the 1978 MARPOL Protocol absorbed the parent Convention. The combined instrument entered
into force on 2 October 1983. In 1997, a Protocol was adopted to amend the Convention and a new Annex VI
was added which entered into force on 19 May 2005. MARPOL has been updated by amendments through the
years.
The Convention includes regulations aimed at preventing and minimizing pollution from ships - both
accidental pollution and that from routine operations - and currently includes six technical Annexes. Special
Areas with strict controls on operational discharges are included in most Annexes. The UAE has ratified the
first five Annexes.

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