(1) The Parties to the
Convention undertake to communicate to the Organization:
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(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;
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(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; footnote
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(c) a sufficient number of specimens of their
certificates issued under the provisions of the regulations;
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(d) a list of reception facilities including their
location, capacity and available facilities and other characteristics;
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(e) official reports or summaries of official
reports in so far as they show the results of the application of the
present Convention; and
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(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 (I)(b) to (f) of the present article.