Regulation 3 - General prohibition on discharge of garbage into the sea
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Regulation 3 - General prohibition on discharge of garbage into the sea

  1 Discharge of all garbage into the sea is prohibited, except as provided otherwise in regulations 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Annex and section 5.2 of part II-A of the Polar Code, as defined in regulation 13.1 of this Annex.

  2 Except as provided in regulation 7 of this Annex, discharge into the sea of all plastics, including but not limited to synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets, plastic garbage bags and incinerator ashes from plastic products is prohibited.

  3 Except as provided in regulation 7 of this Annex, the discharge into the sea of cooking oil is prohibited.

Parent topic: Chapter 1 - General
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