- The Mediterranean Sea and its gulfs and seas within
- The Baltic Sea in Finland
- The Black Sea
- The Red Sea Area
- The Gulf of Aden
- The Antarctic
- Any discharge of any sort is prohibited by ships of more than 400 gross tons while in these areas.
- Bilge water may be discharged provided:
- It does not originate from the cargo pump-room bilges
- It is not mixed with oil residues
- The ship is proceeding en route
- The oil content does not exceed 15 ppm
- The ship has filtering equipment in operation
- The ship has an automatic stopping device to stop discharging is the bilge content exceeds 15 ppm.
- The oil residues which cannot be discharged shall be retained on board or discharged to reception facilities.
- The Governments of Parties to the Convention shall be obliged to investigate should visible traces of oil be observed in the immediate vicinity of a ship.
- For the Antarctic area, the Governments of Parties to the Convention should ensure that ships flying their flag should be fitted with sufficient facilities to hold all its sludge, dirty ballast, oil and oily mixtures while operating in the area.
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