International Maritime Conventions Volume III: Protection of the Marine Environment
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CHAPTER 5
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 as Amended by the Protocol of 1996
1 Introduction
This Convention, adopted on 29 December 1972, entered into force on 30 August 1975.1 On 7 November 1996 a Protocol was adopted, the purpose of which was entirely to replace the text of 1972. Art. 23 of the Protocol so in fact provides: