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        PROTOCOL FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE
                SOUTH PACIFIC REGION BY DUMPING

Objective
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     To prevent, reduce and control pollution by dumping of wastes
and other matter in the South Pacific.

Summary of provisions
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     The Parties agreed:

     (a)  To take all appropriate measures to prevent, reduce and
control pollution in the Protocol Area by dumping (art. 3, para. 1);

     (b)  Dumping within the territorial sea and the exclusive
economic zone or onto the continental shelf of a Party as defined in
international law not to be carried out without the express prior
approval of the Party (art. 3, para. 2);

     (c)  National laws, regulations and measures adopted by the
Parties not to be less effective in preventing, reducing and
controlling pollution by dumping than the relevant internationally
recognized rules and procedures relating to the control of dumping
established within the framework of the Convention on the Prevention
of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Waste and Other Matter 1972, (art.
3, para. 3);

     (d)  The dumping in the Protocol Area of wastes or other
matter listed in annex I to this Protocol is prohibited except as
provided in this Protocol (art. 4, para. 1);

     (e)  The dumping in the Protocol Area of wastes or other
matter listed in annex II to this Protocol requires, in each case, a
prior special permit (art. 5);

     (f)  The dumping in the Protocol Area of all wastes or other
matter not listed in annexes I and II to this Protocol requires a
prior general permit (art. 6);

     (g)  The permits referred to in articles 5 and 6 to be issued
only after careful consideration of all the factors set forth in
annex III to this Protocol (art. 7).

Membership
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     Open for ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to
the States invited to participate in the High-level Conference on
the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South
Pacific Region, held at Noumea, New Caledonia from 24-25 November
1986.  Any State that was not invited to participate in the High-
level Conference may accede to the Convention subject to prior
approval by three-fourths of the Parties.

     Date of adoption               25.11.1986
     Place of adoption              Noumea, New Caledonia
     Date of entry into force       18. 8.1990
     Languages                      English, French
     Depositary                     South Pacific Bureau for
                                    Economic Cooperation

     Participant                     Entry into force
     -----------                     ----------------

     Australia                           18. 8.1990
     Cook Islands                        18. 8.1990
     Federated States  
       of Micronesia                     18. 8.1990
     Fiji                                18. 8.1990
     France                              18. 8.1990
     Marshall Islands                    18. 8.1990
     New Zealand                         18. 8.1990
     Papua New Guinea                    18. 8.1990
     Solomon Islands                     18. 8.1990
     Western Samoa                       18. 8.1990
  
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