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International Maritime Organization (IMO), International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. IMO, London, U.K., 1986. 

Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use, 18 702 International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 25 263, 267 International copyrights, 7 794—795 International Council of Scientific Unions Committee on Data (CODATA),... 

In the 1970s the United Nations enacted controls to reduce litter by adopting two treaties (1) the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, aka the London Convention, and (2) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, aka MARPOL. The London Convention has been updated by the London Protocol, which came into force in 2006. MARPOL was updated in 1978 with new provisions coming into force in 2006. 

The most important of these iprs conventions include the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967) the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971) the Rome Convention (1961) and the Washington Treaty on ip in Respect of Integrated Circuits (1989). UPOV, initiated by a group of western European countries, is based on the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants signed in Paris in 1961. 

The USCG regulates all ships that moor in the U.S. ports (both on the exterior coasts and on rivers or lakes). The United States is a signatory to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)41 and the USCG will enforce the corresponding regulations, which are issued by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)42. 

MARPOL means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ... 

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1973) as modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL) focuses on preventing ship-generated ocean pollution. Annexes I-V of the MARPOL protocol address oil, noxious liquids, and other petroleum-related contaminants (MARPOL 1978). 

International Maritime Organization, International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73178), http //www.imo.org, last accessed 5.1.2007. 

Special areas are defined according to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), which in its Annex 1 deals specifically with prevention of pollution by oil. Almost all... 

International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (Marpol 73/78). The convention combines 2 treaties adopted in 1973 and 1978 respectively. The agreements include all aspects of pollution from ships - harmful substances, chemicals, garbage, sewage, oil, with the exception of the disposal of waste into sea by dumping. 

International Convention for the prevention of pollution from ships (Marpol 73/78)... 

World Intellectual Property Organization (1961). Contracting parties and signatories to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). Available http //www.upov.int/en/publications/conventions/1991/pdf/actl991.pdf. 

In this Code, class 9 comprises . 1 substances and articles not covered by other classes which experience has shown, or may show, to be of such a dangerous character that the provisions of part A of chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended, should apply these include substances that are transported or offered for transport at temperatures equal to or exceeding lOO C and in a liquid state, and solids that are transported or offered for transport at temperatures equal to or exceeding 240°C and. 2 harmful substances not subject to the provisions of part A of chapter VII of the aforementioned Convention, but to which the provisions of Annex III of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), apply. IMO Class 9, 1.1... 

Already there are certain restrictions for certain non-biodegradable plastic packaging materials (the US Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987, Public Law 100-220 and the Annex of the MARPOL (marine pollution) Convention - the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships which prohibit the disposal of plastics at sea, which allowed the US Navy promote the development of aquatic biodegradable plastics at sea. 

However, the text of the convention that was finally adopted, the 2005 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nnclear Terrorism (ICSANT), while maintaining the reference to aU radioactive material, contains language requiring States Parties to make every effort to adopt appropriate measures with respect to physical protection, leaving snbstantial State disaetion when... 

Other instruments of relevance to nuclear security and focused on criminalization of certain offences include the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, the 2005 Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, the 2005 Protocol to the 1988 Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Eixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf and the 2010 Beijing Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation. 

All 140 members of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) reqnire a thermal protection aid (TPA) to be carried on board vessels as standard eqnipment in case of shipwreck and the thermal protection required is from cold, to prevent hypothermia. The spnnbonded polyolefin fibre fabric Tyvek , made by DnPont, when alnminised and made into survival suits and survival bags, satisfies the SOLAS criteria. These suits can also be used in Arctic emergencies. Thermal insnlation overalls made from Tyvek are also carried by many Merchant Navy ships and by several airlines flying the polar route in case the aircraft is forced down onto the Arctic ice. ... 

At international levels, these vessels have to comply with the fire performance requirements contained in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) as Codes of Safety including those for High Speed Craft of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO/HSC). In the main these codes are concerned with fire prevention, detection, containment and control of flame, and smoke... 

Big ships are related to building with respect to their dimensions and construction. Their fire protection concepts are therefore rather similar to those of buildings. For ocean liners, the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) issued the regulations International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). Chapter II-2 covers the fire protection prescriptions. As for buildings, ships are also divided into fire sectors and fire resistance is codified for particular structural components. Very rigorous requirements are made for the materials used. 

Three international treaties comprise MARPOL (a) the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft, adopted at Oslo on February 15, 1972 (b) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, adopted at London on November 2, 1973, and (c) the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, adopted in London on February 17, 1973. 

The International Safety Management (ISM) Code is a mandated SMS of the International Maritime Organization for vessels subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, and is administered in the United States by USCG. The ISM Code establishes safety management goals and requires the shipowner or ship operator... 

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