Article
I
General Obligations
1
The Parties to the present Protocol undertake to give effect to the provisions of:
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(a)
the present Protocol and the Annex hereto which shall constitute an integral part of the present Protocol; and
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(b)
the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”), subject to the modifications and additions set out in the present Protocol.
2
The provisions of the Convention and the present Protocol shall be read and interpreted together as one single instrument.