These Provisions consist of 10 Chapters divided into 60 articles: General principles (I); General provisions (II); The carriage of harmful polluting goods by vessels and the relevant operations (III); Garbage from vessels and domestic sewage (IV); Discharging and receiving of vessel pollutants (V); Vessel dismantling, salvaging, building and repair and other construction operation on and under water (VI); Emergency response on vessel pollution accidents (VII); Investigation and handling of pollu