These Regulations give effect to Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted by the International Maritime Organization on 2 November, 1973 and as amended by its Protocol adopted on 17 February, 1978, and as further amended by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization under Resolutions which designated the North Sea, the Antarctic area (south of latitude 60°S) and the Wider Caribbean Region as "sp