Section 5(1) in The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage From Ships) Rules, 2009
(1)for the purposes of these rules, the special areas are the Mediterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area, the Gulfs area, the North Sea area, the Antarctic area and the Wider Caribbean Region, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.Explanation. - For the purposes of Rule 5,(a)the Mediterranean Sea area means the Mediterranean Sea proper including the gulfs and seas therein with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the 41°N parallel and bounded to the west by the Straits of Gibraltar at the meridian 5°36' W;(b)the Baltic Sea area means the Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea hounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57°44.8'N;(c)the Black Sea area means the Black Sea proper with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the parallel 41 oN;(d)the Red Sea area means the Red Sea proper including the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba bounded at the south by the rhumb line between Ras si Ane (12°28.5' N, 43°19.6'E) and Husn Murad (12°408.4' N, 43°30.2 E);(e)the Gulfs area means the sea area located north-west of the rhumb line between Ras al Hadd (22°30'N, 59°48'E) and Ras al Fasteh (25°04' N, 61°25'E);(f)the North Sea area means the North Sea proper including seas therein with the boundary between -(i)the North Sea southwards of latitude 62°N and eastwards of longitude 4°W,(ii)the Skagerrak, the southern limit of which is determined east of the Skaw by latitude 57°44.8'N; and(iii)the English Channel and its approaches eastwards of longitude 5°W and northwards of latitude 48°30'N;(g)the Antarctic area means the sea south of latitude 60°S;(h)the Wider Caribbean Region, as defined in Article 2, Paragraph I of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena de Indias, 1983), mess the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea proper including the bays and seas therein and that portion of the Atlantic Ocean withjn the boundary constituted by the 30°N' parallel from Florida eastward to 77°30' W meridian, thence a rhumb line to the intersection of 20°N parallel and 59°W meridian, thence a rhumb line to the intersection of 7°20'N parallel and 50°W meridian, thence a rhumb line drawn south-westerly to the eastern boundary of French Guiana.
