16 Article 192. Article 193. General obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Sovereign right of States to exploit their natural resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Article 194. Measures to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Article 195. Duty not to transfer damage or hazards or transform one type of pollution into another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Article 196. Use of technologies or introduction of alien or new species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 SECTION 2. GLOBAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATION . . . . . . . 99 Article 197. Cooperation on a global or regional basis . . . . . . . . 99 Article 198. Notification of imminent or actual damage . . . . . . 100 Article 199. Contingency plans against pollution . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Article 200. Studies, research programmes and exchange of information and data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Article 201. Scientific criteria for regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 SECTION 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Article 202. Scientific and technical assistance to developing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Article 203. Preferential treatment for developing States . . . . . 101 SECTION 4. M O N I T O R I N G A N D ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Article 204. Monitoring of the risks or effects of pollution . . . . 101 Article 205. Publication of reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Article 206. Assessment of potential effects of activities . . . . . 101 SECTION 5. INTERNATIONAL RULES AND NATIONAL LEGISLATION TO P R E V E N T , R E D U C E AN D CONTROL POLLUTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Article 207. Pollution from land-based sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Article 208. Pollution from seabed activities subject to national jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Article 209. Pollution from activities in the Area . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Article 210. Pollution by dumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Article 211. Pollution from vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Article 212. Pollution from or through the atmosphere . . . . . . . 105 SECTION 6. ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Article 213. Enforcement with respect to pollution from land-based sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Article 214. Enforcement with respect to pollution from seabed activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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