'Southern` regional provisions 1. Areas of application
The Mediterranean sea and the coastal areas, within 20 miles from the coast of Spain and Portugal, of the summer zone of the Atlantic Ocean, as defined on the 'Chart of zones and seasonal areas` in Annex II to the 1996 International Convention on Load Lines (1), as amended.
A vessel loading in a summer zone for a port in another zone with a higher freeboard requirement may, for instance, load to the summer mark, provided that she has lightened enough due to fuel and water consumption by the time that zone is reached that she is in compliance.
