Resolution MEPC.154(55)
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
(Designation of the Southern South African waters as a Special Area)
(Adopted on 13 October 2006)
THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,
RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the
International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine
Environment Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international
conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
NOTING article 16 of the International Convention
for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as
the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978
relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol") which
together specify the amendment procedure of the 1978 Protocol and confer upon
the appropriate body of the Organization the function of considering and
adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as modified by the 1978 Protocol
(MARPOL 73/78),
HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to regulation
1 of the revised Annex I to MARPOL 73/78, with a view to designating the
Southern South African waters as a Special Area,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of
the 1973 Convention, the amendments to the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the
text of which is set out at Annex to the present resolution;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article
16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention, that the amendments shall be deemed to
have been accepted on 1 September 2007, unless prior to that date, not less
than one-third of the Parties or Parties the combined merchant fleets of which
constitute not less than 50 per cent of the gross tonnage of the world’s
merchant fleet, have communicated to the Organization their objection to the
amendments;
3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance
with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of the 1973 Convention, the said amendments shall
enter into force on 1 March 2008 upon their acceptance in