Resolution
MEPC.164(56)
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
(Reception facilities outside Special
Areas and discharge of sewage)
(Adopted on 13 July 2007)
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 38.2.5 of Annex I and regulation
11.1.1 of Annex IV to MARPOL 73/78,
1.
ADOPTS, in accordance with Article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, the
amendments to Annex I and Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78, the texts of which are set
out at Annex 1 and Annex 2 respectively 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 June 2008,
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