Guidelines superseded by Resolution MEPC.269(68)

RESOLUTION MEPC.197(62)

Adopted on 15 July 2011

2011 GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVENTORY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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 conferred upon it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,

RECALLING  ALSO  that  the  International  Conference  on  the  Safe  and  Environmentally Sound  Recycling  of  Ships  held  in  May  2009  adopted  the  Hong  Kong  International Convention  for  the  Safe  and  Environmentally  Sound  Recycling  of  Ships,  2009  (the  Hong Kong Convention) together with six Conference resolutions,

NOTING that regulations 5.1 and 5.2 of the Annex to the Hong Kong Convention require that ships shall have on board an Inventory of Hazardous Materials which shall be prepared and verified  taking  into  account  Guidelines,  including  any  threshold  values  and  exemptions contained in those Guidelines, developed by the Organization,

NOTING  ALSO  resolution  MEPC.179(59)  by  which  the  Committee  adopted  the  Guidelines for the development of the inventory of Hazardous Materials,

NOTING FURTHER that, by resolution MEPC.179(59), the Committee resolved to keep the Guidelines under review,

HAVING  CONSIDERED,  at  its  sixty-second  session,  the  recommendation  made  by  the Working Group on Guidelines for Ship Recycling,

1.         ADOPTS  the  2011  Guidelines  for  the  development  of  the  Inventory  of  Hazardous Materials as set out in the Annex to this resolution;

2.         INVITES Member Governments to apply the 2011 Guidelines as soon as possible, or when the Convention becomes applicable to them;

3.         AGREES  to  keep  the  2011  Guidelines  for  the  development  of  the  Inventory  of Hazardous Materials under review in the light of experience gained;