Resolution MEPC.84(44)

 AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
 (Amendments to Annex III of MARPOL 73/78)

(adopted on 13 Mach 2000)

THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE,

RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the Interna­tional Maritime Organization concerning the function of 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 the proposed amendments to the Appendix to Annex III of MARPOL 73/78,

1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention, the amendments to the Appendix to Annex III 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 July 2001, unless prior to the date, not less than one-third of the Parties or the Parties 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 objec­tions to the amendments;

3. INVITES the Parties to note that, in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of the 1973 Convention, the amendments shall enter into force on 1 January 2002 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;