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The Maritime Safety Committee,

 RECALLING Article 28(b) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Committee,

 RECALLING ALSO that, at its seventy-sixth session, it approved the Recommendation for the use of a standard format for the cargo information required by chapter 16 of the IBC Code,

 RECALLING FURTHER that, at its seventy-seventh session, it adopted the Recommendation for material safety data sheets for MARPOL Annex I cargoes and marine fuel oils (MSC.150(77)),

 NOTING that, at its eighty–third session, it adopted amendments to SOLAS regulation VI/5-1, by means of resolution MSC.239(83), making the provision of material safety data sheets (MSDS) mandatory prior to the loading of MARPOL Annex I type cargo in bulk and oil fuel,

 RECOGNIZING the importance of providing seafarers with clear, concise and accurate information on the health and the environmental effects of toxic substances carried on board tankers,

 RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to ensure a common understanding for an unambiguous implementation of SOLAS regulation VI/5-1,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases at its thirteenth session,

  1. ADOPTS:

  • .1 the Recommendations for material safety data sheets (MSDS) for marine use suitable to meet the particular needs of the marine industry containing safety, handling, and environmental information to be supplied to a ship prior to the loading of MARPOL Annex I type oil as cargo in bulk and the bunkering of oil fuel, as set out in Annex 1 to the present resolution; and

  • .2 the Guidelines for the completion of MSDS for the MARPOL Annex I type oil as cargo in bulk and oil fuel, as set out in Annex 2 to the present resolution;

  2. URGES Governments to ensure the supply and carriage of the material safety data sheets (MSDS) for MARPOL Annex I type oil as cargo in bulk and oil fuel, as from 1 July 2009;

  3. FURTHER URGES Governments to direct their port State control officers to accept MSDS meeting the Recommendations adopted by this resolution as from 1 July 2009 in lieu of the Recommendations adopted by resolution MSC.150(77); and

  4. REVOKES resolution MSC.150(77) as from 1 July 2009.

Parent topic: Resolution MSC.286(86) – Recommendations for Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for MARPOL Annex I Oil Cargo and Oil Fuel – (Adopted on 5 June 2009)
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