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 regulation 13B of
Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto
(MARPOL 73/78), which provides that every
tanker operating with a crude oil washing system shall be provided
with an Operations and Equipment Manual (COW Manual) detailing the
system and equipment and specifying operational procedures,
NOTING ALSO that the COW Manual is intended not only to
provide guidance to the crew of the ship for proper operation of the
system, but also to provide information on the system and its operational
procedures for port State control officers going on board for inspection
in ports,
NOTING FURTHER that the Committee, by resolution MEPC.3(XII) on 30 November 1979, adopted
the Recommendation on the Standard Format for the COW Manual,
HAVING CONSIDERED proposals made by Member Governments to
amend the Standard Format of the COW Manual in the light of experience
gained,
1. ADOPTS the amendments to the Standard Format
of Section 9 for the COW Manual, the text of which is set out at Annex
to the present resolution,
2. INVITES Member Governments to take into account
the amendments to Section 9 of the Standard Format for the COW Manual
when approving the Manual as called for by regulation 13B of MARPOL 73/78.