The annex of this document has been consolidated into MARPOL
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 from
ships,
NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 ("1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 ("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),
HAVING CONSIDERED proposed amendments to Annex
III of MARPOL, developed by the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid
Cargoes and Containers (DSC), at its eighteenth session,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of the 1973 Convention,
amendments to Annex III of MARPOL, the text of which is set out in the 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 September 2015 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% 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 enter into force on 1 March 2016 upon their acceptance in
accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity with article 16(2)(e) of the 1973 Convention, to
transmit to all Parties to MARPOL, certified copies of the present resolution and the
text of the amendments contained in the annex;
5 REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit to the Members of the
Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL
copies of the present resolution and its annex.