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The Conference,

 HAVING ADOPTED the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (the 1997 Protocol),

 NOTING that regulations 5 and 6 of Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78 provide requirements for survey and certification similar to those in Annexes I and II of MARPOL 73/78,

 NOTING FURTHER that the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its twenty-ninth session by resolution MEPC 39(29) adopted the amendments to Annexes I and II of MARPOL 73/78 introducing a harmonized system of survey and certification, which will enter into force on the date on which the 1988 SOLAS and Load Line Protocols enter into force,

 RECOGNIZING the imminent entry into force of the said 1988 Protocols, possibly prior to the entry into force of the 1997 Protocol,

 RECOGNIZING FURTHER the need to introduce the harmonized system of survey and certification in Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78 upon entry into force of the 1988 Protocols,

  1. INVITES the Marine Environment Protection Committee to:

  • (a) develop the harmonized system of survey and certification to replace the existing regulations 5 and 6 of Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78; and

  • (b) initiate action to amend Annex VI of MARPOL 73/78 immediately upon entry into force of the 1997 Protocol; and

  2. RECOMMENDS Parties to the 1997 Protocol which are also Parties to the 1988 Protocols to give effect to the harmonized system of survey and certification referred to in paragraph 1(a) upon entry into force of the 1997 Protocol, as equivalent to the existing regulations 5 and 6 of Annex VI, if by that time the 1988 Protocols have entered into force.

Parent topic: Resolution 6 - Introduction of the harmonized system of survey and certification in Annex VI
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