RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee (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 text of the revised Annex I of MARPOL
73/78,
1. ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(b), (c) and (d) of the
1973 Convention, the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, the text of
which is set out at the annex to
the present resolution, each regulation being subject to separate
consideration by the Parties pursuant to article
16(2)(f)(ii) of the 1973 Convention;
2. DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973 Convention,
that the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 July 2006, 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 per cent 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 revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 shall enter
into force on 1 January 2007 upon its 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
73/78 certified copies of the present resolution and the text
of the revised Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 contained in the annex; and
5. REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of the present resolution and its annex to the Members of the
Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78.