This document has been superseded by MSC.1/Circ.1588
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its eighty-seventh
session (12 to 21 May 2010), approved amendments to the Emergency
response procedures for ships carrying dangerous goods (EmS Guide)
(MSC/Circ.1025, as amended by MSC.1/Circ.1025/Add.1 and MSC.1/Circ.1262), set out in the annex,
consequential to the amendments to the IMDG Code adopted by resolution
MSC.294(87).
2 Member Governments are invited to bring the
annexed amendments to the EmS Guide to the attention of all concerned
noting that the aforementioned amendments to the IMDG Code are expected
to enter into force on 1 January 2012. However, their provisions may
be applied on a voluntary basis from 1 January 2011, as agreed to
by MSC 87.