RECALLING Article 15(j) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Assembly in
relation to regulations concerning the prevention and control of marine
pollution from ships,
NOTING that regulation 15(3)(a) 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) and further
amended in 1984, specifies that oil tankers of 150 tons gross tonnage
and above shall be fitted with an oil discharge monitoring and control
system approved by the Administration and designed and installed in
compliance with the Guidelines and Specifications for Oil discharge
monitoring and control systems for Oil Tankers developed by the Organization,
NOTING ALSO resolution A.496(XII) entitled “Guidelines
and Specifications for Oil discharge monitoring and control systems
for Oil Tankers” developed in implementation of the said regulation,
NOTING FURTHER the proposed regulation 14 of Annex II of MARPOL 73/78 in respect of the
carriage of category C and D oil-like substances in oil tankers,
RECALLING that by resolution MEPC.10(18) the Marine Environment
Protection Committee recognized the need to improve the performance
standards of oil discharge monitoring and control systems for oil
tankers and resolved to develop new guidelines and specifications
for such installations,
HAVING CONSIDERED in the light of the requirements of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 the recommendation
submitted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee,
1. ADOPTS the Revised Guidelines and Specifications
for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers,
the text of which is set out in the annex to this resolution, for
application to oil tankers the keels of which are laid or which are
at a similar stage of construction (hereinafter referred to as “constructed”)
on or after 2 October 1986;
2. INVITES Governments to implement these Revised
Guidelines and Specifications when approving oil discharge monitoring
and control systems being installed under regulation 15(3)(a) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 on oil tankers constructed
on or after 2 October 1986;
3. AUTHORIZES the Marine Environment Protection
Committee to extend the specifications for type approval of oil content
meters contained in the annex to this resolution and in the annex
to resolution A.393(X) to cover the testing of oil content meters
intended to be used by oil tankers carrying category C and D oil-like Annex II substances.footnote