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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Resolutions - Assembly - IMO Resolution A.586(14) – Revised Guidelines and Specifications for Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control Systems for Oil Tankers – (Adopted on 20 November 1985)Amended by Resolution MEPC.24(22)See also Resolution MEPC.108(49) - The Assembly,

The Assembly,

 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


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