The annex of this document has been consolidated into MARPOL Annex
V
RECALLING Article 38(a) of the Convention on the International Maritime Organization
concerning the functions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee conferred upon
it by international conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution from
ships,
NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL),
which specifies the amendment procedure and confers upon the appropriate body of the
Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments thereto,
HAVING CONSIDERED, at its seventieth session, proposed amendments to MARPOL Annex
V concerning substances that are harmful to the marine environment (HME) and
Form of Garbage Record Book,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of MARPOL,
amendments to MARPOL Annex V, the text of which is set out in the annex to the present
resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of MARPOL,
that the amendments shall be deemed to have been accepted on 1 September 2017 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% 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 MARPOL,
the said amendments shall enter into force on 1 March 2018 upon their acceptance in
accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, for the purposes of article 16(2)(e) of MARPOL,
to transmit certified copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments
contained in the annex to all Parties to MARPOL;
5 REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present resolution and
its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.