The annex of this document has been consolidated into MARPOL
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,
RECALLING ALSO 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 seventy-fourth session, proposed amendments to MARPOL Annex
II concerning cargo residues and tank washings of persistent floating
products, which were circulated in accordance with article 16(2)(a) of MARPOL,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(d) of MARPOL,
amendments to MARPOL Annex II, 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 July 2020 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 January 2021 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 ALSO the Secretary-General to transmit copies of the present resolution and
its annex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.