RECALLING article 38(a) of the Convention on the International
Maritime Organization concerning the functions of the Marine Environment
Protection Committee (the Committee) conferred upon it by international
conventions for the prevention and control of marine pollution,
RECALLING ALSO resolution MEPC.19(22) by which the Committee
adopted the International Code for the Construction and Equipment
of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC
Code),
NOTING article 16 of
the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the Protocol of 1978
relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol")
which together specify the amendment procedure of the 1978 Protocol
and confer upon the appropriate body of the Organization the function
of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention, as
modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL),
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposed amendments to the IBC Code,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(b), (c) and (d) of
the 1973 Convention, the 2012 amendments to the IBC
Code, the text of which is set out at the annex to the present
resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973
Convention, that the 2012 amendments to the IBC Code shall
be deemed to have been accepted on 1 December 2013 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 per
cent 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
the 1973 Convention, the 2012 amendments to the IBC
Code shall enter into force on 1 June 2014 upon their acceptance
in accordance with paragraph 2 above;
4 REQUESTS the Secretary-General, in conformity
with article 16(2)(e) of the
1973 Convention, to transmit to all Parties to MARPOL certified copies
of the present resolution and the text of the 2012 amendments to the IBC Code contained in the annex; and
5 REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of the present resolution and its annex to the Members of the
Organization which are not Parties to MARPOL.