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,
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 73/78),
HAVING CONSIDERED the proposed new regulation 13 of Annex IV of MARPOL 73/78 concerning port
State control on operational requirements,
1 ADOPTS, in accordance with article 16(2)(b), (c) and (d) of
the 1973 Convention, the new regulation 13 of Annex
IV of MARPOL 73/78, the text of which is set out at Annex to
the present resolution;
2 DETERMINES, in accordance with article 16(2)(f)(iii) of the 1973
Convention, that the revised Annex IV shall be deemed to have been
accepted on 1 February 2007, unless, prior to that date, not less
than one third of the Parties to MARPOL 73/78 or by the 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
notified to the Organization their objections to the amendments;
3 INVITES Parties to MARPOL 73/78 to note that,
in accordance with article 16(2)(g)(ii) of
the 1973 Convention, the said amendments shall enter into force on
1 August 2007 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 73/78 certified
copies of the present resolution and the text of the amendments contained
in the Annex; and
5 REQUESTS FURTHER the Secretary-General to transmit
copies of this resolution and its Annex to Members of the Organization
which are not Parties to MARPOL 73/78.