This document has been superseded by MSC.1/Circ.1588
1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its
ninety-sixth session (11 to 20 May 2016), approved amendments to the Emergency
Response Procedures for Ships Carrying Dangerous Goods (EmS) Guide
(MSC/Circ.1025, as amended by MSC.1/Circ.1025/Add.1, MSC.1/Circ.1262,
MSC.1/Circ.1360, MSC.1/Circ.1438 and MSC.1/Circ.1476), set out in the annex, which is
consequential to the amendments (38-16) to the IMDG Code, as adopted by resolution
MSC.406(96).
2 Member States are invited to bring the annexed amendments
to the EmS Guide to the attention of all concerned, taking into account the voluntary
application date of 1 January 2017 of amendment (38-16) of the IMDG Code, pending its
envisaged mandatory entry into force date of 1 January 2018.